Something to smile on #15

 Air Conditioning

In the early fifties when air conditioning first started appearing in cars and doctors still made house calls. Dr. Blevins was out on his rounds in his brand new ‘53 air conditioned Buick. It was late summer and purdy hot so he stopped at a country store for a Moon Pie and a cool RC. While there he met a old farmer , Mr. Ned, who lived on his route. So he offered Mr. Ned a ride. Mr. Ned was a little reluctant at first because he had on his dirty work clothes and it was a brand new car, but the doctor was incessant and it was a hot day. So Mr. Ned climbed in trying his best not to touch anything.

So off they go. The Doctor cranked the air all the way up, not saying anything about it to Mr. Ned. After a while the doctor looked over at Mr. Ned and noticed that he had buttoned his shirt all the way up and turned up his collar. He asked Mr. Ned what he had planned for the rest of the week and Mr. Ned said “Well I'd planned on cutting tobacco and putting up some more hay, but the way this weather is changing I think I’ll kill hogs”

"Your father and I have decided that you're too young to play the blues."

  

Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord

Higher Ground 2020 (Stevie Wonder)--Playing for Change

WHAT IS A MILLWRIGHT?

I’ve often tried to explain just what a Millwright is, most of the time with very little success. So I’m gonna try and put it in writing.

We are part of a Union Trade, one of the oldest second only to carpenters. We have a very diverse skill set. Without us many of you would not enjoy the luxuries you enjoy. See we build the turbines that generate power for your homes and businesses, aligning 200 ton rotors with a tolerance of .002, that’s two thousandths of an inch, turning at 3600 RPMs.

We install the equipment used to build refrigerators, toasters, TVs, furniture, stoves and other equipment.

We work foundries and install the furnaces, conveyor and stamping equipment that builds the tools many of you work with.

The cars you drive, well the assembly lines, conveyor and robotics were all installed by Millwrights. We install, repair and maintain the equipment in food processing plants. We build and assemble and maintain dryers for grain, scales, and safety equipment.

We weld, fabricate, rig, and assemble gates for your locks and dams.

We are mechanical engineers that can do it all. Anything from windmills to mobile filing units, water treatment and chemical plants. We work in dangerous environments yet no one seems to fear and we trust each other with our lives.

We spend countless hours of our time doing our best to get plants back up and running to not only answer the supply demand but to meet deadlines to keep companies up and running, to help our employers and to make a living for our families.

The road, is our friend and our enemy, because we spend so much time on it. We sacrifice our bodies, swinging sledge hammers in intense heat, we sacrifice our joints turning wrenches, we sacrifice our hearts being away from our families. We make our money on holidays because that’s when plants are shutdown for their employees and they use that time for repairs and modifications to keep this country going.

We are required to carry more tools than any other craft, we are required to diagnose problems and then fix them and we are the best at what we do. We have the greatest training programs, and the Millwrights that came before us laid the foundation to hold us accountable and to the highest standards. Quit is not in our vocabulary, it’s not exceptable in our trade, and when they say it can’t be done, lol.

When they say it can’t be done.

THEY CALL A MILLWRIGHT.