Deaddog Saloon

[mitdr774]

I think the hours are worse than the work, but the boss is worse than the hours. Last weekend I busted my ass both days, got yelled at by another journeyman for going too quick, had to deal with less than ideal conditions, and I felt better than I do after 46 hours on this job.

Last weekend we were hooking up 2MW generators with parallel feeds to the gear. We were using 4/0 cam lock weld cables. Saturday involved hooking up three sets of parallel feeds for a 3 phase 480 system (9 current carrying conductors and one ground for 10 total runs) that had to cover about 250 feet. Each 50 foot cable is about 50 pounds. I humped most of them around and felt great doing it. Sunday was a little easier due to more people but I still had to move a lot of cables.

I love doing what I do for work, I just greatly despise some of those that I work for.

 

[Ms.DannyStone]

A 2015 sonic at my Chevy dealership.. All looks the same but no blind spot mirrors and an much more ugly antenna

 

[Eric Smit]

A) I hate blind spot mirrors.
B) I love massive RC car antennas.

step in the right direction I would say.

good find!

 

[ChrisJ]

That's a wire wrapped around a plastic or fiberglass pole to make the antenna appear longer than it is, a lot longer.

I would expect that antenna to perform better than the ones we have.

 

[Eric Smit]

I never noticed a radio deficiency with the little antenna.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Size doesn't matter I guess!!

 

[Eric Smit]

don't get me wrong, I'd rather have a large... antenna, but you deal with what you got.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

It's not the size of the pole but the ability to attenuate the waves.

 

[Eric Smit]

wavelength is only a piece of the puzzle. an antenna with more girth will really help tune in.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Ribbed for your pleasure!

 

[Eric Smit]

you win.

 

[Eric Smit]

http://youtu.be/g8J9G2rtelc

 

[ChrisJ]

The ability to attenuate the waves?
Not sure if you were trying to be funny, or what but that made no sense.

 

[ChrisJ]

I really do hate working on the house sometimes.

Shutup Tony.

 

[ahtoxa]

Takes a lot of time to maintain a new house/property, Chris, not to mention an old house.

 

[Eric Smit]

how old is it again?

 

[mitdr774]

Had a wedding to go to today so it was "dress up" time. Pulled out the fancy watch and had to tie a tie.

Enjoy wearing the watch (more due to sentimental value than just wearing a watch) and cant tie a standard tie knot even with instructions.

 

[Eric Smit]

that's an awesome watch, and nice knot!

 

[ahtoxa]

That's not a standard tie knot! Either that, or I am old-fashioned.

 

[Eric Smit]

That's not a standard tie knot! Either that, or I am old-fashioned.

I agree with you, but I think it looks awesome.