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One of the things I like best about my job is that every day is a little different. Sure I do the same sorts of things every day but I do them for different customers with different problems, it really doesn’t get boring. There are also days when I’m doing something completely different; like today. I’ve spent much of my day turning this:
Into this:
It really isn’t rocket science; it just requires a ruler, some patience and a little talent with an x-acto knife. Still, it’s a nice (though hot) change of pace and pretty darn gratifying to boot! I’m sure it’s of no interest to anyone save me, but boy howdy have they improved the vinyl material since the last time I striped a van. The vinyl has been given a very slightly raised cross-hatch texture which allows the air bubbles to slide out on practically the first pass with the squeegee. In years past I would spend hours piercing air bubbles with a needle or razor and forcing them out. With the new stuff I’m not sure you could get a bubble to stay under it! This is by far the best job I’ve done on one of our vans … thanks to the material.
Now for the completely unrelated: last night, shortly after I posted the shower photo, I realized that I was hearing a helicopter and that it seemed rather close. When I stepped outside I found one hovering quite low to the ground about three blocks behind the house. It circled and ran a search light off and on for about an hour and a half. Looking up the street I realized that there were cars blocking the road and stopping each car that tried to pass, this too went on for quite some time. There was nothing on the news about it last night or this morning; however I found this online article today. The time listed (early morning) is wrong, but the location is precisely three blocks behind the house … this has to be what was going on. Scary, no? Worse, I was standing outside watching. Of course had anyone burst from the bushes and run through the yard you might have been surprised at just how fast this fat ole lady can move, heh.