-Thursday- CAITLIN (10:40am) Caitlin ***** TINO (10:40am) Hey Caitlin. Im Tino. Where are you? CAITLIN (10:43am) In class, texting with my professor's permission. Where are you? TINO (10:43am) Good for you poindexter. Im a self-educated man. I work with my hands, cuz it gives me time to think. You ever build anything? CAITLIN (10:46am) A dining room table and a lawn chair. But i needed a lot of instruction TINO (10:46am) Ya gotta know how to make stuff. I like working with my hands generally. Steel. The ladies. Ha! Mostly steel. Im a rigger. (10:51am) Anyway... nice to meet you Caitlin. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. CAITLIN (10:51am) Thanks TINO (2:21pm) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? CAITLIN (3:21pm) 8 TINO (3:21pm) Mmm hmm. Ill put down a 7. See, my contract is almost up. May have to find something else. Gotta think of interview questions they might ask. (3:22pm) Such as... are you what they call a 'team player'? -Friday- TINO (1:42pm) Hey Caitlin whats up. I cant get out of bed this morning; PAIN. That rigging job in india is catching up to me with a vengeance. (1:44pm) Built a massive building for tiny parts. Semi-conductor facility. Theres a certain satisfaction in that. What do you do for work anyway? CAITLIN (1:49pm) I serve coffee to the masses of under caffeinated students at my school. Where in india? TINO (1:49pm) Are you good at it? Like an expert? CAITLIN (1:50pm) By now, i would say so. TINO (1:50pm) Grab some object nearby, what is it? CAITLIN (1:51pm) A black inked pen TINO (1:51pm) Guy called di staso says that if youre an expert you can see your work in any object. Look at that black inked pen, am I right? CAITLIN (1:52pm) Yeah, definately. TINO (1:52pm) Ok, lets not get carried away. But you get what I mean. Ive got the icy hot right here and its pretty straightforward. Definitely pulled something. CAITLIN (1:53pm) I'm sure you keep a lot of that on hand. TINO (1:53pm) You want the long story or the short story? CAITLIN (1:54pm) Which ever you most prefer telling TINO (1:54pm) Working Load Limit is defined as max mass or force a product is authorized to support in general service when pull is applied in-line, unless noted otherwise (1:55pm) i.e. the WLL of a component is specified by the manufacturer. (1:56pm) If you have a 3t sling hook on a single-leg wire rope or chain sling in a general use application, it retains its inherent WLL of 3t as its max load. (1:57pm) However, if a two-leg sling consists of two such legs, the WLL for the sling hook in such a configuration is (1.73 x 3 t) / 2 = 2.6 t. (1:58pm) If the hook is to be used in a non-general application (e.g. in a mine shaft or in a hazardous situation such as a hot environment), it may be derated further. (1:59pm) You see where this is going. Ill spare you the details. CAITLIN (2:02pm) Isn't that dangerous? Trying to change the wll of a product by arranging it differently than recommended? -Saturday- TINO (1:06pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? CAITLIN (2:56pm) Sure TINO (2:56pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. (2:58pm) Eugene doesnt believe me. He says its old paint. You at a computer? Google 'meteor dust' for me and let me know what it says. Is it possible? (3:13pm) Find anything? -Sunday- TINO (12:16pm) hy Caitlin, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. -Monday- TINO (12:35pm) What are you up to Caitlin? -Thursday- TINO (2:54pm) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? CAITLIN (3:17pm) Movie TINO (3:17pm) Ya exactly. A dark room and then we have something to talk about. Do you think madagascar: escape 2 africa: the imax experience is any good? CAITLIN (3:20pm) I'm not sure that an imax version of an animated movie would show much more than the regular TINO (3:20pm) Ok, scratch that then. You have a better one in mind? -Friday- TINO (12:35pm) Do you ever think about all the shit you use everday that has moving parts? -Saturday- TINO (2:54pm) Caitlin. Im late. Just came in to Dallas- I dont know this part of town. Foreman sent me a txt, but this thing ran out of memory, so I did delete... (2:56pm) Point is, im lost. Not worried though, these things work out. But I need your help. So now is it down the dark alleyway or along the boulevard? CAITLIN (6:06pm) Well, since i happen to be from dallas, I'll tell you that the alleyways are always more interesting. What part of dallas? TINO (6:06pm) Going with the alley. I made it sound too creepy. Basically old ladies talking in their yards. Should I go by the starbucks or cross the police line? CAITLIN (6:11pm) Starbucks, the dallas cops are jerks TINO (6:11pm) Id get a cup, but it isnt strong enough for me. Would you go go past the McCain canvassers or through the nice condo buildings? CAITLIN (7:12pm) Avoid the canvasers! TINO (7:12pm) Ok, but I dont sign things. No money. Ill pick who I pick. Do I stop at the tourist office or follow the rat down the side street? CAITLIN (7:14pm) Rat TINO (7:14pm) Yeah, exactly. Follow your nose. Ok, under the tennis shoes hanging or toward the Whole Foods across the street? CAITLIN (7:15pm) Whole foods, by now like the rat, you must be hungry TINO (7:15pm) This parking lot is full of SUVs. So now is it walk by the Office Depot or or past the XXX adult video store? CAITLIN (7:17pm) Well, it seems like an obvious choice TINO (7:17pm) Trying the depot. Ok, nice. Theres my site. See? Works every time. Catch you later. (10:17pm) Hey Caitlin. Think. If you slipped and a friend caught your safety rope, the only thing between you and a 70 story fall, who would you want it to be? -Sunday- TINO (10:17am) Ok, nevermind. Ill see ya, Caitlin. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.