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Well, I didn't have to get up, get ready in the cold, and drive to work. So I suppose that's good.
On the other hand, the only reason I didn't have to do all that is because the office is closed due to horrible winter weather. There is snow on the ground. Not much, but we don't need a whole lot to F things up around here.
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That's what she said.
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That BoM check was...unfun.
Typically, I've been able to check a PDF of the Isometric drawings versus the BoM (Bill of Materials). The way we usually do ISOs lets me search them for the text from items on the BOM. That makes it easy.
However, since we're using the ISO style from the Terminals group now, I can't search the PDFs for text. So I have to print them all out and go through them page by page with a highlighter. It takes considerably longer.
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And I wasn't surprised to find mistakes. This particular project has turned into a real clusterf#$k. IT is partly to blame, as the designer's computer keeps having issues (his isn't the first). The other part of blame goes to the merger of our group with the Terminals group, and all the headaches of trying to bring together different ways of doing things.
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Of course, I'm in the office. So far, I'm the only one. I know at least a handful who won't be coming here. Some with kids still out of school. Some who live just far enough away they don't want to risk the roads. I can understand that.
I'm only 10 miles away. I barely have to cross any bridges, maybe a few overpasses. So I wasn't too worried.
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Another coworker and I had planned on doing lunch today, but then yesterday he found out he had to go down to Corpus Christi to finally do that site visit we've been talking about. He's taking my supervisor with him, as the I&E Engineer on the project. So that's two boss type people out of the office.
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Another coworker, one of my mechanical designers, worked from home on Monday. He claimed he was worried about the roads. I think it was more likely he's a bit pissy the Terminals mechanical designer has been made the lead of all the mechanical designers and is making changes to how we do things. Other people are thinking the same thing.
The big boss was pissed he wasn't in on Monday, so if he's not in today that could be a problem.
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Anyway, since my buddy is going to be out of the office, I had to secure my own lunch. Luckily, we still had some leftover stew at the house. It's beef stew, with carrots and potatoes. I try to not eat any of the beef, however. I've been cutting back in red meat the last few years. It's been surprisingly easy.