February 10 2021

Hi folks,

Today was a little different at work

Started with Confined Space Entry Training in the morning, which went for 5 hours

Then a de-isolation from yesterday on the Activated Carbon dosing pipework

Following that was an information and Q and A session from the company taking over the contract at the start of next financial year

(Lots of context to that one, which I may be able to explain later)

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Then finally, an isolation on the Fluoride Transfer system, so Jenkins the Mechanical Fitter can replace a couple of o-rings tomorrow

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_{The raw input that is used to fluoridate drinking water}

_{And the source of so many conspiracy theories}

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I've finished my on-call week this month as of today, so tomorrow I'm riding my bike in

Looking forward to that

I'm pretty over work this week though to be honest

Being on-call means working your normal 5 days during one week, then going in both days over the weekend, then also working 5 days of the next week after that

It's a long time to spend at work in one continuous hit

And for 7 of those days you're responsible for the plant after hours, getting woken up multiple times through the night, sometimes having to go in to fix something

Literally at the beck-and-call of a SCADA system

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But,

Could be worse

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I would like more time to pursue other interests though