Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 13hThe vast amount of information available through this little box in my pocket is bizarre. I read a little item about a medical flight presumed down off Nantucket. I just watched the ADS-B track of a Coast Guard SAR plane break off it's grid search to orbit a location for a bit. 3110
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you ever need to get your heart rate up be standing next to a backup generator when it cranks up unexpectedly. 1100
Reposted by Ben with lotsa numbersPhysghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just needs alt-text: 4779272
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love learning new things but gods almighty sitting through manufacturer's classes makes my butt numb. 2120
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cursed crossbreeds Belgian Malinois x Border Collie 5140
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From tonight's D&D game... The rogues decided to ride an i verted table down the stairs of a magical tower. 99 floors. Made the DEX save so only took 20 hp of damage. And ran over the war domain cleric somewhere around the 75th floor. She did not make the saving throw. 160
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This week can just fuck all the way off. Vendors are losing orders in transit. Equipment is finding stupid and improbable ways to fail. And got seconded to construction division to help pull them out of a deadline crunch on an apartment building. 2221
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My work van most certainly does not get 30 mpg. I drive 100-150 miles every day on average. My division has 14 vans on the road every day and they're all running similarly. The company has a fleet of 200 cars, vans, pick ups, box trucks, and stake bed trucks. Yeah... 270
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So in my line of work maintaining awareness of the weather is kind of important. 180
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#uglydogs a little smile for your day. 1121
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Standing in the basement of a 130ish year old house looking at a combi boiler/demand water heater and I'm actually sad the company that installed it has gone out of business. I would have taken some joy at reporting them to the city for the code violations. 1210
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Look out y'all... Today I chose violence. 6190
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The algorithm really really wants me to buy some Wera. Ads from three different retailers and Wera themselves. How come I don't ever get ads for Felo? 010
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Okay #uglydogs I am choosing violence today. In the tradition of duvet/top sheet... Are tamales dumplings? Annnnnnnnnd fight! 4130
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Everyone should have a tamale hookup. If you don't have a hispanic friend that occasionally mentions that Abuela is making tamales you're life is incomplete. You don't ask questions. You just hand them money and receive amazing food. 11783
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026So here's a bit of HVAC advice that never occurred to me to give. If there is smoke coming out of your vents do not call the after hours number for the local HVAC company. Call the fucking fire department! Unless you live out in BFE they will arrive before the on-call tech even calls you back. 2161
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Today's other story is that I got a doctor's office cooling with a trash bag and some tape. It's not great but it will get them by until we can replace the unit. 10 year old Lennox RTU Hole in the condenser coil for circuit 1. Siezed condenser fan motor. Multiple holes in the heat exchanger. 3140
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 04/09/202697⁰F in the shade. 130⁰F in the attic. Attic installs should be illegal. 36⁰C and 54⁰C those who celebrate. 180
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm at 42 hours billed so far this week. 3 days to go. Heat is supposed to break Saturday night. If any deities are looking to earn disciples I'm willing to chant and give burnt offerings for a bit of an ice age. 1170
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I don't think I will ever truly understand the power addressing someone as packmate. Perhaps I'm just looking at it from the wrong side. 3160
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Up on the 64 acre (26 hectare) toof today. Maybe pics later. 3160
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Happy birbday @ravenmae.bsky.social ! 5180
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Amusing fact of the night: I can, at times, radiate a field that transmits the message "just fucking don't" so strongly that it can penetrate multiple shots, beers, and cocktails. 4260
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If I have ever given the impression that my current occupation is even remotely sane I apologize and offer www.terminalventing.com as an example of the lunacy that is HVAC/R.terminalventing.comTerminal VentingProvides information to heating, air conditioning and refrigeration service technicians about an important safety issue: terminal venting. 070
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026#uglydogsoutofcontext #uglydogsafterdark 3263
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026#uglydogs Y'all are some decent humans. 1150
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Monday Moved a 900 lb. motor through a building, down 6 steps into the mechanical room, through a narrow hall, and onto it's mount with just a chain fall, a cart, and 4 dudes. Wednesday Rented a 40 ton mobile crane to lift a 146 lb. motor to the roof. Sigh..... 2170
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sometimes I see things and think "that would make a great story". And then I start writing and realize that some idiocy has to be experienced because words and pictures aren't enough. 1100
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026So we had a new apprentice today on the chonky thicc motor replacement. Newish hire that's been learning bad habits from the construction/install division. He was a bit confused regarding his role and our expectations of him so I dropped a bit of philosophy on him. It's a core principle of mine. 2100
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026So I share stories from my work day fairly regularly. Residential service calls where I can get grandma's furnace going for just the cost of a flame rod. Or commercial calls where I can get the local fancy cookie shop cooling with a new blower motor. Today? Today was a little different. 1121
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is exactly the energy I needed this morning. 090
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You know what makes me smile? #uglydogs. The world is a dumpster fire but y'all are always putting in the work. 3250
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I accomplished sod all this weekend. Slept a fair bit of it. Back to it tomorrow. 060
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026So the various platforms with short videos have collectively found my Kryptonite and a sure fire way to get me to click through. Tools. Tools are my weakness. But I'm not dropping Snap-On money for a gimmick tool that will get dug out once a year at best. 2130
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So this was the jobsite this morning. Look closely and you'll spot the apprentice. Those leaden skies aren't bluffing either. We scampered iff the roof just before the furst grumble of thunder. 10270
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Crane scheduled for 0730. Arrived on site at 0700 to torrential rain, lightning, and winds gusting to 45 kts. Yeeeeaaaaaah... Lift had to wait a bit. 070
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#mushersky #uglydogs If anybody is looking for a dog van/camper I know of a 2024 Mercedes Sprinter crew van for sale. Has the middle bench seat but the rear is all cargo space. Shelving, bunk, and fold down table currently removed but could be included. No clue on price but I can get you a deal. 0121
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#uglydogsoutofcontext #uglydogsafterdark 2150
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026@muppybean.bsky.social you still got fecal foliage? 3260
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026@muppybean.bsky.social did you solve your dangling doody conundrum? 4240
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#uglydogsoutofcontext or #uglydogsafterdark? Who is to say? 2221
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So Home Depot is selling a lot more stuff in their HVAC aisle that you use to only find at the supply house. Capacitors, contactors, transformers, hard start kits, hot surface ignitors, flame rods, rescue motors... All priced comparatively with what I'd bill. This will end well. 0100
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I love the look of surprise people have when I don't bill them for the stupid easy fixes. 2260
Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Measurements taken on a roof at 4:00 PM this afternoon. Probe was placed in the shade. At this point sweating accomplishes nothing and hydration is a challenge. 7240