I also use these for monitoring EEG's. I am monitoring leg movements, breathing rate, heart rate, air inhalation/exhalation temperature and pressure, brain activity, snoring and jaw activity.....

not your part, the other side

is this for diagnosis or a study? you might have heard of apples? I was a subject at UofA Tucson for that.

Of a 18 hour study, part nighttime sleep study and a latency study during the day after the initial test ended(4 short studies...IE naps)....looking for narcolepsy specificly. the other was just a base test seeing if the patient had apneas/hypopneas.

Apple doesn't ring a bell, but the system we use is called Alice5, which we use to diagnose everything from sleep apnea to symptoms of Parkinson's via a PSG or EEG studies...it's both a study and a diagnostic tool....we basically try to give the neurologists a clean study to interpret.

But instead, here's a picture of me and my friends on my last day working!

Don't think I've seen you in your nurse's uniform before.

That was the last day I wore it...It was my last day working.

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I imagined you in a plaid flannel shirt, thermal underwear, heavy jeans and boots (because of where you live.)

You clean up good!

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text on the T-shirt says

"I look better naked"

She knows!



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I'm retired, living in the bush.

It is my ole body that collects the water, cuts/splits/hauls the firewood, cuts the lawn, does the gardening, cooking, dishes, laundry, housecleaning, rakes the driveway, shovels the snow - etc., etc.

I guess a more accurate photo of the "machine" that makes my living,

would be without the clothes . . .

but that might not be acceptable on DU



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It was very naughty and I had to jump in and say so!

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with what I'm wearing now . . .



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haven't seen one of those in decades.

Nowadays, if it doesn't have a keyboard - kids have no idea what to do.

Even in this small town of 2,000 -

it's difficult to make eye contact as many are texting while they wander down the sidewalks.

Sorta sad methinks.

(sigh)

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especially this time of year.



and unfortunately, these things are of significant importance, even though I despise them

I think they are used for things like car washes.

for us it is a secondary pump that can handle varying pressures. the first pump is a regular submersible, 550 feet down a well. that green pump sends water from a surface storage near the well on up hill another 600 feet and almost 6 miles. (as well as two lower and shorter distances, depending on how valves are set) that is a 5 horsepower electric motor that runs it.

Until it rains, that is our sole source of water.

I am impressed that 5 hp can pump water for 6 miles, though. You always learn something new at DU!

we went through 3 or 4 submersibles in the surface storage down there, they could pump the full distance/pressure, but they couldn't handle it varying like when we wanted to just pump to the halfway or when a leak/pipe break would happen down lower on the line. This thing can take just about anything you can throw at it except freezing or running dry for hours.

it gets it's own special heating pad in the winter.

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But I NEVER called them machines. If you ever heard the sound they make,you wouldn't call them machines either.

When I was MUCH younger, I used to fantasize about making my living as a musician, but then I saw Leo Kottke in concert, and all thoughts of making my living that way vanished that very evening. I did keep my guitars, though. I've played for Bill Clinton and jammed with Howard Dean, so it's not like I didn't get a consolation prize or two.

I understand he allowed a production run or two be made by a Japanese company under his name.

Lucky guitarist, you are.

All of mine are made by Božo himself. I have six 12 string guitars he has made for me (all different, either wood, neck length, cutaway, no two are identical) and two six strings.

I first sought him out when I was 25 and new at my job. I was handling mostly domestic stuff then, and on my first working trip out to Southern California, I rented a car on my day off and drove down to Escondido to find his studio. I bought two guitars and ordered a third one. I speak very little Serbian, but he was so blown away to find ANY non-Serbian who spoke any of the language at all that we became friends. Over the years, I have visited with him a couple of times, and we usually still speak on the phone once a year. The pair of guitars in the pic are a custom-made matching pair with my initials inlaid on the fretboard, and a dedication to me on the label on the inside. I have had him make some instruments for me that he hasn't made for anyone else. He has retired I don't know how many times. His health isn't the best, due to all the wood dust and chemicals he has been inhaling all this time. His English still sucks, even after all these years in the States. We still joke about that. He never swears, just says, "gosh, you know, my English, it still not good."

No kidding it's not good. But his instruments are amazing. And he STILL never learned to play the guitar. He's a violin maker by training. He's also 100% artist and 0% businessman. He should be rich, but he's poor as a church mouse, and now well into his eighties. When I first met him, I asked him how much he would charge me to make me a new 12 string to my specifications. He said $2800 (this was 1977, don't forget), and it would take 9 months. I asked, out of curiosity, how much the materials cost him to make one of his masterpieces. He said about $2000. I said, "but Božo, you can't make these things for $100 a month!!" He was just worried that people wouldn't pay more. I told him he was nuts. Finally, some 20 years later, after retiring for maybe the fifth time, people started throwing money at him to make "just one more guitar." Against his physician's advice, he started again, and this time started at $10,000 for friends and up to $30,000 for the really fancy ones. He FINALLY figured it out. But he never made many at those levels, so he'll probably fade away in poverty--one of the true master guitar builders of the 20th century.

I attended a workshop with Kottke in 197----something.

With about 8 other guys. It was great. We all talked about finger style, his right hand technique, weird tunings and REALLY got to listen to his BOZO at 12 feet away.

Great day, altogether.

The next workshop I attended was with Howard Roberts. He was the most recorded studio guitarist in the world at that time.

(He was the dude that did the Wha-Wha section on the soundtrack from "Shaft". Among thousands of other sessions.....)

Motherfucker could read 4 voices in real time. Every time.

I played pretty well when I was a kid - and am honored to have met Kottke, Roberts, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, and at the same time as Ellis, the man, Chet Atkins.

Met Danny Gatton about a year before he killed himself. Great player.

Saw Segovia a couple of years before he died, Carlos Montoya in '70 or '71....

Frank Zappa and Stevie Vai the year I turned 30 (I think).....

The one player I wish I could have met, alas, who is gone all these years, is Roy Buchanan.

And Robert Johnson, of course....lol.....

Cue Crossroads.....

Besides--be careful for you wish for. My worst 12 string is a 30 year old Guild 412 in BAD need of some TLC. On the other hand, I do have 2 nearly 50 year old Guild 212 XLs (1 for each continent, so I don't have to travel with them and risk damage) that sound amazing.

I man REALLY, wow.

Never chatted back and forth with anyone who knew this stuff like you do.

And if you think that Guild is worthless, send it my way.

I can make it work.

I had a couple Guilds, including an Artist Award archtop that was astounding, in '73 or '74, but I traded it for a BC Rich electric and regret it to this day.

One more thing:

Who the fuck are you? Where can I find your playing? Send me a PM, I'll not out you.

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I used to tour as a solo artist in Europe, and did a few gigs with a Dutch-American acoustic group on the east coast. My top brass got VERY upset about this and basically told me either or. So, I cut out the concerts, except for a VERY few private occasions (the Clintons and Howard, as mentioned above, although Howard and I were just jamming, not a serious performance--still, how cool is it that Howard Dean is a Kottke fan?). I also got to do an hour's duet with Theodore Bikel with no one listening except my wife and two janitors from Charleston, South Carolina. That was six ways from weird.

Anyway, though there are a few examples of my playing to be had somewhere, I'm sure, very little of it is actually still out there online. If you have the patience, check out radioairplay.com, search for The Freedom Toast, wait for "Canyonlands" and you'll hear two of my Božos in synch (I overdubbed). I also sort of satirized a simple C&W electric guitar lead on "Talking TSA Blues." I usually don't perform on The Freedom Toast recordings, but if I happen to be in Atlanta when they're in the studio, I will lay down a track or two. Since I wrote Canyonlands, I got to do all the guitar tracks on that one. We did a video to Talking TSA Blues. I'll provide a link:

www.jango.com

You still have to search for The Freedom Toast, but they're on there.

Kottke fan from waaaay back.

I was 19, and my brother gave me the armadillo album for Christmas. I thought, "who the hell is this?" After reading the liner notes, I thought that no matter what the music sounded like, this guy must be a hoot to listen to. Then I listened to it. It was something like my first religious experience. i spent a good part of my life trying to play what I heard on that album, saw him live a year later, found out what kind of guitars he was playing, and finally sought out Božo Podunavac to get close to "that student prince sound."

Then add the URL link to point to the picture.

Nortel Meridian Option 61C


Mine has two cabinets and has been upgraded so that it's really a CS1000 now.

Good old fashioned PBX. Mine is going on 30 years old and still runs like a champ. Pick up the phone, there's dial tone. You're welcome.

Unfortunately (or fortunately from the prospective of moving forward) It's going away soon, to be replaced by a pure IP system that will cover the whole state. I'm excited to learn new things but a little apprehensive in not coming to work everyday with the familiar.

Wonderful.

But I left the business in '82.

I've only heard them in old ( restored ) railroad locomotives, but I know they're still very much used in marine and stationary applications. The opposed design and vertical layout always intrigued me.

we was always tearing them apart and putting them back together?

They performed great, but their vertical OP design made working on the lower cylinders a real pain. Would have been likely taken in stride if not for the fact their competitors were easier to work on.

Even so, I love cool machinery.

Motorheads unite!

an Applied Biosystems Viia7 Real Time PCR machine. It's not the only thing I do but it's what I really enjoy doing.

this is on the same table that held the first one I ever used, an ABI 7700. It was at least three times as wide and took 3 times as long to run.

Fortunately the software has become a lot more useful too.

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GE/SNECMA CFM56-5 ready to go to on an Airbus A-320.

This one runs my life......



About a hundred pounds, with water and food.

Just enough to piss me off.

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as well as a good heart.

Should have mirrors on it though, there ARE some assholes out there driving their vehicles that are not considerate of a bicycler's vulnerability. (not news I suspect)

I bicycle on the "wrong" side of the road, so I can see who may hit me . . .

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The green 4 wheeler.

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Thought you were retired -

so you are running escort for oversize loads, am I correct?

and Burger King - hardly a health food store . ..

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Being an escort is my retirement.
I'll be working till the day I die if I want to eat cooked meals while I keep a roof over my head.

I haven't earned one cent since last year. [img][/img]
The commercial insurance bill and extra liability coverage goes on and on.
My car is ready to roll.
I even have a driver for long loads.
But this year: $0.00. Zip. Nothing. Nada.

Waiting for the phone to ring is so much fun!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018408437

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Thought it ridiculous that once they had accomplished the financial thing, they kept going after the $$ and not enjoying life.

Sell whatever - move on - enjoy life - get rid of stress.

I ain't rich, but everything I have is paid for, nothing on payments.

And I am sure as hell enjoying my new life - only a few decades left.

Had a rough life, someone smiled on me -

I'm smiling back!

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I'm not chasing big bucks, never did. Remember I really did stand Donald Trump up for a second date. I'm just tired of living below poverty level. We made it through last winter because I was selling collectibles. It's got to get better before winter.


How is your dawg hunting going? Have you found a puppy yet ?

Some friends of mine in Dallas have made themselves a nice living doing just that. They started out as a small operation, and just did everything right. Treat their employees really well, too (and that in Dallas!).

They went from a group of twenty-somethings to the 3rd largest auction house in the world in 30 years, biggest in collectibles anywhere (I think?). HA.com--I get their guitar auction catalogs and drool, drool, drool.

before it makes me enough to buy back 1/2 of the old comforts we had before we moved.

I've got an antique brass bed that I saw advertised on e-bay for 5 grand. If I can turn that it'll help a lot with our current problems.

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The guy (we'll just call him T) booking those cars owes many local pilot cars for work they've done.
My broker won't send T help (extra escorts) when T calls cause she would have to pay us even if T doesn't. However ... I did give her all of the information about yesterday's trucking company so she can offer to our services to the trucking company direct. Yea me!
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It isn't nice to piss me off ... T owes me $960 from two years ago.

I met them recently at a coin show. Who's the blonde-haired gal with the foreign accent?

They are something like 400 people worldwide now, no way I know all of them.

I met one of their founders when I was 18 (we're the same age). Still good friends. But they started out as two guys barely out of their teens, bitter rivals dealing in rare coins, one from near Boston and one in Dallas. When the Reagan recession hit in 1982, both of them nearly went bust, and decided to join forces to survive. They haven't done much wrong since. They hit on a revolutionary business strategy: don't fuck your customers and don't fuck your employees. Seeing as how they grew into the world's third largest auction house (behind Christie's and Sotheby's, who had about 250 years head start) in just 30 years, I'd have to say that there is something to be said for their strategy.

Jeff R was driving the other vehicle.

Far too many of them out there that don't have a clue.

Since I only design the equipment other use for a living, I can only show an example of equipment similar to what I design.



There are no pictures of the actual equipment I design, this example is very similar to some of the various machines I have had a hand in.

I LOVE big iron!!

Not actual pictures but identical machines;

And I'm a very good driver! Haven't broken a 737 in 25 years on the job


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