[spudigitti]

microwaved

[tecumseh35]

Kind of a festive atmosphere!

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by CuriousCanadian ↗

I used to lay across the top of those outer arms and hang those insulators onto the ends of the arm. THe insulator is the thing hanging off the metal arm but has the conductor attached to the bottom of it.
Sometime we would have to stand on those arms and a helicopter would bring the conductor up to us to attach it.

Sometimes we would go up in the bucket, very wobbly the further up you go as the arm extends.
A guy died at my company because he fell out of the bucket from that height ~85ft up. He forgot to lock in his harness and fell out of the bucket to his death, while the other guy hung on for dear life from his harness. 3 fuckings things to think about:

1 - always remember to hook on

2 - hope your partner remembers when you don't

3 - operator of the truck/bucket should never raise it up until first confirming the guys are hooked in.

3 retard mistakes and cost the guy his life. But, would you expect anything different from a company that allows drinking and drugs on the job!

You couldn't pay me enough to work on those towers, I am afraid of heights. That and skyscraper construction.

[teddy87]

well... stupid is, stupid does

[JackN]

DDDAAAYYYYUUUMMMMM

[soonerbob81972]

Nice, but I think the high rise Philly jumper topped that one.

[Buckafuffalo]

I'm quite surprised she made it to where she was to begin with, that took some damn fine monkey moves! The sound of the zaps were pretty intense!

[jayb614]

Well she never felt the landing thats for sure.

[RCKNRLLCWBY]

If the 2 bolts of juice didn't get her I'm sure the sudden stop at the bottom did.

[CuriousCanadian]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

You couldn't pay me enough to work on those towers, I am afraid of heights. That and skyscraper construction.

Ya, I know what you mean. But I was able to get use to it. Other guys can't even climb the 40ft wooden poles without freezing from fear. I kicked out once (when your climbing spurs fall out of the pole) and slid all the way down dagging my arm along the wood. MAjor friction burn on my arm. One guy I've heard about from another company slid down the pole and caught his nut sac on exposed bolts and ripped themselves open.