His Stubbornness Causes Problems.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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It felt strange going in at 7:00 this morning after starting an Hourlater for so many Saturdays and that the Paint Linewas also running was different. Once things got started I noticed that therewas only a partial crew.

After my Morning InspectionI returned to the Compoundand started assembling the Vertical Pipeswhen Kharen came around and said he needed a job done right away. We walked all the way to the Powder Coating Roomwhere a T-Boltwas partially stripped. He stated he needed another right away. Taking the stripped Boltfor sizing I barely got back to the Compoundwhen Avry shows up saying they needed the bolt immediately because they were running the Powder Coating. I just finished welding it before he ran off with the Boltwhile his gloves were smoking.

I continued working on the Pipingwhen Kharen again appears screaming at me that the T-Boltwas too long and I couldn’t do the job right. When I told him he didn’t give me the chance to shorten theThreaded Material and he only had himself to blame for that he went storming off.

Paul stopped in to see how things were going. When I told him about the T-Bolthe told me not to worry about Kharen that (even though he’s the Supervisor) he’s an Idiot.

After the Auto Partswere completed there was a special job for a Local Contractorthat needed to be put on theLine. Even though the experiencedLine Workers wanted to use the Swivel Hooksdue to their size Kharen insisted they use the Rigid Hangers. Every time the Partsreached a turn someone had to manually guide them around the corners. In the end they had to be removed from the Lineand will be run again next week. Kharen disappeared after noon.

Due to that mess I couldn’t work on as many repairs as I would have liked. With Ivan’s help we managed to install the Overflow Capbut that was not without complications. It meant welding a Stainless Steel Pipe Nippleinside the Number 8 Tankwhile it was half full of Water. Another problem was that there was a Plastic Fittingscrewed on the abutting Nippleoutside of the Tankthat we did not want to melt. The only way we could fix that was to make partial welds then let the Fittingcool down before welding more of the joint. Paul was happy to see at least that accomplished.

I stopped at the nearby Shoppers Drug Marton the way home to pick up one of theVitaminswe use before doing our Pill Doucettesthis evening. Imaging my surprise when I found most of the ones we use “On Sale” for half price until Nov. 21 2021. I walked away with more then I expected to get but I also saved a lot of money. If there are others that are low after doing the Doucettes we’ll return tomorrow.

It was nearly 4:30 when I got home and Kathy was having a problem that required going to the store. We planned on eating out but wanting something different we used coupons to eat at Taco Bell. It’s been over a Yearsince we were there last. The Coupon allowed us each a Doritos Tacoalong with a BurritoandSoft Drinkfor Twelve Dollars. It was a change from our normal, tasty and not over filling. Notice there were no ~~Fries~~.

We lucked out finding the last package of what Kathy needed at Dollarama.

The6 o’clock Local News only reported ProvincialCoronavirus Casesthis evening.

The Weather Networkshowed our high temperature today of 39F(4C) actually felt like 34F(1C).
I started filling the Pill Doucettesfor the next Forty-Five Daysbefore 7:00 and didn’t finish until 9:30. We’ll be picking up more Vitaminstomorrow. It may be costing us now but we’ll save money in the long run.