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Everything posted by AUDub
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Last time I went up there it wasn't too wildly divergent from Birmingham. For a good Tripel, Chimay Cinq Cents and La Fin Du Monde shouldn't be too hard to find up there. Also, the aforementioned Golden Monkey. Westbrook was well represented on the Gose front. Found stock and the Key Lime variety in Publix. Haven't been there recently enough to see the Lemon Cucumber version. Trim Tab's Paradise Now Berliner Weiss was around. If you find the imperial version, take the plunge. Saw a good bit of Lindeman's Lambics and Crooked Stave Wilds (not Nightmare on Brett though, sadly).
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Loving the new j-o-b so far. In Norcross to do HR bull**** and training this week. Yesterday and today I have been shadowing another tech, doing all of the custom electrical on one job (one of the major points of emphasis the guy I'm replacing had was that the new guy not be a complete moron with electricity), and it's great. I can do this work. Involves a lot of creativity custom routing water lines/diagnosing issues and what not. The driving will take some getting used to though. There will be some 60-80 hour weeks in my future, but damn if I won't be rolling in dough as a result.
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Both still alive and kicking, yep.
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Baby cockatiel thinks my beard is delicious
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Ava got a new pet.
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Boom
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Funny story from yesterday. I accepted the position Thursday, conditional of a BG screen and drug test. Went for the drug screen that afternoon. Yesterday, I'm trying to close my month out before going on vacation next week. I'll turn in my notice the day I get back. Our secretary is out sick and our director, Kelvin, is taking a personal day. Hence, I am the biomed operator for the day. Get a call around 1:00pm: Dub: "Biomedical Engineering." Dude: "Hi. May I speak to Kelvin Knight?" Dub: "I'm afraid he's out today. May I take a message?' Dude: "I'm looking for somebody in employment verification." *beat* Dub: "...for a background check?" Dude: "Yes." (another beat) Dub: "For Jesse Benson at Children's of Alabama?" Dude: "Um, yes." (yet another beat) Dub: "I am the one you're trying to verify. Here's the number for HR. They can verify my employment." Cat almost got out of the bag there lol.
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Not a ton. Border to border Alabama with a smidgen of the panhandle, so at most a 6 hour one way drive for the required work. Could make a lot more money if I'm willing to live in the truck too. Has major upsides. I'd basically be my own boss. Closest direct superior is in Atlanta, and I'd only have to go there rarely.
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Yeah it's going to be weird. Right now I'm a pretty well rounded Biomed, but this job will almost exclusively be RO and DI water purification for dialysis units and the like. Bit of a learning curve, but I'll get to shadow the guy I'll be replacing for a few months prior to taking over. But it's a 25 foot box truck, which means I'll need log miles for DOT purposes and the like. Also means going through weigh stations.
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We're really enjoying it now that we have a hometown club to support here in Birmingham. We go to Legion games routinely. It's been a rough year on the field, which we knew it would be going in, but they pack the stadium out and the supporters are loud.