The Sheriff's are going to be our gate attendants for Turnaround!!! How fun is this going to be?
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The Sheriff's are going to be our gate attendants for Turnaround!!! How fun is this going to be?
Like Sherriff Carter???
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Do you need someone to run your errands during the turnaround?
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of all the sheriffs in all the world, Carter works in the best town
Yes, however with my luck the Sheriff's will probably be closer to this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
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right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
What's a Turnaround?Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4MaR3g-4Y&ob=av3nQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
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A turnaround is what we call our annual shutdown. The plant I work at is 24/7 with the exception of 2-3 weeks in the spring when we shutdown and do repairs/inspections/upgrades we can't do while running.
It's quite a time, we go from 30 employees to an extra 75 ~ 100 contractors onsite.
That sounds like a lot of stress potential. Do you employ dogs on herding duties?
No dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Last year I saw a contractor pretend to put out a cigarette on his tongue. I told him I'd give him a dollar if he did it for real. Of course he declined. Another contractor overheard, took the cigarette, put it out on his tongue, then demanded his dollar.
Every time I saw him after that if he had a ciggy* he would put it out in the same manner and ask for a dollar. I think I paid him ~ 4 dollars over the course of the turnaround.
(* we allowed smoking in designated areas only which is the reason I was only out 4 dollars)
The only place in the USA I might consider moving to...Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
What? They might need average Janes like me to use as test subjects or something!
I might consider taking up smoking just to be able to do that trick.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Though, I might demand $2.
That's a little steep for me..Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
This morning a contractor accidently hit a control valve and shut the whole plant down. Before anybody whines the valve is about twenty feet off the ground and the guy had to knock it pretty hard to trip it.
Was he a very tall chap?
No, sorry the contractors were building scaffolding and were passing board up when they hit the valve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
So did you all go out and celebrate?
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Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
erm, No.
Turnaround Day 15
I'm pooped. This is the first time in 15 days I've been able to sit in my office for longer then 20 minutes at a stretch.
Finally getting a chance to catch up on non shutdown activities. It seems I missed a star wars weekend here on the forum.