sirens a' blastin'

[crab bait]

today at work i was pullin' a metal clad cable in a old rehab job... i was workin' alone which is rare .<br />next thing i knew .. <br />ARHRRRRR-ARHRRRR-ARHRRRRR<br />this cottonpickin' siren in the hallway was blastin' in my ear... what the heck ,!! is it a fire ..?? !!<br />then i saw a little brown lamp cord type wire danglin' dowm with fresh ripped frayed ends.. <br />suddenly everythin' in 'slow motion'<br />than denile set in .. NO WAY ... can't be MY fault..<br />then reality slapped me up side the head &<br />back to normal when the police showed up .. soon followed by the fire trucks... <br />hope i gotta job tommorrow.!!

 

[Bob_VT]

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I'm sure you will still have a job. Things happen. How about accidently cutting a main telephone trunk line along US Route 1. Yup, I put out most of Northern Virginia for a few hours (1977). I was running a piece of heavy equipment that got mired in the mud alond the road and next thing I knew all sorts of colored wires...I do know that slow motion feeling <br /><br />Bob

 

[ODDD1]

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LOL...that 'slow motion feeling'....OOOOHHHH FFFUUUU.....................DGE!

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Crab - you might be a redneck if you thought of calling your boss and telling him you were just testing the emergency services hookup.... and yep - it works! <br /><br />Bob - you're not alone with that kind of incident. About ten years ago I was in central Auckland city and just happened to be walking past a crew working down a manhole on the pavement. Would you believe it... but just as I walked past I heard (from down the manhole) someone shout out "WHAT THE F*** HAVE YOU JUST DONE?"<br /><br />Apparently one of the boys down there had just gas axed completely through one of those huge multi-core telecoms cables - leading into our central telephone exchange. Half of Auckland city lost their phone connections for about a week while they sorted it out. I still can't believe that I happened to be walking past to hear the very first expletive of many to be borne by that sorry incident... <br /><br />I hope this makes you feel better Crab...

 

[ehenry]

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Hey Kiwi, can ya tell me what a gas axe is? We rednecks love our power tools. I've never heard of a gas axe.

 

[Bob_VT]

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I always considered a chain saw motor driven cut off wheel as a gas axe but the favorite is the Smoke wrench! A good torch.<br /><br />Bob

 

[62_Kiwi]

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EFHenry & Bob<br /><br />I try to avoid using our "down-under" slang where ever possible, but this one just slipped through, sorry. <br /><br />A "gas axe" means a big & very hot blow torch (acetylene gas I think) - usually used to cut through anything metal very quickly. It would cut a car in half in two minutes. I'm sure you have them too but call them something else. A very handy yet dangerous (power) tool!<br /><br />Wouldn't take long to cut through a big cable either..

 

[DJ]

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Some folks here call em' a: "blue tipped wrench".

 

[crab bait]

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MAN , BOB .. i fell on the floor..!! gas powered cut-off wheel.. I LUV IT...<br />i want one now ,bad.. like sailboaty wants a bridge..<br /><br />KIWI, don't hold back ,, WE LUV IT ..!!<br />I CAN WAIT TO BE AROUND AN IRON WORKER with a cuttin' torch .. i mean 'GAS AXE '