Re: Happy 4th

[Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>]

On 7/3/2020 11:45 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 7/3/2020 12:22 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>> Hope everyone has a little fun planed for the weekend.
>>
>> Have fun but don't knock down and statues. :->
>>
>
> Thanks Jim,
> My weekend will be a recover from last Sunday afternoon
> when a very small thunderstorm came through. Maybe
> 2-3 mile in diameter. Very heavy torrential downpour
> until the Straight Line Winds forced everything at the
> house, breaking limbs and dropping trees.  Presently have
> two large burn piles at the back of the property.  After
> lighting off hopefully will be cooking hot dogs and
> marshmallows in the evening.  BTW after about 5 minutes
> or so of the approximately 100mph winds the yard looked a mess.
> Large limbs hanging about 20' up on other trees, etc.
> Still have one limb that is hanging on another tree that
> is hanging over a 220v power line.  Power Company won't
> touch in since the tree is N-O-T touching the power wire.
> Until it does it is the homeowner's responsibility to handle.
>
> If I fail to respond by Monday you can consider the possibility
> that something bad has happened to me.  :-(
>
> To all have a Great AMERCIAN 4th of July Holiday!!!!
>
> Les
>
>


Some decades ago when I worked for Arizona Telephone Company (now owned
by TDS Telecom) we had an issue with noise on a carrier system caused by
a branch growing up into some open wire (copper clad steel wire).  We
had asked for our construction crew to do something about it and were
told they were to busy.  We asked for some tools to cut it ourselves,
and were told that the construction crew needed all those tools.  One
day after weeks of customer complaints my immediate supervisor took his
shotgun out and began to cut off the offending branch one shot at a
time.  I seem to recall it took six or seven shots.

Same fellow who used a .22 magnum pistol to punch a buckle hole in his
climbing belt when nothing else would punch it and he couldn't get a
climbing belt that fit him properly from our tool room at the main office.