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Working a shutdown at the old paper mill in Kalamazoo taught me to double-check every flange
We were replacing a feedwater heater bundle and I was rushing to get the new one in. The foreman, a guy named Carl, stopped me before I torqued the last flange. He pointed at a tiny nick in the gasket seating surface I'd missed. He said, 'That'll leak in a week, and we'll be back here on overtime.' I spent an extra 20 minutes with a file to clean it up perfect. That job ran smooth for three years after. What's the one small detail you always check twice now?
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harperschmidt8d ago
Yeah, that's a lesson that sticks with you.
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harris.eric19d ago
My old man drilled into me to always check the root flare on a new planting. Saw a city crew bury a maple's trunk flare six inches deep last week, that tree is basically on borrowed time now.
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