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    Favorite Multi-tool Brand

    :grin: glad to see Leatherman is in the lead! I carry a Leatherman Juice. It's a great little tool. Had her for 10 years now. My favorite tool ever!
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    Truss debate

    I TOTALLY understand doing it one "standard way", however I was basically attacked by the 2 guys because they though it to be unsafe. The fact is NO ONE has ever been able to prove that to me since this happened so for me it's almost equal to having an argument that not leaving a courtesy tab is...
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    Truss debate

    Help me out here... A couple of weeks ago I was assembling truss in a manner I have now FOR YEARS only to come back from lunch to find a know-it-all co-worker and house rigger re-doing my work. I've always put the bolts like so: 2 bolts facing one way the other 2 the other way. I know it's...
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    Runaway lineset

    Please tell me you fired this idiot. Safety is ALWAYS first.
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    Stage floor repair

    I hate it when the powers that be have NO CLUE what REALLY needs to be done for the safetey and/or well being of the theatre yet they have all the power and money making decisions and control. It gets in the way SO OFTEN.:evil:
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    A request to students

    I have another request you can add to students...if you're lucky enough to be invited to a load-in/strike amongst us paid professionals please DO NOT come wearing flip flops or frilly outfits. It does us no good to staff our crew and be counting on student assistance to be a few extra hands and...
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    No Reason For Delay

    mnfreelancer: That would be hilarious! Of course it would be deserved. I hate it when people do that. The funny part I'm learning after 10 years in the boz is that a lot of people don't even realize that there's a "technical aspect" to shows. People think this stuff just sets itself up.
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    so i worked there yesterday...apparently it's happened to another theatre on the same campus before. the word has been spreading like a wildfire on a windy day though so i'm hoping eventually someone will blow the whislte for me. i don't wanna be the one. they've got someone coming in next week...
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    Sapsis, that's exactly what I said yesterday and everyone was like nah, it's fine we'll just re-tie the knot ourselves. It wasn't until the guy (the crew cheif) trying to tie the knot gave up after several attempts to re-tie it the way it used to be that I finally said, "that's it. We're brining...
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    That's pretty scary. I'm glad no one got hurt in either of our situations. :neutral:
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    I'm just scared to say somehing. I told he TD in charge of the theatre I did not feel comfortable and that they needed to have a professional come in and look at it and all of the other line-sets. It was insisted that the theatre rarely ever used the lines so it shouldn't need future inspection...
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    Rope broke off of the arbor!

    Tonight I was working a load-in at a certain popular college on the west coast when a few of my co-workers and I were struggling to take out a line-set containing only a traveler track. Just as we got the arbor to the ground the rope broke off the arbor. Luckily we had a combined 8 hands on the...
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    Don't you just hate working on a really great show?

    I fell in love with a show I just finished up a month ago called, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. To me all other shows were just jobs but this show was the love of my life. I am still trying to get over it. I felt very sad when it had to end. I wouldn't have minded working it a few more months...
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    Not enough experence...

    I'd much prefer the line "We have selected another individual whom we feel better suits our needs", over telling me I haven't got enough experience. It's like a slap in the face.
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    Not enough experence...

    So I just got shot down for a general stage tech position for not havnig enough experience. WTF? I've been doing it for almost 10 years now full time. I've worked in a WIDE variety of places including several unions and a certain butthole mouse in Anaheim as well as tons of of other local...
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