Bren;Its a little late but I hope your Holidays were grand. havent spoke with anyone from the Isle in quite some time. i know its not part of the Republic, but i was stationed in the Navy in Derry...

or crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

some years ago we at Ohio Edison got a supv. from FP&L. anyone down there have any idea why John Huber would leave Fla. to come to Ohio? Any way we can make a trade?

UWUA LOCAL 126!!!!! 41 yrs. 8mo. 18 days!

been with Ohio Edison since 69. stint in the US Navy., came out & went into line in'73.been there ever since.dist,trans.maint.,and hold the pos. of 'Lineleader" since '94.been offered co pos....

need some info here if anyone has it. does anyone from Florida Power and Light know of a recent worker by the name of Chris Trump? hes really causing some issues here in Ohio with loss of jobs.hes...

well,they are at it again; fatso howard in akron fired a lineman for not reporting a fender-bender for 36 hrs. the boy wonder of a manager that the brother worked for said it was because of his...

i hate to do it, but it looks like United Way will not get anything from me this coming year; i'm one of the $200/mo club.

swampy;you are 100% correct! the next four years will be fun to watch; mainly because when you hit rock bottom, there is only one way to go, back up!

here in akron,our contract with ohio edison,part of first energy,we get double time the minute we arrive for the 'out of town' call.usually a max of 16 hrs a day. some of the host companies have...

this has been happening in our area for about 4 years now. we had to push our company,Ohio Edison[First Energy], to buy the polymer type cutouts to replace the ones made in mexico.we are replacing...

this is a real sore spot with me. guys on the crew are constantly on the cell.there is one lineman that calls his wife while on storm trouble after every job just to tell her about it;even at 2 or 3...

Pa Ben, this is a real interesting picture. I'm not fond of Obama, but in the picture,do the shadows really line up? just a thought ......

you know, if it were on the ballot of McCain vs Clinton [ God i hate saying this] i would have to finally vote for a republican.he definitely has my respect;Hellery does not! but my first choice is...

hey, mr. 22 yr. old; i hope they make better linemen in Mich. than they do football teams!

here in Ohio,we are required to wear safety toes and have been for at least 30 yrs. Get yourself a good pair of boots with composite toes and you'll find your feet will stay warmer in the winter.

if you are looking for a good investor owned utility, First Energy is not one of them.recently, all they seem to care about is detracting from the labor agreements and making more vice presidents. we...

im sorry, didnt i say fla was no. one? so tell me about the alibi tide.[wow are you easy.]...anyhow, hey swampy, i think everyone underestimated the gators.as i said before; we really got our asses...

sounds like your name fits very well.you're right ,though;they really got an ass whuppin'.but as far as not playing anyone,they [buckeyes] beat two no.2 teams this year.next you'll tell me the S.C....

loodvig; thankls for the info brother. im going to take the information to our supt. as he wanted to know if anyone was hurt yet by these.By the way, i ran into some grid linemen[a lot of them as a...

we've been changing these things for about four years now.its co. policy in our area[ohio edison,akron] to automatically change a porcelain on the pole we are working on even if it isnt bad yet.the...

i agree with you NJ.we lost a couple prospective new journeymen because the wages are low in comparison to other utilities. also, they said our benefits and working condition rules SUCK! the 18th...

i agree with you topgroove; this is the worst one ive been to.we at ohio edison got home last night. we were able to use our buckets about 6 times,everything elde was backlot and mud and limbs....

do you think its a coincidence the elections are coming up?it'll be back up in dec.!

brother, we in akron have been replacing these for years with the poly variety. the company[same as yours,probably] wouldn't do anything until we threatened them with some legal agendas if someone...