reppy007
10-05-2011, 11:36 AM
once again ,thanks for almost calling me an oldtimer,you stated something about my profile,i never thought about that,maybe ill get to that sometime,just havent been feeling that well,since i got a flew shot from the va.hospital a couple weks ago,if i could feel like shit that would be great,thats how bad ive felt,but im doing better i think.enough about the medical shit,heres one that is interesting,maybe even laughable,first i need a favor,pray for me,due to the fact that i personally know ex-centerpointlineman,hope that gets you going.i havent seen any of his post lately,but i can say this ,hes a good hand,lineman,he has his ways but id work with him,anyday.he got a raw deal when he was let go,but i think hes doing ok,just some pride lost.interesting to see what people think on this website,and some interesting subjucts,been with 5 companies,some good some not.seen the by the book lineman,and alot more.as for me ,im not doing linework now,but looking for a sweet deal,if you know what i mean.like teaching other guys the trade,you know the sometimes simple tricks you pick up.but not a type that wants to teach in a class,the mathmatics,and all that.not the rodeo type either,never been to one,except the live animal rodeos.kind of a joker,which most lineman are but serious when need to be,used to be quite a drinker,which is normal but have slowed down to water and cokes,lol.i guess im a looker,or a thinker,always watching or thinking of different ways thing can be done,lately ive seen alot of lineman pass away,you know age,this or that,but a few were only in there40s,and i think passed away due to alcohol-liver problems,which is a bummer,it happens,knew of an real oldtimer that was rolling up some pea-vine while the crew was re-conductoring the circuit,the old wire had tons of splices,this guy ,i think was about 64 or 65 back in the 80s,while the other guys on the crew were in the buckets,and doing there work.luckly they had the primary spreaded,had most things done right,had lineguards on some of the pea-vine,and such,well a phase broke,went donw and landed on the oldtimers shoulder,guess what happened? when the wire went down,the guards also slid down the wire,the guarded wire is what saved that oldtimer,aint that some shit.alot of stuff i dont think of,but posting some of what ive seen might help others,seen some funny stuff along the way,you know the kinds of things that happen,its a good trade,if the right people teach and the right guys want to learn it.ive enjoyed it ,saved money,and took vacations with that money,california,canada,new york,colorado,ect,knew one guy that saved everything,had well over a million saved up,savings,stock and all that good stuff,passed away a couple weeks ago,never enjoying his savings,left it to his adopted son,theres millions of stories out there,some bad,some good,how many companies have most of you guys worked for,it sucks sometimes to leave your hometown,and other times it can be good,guess i can say that now that im divorced.next time i post ill tell you about the lineman that had 3 service poles to set,and 3 holes to dig,well he just set 2 poles,figure that out.