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Chainhand

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I had just gotten set up to weld tie bars on a spreader chain (running the first few beads, and noticing the weld metal wasn't adhering to the chain well). My brother (who doesn't weld) called out of the blue and told me, harrassingly, when I picked up the phone to "switch the polarity on the welder". I figured it was worth a try. I did and It worked perfectly on the next pass. It was also completely opposite to the way the manual says it should be done. He had called to ask an unrelated question. Why do brothers do this? What are some great stories from people callig you out of the blue?
 
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Dino246

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I'm curious... is your brother a Star Trek fan? Scotty (and later, LaForge) was always monkeying with the physics and making things work in unconventional ways.
 

seoulsearch

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I had just gotten set up to weld tie bars on a spreader chain (running the first few beads, and noticing the weld metal wasn't adhering to the chain well). My brother (who doesn't weld) called out of the blue and told me, harrassingly, when I picked up the phone to "switch the polarity on the welder". I figured it was worth a try. I did and It worked perfectly on the next pass. It was also completely opposite to the way the manual says it should be done. He had called to ask an unrelated question. Why do brothers do this? What are some great stories from people callig you out of the blue?
Hi Chain!

I'm sorry I can't think of any cool stories to add at the moment...

I have a long, complicated history with phones--like yesterday, when I was playing the song I have my ringtone set to on my phone... and then I got a call... And so it sounded like the same song was playing not only in stereo but also in a round, and at first I couldn't figure out why :rolleyes:.

However, I'm guessing that the moral of your story is:

1. Never follow the directions--always do the complete opposite. Ok, got it. No problems there! :p

2. I'm thinking that I should never talk to your brother, because I would have no clue as to what he was talking about.

To me, "switching the polarity" would mean sending Santa a memo that he now has to start delivering from the South Pole rather than the North. :rolleyes:
 

Lynx

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To me, "switching the polarity" would mean sending Santa a memo that he now has to start delivering from the South Pole rather than the North. :rolleyes:
Note to self: Never let seoulsearch anywhere NEAR a computer when I have the cover off it.
 

Rachel20

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Once, I had a dream about one of my friends. He is a genius and his insights have always been profound and helpful.

However during that time period I was not communicating with him regularly. So it was quite interesting to me that I had a dream about him.

In this dream, I had gone skydiving and I was floating with my back towards the earth, eyes closed. My friend was then reaching out to me and he had an oxygen mask on his face. As he flew over to me, he took out the oxygen mask from his own face and put it on me and I took deep gasps, breathing through it.
Then, it was kinda weird and felt even intimate - but we both started sharing the same oxygen mask. Once I had had my fill of oxygen, I placed it on his face and he was holding me close to his side.

When I woke up, I felt a little odd given that I wasn't really into this guy.

That same day, I received a text from him. On any other day, I would have ignored him - but having had that dream, I was intrigued. I do remember telling him, "hey, you know what I was just dreaming about you!"

Later that day, I had a huge work situation that came up out of the blue that absolutely stumped me. I had no idea how to go about solving the issue and I mentioned it to my friend as we reconnected. Not only did he know how to solve it, he patiently took time out to help me figure out how to execute the solution.

I did see the hand of God in this in a providential manner. Had I not had the dream, I would not have connected with my friend and I would not have mentioned the problem.
He had already lined up the right person to help me.

I did see the dream come true in other ways - during this time period, my friend and I got very close emotionally. We had become each other's best friends and even today, though I don't talk to him that often, I know I can trust him to always have my back.

We are on the best of terms and I have a warm regard for him. Even if we drift apart, we always come back together like there was no time or space that had passed between us.
We love and respect each other as friends and I know he can get me some oxygen when I need it. :)
 
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zeroturbulence

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"That's the sound of the men working on the chain....." :rolleyes:

[video=youtube;zBn5aIfZElE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn5aIfZElE[/video]
 

zeroturbulence

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[video=youtube;okvl-9svtS0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okvl-9svtS0[/video]
 

Chainhand

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The Bible talks about a word spoken in due season being sweet. :)
 
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I know the person your talking about isn't me- because everyones into me :p!! Just kidding- I know because I remember you telling me about it and it was a practical problem. But I feel we have the same kind of friendship. We have shared some special times in the Lord and I trust you. God bless you my friend L:D
 
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On a serious not sis. I really thank God for your friendship, and for all the special God times we have shared. It's such a blessing when He gives you friends where you know where you stand with. Where you can say yes or no without offence and share things that you need encouraging and uplifting within. I feel like part of your family. I really wish you could meet Nana rach, you'd love her, such a special lady. I don't know if I told you but she has cancer and is too old ton receive treatment- so thats sad ... but at 86 she has had an awesome run. God healed her of cancer when she was around 40 she was given 10 days to live at first, then they said 3 months, but she just keeps coming back. I think I will share her testimony in the testimony part here on CC. It's funny isn't it that when you grow in the Lord your perception of the way He works changes. When I first become a believer I would argue doctrine and theology till I was blue in the face. I started off believing God doesn't ever heal, then I got into a charismatic group that professed He always heals, and stood by that. But I have witnessed tragedy in good, kind and faithful servants of the Lord. I have seen people lose beautiful children and prayed for healing ... literally begging the Lord to intervene ... and they have lost their lives ... but I have also had words and seen people healed. The more I walk with the Lord rach, the less I profess to understand His ways, the less important it is for me to be right, and the less I argue over things. I try more and more to see things from other peoples point's of view. It's funny because more than once when we have got down to the nitty gritty of things I have learned we can believe the same things just with different terminology. Anyway I dont know why I went off on one there. But I did wan to thanks you and God for putting special people in your lives. And the day we meet will be the day we can say in person Yaaaaay hahah. God bless you and keep you my friend.
 
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Yay my rep power just reached 1 rach hahahahahahahah Im on fire!!!!