Funny Friday

Now this is a mess.

This Is Scary

I imagine this is a homeowners attempt at saving himself a few dollars instead of hiring an electrician, or at least I would hope so, It is also one reason why we need homeowners insurance.

This is nice

This was in a hallway of an apartment building, #1 the electrician who did this should have known better and #2 the dry waller should have told the superintendent or his foreman. It is no wonder why many states are requiring electricians to have a license. I have one and firmly believe all electricians should have to. When I took my exam it was 50 questions and 5 or 10 equations and you had to have at least an 80% to pass. Then after you get it you must pay every year to renew it last year was $50.00 this year is probably more but is far better than getting caught doing electrical work without one considering it can be up to a $500.00 fine per violation.

Something good

Well this is good for our economy here anyhow, this is a whole new shopping plaza going in our area complete with a Target and Best Buy, Some people are not real thrilled about this going in because its going to cause a traffic nightmare but It is keeping me and my fellow employee's working right now so I wont complain, and I Love Best Buy too.

Another New Service

Well after a couple of days stringing new triplex and setting a new utility pole we are done with this service. One thing I have noticed and this is only my personal observation, is my workload has picked up over the last few weeks I hope it continues to do so for all of us. I am going to start wiring a new house tommorrow and just last Monday we went and roughed in for the service on another new house.

Bad Driver

This is what happens when a tractor trailer tries to go where it shouldn't go, yes its job security for me but it sure creates a hectic day.

This happened about 1000 yards from the pole he actually hit this pole actually belonged to the customer and we have to replace it and the service that was on it. The worst part is he was making a U turn(where he shouldn't have been) and hit the guy wire that stabilizes the pole and just kept going or tried to keep going until a witness pulled in front of him preventing him from getting away.

on a good note this pole was a mess and this gives us an opportunity to clean it up and do things right.

I would like to clear a few things up since i got some bitchy comments on here about me putting down truck drivers, I was NOT putting down the truck driving industry yes they supply our nation and our existence by delivering everything we need ,However the person who did this was clearly in the wrong place I myself drive a large truck and you need to watch the height all the time and be sensible about where you try and go. The person who did this tried to RUN, as in LEAVE the scene a passerby pulled across the main road blocking his way. I am glad I got people in a stir that means they read it! and did I mention my father-in-law has been a truck driver for 35+ years so yes I understand their importance.

Punch List

the other day we had to go up to the old farmhouse to finish up odds and ends {Punch List to be exact} well i had some things to do in the switch gear and I am still amazed this home needs such a large service.


Over the years I have put some large services on homes but never this big. while I was working on it I thought of an old TV show Home Improvement This would have been something Tim the tool man would have done on the show. I would just hate to see {or have}the electric bill from this house.