Re: Work Load Increase

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 8:13:53 AM UTC-5, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 2/16/2021 1:21 PM, Jim Davis wrote:=20
> > On Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 10:39:11 AM UTC-5, ABLE1 wrote:=20
> >> Hey Guys,=20
> >>=20
> >> Again it has been a while with a lack of post.=20
> >> So, i thought I would beat Jim to the PUNCH!!!=20
> >>=20
> >> Of course I don't know about everybody's work load=20
> >> but mine, so I will share a bit.=20
> >>=20
> >> For me, something happened about 5 or so weeks ago.=20
> >>=20
> >> All went from multiple service calls and small projects=20
> >> to Camera System Upgrade, Phone System Upgrade, New Camera=20
> >> System Install, Access Control Upgrade, another Camera System=20
> >> Upgrade, at least 3 cellular communication upgrades, continued=20
> >> Service Calls, along with a emergency call when some intelligent=20
> >> human decided to completely "water wash down" the inside of a empty=20
> >> 125,000 sq-ft warehouse. Which had a fire alarm system installed by me=
!!=20
> >> There were over 300 ground fault signals to the C/S (run away) until=
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> >> I could get there and power the system down. Waited 4 days for all to=
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> >> dry out!! Good now!! Fortunately the Fire Trucks were not dispatched!!=
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> >>=20
> >> Oh, and not all of the above projects are completed as yet. I found=20
> >> out a L-O-N-G time ago that I can O-N-L-Y be working on O-N-E project=
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> >> at a O-N-E specific location at time.=20
> >>=20
> >> Basically the others will have to wait till I get there!!=20
> >>=20
> >> My point with all of this is that, what/who opened the FLOOD gates??=
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> >>=20
> >> I know, I know, just dumb luck!!=20
> >>=20
> >> Regardless it has been most challenging.=20
> >>=20
> >> Hope all you guys are doing well and the Busy Fairy is being=20
> >> gentle on you!!! I plan on having a very specific detailed=20
> >> discussion with mine................... once I find him/her!!!=20
> >>=20
> >> Oh and Happy Valentines Day to all and your "others"=20
> >>=20
> >> Les=20
> >=20
> > I've been a little slow but some of it is due to the crappy weather. NY=
 has been on the hairy edge of all the snotty weather lately and the Weathe=
r people can't tell if it's going to rain, freeing rain, sleet, snow or any=
 combination of the above. So everyone doesn't know if they're going to be =
home or at work or businesses opened or closed. Menial service calls keep c=
oming in but nothing big. Although I've got this one lady who's been after =
me to come and start putting in 1) a swimming pool audio system on one side=
 of her home and a patio audio system on the other side of her home. I supp=
ose I could go over and start the inside wiring but ---- weather still play=
s a factor because she lives where there's a lot of hills and back country =
roads so I don't want to take a chance of getting stranded.=20
> >
> > As far as the comments on politics. I'm reminded of something Ronald Re=
agan once said.
> > "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from t=
he Government, and I'm here to help. "=20
> >
> Hey Jim, sorry to hear about the slow times. I have a few jobs you=20
> could handle here is PA!! However, the travel time would kill us both.=20
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> Yes, the weather has been nuts. I convinced a customer that mounting=20
> the outside camera will have to wait till it gets warmer!!! That will=20
> happen next week with a high of 46F. :-)=20
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> As for politics. I have said for years.=20
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> "It doesn't matter who wins, the other side will complain for the=20
> next 4 years."=20
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> Some people get it and others get ........................ upset.=20
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> Les

What gets to me the most is ------ This country started out due to somethin=
g short of a miracle. That is:  that at a certain time and a certain place =
a certain group of people came together and had the will, ability, intellig=
ence, and temerity to put together a process that made us (ie mankind) take=
 the most important step in the history of all previous civilizations. That=
 is,--- the stand that it is the individuals right to be able to express th=
eir opinions and be responsible for their own well being in accordance with=
 Bill of Rights: And that a governments only responsibilities to it's peopl=
e and nation. is to protect it's citizens from foreign interference, create=
 a balance between order and liberty and only provide the things that the p=
eople cannot provide for themselves.
;;;
It is an utter shame that this country will fall by the wayside, as a faile=
d experiment, in the long term history of this world. Socialism will ultima=
tely win, as the present ill-conceived interpretation of the foundation of =
this  government provides a path that allows/makes  people become more and =
more dependent on handouts from the government.=20
;;;
Humans have two sides. One side will do anything to survive on their own, t=
o be self sufficient and in the process be free to do what they choose to d=
o with the proceeds of their efforts. =20
;;;
On the other side, there are those people that  if they can obtain somethin=
g for nothing will eventually expect to get those things with no thought or=
 care of what effort it takes to provide them which ultimately makes them u=
nable to develop the skills necessary to sustain their own existence.
;;;
All that has to happen to sustain our existence is that each of us has to p=
roduce just a little bit more than we need.=20
;;;
Even with it's cruelty and fearsome practices, if you include the Byzantium=
 Empire, it took Rome almost 2000 years to see it's demise. Probably becaus=
e it just out grew it's ability to produce just a little bit more that it n=
eeded. Strangely enough, ( history repeating itself) another factor was a m=
ass influx of foreign refugees that drastically drained Rome's resources. B=
ut even In spite of all that, if it wasn't for a plague near the end, the d=
ark ages may never have happened or lasted so long. I fear that we'll not s=
ee 3 or 400 years.=20
(Does any of this seem familiar to anyone?)
I don't know who said it but the saying that=20
-----The only thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't learn an=
ything from history.------  is quite accurate. Fortunately I won't be here =
to see it happen.
;;;
What a shame. What a damn shame.=20
I think Ayn Rand was not a philosopher. She predicted the future.