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Confessions of an Electrician...

Lisa Miles

So while we’ve not been able to log into the community (you can do so now if you didn’t already know) I’ve been keeping myself out of mischief Blush by going through some of the discussion topics on the old Wiring Regs forum and came across this one: Walking off site where some of you were sharing stories about your experiences with client's pets while on the job. 


So I thought it would be a bit of fun to ask you to share some of your funny/bizarre or just weird stories (keeping it relatively clean and protecting the privacy of others please!) from any jobs you’ve been on or done.


… And I’ll send some swag to the author of the story that gets voted the ‘Most helpful/liked’ from the community so don't forget to hit that 'Good Answer' link on any that make you chuckle! (Log in required)




  • Kelly Marie:

    Lisa I'm glad it's not just me that does that I usually have a spare dress in the back of the polo ...




    I am reliably informed that space for a spare dress may be found somewhere in a Royal Marine's back-pack.


    I wonder whether LCpl Croucher had one in his famous Bergan?

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    Chris Pearson:


     


    Kelly Marie:

    Lisa I'm glad it's not just me that does that I usually have a spare dress in the back of the polo ...




    I am reliably informed that space for a spare dress may be found somewhere in a Royal Marine's back-pack.


    I wonder whether LCpl Croucher had one in his famous Bergan?


     




     

    The bootnecks would suggest that's a piece of kit routinely worn by 3 Para Mortar Platoon, Chris - either way be careful about conversations that start with "activity in the enemy's backyard"


    Regards


    OMS

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    Sure, a blue painted, naked Welshman with a Daffodil Warrior tattoo sipping a Tom Collins is just beyond the pale ? 


    OMS
     


     




    When I sit at my desk in our spare bedroom I can see Woodbury Hill where Owain ab Gruffydd, lord of Glyndyfrdwy (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or simply Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]

    set up camp with his Welsh and French army to try and take Worcester and the rest of England.


    Welsh and French guys out on the lash together getting ready to take on the English that sounds like a something that is still being played out as the Six Nations Rugby tournament.


    Andy B.

  • You can`t beat a Welsh accent. It`s like singing.

    In fact I oft listen to Radio 2 cos of that Welsh Bloke Terry I think he`s called. I`m not bothered about his gardening but top hear him getting all entausiastic about what he`s growing is absolute poetry. Plus I been some nice places in Wales (North) keep promising self to see some of South Wales too which some reckon is even more Welsher.
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    Curiously enough, the Worcestershire regiment are known in some parts of South Wales as the "Murderers"  after they opened fire on unarmed civilians in Llanelli, killing two young men - it is still very occasionally heard at cricket matches,  of all places


    Any enemy, of my enemy, is my friend ?


    OMS
  • I wouldn’t want to make light of the dreadful Llanelli incident, but the  story of Worcester and Owain Glyndŵr, reminded me of this earlier family “setback”.

    On the rebellion of his son Robert of Belleme in 1102, the castle was given to Baldwin de Boulers. It is from Baldwin that Montgomery gets its Welsh name, Trefaldwyn (Baldwin's town). The de Boulers (later known as Bowdler) family held the castle until 1215, when the fortress was destroyed by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.  


    Seeing a Top Gear episode (redundant power station) a couple of weeks ago reminded me of an incident from my apprenticeship.  I was called to a problem with an overhead travelling crane that had stopped working.  There were a number of emergency stop buttons and all the travel limits were also normally closed contacts in series. So I checked every one, including climbing aloft to check the travel limit switches - all OK! After about an hour, I still hadn’t noticed that on the bottom of the hand-held pendant controller there was also a partly concealed emergency stop button. This latched when pressed and had to be rotated to reset. Problem solved!  Returning for a cup of tea, the mechanical fitter using the crane came running in - its failed again! This time being wiser, I checked the stop button first and gave it back to the Fitter. He took the pendant controller and rested it on his beer gut which activated the stop button on the bottom! 


    Less funny, I was asked at one stage to cut off some "redundant" 3 phase 415v cables. Luckily steel wire armoured cable and fused at about 20 amps, so the flash only took a chunk out of my Hacksaw Blade and nothing went in my eye.  
         

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    Pretty cool, Roy - not many can say that Pater managed to lose a whole castle to a welsh dude ?


    Regards


    OMS
  • Continuing the theme, but sort of going back to the subject.


    My family home when I was in my teens was on what had been part of the Abergavenny estate and the local pub is the Nevill Arms, where we did building work on numerous occasions.


    During one spruce up and redecoration a electrician left a one gang surface pattress box on a window sill, the painters carefully cut three coats of paint around it before he picked it up and took it away to use elsewhere. The painters had assumed it was for socket outlet for a table lamp, despite not being screwed down or wired and weren’t very happy when they had to patch the paintwork in.


     Andy B.
  • And the winner is.......


    ???

    perspicacious‍ ! ?


    Keep an eye on the post for your swag bag Pers. ?
  • Karma.


    A few weeks ago  Mr Perspicacious bought and delivered a bacon baguette to me whilst I was on a job, so he probably is a deserving recipient of the goodie bag.

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