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    Nudger=capacitor bank?

    Nudger=capacitor bank?
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    .....yep.....

    .....yep.....
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    I HAVE had apprentices in the past who had...

    I HAVE had apprentices in the past who had attitudes. I let them know real quick that if they didn't want to give me the respect I deserve or they didn't want to listen... the information tap would...
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    I hear ya but I'll bet he never called any...

    I hear ya but I'll bet he never called any apprentice or groundman a n*gg*r like the lineman in my story. (Not that it matters but the grunt was not black.)
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    Catch That Apprentice!

    I miss Charlie Hill. Charlie Hill was a lineman when I was an apprentice back in Memphis in 1987. We both worked for Dillard Smith.

    Charlie was about sixty years old. He was over weight,...
  6. Thread: Freedom/wales

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    Translator. This is the best I can work out: ...

    Translator. This is the best I can work out:


    Music of the sea brown music of the waves up down seaweed dancing slowly like a hair a dead man.

    At the bottom of the boat wooden ioldaite...
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    Go raibh maith agat. (The answer to what you were...

    Go raibh maith agat. (The answer to what you were gonna say regarding my witty previous post.)
  8. Thread: Freedom/wales

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    SEVEN! (The number you were thinking of.) ...

    SEVEN! (The number you were thinking of.) Whiskey In A Jar! (The song you were thinking of.) U2! (Your favorite band.) Green! (Your favorite color.) Lucky Charms! (Your favorite cereal.) ...
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    There's a contest? I LOVE contests.

    There's a contest? I LOVE contests.
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    To be clear, "liberals" do not condone looting or...

    To be clear, "liberals" do not condone looting or any other crime, especially not lying.
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    That sucks but I'm glad you don't do that.

    That sucks but I'm glad you don't do that.
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    Ground Men and Apprentices

    How do you treat your ground men and apprentices?

    Maybe the question should be "How were YOU treated as a ground man or apprentice?". I don't know about you, but I was treated like "lower than...
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    If only there was some device that would allow...

    If only there was some device that would allow you to communicate with a person. Perhaps they would have a code or number that was assigned to them and you could enter that number and the device...
  14. Thread: Long Line

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    Good question. I don't know. If you look at the...

    Good question. I don't know. If you look at the picture, you can see half of the fiberglass end is smooth and half is pulled apart. I think only half was properly glued.

    As far as the...
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    I was teasing you. Did the links help?

    I was teasing you. Did the links help?
  16. Thread: Pole Partner

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    Pole Partner

    When you work with a different lineman for the first time, how do you know what you're getting?

    I was working in Baltimore for Riggs Distler a few years back. A new journeyman lineman showed up...
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    If only there were some way to find out this...

    If only there were some way to find out this information... some device that you could use to search for the answers to the questions you had. I dunno, some kind of thing with a typewriter keyboard...
  18. Thread: Long Line

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    Thanks! That was United Power. They're a...

    Thanks! That was United Power. They're a minority sister company with Par.
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    PG&E crews' planes taking off as I type.

    PG&E crews' planes taking off as I type.
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    Lol! Thanks Brother. I'm the one who told them...

    Lol! Thanks Brother. I'm the one who told them it was you.
  21. Thread: Long Line

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    Long Line

    This is a video of me long lining from last year. The video goes orange when I put the phone in my pocket to connect to the long line then it comes back out to shoot the rest of the video. It was a...
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    Lol, I don't think he meant it the way it looked...

    Lol, I don't think he meant it the way it looked when typed.

    We've sent 150 linemen from PG&E. We've flown trucks from Travis Air force Base on C135s. They're coming to help you like you would...
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    Thanks for the heads up. We actually know...

    Thanks for the heads up. We actually know exactly what to wear. Many of us have Pac boots. You may also be surprised to know that there are mountains with snow on them here in Northern California...
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    Okay, THAT'S completely different. My father was...

    Okay, THAT'S completely different. My father was the business manager for local 474. His uncle was a business manager there and HIS uncle was a business manager there. My father's brother-in-law...
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    Exactly! But I don't understand what he was...

    Exactly! But I don't understand what he was saying/asking.
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