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well I am way behind I am at home now and resting, or trying to ...

Hurt m y foot Sunday at work, dropped a hoist cylinder on it and is still pretty sore ...finally starting to bruise ...was swollen a lot when it happened ...oh well on the mend

I wonder how things are going at work ...Wednesday before I left ... we had a meeting and ... they were thinking on shutting down the BK portal as ground conditions were to bad and we all had a feeling someone would be seriously hurt or killed there... their option id too move to a new location maybe 33 feet down the road ... even though their is s fight with owner ... they would sell to company but want an unreal amount for each acre so not an option i guess...

OK is early and I am tired so will post this take care out there.

Friday at Work-May 22/09-Bralorne

Wow, five days have passed and I have had no time to get on the computer and add to my blogs. I am not going to try and remember what has went on the last five days or so since I was last on.

The weather here today at the mine was around 22 C a bit too warm for long johns ... which I had on of course lol...

I have been fighting a very sore heel ... this pops up from time to time on me and I have no idea what it is ... no swelling and no redness??

The equipment here is in pretty bad shape and I am having hard time keeping it running ... as well my cross shift is finding it the same ...

I emailed the mine manager tonight recommending he send two of the scoops (underground loaders) to rebuild shops where the are better equipped to hand this kind of repair. Anyway I only have 4-5 days left and then I am on days off for two weeks ... maybe some decisions will have been made by then?

Well its a weekend and not man workers in camp so will be fairly quiet tomorrow ... and hot they say ... so will leave the long johns in the dry lol ... you all have a good weekend now .... cya later.

Sunday & Monday 16th &17th May

Bralorne: Well its so busy here lol I had to do two days at once. I have been keeping pretty busy, today I started to rebuild a drill and also repaired the wiring on the compressor ... once I got the schematics was not to hard to figure it out.

Other then that not much happens here ... no excitement ... weather kind of cool today and tried to rain all day....

Just finished watching hockey ... the Kelowna rockets who won and also Pittsburgh who beat out Carolina.

So other then that now I am on my computer writing this down ... then to bed early ... getting old I guess.

Saturday May 16/09

Today started out as a good day ... weather looked to be nice ... and I had tons of ambition ... but as the day carried on I lost that ambition somewhat ... worked most of the day on the jumbo and got another drifter install on the left boom ... also I got into he electrical a bit.
The compressor decided today to die ... the electrical ... it lost all power and we have no manuals or schematics on site, we may have to call in a tech from Rand to fix this one.

Also at around the same time the managers truck decided to die also ... oil pouring from transmission area ... no time to look at, its low priority lol ...

So tomorrow is looking to be a busy day as well, no rest for the wicked lol ... did I say that right hmmm

Friday at Work

Pretty nice day today ... weather nice and warm ... I worked all day on the Jumbo ... Set valves on the engine and changed out the fuel filter (cleaned screen) system full of rust ... Drained and refilled fuel tank with fresh diesel.

Other then that an uneventful day at the Bralorne mine.

Have a good weekend all.

Thursday May 14/09 (Bralorne)

Woke up this morning to snow lol ... Ok thats it I am moving south lol ...

Anyway was a pretty good day ... played arounf a couple hours this morning welding and helping young mechanic on vehicle repairs ... then this afternoon I started on Jumbo ... Change the RH Drifter .... I will carry on tomorrow ... lots to do on this piece of equipment ...

Weather did warm up in the afternoon, actually got pretty warm ... I brought a hummingbird feeder from home and put it up this morning, they are sure loving it ....

Ok its getting late here and we get up early so see yuh all down the road.

Thursday May 14/09 (Bralorne)

Woke up this morning to snow lol ... Ok thats it I am moving south lol ...

Anyway was a pretty good day ... played arounf a couple hours this morning welding and helping young mechanic on vehicle repairs ... then this afternoon I started on Jumbo ... Change the RH Drifter ... Added a few pictures I took of the portal .... enjoy

Wednesday May 13/09 (Back to Work)

Went up to the shop with my partner on Wednesday morning ... weather kind of cold for the middle of May or almost the middle of May.
Fist thing I seen was the 250 Scooptram which will be one of my big prodjects this turn around ... I was not happy seeing how the boom was blocked up ... every other mine I have worked in you have to use engineered boom stands ... the inspector apparently seen this set up and said nothing ?
Other then that was a quiet day ... I did go up to the portal and change the fuel injectors on the Jumbo ....

Monday (follow up)

Well I am with mixed emotions: The Canucks (my hockey team) played well and came up short ... Their goalie Luongo fell short ... cannot win when he lets in seven goals in one game ... Other then that they were short on talent over all ... while the Black Hawks had more depth, faster skating team with more players with greater scoring ability ...

Anyway I am not going to try and analyze their series, I will let the experts do that ... and I am sure this will take place all summer long.

OK now I am off to Bralorne tomorrow ... who to hope for now ... Chicago and Pittsburgh would be a great series ... so lets see what happens!

Monday May 11/09

Well I made it to the hot tub again at just after 4:00 AM ... is a good time to sit in the tub and think, so relaxing and quiet.
As i was sitting in there this morning I thought back to Saturday, the wife and I attended my neighbours funeral. He passed away as a result of a heart attack ... and only 51 years old ... It makes a person sit back and realize how short life can be. He was a real popular guy the church was packed and it was a big church, would hate to guess but I would think a hundred or more attended ... just a guess.

I am off to work again tomorrow and I am going to try and keep up my blog as sort of a diary ... I will if course add pictures from time to time...

Oh yes GO CANAUCKS GO ... might be their lat game today (hope not) but if it is they put on a good show this year ... keep up the good work guys.

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