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Mark - IN.
03-17-2006 20:22:19
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Re: OT. Wiring help in SW MO in reply to Bill in TN, 03-17-2006 11:43:54
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This person posted over at the Tractor Talk yesterday as well, and I replied there as well after I saw it. I gave two examples there, and I'll give you 2 more. I did a job at a mental health facility some years ago, the kind of facility where the residents don't know who or what they are for the most part. One day I was working in a box terminating power for a large -48 VDC system for the batteries and rectifiers. As I was looking my wires and terminals over before I went in there, a resident somehow managed to come up to me, points to my wires and says "If you terminate that one there, and that one there, it'll work". I'd seen this resident walking the facility before, and generally he was in a stupor and blowing bubbles on himself, but nonetheless, there he was telling me what to do. I didn't want to be mean or get punched by the guy, so I pampered him, and pointed at the same wires and lugs and repeated what he said. He was exactly right. When I turned to compliment him, he was walking away in another stupor blowing bubbles on himself as though the whole exchange never occured, and he had no idea that it had. Later I ran into Pete, the head sparky on the site and mentioned it to him. He knew exactly the guy I was talking about. According to Pete, the guy used to be a sparky himself, but one day made a mistake that he'll never remember to make again. 99% of the time the guy has no clue he's even alive, and 1% of the time he's as cognisent as you or I. It happens. And then there was Greg at Generating Station 18 in Romeoville. The guy lived in my neighborhood and I knew him from that plant. When I'd see him at the plant or around town I'd shoot the bull with him. I even bought a scooter from him. One day I was arriving at or leaving the plant, I don't recall, but I saw an ambulance back into one of the overhead doors, then they pulled it down. Someone got hurt. A few months later I'm leaving the plant, and when I got to the end of the drive there was a sign facing me that read "In loving memory of Greg...". I turned my truck around and went back to the EM shop to talk to his boss, John. "Hey John, what's that sign about Greg out there?". That ambulance that I saw backing into the plant that day was for what was left of Greg's body. He was a very experienced conciencious sparky for over 20 years, easily, and a great guy. He used to have this 3 wheeled wedge of a Honda car engine powered trike that he used to go out and scoot around on. Red, white, and blue, and kind've stupid looking, but he loved that thing. I miss Greg. Just hooking up 4 wires huh? Read my other post, there's two more there. Mark
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