What a Relief – Chemical Mixers

Imagine what life would be like for you if your job was to mix hazardous industrial chemicals by hand, all day, every day of the week, for the rest of your life. We’ve come a long way since the industrial revolution, from the absence of worker safety laws, air quality regulations and other provisions for worker health and safety, but even back then there weren’t many jobs where constant hazardous chemical mixing was part of Continue reading

Drum Mixers vs. Drum Mixers

My dad is one to pun. To a crippling, nauseating, excessive extent, he can turn the most basic, boring conversation into an opportunity to make a horrible pun. As a young kid, when I would ask him if he would please make me a grilled cheese sandwich, he would say, “Poof! You’re a grilled cheese sandwich.” At that point I would either throw something at him or leave the room. There are too many opportunities within the English language for predatory punsters. When I hear the words Continue reading