A Thread About Nothing

I was an electrician for 35 years and I have to say I never worked on Diesel-Electric engines. I do have to say though I did work on quite bit of really interesting things in those 35 years.

The most memorable was the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. I worked for a Trade Show electrical contractor and they got the contract to install all of the temporary electrical power on every site all over Southern California.

I worked for 3 months straight helping to install the power to run all kinds of different things that were needed where there was no power available.

When the Olympics finally started I got to do Stand-by at the Womens Field Hockey site in East LA. I worked 11 days straight at 12 hours per day.

The best part was that for those 11 days all I had to do was make sure all the power was working and all the safety measures were still in place. The rest of the day I could watch the olympics on big screens, or go out and watch the Women play Field Hockey, or play the guys from AT&T chess.

AT&T was on site because they had this elaborate computer network set up linking all the sites so people could communicte with each other. Back in 84 there wasn't any internet or cell phones.

What part? Me playing chess and getting paid for it or maybe me fixing peoples Shorts and getting paid for it.

I have been called a Sparky a thousand times or more since 1974.

My favorite Electrical Rock Group and a great tune about Electrical stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22un0mkd6UM

Well, you're very bright.

Thanks Wolfbird for the plug.

Sure, Hess, I get a real charge out of your threads.

You should be charged with battery and put in a cell.

Ok I took that from my old school drama script ...

Also there are the Electrician jokes, here is one.

How many Electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer:  Three; one Electrician to hold the bulb and two to turn the ladder.

   One battery in a cell coming up!   Now THAT'S drama.                                                                                  I think Hess wants THIS bunny instead.                                                      

Sparky, he he. Every electrician is called so here. :)

No big deal Bunny. Was it your line? 

Yup, not proud of it. Early 80s when I was even dumber and actually thought I was funny.

  "Was it your line"?     Wait...what?  Oh, we're gonna go there, OK.                                             

I remember when I was 1st year apprentice and some plumber said that to my Journeyman and I asked him about that and he said "They always call us that".

Delivery is everything.

"Chispas", to be precise. ;)

Btw, I think I didn't miss one event from LA '84, despite the hours and the fact I was only 12. Glad to know you helped to such a success!

Thanks Pulp. I worked at least at 8 or 9 of the sites.