Nice work Ken, I've done lots of plumbing over the years when copper pipe and Yorkshire fittings arrived. Before that, it had to be a plumber who works with lead.
Ha ha Ken - Maybe the USA doesn't have these amazing home plumbing devices? "Yorkshire fittings are pre-soldered connectors used to join pipework for water, oil, and gas systems and are not demountable. Attractive when visible and ideal for confined spaces. Yorkshire pipe fittings are manufactured in the UK, ideal in hard or soft water areas, and are suitable for use in drinking water supplies." https://www.screwfix.com/c/heating-plumbing/pipe-fittings/cat831504?brand=yorkshire
So far no leaks! Dry as a golf course in the Sahara....How could I call myself a "chemical engineer" in practice if I didn't enjoy cooking or if I didn't know how to make a plumbing repair. Plus - I can't deny I enjoy kinetics in chemical reactions and thermodynamics and liquid-vapor relations.....and chemical engineering in general....but I also enjoy environmental engineering - wastewater treatment plants, control devices and such - but the problem with environmental engineering - is there are just too many damn rules! It gets very tiresome...
I could share some stories about some serious maintenance efforts made in the chemical plant - most of the time I just sat there and watched the "union" fellas (mostly) do the job and make the repairs. Some were better than others no doubt, but I just soaked it all in, and was always around to rally the team so that we could get the plant up and going again!
The toughest old farts I recall were the fellas who were vets, but there was no shortness of toughness at the plants I worked within and also participated in various "site visits" mostly as an auditor - the level of "fun" though at the facilities throughout my career gradually diminished over time and then when I got sort of a corporate job - at first it reminded me of the "ole days", but then that diminished as well as the place went "woke".....I quit after that became intolerable.
Regardless - the leak is repaired - wonder what job will come up next!
Thanks, Ken, and I have always been interested in chemistry. As a kid, we used gas bombs - starting with a cocoa tin and gradually expanding to 35 gal oil drums- a very big bang indeed! In the 1950s we had coal gas, but now it seems they use methane and our equipment was simple with a small hole in the lid and a larger hole in the base - stick it on a support, allowing air ingress, and light the top! Voila. https://edu.rsc.org/experiments/exploding-a-tin-can-using-methane/748.article
My childhood was a dream of adventure, experimentation, and learning every day with a group of friends who all became engineers of one sort or another - aerospace, electronics, civil, chemical, and mathematical. If only we had had the internet - the sky would be no limit!
Nobody rules the "world" except in their imagination maybe and that is fleeting - but a good engineer is a good friend to have - same is true for accountants, but by nature of the profession - percentage wise there are more "good" engineers than accountants - but both professions score "high" in the goodness scale subjective ---- but it ain't really that subjective - consider the profession with the LOWEST score of all - that be the lawyers, barristers, attorneys - whatever the eff the so-called rule-makers call themselves - they are the bottom of the barrel most of the time!
The internet is a good tool - but think about it P&S - if the internet was around how many of the "adventures" of your youth would even have occurred - that is called opportunity cost - and just like a sunk cost - there is no getting it back from the past - but the future remains to be determined - I know what I pray for....I know what I dream about - I'm glad when I was a kid there was no internet.
Nice work Ken, I've done lots of plumbing over the years when copper pipe and Yorkshire fittings arrived. Before that, it had to be a plumber who works with lead.
Cheers
AP
The leak test has been performed - and it seems to be holding.
I can't imagine Yorkshire fittings, but it brings back memories of hobbit hills and gentle grassland.
You know what this makes me think of....if I can find this song - let me post it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJidx7wMUw - York Reel Dancing Feet
Ken
Ha ha Ken - Maybe the USA doesn't have these amazing home plumbing devices? "Yorkshire fittings are pre-soldered connectors used to join pipework for water, oil, and gas systems and are not demountable. Attractive when visible and ideal for confined spaces. Yorkshire pipe fittings are manufactured in the UK, ideal in hard or soft water areas, and are suitable for use in drinking water supplies." https://www.screwfix.com/c/heating-plumbing/pipe-fittings/cat831504?brand=yorkshire
Glad to hear it's holding - fingers crossed.
Cheers
AP
So far no leaks! Dry as a golf course in the Sahara....How could I call myself a "chemical engineer" in practice if I didn't enjoy cooking or if I didn't know how to make a plumbing repair. Plus - I can't deny I enjoy kinetics in chemical reactions and thermodynamics and liquid-vapor relations.....and chemical engineering in general....but I also enjoy environmental engineering - wastewater treatment plants, control devices and such - but the problem with environmental engineering - is there are just too many damn rules! It gets very tiresome...
I could share some stories about some serious maintenance efforts made in the chemical plant - most of the time I just sat there and watched the "union" fellas (mostly) do the job and make the repairs. Some were better than others no doubt, but I just soaked it all in, and was always around to rally the team so that we could get the plant up and going again!
The toughest old farts I recall were the fellas who were vets, but there was no shortness of toughness at the plants I worked within and also participated in various "site visits" mostly as an auditor - the level of "fun" though at the facilities throughout my career gradually diminished over time and then when I got sort of a corporate job - at first it reminded me of the "ole days", but then that diminished as well as the place went "woke".....I quit after that became intolerable.
Regardless - the leak is repaired - wonder what job will come up next!
Peace P&S!
Ken
Thanks, Ken, and I have always been interested in chemistry. As a kid, we used gas bombs - starting with a cocoa tin and gradually expanding to 35 gal oil drums- a very big bang indeed! In the 1950s we had coal gas, but now it seems they use methane and our equipment was simple with a small hole in the lid and a larger hole in the base - stick it on a support, allowing air ingress, and light the top! Voila. https://edu.rsc.org/experiments/exploding-a-tin-can-using-methane/748.article
My childhood was a dream of adventure, experimentation, and learning every day with a group of friends who all became engineers of one sort or another - aerospace, electronics, civil, chemical, and mathematical. If only we had had the internet - the sky would be no limit!
Peace indeed, Ken, if engineers ruled the world.
AP
Nobody rules the "world" except in their imagination maybe and that is fleeting - but a good engineer is a good friend to have - same is true for accountants, but by nature of the profession - percentage wise there are more "good" engineers than accountants - but both professions score "high" in the goodness scale subjective ---- but it ain't really that subjective - consider the profession with the LOWEST score of all - that be the lawyers, barristers, attorneys - whatever the eff the so-called rule-makers call themselves - they are the bottom of the barrel most of the time!
The internet is a good tool - but think about it P&S - if the internet was around how many of the "adventures" of your youth would even have occurred - that is called opportunity cost - and just like a sunk cost - there is no getting it back from the past - but the future remains to be determined - I know what I pray for....I know what I dream about - I'm glad when I was a kid there was no internet.
Ken
Yep - you got it right Ken, and my adventures would have been curtailed - having thought about it. This is why I note that you are a wise old friend.
Blessings
AP