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Tornado at work

Tornado at work I got to work that day just like any other day. I had to get up at 5am in the chilly summer morning to be able to make it to work on time. I worked at a drop forging plant that was filthy on a good day. The plant used graphite as a lubricant for the 2 story tall presses, that when in operation each time a stroke came down on the press it shook the whole building and was so loud you had to wear ear protection all the time. I was running a little late so when I walked into the plant it was already making parts, loudly banging away producing a wheel hub for a quad runner that we had no idea who would end up with these parts we were making. I was a machinist, so I did not work on the line as we would call it. The machine shop was in the back of the building so it was quiet compared to the main floor where the 3 towering forged presses are located. The building we were in was 3 stories tall and all steel construction where even the roll-up shop doors could accept a semi

Do you want me to tell you how to save money on technology?

Are you broke? Is money very tight for you? Do you want to save money? Do you want me to tell you how to save money on technology? After all we all have to have technology to survive college. Hurricane Matthew……..A bad storm……………..had a lightning strike caused me to lose half my studio so I have to replace the equipment so I need to decide whether to buy laptops or tablets. I want to tell you why I think laptops are the best choice. Although tablets are convenient Laptops are much better still. So let’s look at the differences between the two devices: 1.         Portable yet still relatively powerful. a.        Lots of RAM b.       High processor speed 2.       Cheap. Price has drop considerably according to ‘Amazon.com’ a.        $400-$3000 3.       Hardware keyboard. a.        No losing screen to type 4.        Full desktop OS. Like from ‘Microsoft’ a.        Windows 10 or OSX 5.       Connectivity; can work from a smartphone for internet ‘Verizon’ was th