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You guys must have broken keyboards. Either that or your typing is just really bad.
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Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old
to fight... he'll just kill you.
Pretty much my thoughts also. Not to mention the fact that many line crews can be on the unsympathetic side when they find out that you cut the line down. Nothing says they have to give you a ride home. I would more likely to just point you in the right direction and tell you to scram. (Sorry sir, I am not allowed to take noncompany personnel in my vehicle. If you walk that way about 50 miles, you should find the road).
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"Being prepared is sometimes inconvenient, but not being prepared is always inconvenient." - Fred Choate
I wonder how long it would take to cut through a pole with a SAK?
I have a friend that owns a telephone pole in town.She hit it with her car and the pole snapped.The broken piece just stuck in the ground supported by the wires.The electric company billed her insurance for its replacement.I tell Kate she should charge people for putting up yard sale signs on her pole.
Joe
Red meat is good for you.Its the green furry meat you have to worry about.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old
to fight... he'll just kill you.
Did this "wilderness survival instructor" tell you how you were supposed to fell the power "pole"?
Unless it's to pick mushrooms or blackberries. And if you see a splicer headed to the woods with this month's issue of the IBEW Journal.....don't ask.Originally Posted by Coot
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Wow! 50 posts and only one serious response. Is that a record?
I think if the pole was wooden it might serve many purposes. Besides catchin the forest on fire, no need for a bowdrill here, and bringing water, eventually, from the fire dept/ forest service.. Maybe it has ceramic insulators that could be chipped into arrowheads/ spearheads. etc. The wire and/ or insulation might make excellent cordage too. Any metal pieces could possibly be ground to a point or used as hooks/ sinkers for fishing. The pole itself could be split and small pieces/ splinters would make great shafts for spears. Maybe the preserving pitch could be heated/ scraped out of the pole and used as glue, etc....
Not to mention all the critters that would be making haste to get out of the burning forest. You could set up snares and probably just club em as they ran for their lives confused by the smoke and flames.
That has a pitbull that, of course, never bites.Originally Posted by AFLineman
Everyone that puts a nail in a wooden pole should be forced to climb it. They'd gain a new found respect in no time.
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