Rope question for those who "know the knot"

[Old Line Dog]

Over the last couple years, I've read a lot of posts similar to this one. It's always about an older lineman complaining about the younger lineman or apprentices not knowing things. Well, the way I see it, that means you have failed as an older lineman. It was your duty and responsibility to train the younger guys coming up just as the older guys trained you. Every apprentice I've ever had under my care can do anything that's asked of them. Why? Because it was my job to train them to do every thing I possibly could. They are a direct reflection of me and I'll be damned if I'm going to send someone out without teaching them every thing I possibly could.

EVERY apprentice I ever had, I've taken the time to pass on everything I have learned in Linework, since workin for "tiny" Foster, in Rantoul Ill. in 1969, to every apprentice I have ever had. And I've had...a few. There's "different" types and ways of..."Learnin Powerline Work." Remember that.