Central Carolina Scale

Since everyone is so afraid to say it this year, I figured I would title the entry Merry Christmas.  Oh, I said it again.  I hope I don’t offend anyone.  Who am I kidding?  I hope that I do offend some people.  This idea that we can only say Happy Holidays is stupid.  Plain and simple stupid.  If you don’t celebrate Christmas, fine.  Don’t. But it is time we as Christians (devout, twice a year church goers, and/or everyone in between) stand up and take back this holiday.  I’m not saying this to be arrogant.  If you choose not to

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November 11 2008 Special Announcement:

Due to the high volume of items purchased from Central Carolina Scale and our suppliers on a daily basis, we are one of the top OEM suppliers of name branded load cells in the USA market. Central Carolina Scale is also an excellent and highly competitive source for replacement load cells for existing scales from other manufacturers products.

We carry many of the top brands of load cells in the weighing industry. These items are common load cells, many of which are direct interchange with “other” brands. Please let us know what type and capacity scale

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Need odd sized floor scales for unique applications or to fit an existing pit without modifying it? Have special loading requirements? Point loading? Let us quote and design a custom floor scale for you or your customer!

Due to the unique engineering and manufacturing capability at our suppliers facility in Terre Haute, Indiana; we are adept at providing special designs at standard pricing, usually with only 3 to 4 week lead times.

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Got an email this week and thought I’d pass this on:

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of up to and including their life.

That is Honor and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.

Many people go and visit their State Fair this time of year.  I’m no exception.  What a fun way to spend a day.  When you do go and visit, you probably will notice the many displays set up who will guess your weight, your birth month or your age.  Seems like they are located on every corner.  They guess wrong and you win a prize.  What scale do they normally have beside them? 

Usually, it is an old mechanical dial scale.  These days, not too many of those old mechanical dial scales are available.  However, we do have these portable digital platform scales which are similar.

Here is our email winner so far this October…

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the
villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

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It’s a sure sign you’re getting older when you’re more concerned about making sure the rental chairbacks are properly added to your bleacher seats for the football game, than how well your football team is going to play on gameday.  What am I becoming?

I know that I try to keep this blog about scales and most of the time I succeed.  But, every now and then I have to talk a little sports.  I was fortunate enough to go to the East Carolina (ECU) vs. North Carolina State (NCSU) football game on Saturday in Raleigh.

It was a great game.  What an exciting finish with the NCSU Wolfpack taking the win in overtime over the #15 ranked ECU Pirates 30-24.  As an NCSU alum, I was proud to see this team succeed and of the great atmosphere that existed for this game.

However, there is a dilema.  For years and years, the argument has existed, should NC State play ECU more often?  In fact, I just finished reading a message board loaded with different opinions. 

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I have a feeling we will continue to get more “informative” emails like this one below in the months ahead.  I’m sure they will be “informing” us about the shortcomings of both sides too.  Here is the best email received so far, early on, here in September:

• You couldn’t get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after 143 days of experience.
• You couldn’t become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of being a surgeon.
• You couldn’t get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after 143 days of experience.
• You couldn’t join the military and become a colonel after a 143 days of experience.
• You couldn’t get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.
BUT….
• ‘From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate.
• That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
• After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan. 143 days?

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that’s all it is - a start. AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public seems to feel comfortable with this and campaigning for him. We wouldn’t accept this in our own line of work, yet some are OK with this for the President of the United States of America

 
 
I have to include our standard disclaimer that goes for all our blog entries, past, present and future:  This entry does not necessarily represent the views of the company. It is the opinion of its writer.

It’s no secret that we carry the best selection of calibration test weights around, but you also need a safe and easy way to transport those weights around your facility. We have the answer with our stainless steel weight carts.

The transport weight carts are easy to roll from location to location and feature sturdy construction. The weight carts can be customized to hold various sizes and types of test weights. The Stainless Steel Lid closes to protect your weights and keep them clean. 

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We, in Ireland, can’t figure out why people are even
bothering to hold an election in the United States.

On one side, you have a lawyer, married to a lawyer,
running against a lawyer who is married to a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married
to a good looking woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What are you lads thinking over there?