You and your friend Claire had been playing Smash or Pass for the past ten minutes and you'd gone through damn nearly every person you knew at work. Which is why that fateful day, you and a couple of friends had gone to get lunch and in the corner of the canteen for worker bee drones, things went from gossiping about random drama between colleagues to playing an oldie but goldie. Sometimes, working for Vought just gets to be too goddamn much. It was probably fortunate that we were near the end of the pull so there was only around three tons of backlash when it happened. Everybody jumped clear and we ducked and braced with whatever we could until the rig stopped shaking. The huge tackle block was clanging around the whole cavity like a giant ringer in a bell and buckled one of the support frames.
The heavy tong cable went taut and the operator stomped on the brakes at the same time, and the whole thing was jerked to a sudden halt. I held on to the tongs and it jerked me a couple feet back and I let go.
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The rig operator was pulling full speed when the larger pipe came back, and my tongs grabbed the pipe and suddenly launched backwards. What I forgot is that near the head of the endoscope, the pipe diameter changed by 2 inches. The idea being that it shaved a few seconds per disconnection, and it added up over a long shift. After an eight hour shift of "scope pulling" (meaning removing all the length of an endoscope pipe from probe line), I got a bit careless and was hitching my tongs to the pipe while the it was still in motion. What keeps you from being crushed by the weight of all of the “body” above you is a mess of cabling and fold-out frames connected to a fifty-thousand pound counterweight. In the nine months I worked that rig, I had a few very close calls to getting crushed. This is important since the roots are in a confined space.My position had been vacated the year before because the hand got crushed under a tissue catchment "bucket" (think giant, steel-walled tray weighing half a ton used to catch slop and other meat before it falls on your working area), and he bled out because it took hours for an ambulance to get out to the location. Keeping the foliage trimmed also keeps the plants looking neat and tidy, encourages the plant to develop more side-shoots and flowers, and reduces the demand for the plant to develop a larger root system. Most container plants can be pruned freely to maintain the desired size and shape. A single application can often provide plants with the proper level of nutrition all season long. Slow-release fertilizers are an especially good, care-free choice for container plants. Too much fertilizer can damage plants so it’s important to follow the package directions to determine how much, and how often, to feed plants. Determine which application method is best for the situation and select a product with a nutritional balance designed for foliage plants. Fertilizing Instructionsįertilizers for Devil's Backbone plants are available in many forms: granulated, slow-release, liquid feeds, organic or synthetic. This indicates that the soil is thoroughly wet.
Water the entire soil area until water runs out the base of the pot. If the top 2-4” (5-10cm) of soil is dry, or plants are wilted, it is time to water.Īpply water at the soil level if possible to avoid wetting the foliage. Check the soil moisture with your finger. Watering Instructionsĭevil's Backbone prefers moist but well-drained soil. Repot every 2 years in the same container or in a container slightly larger than the diameter of the roots. Place plant in a reliably sunny location. When all the plants are potted, water thoroughly to settle the soil and give plants a good start. Insert the plant into the hole and press soil firmly around the roots and just covering the root ball. Make a small hole in the soil slightly larger than the Zig-Zag plant's root ball either by hand or using a trowel. Prepare the container by filling with potting soil up to 2” (5cm) from the rim of the planter. Select a container with a drainage hole or be prepared to drill holes for drainage if there are none. Many are available with a mild starter fertilizer in the mix. These are usually lighter in weight than topsoil, sterile and pest-free.
To plant Devil's Backbone start with a good quality, commercial potting soil.
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