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  1. Thread: North Korea???

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    "Im going to go way out on this...

    [QUOTE] "Im going to go way out on this limb...hopefully it wont happen....if it does they might be doing us a favor....with the exception of the last two wars,this country almost needs wars like we...
  2. Thread: NEAT program

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    NEAT (Northeast Apprentice Training) is the IBEW...

    NEAT (Northeast Apprentice Training) is the IBEW / NECA training program for linemen.
    It pretty much works like this: You apply. If you meet the requirements, you are scheduled for an apptitude...
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    I worked this storm on LI, NY and can attest that...

    I worked this storm on LI, NY and can attest that there certainly were non-union line hands and tree crews helping in the restoration effort. And yes, they ate and slept at the same staging...
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    I felt it in RI.

    I felt it in RI.
  5. "It is essential that there should be...

    "It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize."

    -Teddy Roosevelt
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    "I'm a victim of circumstance." - Jerome...

    "I'm a victim of circumstance." - Jerome "Curly" Howard
  7. Thread: Federal Reserve

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    G. Edward Griffin's book "The Creature From...

    G. Edward Griffin's book "The Creature From Jekyll Island" is a great scource of info on the Fed.

    The federal reserve bank is not the first or only central bank this country has had....
  8. Try giving local 104 a call instead. 603 868...

    Try giving local 104 a call instead.

    603 868 1143 (NH office)
  9. Different Hawkeye.

    Different Hawkeye.
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    Yesterday I was driving down a back road near...

    Yesterday I was driving down a back road near home and found a guy about to tie a white rag onto a limb that was hanging down into the roadway, suspended a few feet off the ground. The scary thing...
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    Try usaunionpro.com.

    Try usaunionpro.com.
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    National Grid has Thiro starting up a few new...

    National Grid has Thiro starting up a few new jobs in RI and southern MA.
    But yes, there have been lay-offs.
  13. Thread: Great quotes...

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    "I'm a victim of circumstance." - Jerome "Curly"...

    "I'm a victim of circumstance." - Jerome "Curly" Howard
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    MJ has gotten the transmission contract. I don't...

    MJ has gotten the transmission contract. I don't think the distribution contract(s) have not been awarded yet.
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    What about Bush's "leave no child behind" policy?...

    What about Bush's "leave no child behind" policy? Was that socialism?
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    With all the potted porcelien cut-outs that are...

    With all the potted porcelien cut-outs that are failing and tracking in the northeast, I wouldn't count on removing a door as an open point.
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    Actually, George Bush Sr. signed the NAFTA...

    Actually, George Bush Sr. signed the NAFTA agreement on Dec 17, 1993along with Mulroney (Canada) and Salinas (Mexico). The house and senate passed it following Nov., and Clinton signed it into law on...
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    CDL rule exemptions?

    [Thank god the driver rules time limits do not apply. We used to maintain a CDL drivers log which limmited your OT]

    CPOPE,
    Where did you hear that CDL driver time limits rules do not apply to us?...
  19. Thread: Delta and Wye ?

    by billg
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    Can't always rely on those job cards. (I work on...

    Can't always rely on those job cards. (I work on NG property,too.) For example: multiple circuits on the pole; I have yet to see more than one circuit number on the card. Or, beyond step-downs, the...
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    It's real. Check out www.snopes.com

    It's real. Check out www.snopes.com
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    The problem is that they keep nibbling away at...

    The problem is that they keep nibbling away at our work. Sub-station, traffic signal, urd, etc..... Not so noticable when we are all busy with tons of work, but if (or I should say when) it slows...
  22. Thread: Personal Dilemma

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    You don't have to spend big $$$ on an engraver. I...

    You don't have to spend big $$$ on an engraver. I think mine was only $25 or so. That plus the paint idea should remove any doubt as to who owns what.
  23. Thread: Personal Dilemma

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    That's an easy one..... Buy an engraver and put...

    That's an easy one.....
    Buy an engraver and put your name on your tools.
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    .....Don't forget the billions spent blowing up,...

    .....Don't forget the billions spent blowing up, and then re-building foreign countries, whose people don't want our "help" anyway. (Yeah, I know, we have to fight the terrorists over there so we can...
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    No problemo. (I only knew that 'cause someone set...

    No problemo. (I only knew that 'cause someone set me straight on it when I thought it read the same as you did.) See ya at the picnic/rodeo.
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