Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Contain Yourself


I have to say, my new job has certainly given me a new perspective.

After five years of operating a forklift loading and unloading shipping containers, one spends many an hour and sometimes many a day inside an 8' x 40' dark, windowless steel box.

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Monday had me supervising the placement of three storage containers by crane...


Setting up and adding counterweight



This is one side of a container you don't see everyday.

The first of three containers being hoisted

180º Spin


Talk about perspective.



Lowered into position



Setting it  down on a dime



Here comes the second one...


Setting the second one into place


What a great way to spend a Monday morning.



Two down, one more to go...



Alley Oop



#3 coming down


Unhooking the last container



What a beautiful January day, I love my job!



The view of Mary's Peak from the office


Every once in a while, turn life over to see what it looks like from the other side. 
~Terri Guillemets




12 comments:

  1. Nice office view! Are those doors on the sides of the containers?

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  2. Love watching these guys work. Big equipment moving big loads, yet so gentle and perfect when they place stuff. Not how it would go if I tried it 😝

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    1. It was fun to watch them work, and had quite the audience. They placed the containers with exact precision, of course with much more practice than you or I.

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  3. Great if you get paid for stuff you actually like to do. I'd call that a win-win situation ;-)

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    1. It is great and a win-win as my week started playing with cranes and ended getting paid to ride.

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  4. Yes, very cool Brad. Hard not for Big Stuff to be Cool!

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  5. I’m so glad to read that you love your job! I enjoyed the pics. Much better than viewing life, or at least large portions of it, from inside those boxes.

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