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    filthy...remember that name? filthy. Good...

    filthy...remember that name? filthy. Good lineman... been eveywhere. woody
  2. My prayers are with him... woody

    My prayers are with him... woody
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    burned body

    Exactly...hope this economy did'nt just kill somebody else. Man ...would'nt want to be on that job. Feel bad for ALL involved. woody
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    34.5 kv

    worked 34.5kv several times...off the hooks and out of the bucket...near and far from the sub. just one thing it does matter where your at if something goes sideways. just my opioion...no app on the...
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    re:accident

    Hey mister utility man, can you find it in your self...to tell the truth in what happened? It was a fiber-optic worker that got himself out of postion. HE GOT HIMSELF OUT OF POSITION. SORRY HE GOT...
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    squirrels

    Had a squirrel take out a sub a few years ago... long before that I was sent on a trouble call that had half the town out. The main feeder was locked out from the sub...after looking for a short...
  7. Thread: shut it down

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    fireball

    yup...been in'a fireball...14.4 ...m thought the gates from he!! opened up before my eyes...damn them cut-outs !!!! Two Journeyman Lineman in the Air when this happened...So there ya go....Shit...
  8. Thread: What 3 things

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    grunts

    Don't have em anymore... gonna see them gone. Been letting them go by contact after contract...until they no longer exsist. Don't agree with this...but seems the way of things in the future...up...
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    Management

    Who is the wingnut in charge of this co-op? If what I've read is true...then you fellas are right in the middle of a major snafu!!! Jeez, let go because...unable to perform the job...to WORK...
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    Public GF'S

    Yup, they're always around...wire down no placement of grounds... and the general public GF'S are out with their pets or WORSE their kids... moving or otherwise touching downed wire! My personal...
  11. Thread: closed bank

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    banks

    here in pse land... we have steel mounted brackets and have personally hung...three 150 kva pots. No platforms...etc. Lots-o-weight...etc. No problemo...here in no worryies land.woody
  12. Thread: Todays Line Work

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    safety

    Always looked at all jobs as hard money jobs...cuts out all the bs...safety is number one in all these jobs!! No short-cuts!!! Wasn'nt raised this way...but was raised to make the contractor...
  13. Thread: Rats

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    Union Linework

    Hey I'm the first to admit that I don't know it all....acutally don't like to work with those that talk like they did it all and know it all with regards to LINEWORK. Spent some time with NON-UNION...
  14. Thread: Call me a pussy?

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    seal teams

    The history of seals in central america are'nt good. In Grenada the navy lost an entire seal team after deploying from an aircraft in far from favorable weather(bad weather)...in Panama...they lost...
  15. Thread: Call me a pussy?

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    radonhufer

    O.K. ...Did'nt know that the navy had special forces. Do know that the U.S. ARMY has Special Forces that did serve in El Salvador...if that is what you were reffering too. Do know about navy seals...
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    accidents and fatalities

    In the past decade over 600 lineman have died or been injuried on the job. This does'nt count apps, operators, grunts. Worst case scenario has always been an apprentice hurt or worst killed on the...
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    My condolences to the dear departed apprentice...

    My condolences to the dear departed apprentice and his family, may god shine his light our way with him leading the way...because i'm outta excuses! This CRAP burns me real BAD! How is it that the...
  18. Thread: Pole foam

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    we used the foam on some poles in florida after...

    we used the foam on some poles in florida after hurricane wilma. great results at that time...but don't know about long term as we left after restoration. the foam by the way was given to the crews...
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    cell phones

    Real simple...crew rules...number one: nobody is more important than the other. number two: nobody talks on a ear piece or cell phone while in the primary (actually it's acceptable to throw...
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    hey clive...they were stoked, but really the...

    hey clive...they were stoked, but really the aed's are proven life savers. The first responders oath is we can't make the situation worse...so what the hell lets do anything to make it better. I'm...
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    aed's

    remember the picture like it was yesterday...gave everybody pause...remember the the foto-journalst won a prize...pulitzer they call it...give it for print journalists and print foto's. kinda like...
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    remember back in the late 70's that -30 degrees...

    remember back in the late 70's that -30 degrees below zero was the no work clause in the contract for lineman in fairbanks, alaska. Unless their was an outage of power...then all work was manned.same...
  23. pole was not accessible to any bucket truck or...

    pole was not accessible to any bucket truck or line truck. climber...nobody knew the other hazzard...the one that killed the lineman. what you see from the ground is sometimes different in or on the...
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    switches

    dry run all cut-outs w/highside off before closing after restoring power or simple re-fusing. also remove high side before removing fuse barrel...especially on oh/ug risers...if cable is bad or...
  25. My condolences to the workers and especially to...

    My condolences to the workers and especially to the family. my special condolence to the affected LINEMAN and his family!!! woody
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