We're in luck lads!

[Stroppy]

I bet there were some sights at the fair. Did you take along the regs to show them the section on fairs and amusements?

 

[trev]

Honestly Strop it was a nightmare, multiple cables through one gland. IP ratings seriously compromised and in an attempt to fix them they'd used Asda carrier bags. SWA with no glands at all, bare conductors on show. How the hell they get away with it I'll never know, it's a permanent fair too not one of these travelling jobbies

 

[DNS1]

Mrs Trev is sick of me inspecting electrics when we're out, we took the kids to the fair a few years ago and she got so fed up with me criticising she threatened to hit me

Nothing like working in an industry to ruin all enjoyment of any activity that involves it...

Since working as a sound engineer and lighting tech, I've been unable to go to a concert, musical or nightclub without checking out the PA system and lights!

Almost got kicked out of a nightclub a few years ago... I was standing near the dancefloor looking up at the lighting rig for ages. Bouncers thought I was stoned!

 

[gooner85]

Everywhere i go... holiday...out for meals.... i have the urge to look at the electrics and moan about it, and tell the other half why its wrong haha. Your not the only one mate trust

Ive never been anywhere yet where i have found nothing wrong. There is always a lamp out at least

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Haha my girl still dont know the colours. She constantly thinks brown is earth.... because its a mud colour -.- ... so she ignores what i say to her lol. She is only interested when their is a hole in our ceiling where i still havnt put a light !

well, if you ever want to drive her off....just start going on about Ze or exported PME or something....lol..

 

[trev]

Can you do that? hehe

 

[Plonker 3]

Can you do that? hehe

Only with written permission of the NIC

 

[onions1066]

Always write on any dating website

hobby - putting up shelves and munching rug.

you've got it made

my mrs would rather me put a shelf up

 

[markc123]

My former boss is a plumber, and according to his wife when they were in a restaurant on their honeymoon he went to the toilet and was there ages, because he had taken a panel off the wall and was inspecting the plumbing!

Hahaha, bit much that.

Can just imagine me taking our lass out for a meal with a pair of ladders and inspecting the earthing to metal light fittings and the like...

Deary me, did your old boss get divorced soon after that lol?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Can you do that? hehe

alrite alrite...extended PME then...lol....

 

[trev]

My former boss is a plumber, and according to his wife when they were in a restaurant on their honeymoon he went to the toilet and was there ages, because he had taken a panel off the wall and was inspecting the plumbing!

There's a guy in my town who I hate with a fiery passion (why is another story) he's incapable of taking time off. A few years back his wife gave him an ultimatum, either he went on holiday with her or she'd go on her own and leave him when she got back so he went off to Toremelinos. One morning she woke up and he wasn't in bed so she went off looking for him, there he was on the balcony with a set of drawings in front of him pricing up a job. He's always been a dick.

 

[trev]

alrite alrite...extended PME then...lol....

Can you do that? hehe

 

[Des 56]

I now feel a sense of relief after reading this thread
So its not just me that do these out of hours inspections,sad isn't it?

lol

 

[KevinS]

Get yourself to Vegas guys. You spend the full time thinking - how have the done that/ how's that wired/ how does that work. Etc etc etc.
and then when you see the guys crawling along the cables on the pylons, stepping onto them off a helicopter with their faraday suits on, makes you think - what they earning, do I think I could do that? (The answer is no)

 

[markc123]

Seen them dudes on youtube/t.v

Looks awsome, but not sure its for me. I'll stick to what im doing in sunny yorkshire lol.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Can you do that? hehe

so your `sitting on the fence` with this one eh Trev...lol..
not one of the `you cant do that` brigade then...lol...

 

[DNS1]

High Voltage Cable Inspection - YouTube

Surprised they could find a suit big enough to contain him and his balls!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Seen them dudes on youtube/t.v

Looks awsome, but not sure its for me. I'll stick to what im doing in sunny yorkshire lol.

Never ever thought I'd see sunny and Yorkshire in the same sentence!

 

[RyanCheetham]

These guys have some serious baby makers! Gets my palms sweaty just watching the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgO4Gd4RhvM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Stroppy]

Deary me, did your old boss get divorced soon after that lol?

Funnily enough they are still together to this day. She does have the patience of about 200 saints, thought. She'd have to!