Originally Posted by
Rick
Indeed it does. You've obviously never slid down a utility pole at a rapid rate of speed. You can acquire the most amazing set of splinters you can imagine. All sizes. In places you would never ever want to keep splinters. Some places quite unhandy.
Probably everyone that has been in the business has had the pleasure but I remember one in particular in which a fairly new guy hugged one to the ground. He had a nice chest full of pencil sized splinters that the head lineman removed with a set of 9" lineman pliers. I'm WAY too big of a sissy for that. Shot please?! Yes, needle or glass, either one or both will work just fine.