A long month...

I work in a manufacturing facility. The spaces where the manufacturing is done is not air conditioned. As is normal this time of year, the temperature wrecks havoc on equipment and personnel. We have had several incidents resulting in bad product. Some to be blamed on equipment, some to be blamed on human error, some a little of both. Phone calls, e-mails and verbal conversations taking place in frustration, anger, and in less than hospitable conditions leads to less than constructive solutions shall we say.  

It has been an exhausting month at work. I come to stately  manor and find this in the Mailbox. 

A new book:

I dove right into it. I have all of the technical stuff on BB-55,

been on the decks and into the engineering spaces. The machine itself is fascinating, but this book speaks more of the persons that brought it to life.  


Whenever I think I have had a bad day at work, my new point of reference is now this:

 











Helps to keep things in perspective. 

I had a painting commissioned of the USS North Carolina (not the boat currently in service). She is in Texas and we went back and forth about this, that, and the other thing. I wanted both Kingfisher aircraft on the catapults at the stern. I wanted the "bedspring" radar on the main mast. She did a wonderful job and no matter what I do with lighting to get a picture of it, it does not do it justice. 

 













I hope everyone has a great weekend. For me? One on one training for some students Sunday. Tomorrow we are going to give this a workout:

 









I will let you know how it goes with this Model 4006! I personally think the .40 Cal S&W cartridge was a solution in search of a problem, but that's just me.