Neanderpundit

He who smelt it, dealt it.

Apparently New Yawk’s dopesmoking mayuh Bloomburg’s advice to the fine (hork) citizens of NYC was “Wait for the gas to pass”

Ethanethiol- also known as Ethyl Mercaptain- is a compound added to natural gas to make it detectable, natural gas is odorless by itself.

Many’s the time we had a test for which we weren’t fully prepared, and a little squirt bottle and a small, battery powered fan, would evacuate the building so the test would be put off for another day. Did I say that? Surely I wouldn’t do anything like that.

So saturday, I’m unemployed. Last day with the company is friday.

I will be speaking with people from another division of the same company, who can use me, and if they can afford me, they’ll take me on. In the meantime I’ve spoken with other folks about other possibilities.

My boss almost cried. We have a fifteen year relationship, and he hated to let me go- but they have had enough trouble that only the folks with their boots actually on the ground will keep working. And while I spend a lot of boots-on-the-ground time, most of what i do is pretty etherial, these days.

It will actually be good to be back to doing more field work, and I have other possibilities as well- but I will keep y’all posted. Keep me in your thoughts.

Sadly I have neglected to include, in “hoosier blog alliance” Nathan Brindle. nathan, a regular commenter here, has been neglected, and I am ashamed. Go to his blog. Start from the beginning, read till the end.