Obsolete
Penelope Periwinkle
There was a drip from the ceiling in the necropsy room yesterday.
Plumbers were called, 3 came, they milled about for a while, finally
figured out what was leaking in the machine room upstairs, and tried
to get the part. The equipment is obsolete, and the part isn't made
any more. It has to be specially constructed for our building.
How can "new" equipment in a five year old building be obsolete?
I know, this shouldn't surprise me, it was built by The Three Stoges
construction company. And I did have to give a tour to a forensic
engineer about two years ago, but *obsolete*?
OhSheesh: Sheesh!
This morning I was sorting through the obspam,and I heard a splash.
Yup, in the back of the lab is a puddle, with water leaking from the
ceiling by the wall my lab shares with the Necropsy Room. The plumbers
were supposed to be some sort of sleeve on whatever is leaking, but,
needless to say, it ain't working.
Four plumbers came by a little while ago, looked at the leaks, and
left to go to lunch. I guess, lacking a penis, that I'm not qualified
to note that, yes indeedy, there is a leak from the ceiling in the
lab. Or, perhaps, they it would take a mournival of manly men to keep
lil' ole' me from panicking. They milled around in the hall for a
minute, told me they's be back, and left.
Ceiling flumpage in the Necropsy Room, is imminent. There are now four
places in the ceiling in here that are leaking. I have confiscated
most of the mop buckets in the facility to cluster under the leaks.
I've moved all the sensitive equipment and disposable PPE's across the
hall to surgery. If the MMM don't get back shortly, I'm going to move
everything else just to make the inevitable clean up easier.
I would say I have everything but the penis-embogged well in hand.
But, back to obsolete; what did the idiots who built this place do?
Shop the cut-out bins? Go to Sid's Science and Technology Building
Clearance Warehouse? Back their truck up to Big Lots?
I mean, geeez...obsolete?
Penelope, must go empty mop buckets before lunch.
Ted Gavin
<pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>There was a drip from the ceiling in the necropsy room yesterday.
>Plumbers were called, 3 came, they milled about for a while, finally
>figured out what was leaking in the machine room upstairs, and tried
>to get the part. The equipment is obsolete, and the part isn't made
>any more. It has to be specially constructed for our building.
>
>How can "new" equipment in a five year old building be obsolete?
Depends. What kinda machine is it? What room is upstairs?
A PC, after 5 years, might be considered obsolete (especially from a
support perspective in the hands of lusers). A heat exchanger, on the
other hand ... maybe not so much.
Ted
dreas
"Ted Gavin" <tedgavin_...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote in message
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> >Plumbers were called, 3 came, they milled about for a while, finally
> >figured out what was leaking in the machine room upstairs, and tried
> >to get the part. The equipment is obsolete, and the part isn't made
> >any more. It has to be specially constructed for our building.
> >
> >How can "new" equipment in a five year old building be obsolete?
>
>
> A PC, after 5 years, might be considered obsolete (especially from a
> support perspective in the hands of lusers). A heat exchanger, on the
> other hand ... maybe not so much.
I just thought about it and realised that everything I own is obsolete.
If it still works, why replace or upgrade?
-'dreas
Vill...@webtv.net
or not.
Penelope Periwinkle
<tedgavin_...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
>On 27 May 2005 12:39:23 -0400, Penelope Periwinkle
><pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>There was a drip from the ceiling in the necropsy room yesterday.
>>Plumbers were called, 3 came, they milled about for a while, finally
>>figured out what was leaking in the machine room upstairs, and tried
>>to get the part. The equipment is obsolete, and the part isn't made
>>any more. It has to be specially constructed for our building.
>>
>>How can "new" equipment in a five year old building be obsolete?
>
>Depends. What kinda machine is it?
It's...um... a pipe joint sort of thing. Several pipes are ...um
connected to it. When it's broken, water shoots out of the piece
that...um, looks sorta like a cap.
Look, if you want to know about rat feces or giving good rat
tail, give me a call. If you want plumbing equipment questions
answered, call a plumber.
> What room is upstairs?
A machine room. A large machine room. Things whir and roar, and
it's very hot in there. And when the building was built, they
didn't seal the floor, so when something leaks, I get water
downstairs. When the maintenance guys work in there, they prop
the door to our (somewhat) secure "dirty" loading dock, set off
the alarms, and piss off the university cops who have to respond
to the alarm.
>A PC, after 5 years, might be considered obsolete (especially from a
>support perspective in the hands of lusers). A heat exchanger, on the
>other hand ... maybe not so much.
It's plumbing, and the water is hot when it comes out of the
pipe. It's not part of the university steam system. The system it
is a part of can't be easily or cheaply replaced. And, they
can't fix it because the system is obsolete and the part has to
be specially made.
Now you know as much as I do.
Ever helpful,
Penelope
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn" <eli...@everybodycansing.com>
Penelope Periwinkle
>"Ted Gavin" <tedgavin_...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote
>> Penelope Periwinkle <pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
<obsolete, malfunctioning equipment>
>>
>> A PC, after 5 years, might be considered obsolete (especially from a
>> support perspective in the hands of lusers). A heat exchanger, on the
>> other hand ... maybe not so much.
>
>I just thought about it and realised that everything I own is obsolete.
>If it still works, why replace or upgrade?
Um, 'dreas darlink? The problem is that it's not working.
Paul Wallich
> On 27 May 2005 16:38:14 -0400, Ted Gavin
> <tedgavin_...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
>
>
>>On 27 May 2005 12:39:23 -0400, Penelope Periwinkle
>><pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There was a drip from the ceiling in the necropsy room yesterday.
>>>Plumbers were called, 3 came, they milled about for a while, finally
>>>figured out what was leaking in the machine room upstairs, and tried
>>>to get the part. The equipment is obsolete, and the part isn't made
>>>any more. It has to be specially constructed for our building.
>>>
>>>How can "new" equipment in a five year old building be obsolete?
>>
>>Depends. What kinda machine is it?
>
>
> It's...um... a pipe joint sort of thing. Several pipes are ...um
> connected to it. When it's broken, water shoots out of the piece
> that...um, looks sorta like a cap.
> It's plumbing, and the water is hot when it comes out of the
> pipe. It's not part of the university steam system. The system it
> is a part of can't be easily or cheaply replaced. And, they
> can't fix it because the system is obsolete and the part has to
> be specially made.
>
> Now you know as much as I do.
Hmm. Last time I checked, specs for pipe sizes and threads hadn't
changed in, oh, about 75 years or so. And what oddities there are,
adaptors are either available for or can be fabricated in a decent
machine shop in a few hours.
I'm betting on the part about the machine room being hot and noisy and a
really unpleasant place to spend a few days working.
paul
dreas
"Penelope Periwinkle" <pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> On 28 May 2005 09:03:09 -0400, dreas <dr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >"Ted Gavin" <tedgavin_...@dea.spamcon.org> wrote
> >> Penelope Periwinkle <pperi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> <obsolete, malfunctioning equipment>
> >>
> >> A PC, after 5 years, might be considered obsolete (especially from a
> >> support perspective in the hands of lusers). A heat exchanger, on the
> >> other hand ... maybe not so much.
> >
> >I just thought about it and realised that everything I own is obsolete.
> >If it still works, why replace or upgrade?
>
> Um, 'dreas darlink? The problem is that it's not working.
Honeypie! I was referring to my lack of a problem and not the
existence of yours, being self-centered as I am. It's called segue,
or more appropriately here, thread drift...
*smooooch!*
-'dreas