So whats up guys? do you think being in Germany is all about beer, blonde hair, and blue eyes? Although they do have good beer the blond hair and blue eyes are...also in abundance. i mean c'mon, it's friggin Germany.
While many of you sit at home enjoying a nice cup of coffee, a brisk jog on the treadmill, or doing one armed inverted push ups, while reading this, i am working non-stop. you may ask, what about days off? i am prepared for that question with a dialogue! The part of the me will be played by Johnny Depp (eat you heart out ladies), while you will be played by me (...i understand, save it for Johnny).
STORY THUS FAR:
I (played by Johnny Depp, who looks a lot like me)have just arrived home. where everyone has missed me so much that they threw a parade in my honor. after many weeks of partying and such, i finally meet with my family and friends
Me: I'm home!
You: oh hey! it's been a while! I heard that you were in Germany? God dam you are even better looking than before!
Me: what, are you surprise?
You: so how was it?
Me: exhausting, we worked non-stop 84 hours a week!
You: thats like 12 hours a day, 7 days a week!!
Me: Exactly.
You: what about days off?
Me: what about what?
You: You know days off where you don't work.
Me: ...(jaw drops to the floor and tongue rolls out)
You: (having seen my chin literally hit the floor and my tongue literally rolling out like a red carpet...run away screaming as if this KID was chasing you)
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| From Papenburg, Germany-Eclipse New Build |
That is what Johnny Depp looks like in Germany. Yea Yea Yea, you may say that it is me but, i am obviously way better looking AND have both eyes. the flashlight sticking out of my head is accurate though.
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SO now that we know what the work schedule is like we can work on what i actually do. If anyone has been following with the web-albums lately will notice some stupid photos of closets of cables hanging down and other weird things that don't make for a good photo. That is what i am actually doing. Not taking pictures but building the guts and internal computer structure of the ship. We aren't doing any of the programming we are just installing all the equipment, running the cable and taking out the trash...seriously. It's hard to describe the actual process but, i'll make a stab at it with my eloquent writing style. Below is a movie about it too
**EDIT: the movie blows, i'm going to have to redo it. the songs nice though.**
So then the steps are as follows:
1) Carry 2 60lbs spools of cable up 3 flights of stairs.
2) Carry 2 more 60lbs spools of cable up 3 flights of stairs.
3) get measurements for each rack (the closet looking things)...let me expound on what the closets are for.
Each closet will hold several different pieces of networking hardware. to link all of them together you run the cat5, 6, or 7 cable. each closet gets 48 cables. the cables can vary in lengths of 30-50ft.
4) put 60lbs spools of cable on cable caddies.
5) walk out the length that you need for the run.
6) Repeat step 5 a shit load of times...i think i did this at least 720 times for this one room.
7) Pull cable through very small spaces and cut the bloody hell out of your hands (see picture below).
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| From Papenburg, Germany-Eclipse New Build |
tough to see but, i'm usually still bleeding by the time i get home.
other than pulling the cable i have been installing and "dressing" power supplies. I usually go with a pink frilly dress but, sometimes i changed it up with some lingerie...gotta keep it exciting!!!
Dressing means make it look pretty.
So then if you found this informative, sweet. if you didn't like it, well...up yours! please feel free to comment...actually you had better comment. enjoy the movie and photos.
*Cue Porky Pig* That's It Folks!
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