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Jean-Luc Descarte said:
For an update relevant to the thread:

Yesterday and today I used a number of torches (recently fixed S2+, M2 car light, and M21B) to look for this T3. I lost it yesterday morning before or during my commute to work, and don't know where or how. Checked my bags, checked my clothes, checked my car so thoroughly that I might as well have disassembled the interior. My last hope is that I left it at home in some obscure corner and forgot, and that it didn't drop from my pocket while I was walking (because I never heard the distinct noises of a flashlight clattering to the ground).

Needless to say I'm gutted with myself. :awman:
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Check under/behind the toilet.
 
Monocrom said:
So, didn't think I'd be posting in this topic so soon again. I was wrong!
Some guy working late at night tells me there's a racoon over there.... inside the building. Oh how lovely. Said it to me as if he genuinely expected me to go over there, wrestle it into submission, and make it my beeootch. Yes, because Security and Animal Control are the exact same job. I told him I'd call Maintenance. That seemed to satisfy him. Go looking for the racoon. Spot him immediately. He's not moving. Tucked away in an inaccessible corner of the first floor near the water display, sleeping.

Yeah, I'm not going to bother him. Let him sleep. Plus, might have rabies! No thank you. Technically, I'm supposed to call Head of Building engineering. Wake him up. I'm not doing that. No section of the roof has collapsed, there's no major leaks with water pouring in, etc. I don't need a high-ranking member of the client's representatives getting ticked off at me. Plus, he's new there. I don't know him. Might be a good guy, might be a jerk. (He was recently hired.) Every now and then, I check on the racoon.

Of course the racoon vanishes. Not good! No open doors in the building. So, out comes my Eagtac P200LR on its highest setting. I'm now searching for him. There's vegetation and displays all over the first floor. I just want to spot him. If he's hiding in the vegetation, the light will bounce off his eyes. I'm just trying to spot him. No luck at all. (Of course not.) The flashlight performed well though. Couple of hours later, my relief comes in. I brief him about the racoon. He's not surprised. Building Maintenance apparently has been trying to catch him for the past few days! Apparently EVERYONE knew. Including all of my co-workers. They just didn't bother to tell me. Sure.... Why would I need to know about a possibly rabies infected racoon who it seems actually came to the Security desk during one co-worker's shift, then vanished up into the ceiling of the backroom behind the desk. (Missing ceiling panel.) Yeah, why would THAT info. possibly be important.

Hell yeah, I was livid. But decided not to show it, nor go off on my relief; who happens to be the Security supervisor in every single way that counts but minus the actual title. No one told me. I'm going to remember that. Lost what little respect I had left for all of my co-workers.
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As much as some old timers complain about some Genz+, they all share the same mindset..."if it ain't my problem, it ain't my problem". Funny how some human mentalities transcend generations...
 
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They caught him! (Yes, he's fine. No one harmed him.) Animal Control caught him before the end of 2nd Shift. Again, right by the Security desk. I walk in, the area behind the desk is a mess. I ask what happened, and the miserable excuse for a co-worker who first saw the racoon 3 weeks ago, didn't bother warning me, tells me He caught him. I ask him if that's true, and he's taking full credit for it. Miserable, piece of trash, son of a....

Yeah YOU caught him. In your professional animal trap cage that you happen to own for no reason at all! Anyway, you guys know the drill when having a co-worker like that one. You do your best to pretend that you get along with them, because going to war with a co-worker is just going to make your Life utterly miserable each and every single time you have to head to work, to clock in. So anyway, I thank him (not in a sarcastic way). The critter is right up against the outside of the Security desk. Sleeping. Having pooped inside the cage. Thankfully it doesn't stink.... too badly. Oh! He was fed well. Only the best soft fruit bars for our Trespasser.

I put a couple of bright yellow Wet Floor signs on either end of the cage so no one absentmindedly trips over it or bumps into it. Then I set about cleaning up the giant mess back there. There's not even room to walk back there. (Yes, my piece of trash co-worker did NOTHING to even partially clean up back there.) I didn't do a perfect job since those filing cabinets and wooden panels are ridiculously heavy. But I cleared a path, made things look neat, and used plenty of my own Clorox wipes to wipe down most of the surfaces back there. When my relief arrived (the unofficial Site Supervisor), I briefed him on everything. He was happy with the clean-up job I had done back there.

Since it's so bright inside, the racoon simply fell asleep. Didn't bother me at all during the shift. Raised his head a few times, looked around, went back to sleep. He sleeps better than I do! People walking in, in the morning before my shift ends. They're stopping to freak out a bit, curse a bit with no malice in their voices, take a picture like he's a celebrity. I actually recorded an under 1 minute Short of him for those of you who know about my YouTube channel and want to check it out, go there. But yeah, it's over. Now back to our regularly-scheduled B.S. at my 3rd Shift job. (Hopefully when they do release him into the Wild, it'll be far, far away from the job site.)

To stay on-topic, I recently bought a newer 2D LED Maglite flashlight full kit (complete with batteries, red cone, and mounting brackets + hardware.) Brought that in to help spot the racoon in case he came back. Just under 490 lumens. Didn't even have to cut through the blister pack. It's still sealed.
 
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guys and gals, Im down DOWN!

103° fever, aches, chills.

Went down for some Tylenol and a sip of Gatorade with my trusty Novatac.
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russprechtl said:
What a saga! I'm glad it's over. There is nothing better than co-workers who are wastes of human protoplasm. Now you can get on with normal work life instead of Critter Patrol.

Didn't get to break the seal yet? Missed opportunity? 😉
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True. But where would I put the mounting brackets and screws. I'd lose them. Working on a solution once everything is out of the blister pack. 😎
 
russprechtl said:
Just checking in...are you doing all right? Fit as a fiddle and ready for love yet?
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I'm comin back around. Best part is the other I.T. dude that I'm covering for is on vacation all week so in between delirium driven fever dreams I've been keeping an eye on email and Teams to make sure the workd didn't end.
 
sween1911 said:
I'm comin back around. Best part is the other I.T. dude that I'm covering for is on vacation all week so in between delirium driven fever dreams I've been keeping an eye on email and Teams to make sure the workd didn't end.
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Good on you! It takes dedication to stay plugged in (literally) when you're feeling puny. I'm glad you're on the mend.
 
Today I used my PD36R several times to charge up the phosphor on an infrared detection card while troubleshooting a fiber optic connection. The phosphor stores energy from visible light and releases it as a visible orange glow when struck by IR radiation. It works for infrared remote controls also.

I have an optical power meter but it doesn't fit in my pocket. 😉

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Eagtac P200LR on the highest setting.... To make sure a trespasser on foot exited the very huge parking lot at my 3rd shift job hours ago. Wasn't head-hunting. Just wanted to make sure he had left. I don't stop trespassers on foot who seem to be headed towards one of the exit points. So, I verify he's gone. Headed back to the main doors to go inside. Few yards away, I get passed by another trespasser on foot who heads directly towards an open exit gate. Oh, the irony....
 
Turns out losing my silver T3 made me forget one time I got to use a number of my lights...

Last Thursday we got a rare power outage at night. Blown transformer plunged my city block and a few others into darkness. So I went out for a walk around the apartment complex to test a few of my lights that I'd never used in such a situation.

A few observations:
- With the T3 on 1% mode, I could easily be mistaken for a phone flash-using muggle. Good mode and beam profile for indoors, not so much outdoors.
- The M21F SFT70 3000K makes for a fantastic urban EDC torch. I used it at the lowest power level of ramping mode and it provided perfectly adequate light with great angle and reach. Love the flood/throw balance on it, and the beam tint is even nicer than a B35AM in the same CCT.
- The M21E SFT40 3000K is better left for walking along unlit streets and trails. It has generous flood thanks to the SFT40's corona on the OP reflector, but it was still too throwy for an urban setting despite the 3000K's naturally lower lumen output.
- The M21H set up with an FC40 (5000K in my case) and an 8º TIR is a great alternative to the SFT70, as long as you prefer a shorter flashlight and don't mind going a bit flood-over-throw. Very good urban EDC as well.
 
russprechtl said:
I used my Eagtac D3A to help me change and refill the litter in our automatically cleaning cat litter box (yes, insert joke about crappy job here). It helped a lot, though.
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This raises a question - why doesn't an automatically cleaning cat litter box have it's own light inside? It already has a power source, and the addition of an LED seems like a small cost compared to the cost of the rest of the design.
 
PhotonWrangler said:
This raises a question - why doesn't an automatically cleaning cat litter box have it's own light inside? It already has a power source, and the addition of an LED seems like a small cost compared to the cost of the rest of the design.
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That is a really great question. Even one that could be turned on manually would be a huge help.
 
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