One other thing we should keep in mind..... tick diseases affect children, elderly, and immune deficient loved ones much more seriously than us big strapping linemen (and women).

Get into the...

There have been reports on the news "up nort here" about a new tick-borne disease that is a virus rather than a bacteria (like lyme disease). It is called the powassan virus.

Minnesota recently...

Thanks, Tracy! I miss most of you when I'm gone......it's too bad a few can sour so much for so many.

I am glad you and the board are working on changing that.

I just hope all of us remember...

ditto........

That really surprises me T-Man!

We no longer offer 120/240 delta for new services (they all have to be 120/208 if they have a light load), but that two-pot connection was extremely popular for...

The fourth wire (neutral for the secondary service) is only absolutely necessary if the customer needs a lighting load.

We don't corner ground. We just build them like a 120/240 delta just like...

I see this IDIOT is still at it......

Yes, he is and will remain on my blocked list. Unfortunately, I can still see his IDIOCY when others quote him.

He uses the term socialism as though it...

What has changed since this "board of directors"?

Nothing.

I'm about done.......

I am saddened by what this site could be and what a few have turned it into.....

Similar to Clinton's argument about Congress effectively approving Kosovo thruough funding, I would not be surprised to see an argument made that Congress effectively approved the action by approving...

Swamp is on my ignore list and he will remain there. The one failing of this feature is that I can read his posts when others quote him.

I must say I remain impressed with how completely ignorant...

I've said what I have to say....

have a good day.

Would you make it 3 years in their high school?

yeah.....we should totally keep them uneducated.....that's far more convenient for our perceptions of immigrants.

You may have noticed, the law...

Currently with Local 949.....been IBEW since 1994......will be 'till I die.

"Do we fear terrorism so much that we will not have debate? Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?"

Sen. Rand...

Actually it is. In fact Stupidity kills. The only problem is it usually doesn't kill or maim itself.....

Every one man crew can call for a second guy and serves as a second guy for another one man crew.

I agree this is a real need.

I also agree with Lood. What is the point if this is merely an exercise in calling out bad behavior. Some of us have been doing that already. This board needs real...

I'm not so sure about that, Clive.

There's so many ways to get hurt out here.

Falls, getting run over, grips / hoists letting go, falling objects, angry co-workers (joke).

Electricity is a...

You've got to remember you're surrounded by ground potential. There is just no good way to maintain 100% equipotential grounding with URD.

When I was in the trouble department in Mnneapolis with...

yeah......how embarrassing!:rolleyes:

Next thing you know he'll be puking on the Prime Minister's lap......

That would be nice! (Coffee with Lood.)

We will also be going up to Winnepeg this Fall (Oct). I always enjoy getting to spend some time with my Canook friends.

My wife is an inside sales rep...

Where are you going?

We are leaving this Friday to spend a few days in DC. We have a tour of the Capital scheduled (we tried to get tickets to the White House, but no go). We will be in...

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey

And yet us liberals are the evil "social engineers"?:confused:

Isn't it ironic how the Republicans want smaller government? Yet they want to legislate who one can marry.

Isn't it ironic how...

Sometimes I'm working at home....


Sometimes I'm working in the truck.....


Most times it's no difference to you.....moron.

Go to hell.