Attention Veterans!

[Mr. P]

I'm an electrician nowadays. When I was working line to try and restore power during a storm, the guy I was with screwed up and blew us both up. He died, and I was left hanging from a bucket by a safety harness for a couple of hours.

That is how my lineman career came to an abrupt end after the household SgtMajL read me the riot act. Been in commercial electrical since.

I'd rather be shot at.

Now stop it!..You reminded me of the guy we flew to a burn center AFTER he had stuck a screwdriver into a breaker panel! He was burned pretty good, but alive (I think). I don't know if he was an electrician or a helper.

It sounds like you were lucky!

[Gunny]

Now stop it!..You reminded me of the guy we flew to a burn center AFTER he had stuck a screwdriver into a breaker panel! He was burned pretty good, but alive (I think). I don't know if he was an electrician or a helper.

It sounds like you were lucky!

We stick screwdrivers into live panels all the time. If it slips and you're grounded you get fly with MR P.

He better have been a journeyman. I wouldn't let a helper near a live panel unless I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt I could trust him to do what he was supposed to.

And yes, I was VERY lucky. I just happened to be leaning out and away from the basket when it happened and got flipped right out.

[Gadget (fmr Marine)]

USMC 1983-1987 El Toro