Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Acid GIFs, October 14 (25 gifs)
 
At this point why is anyone climbing to change a bulb?? Why not skid transfer or long line off a helo?? Hardly anyone on the commi (west) coast is climbing much steel...or wood transmission for that matter.
We have gone to LED's on our towers. Beats climbing up there to replace a big light bulb. The only failure we've had so far has been a circuit board at 100', but we only have one tower with that make. The rest are Drakes, and they're pretty much trouble free, so far.
 
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View attachment 8523586Been seeing one in my area off and on for the past couple years.
First time you get up close to one it's surprising just how big they really are.
They are thick as crows in AK.
Here in Oklahoma, not so much. Last year, waiting for coyotes to show up on a gut pile, the birds were the first to show up. At first some random birds, then some Jays. Then a crow showed up in the trees. Then a few more and the rest of the birds left. Probably 30 crows descended on the pile. Then they all sort of acted nervous and all but a couple took to the trees. An adult Bald Eagle landed and walked over tot he gut pile and the crows backed off. Then a juvenile and another adult arrived. It was pretty cool to witness the hierarchy.
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At this point why is anyone climbing to change a bulb?? Why not skid transfer or long line off a helo?? Hardly anyone on the commi (west) coast is climbing much steel...or wood transmission for that matter.
Man it far cheaper to employ pay a worker to climb and replace, over hiring a Helo. to deliver a worker. Helicopter is big-$ bucks. A lot of BIG guy-wire towers in the open flat-lands have elevators. The guy in that Pic. got a elevator ride to work platform under that transition stinger on top.
The one guy-wire tower in that Pic. in the meme ( i guessing ? ) about 1500' or 1800'+ not including transmission stinger on top.
No elevator. A guy can climb a Vert. 1-k ladder inside a tower in an hour. Climbing Tower ladders is not that big a deal, and it just a mindfuck first couple time you do it. Then after it just becomes a big giant monotonous fuckall boring StairMaster. But it is great feeling every time you sit up on top, relax and take in the view.
Not trying to belittle professional tower workers because it is a Workout even when you have the rhythm/technique and are in-shape. You can workup a sweat The tallest inside Vert. ladder I ever climbed 'more' than a Hundred times was 870' feet to the crows nest work platform.
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Si…. She just got better looking as she aged too.

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But this clip from the ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ video is still how I always remember her:

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I dunno. I tend to like them better, younger. The hair is usually darker and not much in the way of wrinkles/age spots.

Still, she holds her own.
 
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I know. I just like bagging on the 30-50,000 hour life of LED bulbs. Haven't seen it yet.
That's business. A "We could make them, but we couldn't make money on them" thing.

In the late 90's, early 2000's I bought a 15 watt equivalent LED bulb for $35+ shipping. Put it in a lamp in my living room and ran it 24 hours a day up until a few years ago. When I tossed it, it was at best about 2/3 as bright as it was new, but still working. But that's $60+ dollars in today's Biden bucks, not many going to pay that for a single 15 watt light bulb. And no one wants to make a product that lasts 20 years.
 
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