Has Anyone heard of NORM

      This is a sort of interesting little ditty that goes along with the CSE of the last entry. I am wondering if there may be any effects that may be beneficial to me in any way shape or form. Let me explain. As I said yesterday a CSE is a confined space entry. That means that we have to enter an area that has limited access or egress and can be harmful to ones health. Although most large conglomorats will say quite adimantly, there is nothing here that will harm you. I love the propaganda and all the rhetoric that spews endlessly from all the corporate share holders,Safety personnel and CEO's when it comes to producing what we desire in life.People actually go to war for this black gold. I find this to be a very sad state of affairs.We peons do not see the untold stories of horrors that occur each and every day to get this commodity. We go about the day rather blissfully just attempting to satisfy our task masters. My how things have not really changed since the days of the great pyramids hey. Probably the only thing that has changed is the monetary value we place on our daily task. Now please don't get me wrong as some may think I am bloviating. I am not!! Remember this ditty is about NORM in case we seemed to have strayed from the point. Sometimes I can get lost in a mindless rant. Probably what serves to keep me always on the edge of insubordination. So please feel free to check me and bring me back to point.
      Now where were we at, oh yes the CSE. Well we had to sit through an information session to help explain what NORM actually means. Of course everyone is thinking Cheers as Keri-Ann has eluded to in her blogs. NOT!! So on went the discussion of what NORM is. He read so diligently from his prepared manuscript that which we all have heard a million times, OK I agree that may be an embellishment, but at least a couple of hundred times to be honest. He managed to settle any unnerving feelings or suspicions we may be suffering from. Yeah he was very good at his rhetoric.So as not to speak in tautology, we of course had an arms length of questions for him. Which he answered quite skillfully in an eredite manner. Now at this point I know you must be thinking when will this ever get to the point.
      Remember we are erecting an inspection scaffold inside a vertical tower in which there are countless equations and permeentations of chemicals flowing every hour of every day. Within these tower walls are sheets of caked steel laden with the remnants of the coveted product. These remnants are called COKE no not the drug,although some may find it to be intoxicating. There in lies the root word TOXIC. Yes you heard it right!! Are you scared yet? Well you may be after you find out what NORM means. The things we learn each day in life is really astounding, don't you think?
      How many of you remember a show starring a Doctor who is exposed to something and is forever changed? Well maybe I am aging myself but it was a kind of cool show to watch. I can only hope that NORM has a positive effect on me or at the very least some positive spin on growth. I will leave you to your imagination. I wonder where all my hair has retreated to? Wish full thinking I know, but hey I am getting that profile picture after all. Much to my Darling wifes' shagrin.
      So you may have guessed the answer to NORM by now, so without any further drivle or prattling from me, here is the answer. Now we were told that we would have to work in a NORM environment for about 10 years round the clock to actually acquire any side affects from it. It can be ingested, although I cannot imagine people in their right mind doing such a thing. It can be inhaled or seep through your skin.if there were actually enough. We were also told that this is probably reoccuring in many environments we trust and actually love to be in or inhale. Smokers beware now.
      The definition of this word that really is not a word but rather an acronym N.O.R.M. is Naturally Occuring Radioactive Materials. Yes RADIOACTIVE!! We were set aback as well, believe me.This is n ot the kind that can really hurt us like the Green Doctors' GAMMA rays. These are actually particles that split from the atom and are trying to get stable. So they bounce around in our everyday space, albeit a molecular space we cannot see with the naked eye, none the less they are there.
      So after all that and many hours of toil we created that which is required and not indigenous to the vessel. A certified tagged and completely safe scaffold that will not hurt you unless one feels the urge to suddenly hurl him or her self out of the safe confines. And that was my day today, very much sweat and many Tyvek suits later. I am ready to retire. I am really proud of my Family. Tarrah in Africa Keri and Nadine laying a path forward to a happy and healthier life. I will bid adue to all. Good Night and God Bless Love You all xoxo