Not much new going on, just the usual day to day work. Busy trying to keep up with orders. Certainly a good problem to have but like anything it can get old. UPS was kind enough to destroy a couple of racks this week as well. When I do the math the percentage of damages is really very low but it is about the most discouraging part of this line of work. I look at this one a partially my fault though. It was a good size order (10 racks) and I have noticed that when a bunch, say more than 4, of racks goes to one location it seems like the damages increase. Makes sense really, someone gets tired of moving big boxes and subsequently throws/drops/kicks/shoves/launches boxes. I was going to break this shipment up into two or three “chunks” but for reasons unknown I did not. Lesson learned for the last time.
Something kind of funny-I managed to dump a tub full of rats on the floor in the snake room today. Yes, they were live and now they are everywhere. Got most of them but I think there are about 5 or six still running around. This time of year my BP’s start to hammer the food like crazy and I like to encourage this because they put on half of their weight for the year in a 3 month period. You know-more eggs in the spring. Brilliant me sits the tub of feeders on the very large, stable Rubbermaid trash can. Not good at all. You would think I would learn?
Been looking at a new gadget and it is about all I can do to resist it. A laser engraver/cutter. Damn, thats sweet. Spent the last couple of days trying to figure out where I could put it and what I would make with it to pay for it?? Kind of a neat toy but at the cost of a decent new car it needs a purpose doesn’t it? Excellent for acrylic work so maybe I will think of something…….