Working @ MindSay

You know, as crazy as it sounds, I really don't mind working weekends!  It is quiet, I get to do more work on other things and the people I work with on the weekends are great people to work with! 

Working on the weekend lets me get to know people that I don't get to sit and chat with on a daily basis.  Like this morning I came to work about 10 to 7 and Mike was here.  He only works overnights and he is usually the only one there. 

I sometimes forget the value of quietness.  I love the quiet one on one conversations.

Yay!  Thanks to my semi retired Daddy, I am making some money this week!

 

My hands are going to look like shit by the end of next Tuesday but by Bridget, I am going to have some ready cash!:D  And not have to go to the bank to pull it!

 

My Daddy is a machinest.  When I was younger his shop use to be small engines/machining and as I got older, he slowly phazed out the small engines because he couldn't lift the engines (lawn mower, dirt bikes/motor bikes, chain saws, tillers, and other things with small engines) the way he should because of his knees.

 

The last year or so my Daddy's buisness has picked up.  He has never ran it the way he should have but that is a whole different story there.  Well this week he picked up two BIG sharpening jobs (which is his bread and butter) from two different manufacturing companies.  One that makes the expandable ladders for Fire Engine Trucks (I got to see the CO Springs Finished Truck in pictures before it was revealed in CO a few years back) and another company that I have no clue what they do.  And at the same time he picked up some more crap for a HUGE on going job for a company that makes various agures.  Well since the last job is on going, he needs the sharpening jobs out of the shop ASAP and he has been bugging me for a few years off and on to apprentice under him and maybe take over the family buisness.  I just have no real want to do that but working for him occasionally is okay!

 

And that is exactly what I am doing this week and some of next week.  Yesterday, I helped clean up his shop and got all the metal shavings swept up and out and then I learned how to sharpen drill bits.  My Daddy didn't just set the grinder up but showed me how to do that and then showed me how to sharpen bits.  It is hardern then it looks but it is a simple job if that makes since.  Today, I am finishing out drill bits and then I am being moved to another grinder where I will be shown how to set that one up and then shown how to grind down the shafts for the argures to the proper deminsion.

 

My Dad isn't happy that I have to leave early today to get cleaned up and put "Mom" clothes on but he also understands that my kids will come first over any job be it for him or someone else.  And I am only working a few hours on Friday also because Randy has a full day off.  And we have to go pick some things up from the County Sheriff Department (I'll tell you about that later)

 

I am just happy that Bridget is with me all this week and next week to help me work with this metal!  I am very happy to get out of hte house even if it is down to my folks' place to work for my Dad!

Well, it's been a while since I bloged and I figure I should maybe try to blog at least once a week.

 

Nothing much happening.  I'm not looking for a job...now.  But come May I will have to start because my unemployment ends in June.  I've been eating a lot or I should say I've been going out to lunch with people I should of seen while working but couldn't or people I haven't seen in a while.  I think I gained about 5 to 7 pounds. I could say I have gained some muscles shoving and pushing the snowblower with all the snow we been having here.  I've been watching a lot of TV.  And I'm so happy because I will be attending "Jerry Springer" show March 3....NO! I will not be getting my "Jerry Beads".

 

That's all for today.

Years ago, I worked with K9 officers and their dogs. I was the guy they sent out with the arm wrap for practice attacks. As a training dummy, I have been hit thousands of times by Belgium breed K9s.
A Belgium dog has a bite of 2000 PSI, one of the strongest biting dog breeds around. During training periods, I have been knocked down, nearly bitten numerous times and on one occasion the dog managed to bite through a new wrap, one that had never been used before.

Police K9s are trained to attack anyone in a real situation and that the dog will try to attack and bite the man in wrap in practices as well. The dogs take their training to heart, that even training is perceived as the real thing. The Belgium breeds were always challenging and tiring to work with. These dogs know how to work a suspect until he or she has given up.

I could feel the dog's K9 penetrating my skin under the wrap, I yelled to the owner to call his dog off, after a couple of times yelling at his dog, the K9 released his grip from my arm. I took the wrap off to examine the extent of his bite, he managed to break the first layer of skin on my arm. Anyone who has worked attack dogs will tell you that in some incidents, the dogs forget to listen to commands ... while they are biting down and having fun. Working attack dogs can sometimes prove risky and even humorous at times.

Another time I had just put my wrap on when I heard my friend send the dog after me, I quickly turned around in time to see his K9s showing as he jumped at me, I was half way laughing knowing that my friend was getting a kick out of his stunt, partially off-balance when turning around to face my attacker, I was knocked down to the ground.

Now, anyone knows that when they get knocked down on the ground, the risk of being injured is greater. This scared me, I had never fought off a K9 from the ground before, it was an experience I didn't find funny for long, the dog continued to bite down on my wrap for a while, and would then release his grip long enough to bite somewhere different on the wrap. Finally, he was called off. I enjoyed working with the dogs back then, it was interesting and rewarding.

Jim Heitmeyer

Since I'm always working, and I don't really have too much time to blog here in MindSay. So, I decided to record and create a trailer of my upcoming series of video blogs. I'm typing this entry in a hurry, so I'm sorry if it sucks. 

Tell me what you think of the video!!! :)



Can you guess where the music came from?