MY WORLD

[fubar57]

No smell from there in 23yrs. Hugh but if you go back to the top photo, in the tree line over the wife's left shoulder, you can see the steam from the kraft mill and we smell that smelly smell about 3 times a year, not at all pleasant though it is referred to as "the smell of money". A grand day it was Andy, about -1°C; of course I was dressed for -40.

 

[fubar57]

you feelin' the walk, Geo ?

One day later....yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!! And then she asked if I wanted to go in an hour or so. I'm an out of shape equipment operator for God sakes

 

[Robert Porter]

Drive your office home from camp and take her for a "walk" in that!

 

[Crimea_River]

..... Most of the trip involved peeing and poopin or looking for spots to pee and poop

I assume you were talking about the dog.

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks an idealistic place to live, Geo

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man, tha';s just beautiful.

 

[ontos]

Nice shots George, a little to much snow for me.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. This tour started out the worst way imaginable. Our crew dispatcher was notified on the first night that his daughter had just been murdered in Edmonton, Alta. Night 4 had us set a production record, least amount of tons moved in a shift. This was due to a lengthy shovel move that shut down the main ramp. Night 5 had us smash a 12 hour record by 7000 tons; 99,700 and a 24 hour record of 188,600. Daily 12 hour targets are 63,000 tons. Night 6 and we went from heroes to zeroes, a dozer operator came within a few meters from plunging to the bottom of the pit...

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...surprisingly little damage done to the dozer and the operator sustained some damage to his dignity and underwear.

 

[Robert Porter]

Oh I am so sorry to hear about your dispatchers daughter! That truly is terrible! I hope they catch the person responsible quickly but nothing will bring his daughter back.

 

[Crimea_River]

Not good. Time for a stand-down maybe?

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wayne Little]

NOT a good way to start and stay focused...

 

[Shinpachi]

No words.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Not ideal Very sad to hear.

 

[fubar57]

Started playing around with "Tilt-Shift Miniature" without using an app on my phone, instead using Paint.net. As you can tell, this is a work in progress...

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....it works better when there is a lot going on in the foreground and background

 

[Shinpachi]

Good job, Geo

 

[Wurger]

 

[Robert Porter]

What is Tilt-Shift miniature, do you mean it is an app on your phone?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Damn....