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Sure, now you tell us just before we start protesting the excessive fine on the steps of the state capital.

Do you mean Grapeland peaker? In 24 hours of operation, we can make 26 heats of about 130 Tons. Right now, we can only keep 2 crews, so we run run the furnace 14 hours a day. Yesterday we made 15 heats, which is damm good.

Well, we actually do make rebar. In a normal year we can make 550,000 Tons. This year we will only make about 120,000 to 150,000 tons. There is not much difference in the melting operation compared to a high quality steel shop. The differences lie in tighter scrap quality and secondary processing after the steel has been melted such as vacuum degassing. Also, much more is involved in keeping the steel "clean" while casting. There are no other steel melt shops like ours left in California anymore. This is down from 15-20 steel plants that existed in the early 80's. To put it in perspective for those that don't understand, that roof is some 40 to 50 meters up. You took those pics from what, about 100 meters away? This is "the land of the giants" my friends! "Black magic" as it was once called. Our shop is not really that big. Some are though. So the scale can be deceving. The bottom of the roof truss is about 60 feet above the floor from where the photo was taken. The building's roof line is about 90 feet above the ground.

Thanks, but I can't take credit for that one. One of our engineers took that one back in Oct or Nov 08. The other 4 I took this evening. I like it a lot too because of how the light from the furnace illumiates the roof of the building.

There was a Terminator scene shot in part of Kaiser Steel's plant. That was about 1 mile from my plant. Kaiser steel is gone now and a race track is there now. We do get some Hollywood action though. A few years ago, we melted a car in "Monster Garage". I guess their car did not win and was destroyed as part of the show. Here are some photos that that show the sequence. We first had them prep the car by draining all fluids and puncture the tires so avoid an explosion. We put the car in the furnace when it was empty, but still hot from a previous heat (batch of steel). As you can see the car did not take long to catch on fire. Then to actually melt it, we dropped a charge of scrap on topof it and then proceded operating the furnace normally.

Yes it is real. What part is unbelievable?

It has been a hard year for my company. We have only operated 2 months so far this year. So I took these photos as my way of stopping and smelling the roses. 1st. is a view of the furnace looking toward the caster. 2nd (005) is tapping the furnace into a ladle. 3rd (021) is scrap bucket hanging from a crane waiting on furnace to drop scrap charge into furnace. 4th (026) is typical fireball when dropping a charge. 5th (027) shows the srcap bucket over the furnace after the fireball dies down a little.

That is a hell of a nice system. It looks expensive though. They sure need to take a lot of xrays to install it. I take it from your comment that you needed one installed. Did you get the long or short nail?

This guy should get some extra time in prison for being so stupid. I wonder if they still give hard labor sentences there?

I learned AutoCad on my own. That was in 1996 with AutoCad LT. I progressed easily to the full version. It did not take long before I could make fully rendered 3D models. Even if I have a small job at work that requires a dwg, I tend to still use CAD over paper and pencil. You can't copy and paste, move something, or erase things as easily on paper. The hardest part about AutoCad is what is involved with things other than the drawing, like setting up to plot a drawing. Also, you really should take the time to learn some of the CAD techniques like working in model space and picking views and putting dimensions and text while in paper space. You don't have to do this, but in the end, on a large job, you will save time. Things like this, I think are the biggest difference when transitioning from paper and pencil. They can be easily overlooked by the casual user, but most needed by somebody that uses AutoCad all the time.

It should be: Unsupervised children will be given an Expresso and a free Puppy

Well, we still haven't found the "right" answer, but someone's definitely nailed the f*ck out of the MOST WRONG ANSWER! Is it coincidence or pusilanimous forethought that there's no real name or photo to be identified for this post? +1 I think his answer is so close to 180 from the truth, that the comment was made just to get some fired up. it was almost like a troll comment. Then to top it off, his profile says that he jumps at Perris. I know for a fact that there are a lot of hot girls out there.

Selling them??!!! That photo can be used against her as evidence. Does she have a "Lick her" license?

Please don't stand in the "line of fire" when you first run this propeller. If you were there if the repair broke, you may get killed. Also, I suggest you run the engine at full speed for several minutes to make sure your repair won't break loose before you commit to normal operation.

Yes. Sometimes giving kisses on the neck and watching her react to it is better than sex.

If you ever have a girl around that you just can't figure out how to go to bed with, maybe you can use your location to an advantage. First, you set up some strong speakers and have a sound track that plays a rumbling sound, enough to shake the building. Next, you have to set up a way for the lights to flicker and go out. When the time comes and she is there, you trigger the sound and then the lights. Then you have to say, "Oh my god! The black hole has started! We don't have much time left!" She needs to ask "what should we do!" Well you should get the idea from here Then when you are done, stop the noise and say "I think we are safe. They must have stopped the black hole!"

If you know anything about black holes then you know that if one formed there: 1. You could not escape from it. 2. Women also could not escape. 3. You would be one of the first pulled in. So maybe a black hole could be a good thing.

I know this is not proof that it is not a fabricated story, but here is some more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernettes

In 1992 at CERN, where physicists have been working for decades to build stronger particle accelerators and study the collisions, apparently the physicists were not getting the hints from the female staff. One night at a party, one of the female staff had enough of her boyfriend spending too much time with his collider. She climbed up on stage and sang this song: You say you love me but you never beep me You always promise but you never date me I try to fax but it's busy, always I try the network but you crash the gateways You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You only love your collider I fill you screen with hearts and roses I fill your mail file with lovely phrases They all come back: "invalid user" You never let me into your computer You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You prefer your collider I gave you a golden ring to show you my love You went to stick it in a printed circuit To fix a voltage leak in your collector You plug my feelings into your detector You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You prefer your collider You only love your collider Your collider. So from there a band was formed using vocals from the CERN staff. They were named "Les Horribles Cernettes" (LHC). Well, the female language was not completely over the head of one of the physicists. One of them asked the band for their photo so he could scan it. He wanted "to publish them on some sort of information system he had just invented, called the "World Wide Web"". This photo became the first photo on the internet. They also became the first band to have a website. The band went on to record several songs and some music videos. The video "Collider" can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1L2xODZSI4 While watching the video, because of the lighting and grainy image, I thought they may be performing in front of a projected image of the LHC and tunnel. But it was 1992 and video was not as good as today. They really were in the tunnel filming this video next to a bazillion dollar piece of machinery. The band, over the years has lost and added new members as they moved on to new companies/careers. Lynn Veronneau was the lead singer in the video. So guys, the moral is: if you are spending too much time with whatever machine you have and a girl like Lynn is hanging around you, calling you, e-mailing you, then sings a song like that, WAKE YOUR DEAD ASS UP! Now, if somebody catches me being oblivious (like this --> ) in a situation like this, then I give you all permission to, Poke me in my ribs, flick my ear, slap my face or even hit me in my head if that is what it takes to wake me up.

I spend about 2 hours a day, not counting online games. You should not feel so guilty since you broke an ankle. When your ankle is healed and you are still stuck to the computer, then you can say you have an addiction.

OK. So what exactly are you doing at night that you need the sheets replaced?

Hi John, The point that I was trying to make was that a coin has a possibility of landing on edge that is greater than zero. Also, the aspect ratio of the coin, diameter vs. thickness would make a difference. So if you had some hypothetical coin that was 1/4" thick x 3/4" in diameter, the chance would be a lot higher than a nickel. With great number of variables that are involved in the chance of death in skydiving, you could also say that a coin landing on edge also has a great number of variables. But for the sake of a simple analogy, most people can understand the coin on edge concept. To really figure the chances of a fatality, I think it should be figured with chaos mathematics that one may use to try and predict weather or the stock market. Even then then answer would be non-definitive and ambiguous. So why go through all that math? Just toss that thick coin.

I know this is a bit old, but I see a big problem with the coin analogy. The problem is that a coin has fairly equal chances at coming to rest on either side, H or T. This is not comparable to the risk factor in skydiving. If you want to use a coin in an analogy, you have to use the third possibility of how a coin can come to rest - on edge. If you tossed a coin on a flat surface, it is not impossible for a coin to come to rest on edge. This is comparable to the risk factor in skydiving. Further, to expand the analogy, a thicker coin increases the possibility of it coming to rest on edge, so that can be compared to more dangerous skydiving activities.

I also want to say that is nice to read what others go through. I suffer from mild depression myself. It is really hard to fight off the people who think that it is something that you can turn off like a light bulb. Further, I suspected that there were a lot of people who find skydiving as a form of thearpy. I get a lot from it myself. If I have not jumpped in a while, I feel drained and I need a lot of sleep. If I make at least a few jumps a week, I can go on about 25% less sleep, and can get up before the alarm. Also, I can deal with life's everyday BS much easier.

About the coward part. I think there is an instance where if you commit suicide you may be considered a coward, although nothing to do with depression. While growing up, a good friend of mine was sexually abused my an adult man. Eventually, my friend notified the police and filed wanted to press charges. Shortly after the police visited the accused, he committed suicide. This may be considered a cowardly act. He did not want to face the consequences for his actions.