-Saturday- LEE (5:26pm) Lee TINO (5:26pm) Hey Lee. Im Tino. Where are you? LEE (5:28pm) Austin, TX TINO (5:28pm) Sounds like a blast. Im kicking back with a beer and a book. Vanessa recommended it, otherwise wouldnt bother. Something about a monkey. (5:38pm) Anyway, nice to meet you Lee. Enough txting for now, Ill touch base tomorrow. -Sunday- TINO (3:00pm) Sorry for bugging. I need a favor. Something just occurred to me. Ok? Im 65 floors up. You got a second? LEE (3:24pm) What's up? TINO (3:24pm) Construction was delayed for the better part of a year. Beams covered in a fine metallic dust. Kinda mysterious but i have a hunch. LEE (3:26pm) Oh Yeah? TINO (3:26pm) 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? (3:41pm) Find anything? LEE (3:54pm) Electromagnetic radiation, climate change, taints atarctica. TINO (3:54pm) Ive got an amazing job. Do me one more favor? LEE (3:55pm) ? TINO (3:55pm) Take a photo of something at work from outer space. Post it on flickr and put 'tino faussone' in the tags. Its all around us, Lee. Gotta run. -Monday- TINO (12:15pm) Hey Lee whats up. I cant get out of bed this morning; PAIN. That rigging job in india is catching up to me with a vengeance. (12:17pm) Built a massive building for tiny parts. Semi-conductor facility. Theres a certain satisfaction in that. What do you do for work anyway? LEE (12:22pm) Freelance video production and teaching TINO (12:22pm) Are you good at it? Like an expert? LEE (12:30pm) No but i like to think i bring other things to the table TINO (12:30pm) Ok, lets work on that. Grab some object nearby, what is it? LEE (12:32pm) A box with film in it TINO (12:32pm) Guy called di staso says that if youre an expert you can see your work in any object. Look at that box film, am I right? LEE (12:33pm) Alright true. But that could be a lucky coincidence TINO (12:33pm) 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. LEE (12:34pm) How? TINO (1:13pm) You want the long story or the short story? LEE (1:21pm) Long TINO (1:22pm) 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 (1:23pm) i.e. the WLL of a component is specified by the manufacturer. (1:25pm) 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. (1:26pm) 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. (1:27pm) 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. LEE (1:29pm) Ok i think i follow TINO (1:30pm) You see where this is going. Ill spare you the details. LEE (2:48pm) So you're saying you reached your working load limit? TINO (2:48pm) hy L, I just lost my tmpr. I got frustrat and brok my phon. LEE (2:50pm) What made you snap? TINO (2:50pm) Is this annoying or what? Sorry. I tll you what. Why ont you brak something too. Right now. Want to o it? LEE (2:51pm) Yeah TINO (2:51pm) Goo. Work is important, but so is unoing work. Ask any mchanic, vrything dis alon. Fin somthing long an chap like a pncil. Lt m know whn you hav on. LEE (2:53pm) Got it TINO (2:53pm) Put your thumbs in the mil. Hold it about y-lvl with fingrs pulling on ithr n an brak it. Tll m whn you o it. LEE (2:55pm) Did it TINO (2:55pm) Isnt it a rlif? I want you to kp the rasr part in your pockt all ay. Show it to somon. I gotta go to the phon stor. LEE (2:57pm) Bye -Tuesday- LEE (11:01am) Tino, what is the meaning of life? Is it work? TINO (11:01am) Lee. Im late. Just came in to Pennsylvania- I dont know this part of town. Foreman sent me a txt, but this thing ran out of memory, so I did delete... (11:03am) Point is, im lost. Not worried though, these things work out. But I need your help. Do I follow the group of people or go where they arent? LEE (11:07am) I'm from Pennsylvania. Don't follow the people i say. TINO (11:07am) These guys are going too slow. So now is it stop at the tourist office or follow the rat down the side street? LEE (11:08am) I don't see what difference it makes ultimately TINO (11:08am) Going with the tourists. Ok, buut Im not the asking for directions type. Should I go walk by the Office Depot or or past the XXX adult video store? LEE (11:11am) I would have followed the rat. But in any case, XXX Adult video store. TINO (11:11am) I knew you were going to say that. Sicko. Ok, down the dark alleyway or along the boulevard? LEE (11:12am) Alleyway. Much quieter. TINO (11:12am) Going with the alley. I made it sound too creepy. Basically old ladies talking in their yards. Think I should go in the direction of the Shell or the Texaco? LEE (11:13am) Texaco. I'm in oil country now. TINO (11:13am) Cars are like kids. Have to feed them constantly, and they get sick a lot.$$. Do I go past the McCain canvassers or through the nice condo buildings? LEE (11:15am) Mccain canvassers TINO (11:15am) Ok, but I dont sign things. No money. Ill pick who I pick. Ok, nice. Theres my site. See? Works every time. Catch you later. LEE (11:16am) Have a good one TINO (3:00pm) What are you up to Lee? LEE (3:57pm) Going to work, to teach a class. TINO (3:57pm) U wanna trade? The inspectors here. Puts numbers on things that dont need em. Like how you had 30 characters in that message. You txt normal, QWERTY or T9? LEE (4:24pm) T9. You? TINO (4:24pm) So 30 max key presses, times 6 muscles of the thumb(s) involved, like the flexor pollicis brevis, and four nerves. Do you use a light pressure or heavy? LEE (4:33pm) Light i'd say TINO (4:33pm) You just took 539 seconds to respond, so we're talking 5.88 neural signals/sec per second on your part. (4:35pm) If you were a factory youd get an efficiency rating of 0.14/averg. Notice how you do other basic tasks. Fast or slow? Dont text me now. Itll take too long :-) -Wednesday- LEE (1:25am) Well your TXT efficiency analysis is all wrong you forget the human lived element. TXTIng isn't all we do. TINO (1:25am) Theres nothing prettier than the sun setting over a plastics factory. The right mix of chemicals can turn the sky the most bizarre shade of impossible. Ya know? (1:27am) God damn. I love nature and all its wonderments. I can tell you where to find your perfect dream sunset. Whats your favorite color? LEE (1:28am) Aquamarine TINO (1:28am) aquamarine comes from polyphenol-formaldehyde. Aint it pretty shimmering over the water? So, we have a nice aquamarine sky stripe. Next. Red highlights or blue? LEE (1:30am) Oh red! TINO (1:30am) AH! Terephthaloyl-chloride in the sky is like uh, a little rouge on the cheek of Gods sleeping girlfriend. One more tone. The final color in your dream sunset? LEE (1:31am) Orange TINO (1:31am) orange is what we call a tertiary color. A mix. Polymethyl methacrylate will provide the perfect hue. checkin my notes and Ill point you towards your spot. (1:33am) K. Some wine, lil' cheese and vulcanized nylon vapor and you got a dream picnic. Head to the Dupont Factory in Pompton Lakes, NJ. in the spring. Pretty. LEE (1:35am) Thanks. can't wait to expand my horizons past Wildwood, NJ TINO (3:33am) Guess where i am? LEE (3:34am) ? TINO (3:34am) You wish. Wish I was naked in an Arctic snowstorm at this point. You got anything that really freaks you out? (6:34am) On a scale of one to ten, ten being very and one being not at all, how firm is your handshake? (9:34am) Met a girl last night - vanessa. Vanessaaaaah. Whaddaya think. Movie or the shore? LEE (9:55am) The shore absolutely TINO (9:55am) Ya exactly. Sunset over waves and a long ride home. I hope the clouds clear up, tho. LEE (9:56am) Chance of rain TINO (9:56am) Hopefully this girl isnt like eliza. LEE (9:57am) What was wrong with eliza? Psycho? TINO (9:57am) The 26.year old cyclone. Even i couldnt keep up with her. Tried tho. Never figured it out. She started me with this texting stuff. -Thursday- LEE (11:34am) Haven't heard from you in awhile. How was the shore? TINO (11:34am) Do you ever think about all the shit you use everday that has moving parts? LEE (11:35am) Sure TINO (11:35am) Just took apart a drill. This one was edged with rotating electric grinders and planers. Like a stainless steel pinata when I popped it. Where are you? LEE (11:36am) Home TINO (11:36am) Perfect. Be still and open your ears. Listen to the sounds of home. Everything not human. Thats all parts moving. Ssshhhhhh... (11:39am) Im hearing a computer, kind of like the air from a balloon with the nascar sound of the dvd player. What have you got? LEE (11:41am) Air conditioner, gas on the stove, lawn mower next door TINO (11:41am) The creak and squeak of someone opening a space. The noise of getting 'in' or getting 'out'. How long did it take to invent that? What else? LEE (11:42am) Car driving by, the clock ticking, buzz of the speakers TINO (11:42am) Hey. Do you text your mother with that thumb? LEE (11:44am) No my ma don't text TINO (11:44am) You have another sound? LEE (11:45am) Yet another clock ticking TINO (11:45am) Hey. Do you text your mother with that thumb? LEE (11:46am) Bug off -Friday- TINO (2:21pm) Hey I got this trick I can do. Just five questions and I can guess what your job is. Seriously, its this weird skill. Want to play? LEE (9:27pm) Let's play TINO (9:27pm) Ok, first some background. Do you spend your day in a room where you can see any pictures of animals? LEE (9:36pm) ? TINO (9:36pm) You give yourself away with every message you send. Have you ever had to fire a pregnant or weeping person? LEE (9:38pm) No TINO (9:38pm) I knew you hadnt. Confirms my guess. A couple more just to be sure. Are you proficient with Excel? LEE (9:39pm) No TINO (9:39pm) Me neither. I let my accountant crunch my numbers. Do you deal with road traffic? LEE (9:40pm) No TINO (9:40pm) Coulda guessed this first thing. Youre obviously a Archaeology Outreach Officer. Am I right? LEE (9:41pm) Guess again TINO (9:41pm) Knowing what youre good at is more than half the battle when it comes to a good career move. LEE (9:50pm) I'll take that into consideration. I'm in need of a career move (9:51pm) No -Saturday- TINO (2:54pm) Hey Lee. 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? LEE (3:27pm) Larissa TINO (3:27pm) Ok, now whos the one standing next to Larissa, commenting on rope-holding technique? Whats his or her name? LEE (5:36pm) David i guess TINO (5:36pm) Yeah, David. Whats David's phone number? LEE (5:37pm) ********** TINO (5:37pm) Got it. Thanks. Ill see ya, Lee. Off to a job in chongqing, china! ALWAYS keep moving. Most peoples problem is getting stuck.