Double Checking and Making It Work.

Our Location today is Windsor, Ontario.

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Standing outside in the cold with Fourother employees I finally walked around to the front of the Plantand knocked hard on the Officewindow. I’ve written before that Paul the Owneractually lives in the Office. Well it seems this morning that he slept in. By the time I rejoined the now growing number of employees Paul suddenly opened the Employees Dooronly wearing a Robeand Sandals. Everyone cheered him on.

The Morning Walk Aroundrevealed the Alkaline Tankwas empty. When I asked Avry what was happening I learned that the Reverse Osmosis Systemhad gone done before the end of the shift last night. Paul, Kharen and Avry had worked late into the evening trying to find the cause of the problem. There was an Electrical Contractoron his way this morning to help diagnose the issue and get the Systemrunning again.

With everything else checking out I went to check on the Leaky Valveon the Reverse Osmosis Systemonly to find the Water Tanktotally empty. If I had been told at the start of the shift I could have replaced the Manifold then which would have given me time to do something else on Saturday.

Whenever I do repairs I like to double check that they are holding up. The floor by where the Water Coolerssat was totally dry something I haven’t seen since I started back in May. Checking with Tom in Shipping and Receivinghow the Roll-Up Doorwas working. He claimed it hadn’t worked that well in years. Apparently it’s been that long since the Trackwas hit not just recently. Then I saw him jamming a piece of wood to stop the Number 1 Roll-Up Doorfrom opening. TheLatching Devicehad strange twist to it. A Half Hour later it looked and worked like new again.

Back at the CompoundI managed to repair Three Carriersthis morning all different set ups. Since I had hoped to replace the Balancing Tubethis weekend I needed to finish modifying the Steel FlangesI need to use. I needed to weld Jam Nutsto the Flangessince the Flangesthemselves were not T~~hreaded~~. Not being able to find any Jam Nutsthe only thing I could do was to make my own. That required using the Cut-Off Sawto shave one edge off aRegular Nut, clean it on the Pedestal Grinderand run a Tapthrough it to fix the Threadone Nutat a time. I needed Sixteen Jam Nutsbut ended up making more because I dropped a couple that just disappeared. The Nutswere all welded to the Flangesbefore the end of the shift but I doubt that they will be installed tomorrow.

After a quick stop at the Motor City Community Credit UnionI was home minutes after 4:00. Kathy and I were talking when Joel the Building Handymancame to the Door. He was going around with papers that needed to be signed in order to freeze our Rentfrom rising for another Year. We also discussed hearing a disturbance in the Apartmentbelow our’s last night. Apparently the person was in Medical Distressthat required the Police to take him to the Hospital. He spent the night before being released this morning.

For supper we shared a Garden Saladalong with Sweet and Sour Chicken Ballsover a bed of Vegetable Rice. For dessert we enjoyed a nice slice of Fruit Cake.

On the 6 o’clock Local Newsthey report of63 New Coronavirus Cases bringing the Active Casesto 577for the Windsor/Essex Region. There is still concern about the possibility of more restrictions due to the Omicron Variant already infecting people in the province of Ontario.