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Skriven 2006-12-05 21:15:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
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CS> CS>> Now that you have your remodeled basement up and running, are you
CS> CS>> planning on installing your complete network form there?  Basements
CS> CS>> are a great place to run cable from provided you can reach up to the
CS> CS>> joints and cross timbers.

CS> JP>         This was all done when the 2"x4" were a skeleton. We now have
CS> JP>    that Web socket in a wall and also two TV plug-ins along with 4
CS> JP>    telephone sockets. All in-wall ! It is quite an improvement, nice
CS> JP>    area to work in, the built-up floor makes it quite nice, no cold
CS> JP>    feet no more.

CS>Reminds me of the main frame computer rooms I used to work in.  The
CS>floors were always raised above ground level by about 6" or more. That
CS>allowed for cabling, conduit, and sometimes small air ducts for
CS>circulation.  We always kept a "floor puller" on hand - a double
CS>rubber suction cup with handle - so that we could lift the tiles.

CS>Some of the characters I worked with used to keep their lunch along
CS>with cans of coke beneath the floor to keep them cool.  As if the
CS>computer rooms weren't cold enough already!  Jay probably remembers
CS>those computer rooms also.

All too well!  My account had a raised floor TWO FEET above the concrete
floor (sure made it nice to run those 30-50 ft and longer cables). We
were doing a massive group of ECs (Engineering Changes) to both
computers. Involved lots of recabling - thus floor tiles up all over the
place. I was walking around looking on top of the computer frames for a tool I
had
lost track of. Stepped in one of the holes the removed floor tile made.
I instinctively straightened and locked both arms to stop my fall. My
right hand hit the raised floor and jammed my right elbow. Crushed the
radius (about an inch of bone fragments left) and sheared off the part
of the ulna that forms the socket the humerus fits into. The doctor
could do nothing with the radius pieces except clean then out. Screwed
the sheared off piece back on to the ulna and next morning I went home. A
few days later I had a terrible fever and lots of pain. Went back and
they found I has a staph aureous infection in the break place. They
removed the screwed on piece and threw it away. Now my upper arm is a
couple inches too close to my wrist on the ulna - can't straighten my
right arm completely. Had to have come from the hospital because there
was no broken skin on the arm. That was in 1985. Still can't straighten
my arm out. At least I finished my career and am still going although
not so fast.

Jay



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