New To The Industry

[Gym]

Just finished my first week as a mechanic, and to tell you the truth, it was quite interesting. This is a very unique field. I hope to hear from some of you, and as my experience grows I hope to be able to participate in some of the forums.

[TheGMan143]

Re: New To The Industry

In so many words, I quote Dante:

"Abandon Hope, Ye Who Enter Here"

Glad to have you aboard... Don't worry, after a while your attitude will change to fit in with the rest of us... (Machines were designed by three-handed demons, Bowlers are the enemy, Counter help usually would have a problem passing a reflex test and need a recipe to make ice, Belief that sleeping with pins crashing around you IS possible, stuff like that) [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

Just my $0.02 on the subject.

G

[Gym]

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Thanks Gman.

[Mr. 800-R]

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Keep the suicide prevention hotline handy next to the phone.

[deadwood_dup1]

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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Welcome aboard! Only piece of advise i got is "Keep an open mind" If you cant it will be the death of you.

Deadwood

[John_Galt]

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Oh, my friend, once you get friendly with pinspotters, you are ruined for all other lovers.

[Dutch]

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Chad - Sounds to me like you're hanging around with the wrong women. Gear lube & a bowling pin isn't my idea of a good lover. [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

Deadwood - So you're saying that your own death was the reason for your recent hiadas? [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img] We welcome your rebirth [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]

Gaemes - Welcome aboard... You've come to the right place. I've been around bowling for more than 30 years & been a mechanic for about 1/2 of it. Even with all that experience, the other members of Bowl Tech teach me something new almost every day & I'm able to try something new with my machines about once a month.

We look forward to assisting with your education & hope that you'll have something to teach us too.

[deadwood_dup1]

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No, just a change of pace

Deadwood

[Gym]

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After reading everyone's posts here, I had to ask myself "What have I gotten into?". And I think it true to say "A pretty good group of folks". Guess I'll get back to the books. I'm at the part in my C training that explains why one should not use a hammer on microswitches. I tend to disagree, but I'm the new guy...

[mechanic8230]

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Who called us good folks? We are all a bunch of backwoods morons who take our jobs seriously. This is not a business to be taken lightly. Only the strong really survive in this business (pinsetter maintenance). It is a hard, sometimes dirty and mostly forgotten but highly statisfying job. Just ask some of the guys like Mike and GPS and Ed Fox and Crud. I am very proud to be part of this brotherhood. When you get 5 years in you are really happy, but 30 woooooo hooooo you are ready for the funny farm.

[Mark Anderson]

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Quote:]Originally posted by Magic Triangle:
Oh, my friend, once you get friendly with pinspotters, you are ruined for all other lovers.[/QUOTE]


Chad old mate ,

We DO REALLY NEED TO TALK !!

They are Pinsetters not Women :p

Being the older bloke that I am , perhaps I can give you some pointers in this area ?

Realistically "THE UGLY WOMAN AT THE CONTROL DESK" is a better option than a 82-30 / 70 / 90 / 8800 Gold on a cold night , I'll give you the SCOOP there ! [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

[deadwood_dup1]

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Gaemes: Like i said welcome. Dont let these guys push you around heh. "C"? sounds like your an AMF Mech. Well hope you live through it.

Deadwood

[Kat]

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Deadwood:

With enough field engineering you can get that square block into a round hole.

Tools needed:

1. Big Hammer
2. Wood glue
3. Wood dough to fill in the gaps left over.

Good luck.

Kat :p

[Guest]

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Originally posted by Kat:
Deadwood:

With enough field engineering you can get that square block into a round hole.

Tools needed:

1. Big Hammer
2. Wood glue
3. Wood dough to fill in the gaps left over.

Good luck.

Kat :p

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">4. Let's not forget touch-up paint [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

Welcome aboard gaemes [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif[/img]

Tech

[Gym]

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Originally posted by Deadwood2:
Gaemes: Like i said welcome. Dont let these guys push you around heh. "C"? sounds like your an AMF Mech. Well hope you live through it.

Deadwood

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks. And yes, you are right, I am an AMF Mech. Coming from the Motorcoach industry, I think I can safely say that these pinsetters are not 45 foot buses, but they have the same personalities that I ran into in the fleets I use to maintain.