I just wish tht one of you would PM me if you come across a thread like a TV repair

 

I am kinda shamed to be here cause I owe Jens and I could not yet pay him for his service. Hope he understands my situation.

So that is why Jens asked me if i knew any hired goons at the Maldives and some Maldivian rapid-hardening cement producer. That also could deliver during the night. I think someone is up for a pair of new cement flippers

 

I couldn't think of a better place to post this, so here it is: The answer to why we need the National Electrical Code. Without it, every building owner would demand that we wire the place like this.

Seriously, I read the whole book and half of it is about protecting electricians from stingy building owners!

 

#12, we all know that those wire nuts should have been taped after connection.

 

Here's some of the better violations....

 

Over the years I've seen most of them.

 

Over the years I've seen most of them.

I saw most of them in one house! Going through the place from one end to the other, I finished with a pile of 14 things I removed. Illegal splices, extension cords used as permanent wiring, 14 ga wire spliced into a 20 amp line with no box, black tape instead of wire nuts, SJ wire used between light switches, circuit breakers taped in the "on" position, wire going through a hole in sheet metal with nothing to stop the metal from cutting the insulation, central AC furnace with no disconnect box, staple driven through the conductors, loose ground clamp on the water pipe, neutral and bond connected together in an out-building, disconnect switch within 2 feet of the water in a hot tub with no ground fault protector, aluminum wire twisted to copper wire, you name it!

Fortunately, the house did not catch on fire and the customer was happy to sign the paycheck. He didn't understand all the corrections, but he understood that I knew a lot more about house wiring that the hack that had been living there.

 

And engineer, philosopher and computer programmer were discussing who had the older profession. The engineer said, "Before there was anything, there had to be light. So the first major event in history was clearly a result of engineering, bringing light to the universe.

There was a long pause.

Then the philolopher began to speak, "But even before that, there was chaos before there was order. So, in fact, the real first event in history was to make order from chaos, clearly a philosophical accomplishment.

There was an even longer pause.

Finally, the programmer spoke up, "Who do you think created the chaos?"

 

Finally, the programmer spoke up, "Who do you think created the chaos?"

I just can't shake the feeling that there is a lawyer involved and you are not telling us the whole story.

 

Ronald Reagan Quote (according to Wikipedia - here)​

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
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Why is six afraid of seven?

Because seven eight nine and ten, and now it's after six!

 

What did the number zero say to the number eight ?

Nice belt !

Happy 4th everyone !

 

Hey I 4 got.
Better late than never.

Happy Independence day to US of A (AC) members.

 

I might have to start buying bottled water.

 

It's been photoshopped, that sign had something much larger written there. And the font used on "working together" is not exact or exactly sized.

 

It's real. I know because I took it.

 

Its a piece of modern art , all the others are resting in old piece, peace.


You have to be good to get it ,contemporary.

 

The art of the yolk , I must put my shoulder to the door and go take care of my new

deal ,before my magnetic wheelbarrow loses it force.

 

It's real. I know because I took it.

Fair enough! I can't argue with that.

It's very poorly laid out, unless it's a sign designed to have something large temporarily fitted in that large space.

 

Really?
Can't think of anything that would make the screen look like this?
This one is photoshopped (but only to protect the innocent).