The Hatch Is Latched and MIG Replaced.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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There was a lite Rainfalling when I headed to work this morning and it stayed that way until after the start of the shift. The first thing I did was to start hauling Toolsup to the Mezzaninewhere I intended to install the Roof Hatch Latchin order to eliminate another source of Unguarded Entryinto the Plant. It was a little trickier then expected as there was no way of setting up a Step Ladderso the entire job had to be done while standing on the Vertical Access Ladder.

Once the Anchor Platehad been installed to the Framingthe next step was to weld the Latchesto the Lid itself which meant Overhead Weldingwas involved. There came a point where to reach the back of the Latch Platesopening the Lid itself was necessary even though it was still Raining. That took about Five Minutesto accomplish but the job was complete. After hauling the Toolsback to the Maintenance Compound I had to roll down my Coverallsin an attempt to dry off.

Kharen never said a word to me the entire day but kept giving me a cold stare. Paul was happy with the increased security so much he had me moving Furniturearound so I wasn’t available to senseless whims. More cold stares from Kharen. Around 10:00 Paul the Ownertold me to get my Parts Listand to come with him.

Our first stop was Praxairthe only remaining welding supply company left in the Windsorarea. Being an industrialized city there used to be Foursuch distributors. We picked up theNew Portable MIG Welderalong with a few other welding supplies. Paul wanted me to order what we needed and watched me as I carefully did not overstep the privilege. As we left for our next destination we discussed a secure room to store this machine away from the Compound.

From there we headed to Windsor Factory Supplyarriving at noon. With lots of their personal going on lunch the best we could do was guide the clerk through our Parts Listand correcting them when they didn’t understand what was described in plain English. We only left with a few items that will get us through the weekend but the rest will be delivered next week.

We arrived back at the Plantby 12:30. I had the New MIG Welderoperational before going to lunch at 1:00.

Surprisingly the Rainhad just stopped so I sat outside at the Picnic Tableand was able to talk with Kathy with less background noise.

You can see the wet pavement.

I managed a few small jobs until it was time to close up. The New MIG Welding Machinewas storedin the proposed lock up away from the Compound. Luckily I brought my Raincoatbecause it was coming down quite hard and I had to load my Toolsin the Truck. It finally slowed down as I was leaving the Motor City Community Credit Unionbefore heading home.