FRIDAY CHALLENGE 11 MAY -18 - WORK IT!

[Caustic Man]

I hope he doesn't realize that I'm not a real proletarian. Proletarians wear brown mother of pearl buttons on their tailored jackets, don't they?

 

[UrbanComposition]

The huge radio antennas near Twin Peaks in San Francisco are the communications lifeline for the city. City workers are programming new receivers and we’ve been tasked to install arrestor boxes in (the unlikely) case of lightning which will reroute the surge away from the radio equipment and to the grounding electrode system of the building. In addition, we’re installing new antennas, cabling, and ground. The fire stations are first on the list, then police stations, and then the rest.

Here you can see what the arrestor box looks like: a box with a huge ground bar. A small bit of insulation will be removed from the coax and a grounding cable will connect it with the grounding bar, and voilà. Sorry I’m smiling

Jack Knife chore coat
Gustin work shirt
Self Edge/Strike Gold jeans
Redwing boots

 

[Caustic Man]

Smiling? You must be a company man. Solidarity!

 

[Paul902]

The huge radio antennas near Twin Peaks in San Francisco are the communications lifeline for the city. City workers are programming new receivers and we’ve been tasked to install arrestor boxes in (the unlikely) case of lightning which will reroute the surge away from the radio equipment and to the grounding electrode system of the building. In addition, we’re installing new antennas, cabling, and ground. The fire stations are first on the list, then police stations, and then the rest.

Here you can see what the arrestor box looks like: a box with a huge ground bar. A small bit of insulation will be removed from the coax and a grounding cable will connect it with the grounding bar, and voilà. Sorry I’m smiling

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Jack Knife chore coat
Gustin work shirt
Self Edge/Strike Gold jeans
Redwing boots

Cool. What are you pulling, RG-12?

 

[UrbanComposition]

Smiling? You must be a company man. Solidarity!

Yessir brother!
Seriously though, compared to deck jobs or TI, this is cake. Low stress, importance given to clean workmanship, and the fireman always hook us up with goodies.

 

[UrbanComposition]

Cool. What are you pulling, RG-12?

I think so - Heliax?

 

[Paul902]

I think so - Heliax?

Sounds right. I love the jacket and the knit toque.

 

[Caustic Man]

the fireman always hook us up with goodies.

I'm trying to think of what goodies a person would want to have that a fireman could give. I hear they grill a lot.

 

[am55]

Bought a lovely steel frame racing bike off a fireman in Leeds, it was his 7th and his wife gave him an ultimatum, so I got it for less than the brand new Shimano 105 groupset that had just been fitted on it, which makes it a sort of gift. Very nice chap and I felt a bit bad.

 

[Caustic Man]

Ultimatums from wives are usually bluffs. I figured this out. Just say 'no.' Of course the unintended consequence is that they learn to just say it, too.

 

[UrbanComposition]

I'm trying to think of what goodies a person would want to have that a fireman could give. I hear they grill a lot.

Food. Lots of food. Always amazing.

 

[vapahtaja]

My entry

 

[everyday]

Maybe too late, but the folks in the SW&D WAYWRN thread thought this shirt was too work-wear-y for the Jacket. I don't care, I was forced to work workwear for over 10 years, but now I am a white collar worker and can wear whatever the heck I want

Edit: That includes the air-tie, a personal favorite.

 

[EFV]

Poll is up!

 

[Thrift Vader]

Not an Entry.