jedstivers
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tonight. 31 degrees an falling with a steady mist. I sure have a lot of respect for those guys. They don't give an inch, they keep going till it's done.
It might just be this community but I'm surprised the visiting lineman in 2007 didn;t get fat. There was most alwasy someone bringing them sandwishces, soup, hot chocolate, coffee, etc. during all hours of the day and night.tripleBfarms":145c8is1 said:I was a lineman for 7 years. Climbed a ton of poles in that time, and I was in fantastic shape. Now I'm behind a desk for the better part of the day and I'm packing it on in a hurry. :help: Glad to hear the appreciation. Most people just want to know when the lights will be back on.
tripleBfarms":1wlmzb89 said:I was a lineman for 7 years. Climbed a ton of poles in that time, and I was in fantastic shape. Now I'm behind a desk for the better part of the day and I'm packing it on in a hurry. :help: Glad to hear the appreciation. Most people just want to know when the lights will be back on.
peg4x4":2b3becez said:Wonder if Mike Rowe has done a show on linemen..
Glad there are linemen,glad I'm not one.
Bless them all
curtis":18dxqjri said:tripleBfarms":18dxqjri said:I was a lineman for 7 years. Climbed a ton of poles in that time, and I was in fantastic shape. Now I'm behind a desk for the better part of the day and I'm packing it on in a hurry. :help: Glad to hear the appreciation. Most people just want to know when the lights will be back on.
I have often thought about if all the wood and steel towers that i have climbed in the 30 plus years that i worked as a lineman were standing straight up how many feet would it be? Makes me a little tired just to think about it.
I'm with you on that.jawsmom":ztb4wa8n said:That ice storm of 2007 left half our state without power. Our Child Nutrition department
provided food and the high school provided shelter for over 1000 linemen and brush
crews that came from 12 states to help us out. I gotta say, when I saw the convoy of
the bucket trucks headed down the highway as far as you could see, it put a lump in
my throat. Many of those guys missed holidays with their families to do this, and the
brush crews didn't have a per diem worth crap. I wanted to cheer for them - they were
doing a job I could never do. :clap: