Stupid Things I Have Done

[kenmbz]

Took out a cable once with a weed wacker. Wonder how weather rated your fix is

 

[Oaktree]

Speaking of weed wacker stupidity, I was out doing some trimming. It was hot so I was wearing shorts, hit a patch of poison ivy I didn't know was there.
Never did that again.

 

[MoKelly]

I sold my camper yesterday and while cleaning up and weed whacking i made a slight adjustment to my dsl cable.

i was going to call for permanent install today anyway but the lead time on that will be many days or a couple weeks so, with my extensive training in mil spec electronic assembly, years of experience in the electronic/communications business and a little common sence i made the repair.

My job took me close to the telephony business so i know about twisted pairs and T1s and the like.

i just don't understand why my internet keeps dropping out

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Sheesh. I’ve done that twice! The phone company couldn’t have buried the line shallower if they had just laid it across the lawn.

Both times they came out and fixed with no charge. I asked if they could bury it deeper and they said “nope”.

MoKelly

 

[Doofy]

Sheesh. I’ve done that twice! The phone company couldn’t have buried the line shallower if they had just laid it across the lawn.

Both times they came out and fixed with no charge. I asked if they could bury it deeper and they said “nope”.

MoKelly

You folks need a better phone company. Mine is 23 miles away and the lines are buried 16-18" all the way. New fiber optic cable was dug in this summer and next spring it will be run to the house. We live in the middle of nowhere.

 

[MoKelly]

You folks need a better phone company. Mine is 23 miles away and the lines are buried 16-18" all the way. New fiber optic cable was dug in this summer and next spring it will be run to the house. We live in the middle of nowhere.

We have ATT. No phone but internet. They are way to big to care. Not too big to fail but too big to care.

Who do you use?

MoKelly

 

[Doofy]

We have ATT. No phone but internet. They are way to big to care. Not too big to fail but too big to care.

Who do you use?

MoKelly

We have a local Co-Op Telecom. Funny Story: ATT has their Fiber Optic cable strung on the power poles running by the house. Last winter about 8 technicians spent 2 weeks in our front yard repairing said cable at -20F. Turns out, someone had shot the cable with a 20ga shotgun using #8 shot. They could tell the precise time, date and location this happened. We were home at that time and never heard a shot.

 

[MoKelly]

We have a local Co-Op Telecom. Funny Story: ATT has their Fiber Optic cable strung on the power poles running by the house. Last winter about 8 technicians spent 2 weeks in our front yard repairing said cable at -20F. Turns out, someone had shot the cable with a 20ga shotgun using #8 shot. They could tell the precise time, date and location this happened. We were home at that time and never heard a shot.

8 workers and 2 weeks to repair.

Yes —- they are too big!!! My goodness.

I could have built 2 barns with that manpower.

MoKelly

 

[Doofy]

8 workers and 2 weeks to repair.

Yes —- they are too big!!! My goodness.

I could have built 2 barns with that manpower.

MoKelly

They had to pull enough slack from a mile either way of the damaged area to fix it. Quite the involved process. I almost froze to death sitting here watching them.

 

[MoKelly]

They had to pull enough slack from a mile either way of the damaged area to fix it. Quite the involved process. I almost froze to death sitting here watching them.

At 20 below zero I certainly would have froze!!!!

I am not a cold weather person.

MoKelly

 

[Doofy]

At 20 below zero I certainly would have froze!!!!

I am not a cold weather person.

MoKelly

Telecom and Power Linemen are a tuff breed in the North Country. They sure work in some very inhospitable conditions.

 

[MoKelly]

Telecom and Power Linemen are a tuff breed in the North Country. They sure work in some very inhospitable conditions.

Yes. They earn their keep working outside.

MoKelly

 

[Jstpssng]

Telecom and Power Linemen are a tuff breed in the North Country. They sure work in some very inhospitable conditions.

They also are out in any kind of weather, while the rest of us are sitting inside by the fire waiting for the lights to go back on.

Actually in the 18 years I've been here my power has only been out once for more than a few minutes... that time I happened to be staying someplace else and didn't even notify them until everybody else's lights came back on. Even then it wasn't a formal complaint... I was at the town office and happened to mention it to a lineman's wife.

 

[Frankenkubota]

2 more stupid things yesterday.

1. While spraying I got my rtv, frank the tank, stuck on the same stump for the millionth time so....

 

[Frankenkubota]

The second dumb thing i did was....

i have a mix on exit sprayer i put in the bed of my rtv, it's 25 gallons i think. i filled it with fresh water a few weeks ago and something came up and i didn't spray. i left the water in the tank.

so i speant the first 20 minutes yesterday cleaning the green slime out of the water tank.

another tip.....if you leave the concentrate tank connected with the wand or boom below the tank level, much of your expensive chemicals will wick out of the wand and end up in a puddle!

 

[Jstpssng]

At least you won't get hung up on that stump for the 1,000,001th time.

 

[Alan46]

Nice to bring the ladies in. . . a really important part of who we are. I may post a couple of shots as well. Or, it may merit a separate thread - Our Better Halves?

I like your idea about the ladies! Let us know when you start the new thread! "Our better halves"☮️

 

[Jstpssng]

I like your idea about the ladies! Let us know when you start the new thread! "Our better halves"☮️

You're already late for the party. Our Better Halves

Disclaimer; I haven't perused it. With nothing to contribute myself, it would make me feel like a Voyeur.

 

[Alan46]

You're already late for the party. Our Better Halves

Disclaimer; I haven't perused it. With nothing to contribute myself, it would make me feel like a Voyeur.

Thanks for the post. I will have to dig out a wedding picture!️

 

[Frankenkubota]

The second dumb thing i did was....

i have a mix on exit sprayer i put in the bed of my rtv, it's 25 gallons i think. i filled it with fresh water a few weeks ago and something came up and i didn't spray. i left the water in the tank.

so i speant the first 20 minutes yesterday cleaning the green slime out of the water tank.

another tip.....if you leave the concentrate tank connected with the wand or boom below the tank level, much of your expensive chemicals will wick out of the wand and end up in a puddle!

another mix on exit sprayer issue.

when using the boom i occasionally turn around to check things out. last few months every 3rd or 4th time i looked it was not spraying.

problem there is, don't know when it stopped.

long story short, it was the in line rocker switch. it looked fine, i cleaned it once, it even felt very positive but....

when bouncing around the woods etc, the switch would lose contact. looked the same, felt the same, just quit.

i hard wired everything and i now just use an old alligator clip, so far so good.

it shouldn't have taken me so long, i know most electrical problems are either bad terminations, fuses or faulty switches.

 

[MoKelly]

Here is yet another dumb thing.

My wife and I were running a junior tennis event last weekend. Tons of kids I’ve never seen.

A 12 year old comes up and asks a question. The kid had on a full face mask and hat. Asked where the rest rooms were located.

The kid looked like a girl to me. So I say, “the girls bathroom is down the hallway on the left”.

He takes off the hat and says “I’m a boy. Where is the men’s room”?!?!?

Sheesh.

MoKelly