#garfield Logs

Jul 10 2018

07:31 AM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
09:36 PM zhanx: rue_,
09:37 PM rue_bed: yes
09:37 PM rue_bed: hows printer
09:37 PM zhanx: so 66 block which side is the client side the right? right?
09:37 PM zhanx: left side is normally the telco side
09:37 PM rue_bed: well, hmm
09:38 PM rue_bed: a split or whole one
09:38 PM zhanx: on average
09:38 PM rue_bed: whole is 8? terminals, split is 4
09:38 PM zhanx: split
09:38 PM zhanx: sorry
09:38 PM rue_bed: they will usually come in on the edgemost, and patch on the inner ones
09:39 PM zhanx: and bridge the ones you need to etc.
09:39 PM rue_bed: well, if that works
09:39 PM rue_bed: often its just patchwired to where its gotta go
09:39 PM zhanx: today was weird
09:39 PM rue_bed: 66 is old as hell, I try to upgrade where I can
09:39 PM zhanx: one the block was upside down
09:40 PM rue_bed: lots of times 66 cabinets have enough cut cables you can thin it down and add something new for the new cables
09:40 PM zhanx: it was patchwired wired but everything was reverse
09:40 PM rue_bed: I go with the flow if I didn't make it, with serivce loop as reqd to fix anything later
09:41 PM zhanx: just a 66 block for a firealarm system
09:41 PM rue_bed: ?
09:41 PM rue_bed: for the comms for a fire alarm?
09:41 PM zhanx: yep
09:41 PM rue_bed: k
09:41 PM rue_bed: dialer in/out
09:41 PM rue_bed: usually blue and brown pair
09:41 PM zhanx: I only fixed what needed to be fixed, but also wrote out a diagram for the next guy
09:41 PM rue_bed: sometimes blue/org
09:41 PM zhanx: blue.org
09:42 PM rue_bed: yea, I seen some pretty messed up stuff
09:42 PM zhanx: you got 2 lines. why do i have 18 wires???!?!?
09:42 PM rue_bed: heh
09:42 PM zhanx: going back next week
09:42 PM zhanx: swapping the system to a newer one
09:43 PM rue_bed: I got to move a store that had been wired by a guy that didn't know what he was doing, for like 10 years
09:43 PM rue_bed: 5 splitce blocks reduced to 1
09:43 PM zhanx: nice
09:43 PM rue_bed: he kept splitting things to nowhere, and using extra points for splicing lines
09:43 PM zhanx: the rite aid i did today, quote "no toner needed" (as I have yet to get a new one)
09:43 PM rue_bed: it was truely the most insane
09:44 PM zhanx: 96 cat5e lines to one patch panel
09:44 PM zhanx: 1 wired up
09:44 PM rue_bed: !?
09:44 PM rue_bed: wow
09:45 PM rue_bed: I think my largest project was an eye clinic
09:45 PM rue_bed: cat6
09:45 PM zhanx: so i terminated 33 lines before I found the cable i needed
09:45 PM rue_bed: you need a toner
09:45 PM zhanx: picking one up again tomorrow
09:45 PM rue_bed: mmm
09:46 PM zhanx: remember most of my tools got stolen
09:46 PM rue_bed: yes
09:46 PM zhanx: also my new buttset will be here friday
09:46 PM rue_bed: I'm trying to remmeber, I think it was 96 lines ofcat6
09:46 PM rue_bed: so the cops didn't get much back?
09:46 PM zhanx: they paid the guy to run the cables, then didn't actually pay him to finish
09:47 PM rue_bed: heh
09:47 PM zhanx: i got cash up front per work order
09:47 PM rue_bed: hehe
09:48 PM zhanx: some people i guess have a history of not paying
09:48 PM rue_: yup
09:48 PM zhanx: ibm was cool and sent me a few rolls of cable
09:49 PM rue_: hey I put the rings togethor for the innermost ring, and I'm getting worried im insane
09:49 PM zhanx: too small?
09:49 PM rue_: no, just insane
09:50 PM zhanx: oh crap
09:50 PM zhanx: I need a punch down tool also
09:50 PM rue_: uh, where is my webserver?
09:50 PM * zhanx adds it to the list
09:51 PM rue_: uh ho
09:51 PM rue_: dns resolves
09:51 PM rue_: uh
09:51 PM rue_: where is the server...
09:52 PM rue_: {:| oh crap
09:52 PM zhanx: oh
09:52 PM zhanx: good question
09:53 PM zhanx: all the driving i did today, I did not make a ton of money
09:55 PM rue_: where is server!??!?!?!
09:55 PM zhanx: under a bench
09:55 PM rue_: its got my only backup of my webpage
09:55 PM rue_: ;)
09:55 PM zhanx: remember the command to play tones on the pc motherboard?
09:55 PM rue_: shit....
09:57 PM zhanx: wife said work more, so i bid on took all these jobs... you work to much
10:00 PM rue_: lucas cowgar...
10:01 PM zhanx: a photographer?
10:01 PM rue_: no idea
10:01 PM rue_: the provider of my site
10:02 PM rue_: I slip him occasional donations
10:02 PM zhanx: k
10:07 PM rue_: https://imgur.com/a/oii6D5J
10:07 PM rue_: did that work?
10:07 PM zhanx: yep
10:08 PM rue_: ok, cause I coudln't tell
10:08 PM rue_: its getting hard to move
10:08 PM zhanx: gonna need more supports than that
10:09 PM rue_: dunno, its a pretty damn ridgid ring
10:09 PM zhanx: till it starts using its mass to kill itself
10:09 PM rue_: its not terribly heavy
10:09 PM rue_: I should weigh it
10:11 PM rue_shop4: about 80lbs
10:12 PM rue_shop4: you could pick it up with one hand
10:12 PM rue_shop4: less your back
10:12 PM zhanx: 2 to be safe
10:13 PM zhanx: only heavy things i pick up are compact ones with one hand
10:23 PM zhanx: wow tablet is taking a charge
10:35 PM zhanx: oh rue_shop4 i printed the tool to open these tablets
10:39 PM rue_shop4: hey, so lets see where its at then
10:39 PM rue_shop4: did you print the spool holder?
10:41 PM zhanx: not yet
10:42 PM zhanx: i think this mine be the last time i fix the frame coming lose
11:04 PM rue_: how the hell it come loose!>
11:04 PM rue_: mine is just regular bolts and hs never
11:05 PM zhanx: still getting some coming loose, no clue