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Old 02-08-22, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bad Lag
I can’t be the only one who immediately started mentally noting the water on the floor from an apparently long-standing leak (the rust) and the all but crumbled cinder block wall where the pipes penetrate the wall.
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Originally Posted by Bad Lag
I can’t be the only one who immediately started mentally noting the water on the floor from an apparently long-standing leak (the rust) and the all but crumbled cinder block wall where the pipes penetrate the wall.
You'll have that in pump rooms. Having spent time in a large (275 Mgd) water treatment plant I was more noticing lack of this.

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Balancing Work & Riding

Good for you getting the job you (hopefully) wanted. Maybe get an indoor trainer setup. You could do reading / riding. I/2 hour before or after work and an hour each weekend day. Happy (indoor) Trails......
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Milo, I am so sorry that you have to have such poor working and living conditions just to get by....but as they say......c'est la vie!
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I do some work in Montpellier. I don't think my employer will pony up for your joint. I think last time I stayed at the Hotel ibis before flying out to Portsmouth. I do like Montpellier, Portsmouth not so much.
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Originally Posted by MiloFrance
pH- injector failed, so the staining is from a pool of acid that also ate a load of the concrete. Water on the floor is from backwashing a filter, the flow on a BW is way too high for the drain so we get a wet floor. The cinderblocks are pretty much built in to the hillside as the pump room is below the pool level...
Ah, no explanation needed. I think I was poking fun at myself more than commenting on you or your BEAUTIFUL facility. C'est magnifique!

If you took it any other way, I apologize.
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Originally Posted by iab
I do some work in Montpellier. I don't think my employer will pony up for your joint. I think last time I stayed at the Hotel ibis before flying out to Portsmouth. I do like Montpellier, Portsmouth not so much.
ever try the Green Mountain Inn in Stowe? rooms OK, rest. menu, eh, but they have a great pool area incl. indoor sauna & outdoor hot tub
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ever try the Green Mountain Inn in Stowe? rooms OK, rest. menu, eh, but they have a great pool area incl. indoor sauna & outdoor hot tub
You do know they are talking about France?
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You do know they are talking about France?
I will say, I prefer Portsmouth NH over Portsmouth UK. But that is for a different thread.

I will also say, I prefer the south of France over the north.
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Reading through this thread, I’m really not regretting retirement from 32+ years in military construction, site quality engineering, and program management.

Glad that you have a position Milo, best wishes on getting things going your way👍

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Originally Posted by dedhed
You do know they are talking about France?
oh opps, no haha
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