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Jim Griffin
3/11/2001
Who gives a shit?
SplicerLife4me
3/11/2001
you can bet i will henderson! thanks for the support!for those of you who missed the previous posting, CableLand Ry has released the first picture of the newly acquired passenger service. the photo has been released in the form of a photo contest, which, if it wins, will result in a desperately needed NW-2 diesel switcher locomotive otherwise known as a 'cow'. please show your support of the CableLand Railway by registering and casting your vote. the name under the picture is 'Mark Splicer'. the web address is: www.mylargescale.com/photocontest/display.asp?month=03
follow henderson cables example and book mark now. voting begins march 16th. more reminders to follow. daddy needs a new cow!
Gary Vest
3/11/2001
What did they do, change G.O. 95 rules on gaurd arms? When I did line work in Cali., it was single, unless you were on a "T" lead or dead-end, in which case you had to place doubles.
Gaffmatic
3/11/2001
To set the record straight, I NEVER intended to slam Richard Burton. Worked for the man for a good year. Never had a bad check, money was ALWAYS right, and Richard is a decent person. Cold-spliced sh-t-loads and miles of cable for Bama-Tech in Port Arthur, and only complaint I heard was a leg spliced in wrong at a certain Amp location. Can happen to any-one. Wasn't slammin' you, Richard. Saw your posting and decided to give you sh-t. Do know I will be calling you, as that is the decent thing to do. Have a nice day. Now, on to another subject. I totally agree that linemen get a bad rap as far as QC goes. Bottom line is this... a splicer is responsible for the finished product of any pole/location which contains ANY piece of equipment from bug-nut to bug-nut. It is aggravating to go back after cable is spliced and see hammered dogsh-t. As a lineman first for 3-4 years(and when splicing is slow}, after 10+ years splicing, cable crews have never come and complained to me about messing up their work. And that's how it should be. Problem is, the industry needs people, and the end result is 3-week tappers are sent to splice sh-t they have no business touching. I respect a good cable crew, and I respect a good splicer. I respect everyone. To all a good day, and have a money-makin' week.
Frdy wl
3/11/2001
Q.C. can be an oxymoron if the quality control is done by people with -O- experience in cable.I've seen that done to meet a contract requirement. That is to have someone out in the feild everyday doing q.c. That came back to bite all of us in the ass. Guys that you would have thought you could trust hacked away, and q.c. was not catching the bad splicing because he didn't know what he was looking at.(just one example of bad managment)I also think some retainage is a must because we all know a good splicer with a bad attitude can quit and leave you with a mess. Cap it at $1000.00 though.
Gaffmatic
3/11/2001
Very true, Frdy wl... We have an "administrative/field engineer(QC man) with all new splicing tool" type person. Basically a secretary. 'Magine that!
Brett Averill
3/11/2001
Hey Doug, yeah matter o fact Jim called me tonight, says there gonna start a week from monday, sounds ok. I hear ya about all the deadlines man, glad I went contracting nice not to have the headaches anymore, but also hard when you see guys not doing what you would do. How bout you anything coming up in Maine anytime soon. Have a good one Doug.
E.Turner
3/11/2001
I agree, QC is a weak link. A lot of primes try to wait until everything is done and half the crews are gone are different. I worked in Indy and Comcast would bank cleanup
until they ran out of materials or something and would hand over a stack rather than pay down time. I was required to make time to go back on the hour to help fix gigs over a year old.
I had one that said "Old tap" and sure enough when I got there an old tap was lying 3 feet from the ped on the ground, for over a year,guess QC baby was too good to pick it up
.When the sent me to clean 15 year old trash out of a ped I told them what they could do.In KC we had our warehouse guy(who didn't know splicing)go behind us with a digital
camera so we could prove what it looked like before we turned it over to the techs. You could zoom in or lighten it right on the PC.
Saved our asses a lot of stupid gigs.Those who can should look into it.
Fling
3/12/2001
What's up Quality cable ? see you been in the cement. I worked for Dave Shehadi on and off since 1988 Dave helped me finance 3 or 4 bucket trucks 2 or3 lift units,lashers rollers ect.Also got me prime with Multimedia for mainteance. good for long term steady work if you can stand long term steady work.see ya Jim Fling
ms bear
3/12/2001
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS THE #TO AT&T
CABLE OFFICE IN GWINETTE CO. GA. I AM TRYIN TO GET HOLD OF THEM. I STAY ON HOLD 20 TO 30 MINUTES AND IF ANYONE HAS A DIFFRENT # IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THE # I HAVE IS770-###-####. I NEED A OFFICE # FOR I AM CALLIN LONG DISTANCE AND REALLY NEED TO SPEAK TO A PERSON WITHOUT HAVIN TO HEAR THE MOVIE OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK.......MSBEAR
