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b.moore
5/25/2000
3 Days now of "bucket or hooks?" Both have a place.
Some of us ol'farts remember when how well you could
hook'em determined whether you had a job or not...
it just ain't so no more guys! It's hard to break that
old habit of using your `buck'knife on those center conductors too, huh?
Look around ya ol'dawgs....the times they are a changing!
be safe ya'll.
SplicerLife4me
5/25/2000
simply incredible...the whole matter of "buckets or hooks", is not the issue on this topic. the issue is that HOOKS are a requirement of our chosen professions(line-men, splicers, sweep techs). if you cant/wont climb then you have no buisness in this buisness. said it b4, i have a bucket. i use the bucket as often as possible. but there comes a time, sooner or later, that the bucket is not practical. a ladder is not practical. the only solution is to hook it. and when that time comes, for some, they wuss out and throw it to somebody who CAN/WILL climb. thats what the topic is about. if you have a bucket and your cutting, and the bucket goes down, and you cant get to the next location(which positively, absolutely HAS to be cut to get the run back on), and nobody else is around to do it for you, what are you gonna do? leave the run down untill your bucket gets fixed? or are you gonna hook it to get the customers back on? even if the location has to be 'temp'd' in, and you gotta go back the next day to fix it when the bucket is fixed, at least you had the dedication it took to get them back on. i DO remember the times past when getting ANY field work depended on ones ability to hook a pole. times may have changed, but the job requirement hasnt.
Doug
5/25/2000
There's life out side of cable?, that's a joke right,you know it's not so much the hook thing that bothers me it's pawning your work load off on some one else that bothers me, I can't think of any thing worse than grabbin all the gravy and throwing the work into some one elses lap,there's nothing that pisses me off more, and in this business not doing your hook poles is the source of it,well shit I guess I am pissed about all those pussy non climbin f*cks out there!!, but enough said, Have an early day tomorrow, systems go above 330??
Joseph C Johnson
5/25/2000
as for the men that do not hook say la ve i will take there work and mine to ha i like those who not climb Hell Im an Old man thats what keeps me alive. any how your work shound be your hobbie have to go now Bulldog Splicing has work to do
John Allen
5/26/2000
SplicerLife4me--I don't always agree with you, but this time you drove the "J" hook home(nail on the head so to speak). There is a time when hooks are needed, so be ready, and be skillful enough to use them "without fear". In other words, leave the ladder on the truck sometime and keep your hooks sharp. You never know when you might have to use the method that will last as long as wooden poles exist. Hooks are cool, and you should be proud to have the skill and the "balls" to climb as high as the job requires.
Gary Vest
5/26/2000
Cable T.V. Got to love it!
Rich Harris
5/26/2000
I'm just looking for a few friends that i broke into the business with. Ed Hardt, Rick Leonard, and DAWN CLOSE. you all met me in alaska, and i'd just like to know how you have been doing, and where you are at.
Mike
5/26/2000
Where in the hell did you go Harris. We've been making a killing here in Alaska since you've been gone. Ron Smith dropped out of the picture and the money came rolling in.
JIM WYNN
5/26/2000
TOP HOOK (PROFESSIONAL CABLE FUCKIN TV LINEDOG)[1]HAS THE ABILTY TO RUN A STRAND CREW, FEEDER,OR TRUNK OR FIBER CREW,[2] ALSO ABLE TO CLIMB ANY AND ALL POLES AS NEEDED.[3]HAS A BAG OF INDIAN TRICKS HANDY FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS THAT WE RUN INTO ON A DAILY BASIS, BECOUSE THEIR IS NO SUCH WORD AS CAN'T IN CABLE TV.[4] MUST BE ABLE TO BRAID ROPES,YOU AIN"T A TOP HOOK IF YOU CAN"T BRAID A ROPE, REALLY, THATS WHAT JIM ASHLEY TOLD ME 20 YEARS AGO AND THEY DID"NT COME ANY BETTER THAN HIM. BY THE WAY ANYONE W/INFO ON JIM ASHLEY , LET ME KNOW, I HEARD HE WENT ON TO THE BIG JOB, I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFULL TO HIM , HE'S ONE OF THE BROTHERS THAT HELPED TRAIN THIS TOP HOOK.[5]MUST BE ABLE TO BUILD PRIMO LOOKING CABLE i.e. ALL LOOPS ON THE SIDE OF POLE THERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON, NO WEE WA'S KNOW WHEN TO PULL TAILS FOR SPLITTERS AND HOW LONG OF A TAIL TO PULL ON BOTH ENDS OF RUN, FUCKES ME UP WHEN I SEE 30 FT. TAILS ON BOTH ENDS OF TRUNK RUNS (ROOKIES!!)[6] MUST BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT SPEC'S FOR DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS AND BE RESPONSABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT THY ARE. [7]ALSO MUST HAVE A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF SPLICING.
I COULD GO ON AND ON HERE , BUT I'LL LET IT GO FOR NOW .I DID'NT MEAN TO START ALL THE SHIT ABOUT CLIMBING POLES VERSES BUCKET TRUCKS , HELL I'M A TELSTA LOVING MOTHER FUCKER. ONE OF THE FINEST TOOL OF THE TRADE . BUT I CAN STILL CLIMB THEM STICKS IF I HAVE TO! HAVE A NICE FUCKIN DAY! SEE YA IN THE A.M.
Birdman
5/26/2000
Hey I went to New orleans, Pretty good money if you do not mind cleaning up after CCI. They got all the gravy and left the slop for who ever came next. Estyjet is not the company to go to work for, yeah they pay ok, if you do n0t mind NO Management, lying, and getting screwed out off money. If you decide to go good luck and I hope you have gas money home/
