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What a great day at work!! set off some explosives!
we have done it before; but for whatever reason, i am never around when they set off the charges. meetings usually. not today, we set charges, and i made it a priority to hear the "big bang(s)". awesome stuff. we are blasting a tunnel.
blast holes drilled:  stuffing charges:  stuff:   the packed holes and fuse cord: 
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Awesome. A friend is a CE in KC, one of his career highlights thus far was getting to demo an old bridge with explosives.
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we are going to build a plexiglass shield to hide a video camera behind...
sometimes i feel guilty getting paid for my job...today was fun.
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That doesn't look like too much fun.
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I've worked on a few other tunnel projects, as well, where I mapped the geology of the tunnel face and did a few other things. Why do you ask? Do you need people to work inside the tunnel? I've been meaning to ask about that. I know a few of the Kiewit guys.
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I LOVE explosives! They are the coolest thing humans have ever created! (not withstanding worthy medical advances, etc). angela
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Pretty cool.. I worked on a job in the mid-east years ago.... we had our own quarry and aggregate plant.. I got to press the button a few times...
Is that a Kiewit job? I'm a CI on a bridge we are building here in NYC and Kiewit is the prime... They are like a cult..Kiewit Kool aid.
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yup kiewit is our prime too. we need to talk.......
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blowing crap up i always fun!!!!!
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