Wet Cement

KenM

1/28/2000

I once took a boat out to a flooded out node, replaced and propped up the power supply then me and my partner ended up in Puerto Rico ..... Long story omitted.

Chris Moore

1/29/2000

NEED INPUT ON SWEEPING EOL'S. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SEE TRUE RESPONSE?

DRV Construction

1/29/2000

Once upon a time I was on a pole when this Grumpy Old Man came out in his yard and asked,"how I got on his pole"? I told him, "his neighbor's yard". He told me to get off the pole and I said,"NO". He grabbed his water hose and started to spray me with it. There was a transformer right above my head so I warned him to stop. He didnt, so I pulled out my mini sledge hammer and threw it at him, hit him in the middle of the chest and knocked him out. His Grumpy Old Wife came out screaming and carrying on. She called the Medics and Police. When the Grumpy Old Man recovered they arrested him for "impeading a utiltiy worker's progress".

SplicerLife4me

1/29/2000

Hit him in the chest w/a mini-sledge? Be thankful you werent arrested for murder. You should of just come down and called the cops to begin with. You sure as hell didnt save anytime by knocking him out, then dealing w/his 'grumpy'(mine would have been pissed!)old lady, dealing with the cops and paramedics. I advise any and all dawgs out there to avoid a confrontation such as this, and let the mso and cops know what is happening.

DRV Construction

1/29/2000

This happened 20 years ago, when things were different. I would never do that today, I own my own business!!! Well considering the "Grumby Old Man" was trying to kill me I figured I would kill him first, Hahahha...And no I just went on with my job never stopping to find out if he was alright. About an hour later a cop did take a statement but that was it. There was a write up in the newspaper though. It was basically a warning not to screw with utility workers when they are working on an easement!!! I guess the "Grumpy Old Man" learned his lesson...

Mark A.Pickrell

1/29/2000

Chris Moore....I need a bit more info on like what type of equipment your sweeping and what is your forward and revese telemetry level you are sweeping your Amps at?????? But, a rule of thumb is you TP=0 , IP=42 with a -10 Tilt and at 5db/div.

Rich

1/29/2000

that grumpy old fart is lucky he didnt run into one of the old dogs that trained me way back when. One guy in particular would have put an ounce of led in him.Of course I would never condone such action. Im a peace loving man.

SplicerLife4me

1/29/2000

ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO I WAS A NEWBIE STARTING OUT IN THE BUISNESS,DOING DISCONNECTS, WELL THIS POLE WAS MAYBE 2FT FROM AN APARTMENT BUILDING. I CLIMBED THE POLE AND NO SOONER THAN IDISCONNECTED THE DROP, A WINDOW OPENED UP AND .38 WAS POINTEDAT ME. DUDE SAID TO HOOK HIM BACK UP. I DID. I EVEN APOLOGIZED FOR THE MISTAKE. CLIMBED DOWN THE POLE, GO IN MY TRUCK, AND GOT THE COPS. WE WENT BACK TOGEATHER, HE STOOD THERE WHILE I CLIMBED THE POLE AND DISCONNECTED HIM. HE JUST STARED AT ME. COPS ARRESTED HIM.

DRV Construction

1/29/2000

Here's another one. Along time ago when I was an install manager for Telaprompter (remember them) I recieved a call about an accident so I rushed out to see what happened. When I got to the address there where fire engines, Edison and cops everywhere. I walked to the back of the house and noticed a pool with no water in it and the house was soaked. What happened was the installer was trying to do a midspan drop and he tied the cable to a hammer and threw it through a tree but it went up in the 12KV lines and arc. The cable melted and fused the reel together then broke and started bouncing on the concrete, blowing hugh chunks of cement in the air before finding its way to the pool. When the wire hit the pool every drop of water was blown out of it and onto the house and surrounding area. I later talked to the installer and he told me when it happened he was about to go and cut the cable from the reel when it broke from the reel and started bouncing on the concrete. Then he ran like hell!!! The boy was lucky he didnt he would be dead and long buried now.

KenM

1/30/2000

One guy I worked with, who ended up a copy machine repairman, used an aluminum ladder with no hooks to do a mid-span. As he reached the top and for the strand, it shot straight up and he came down, attached to the ladder, on all fours. Anyone wonder why the damned copy machine works like crap?

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