You must be grandfathered from that law of gravity thing they just came up with!... must not affect you! :)
har har ryan NGL wrote: > What wrong with you kids? I am 75 and still doing installs. Just have to be > careful. Same thing when you 20. > NGL > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Patrick Leary" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:12 AM > To: <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs yourself,they are > for the young > > >> Enjoyed the story Joe. Definitely made me laugh. Being 44 now, I get it >> to. Not so long ago I'd think nothing of jumping off a 1 story roof. Now >> I give a second thought to jumping down 3 stairs... You know age is >> catching up when you have your chiropractor in your mobile phone >> "favorites" list! >> >> >> Patrick Leary >> Aperto Networks >> 813.426.4230 mobile >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Joe Miller >> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:10 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [WISPA] Knowing when to stop doing installs yourself,they are >> for the young >> >> >> This should make for a good read, or a good laugh. >> >> This week, my installer has been out of town. However, business still >> goes on. I decided to do some of the installs while he is away. Nothing >> was different about these installs from the hundreds of installs that >> I've done in the past. >> >> The first install that I did on Tuesday of this week resulted in >> drilling a small hole in my right hand. I was trying to drill a hole >> into a blank wall plate. All of the sudden, it shattered into about 10 >> pieces. What the hell was I thinking. I've never tried to do that in the >> past. I've always used a 2x4 or something like that to back it up to >> keep that from happening. It was getting late and I took a short cut. My >> right hand is still paying the price for that one. >> >> The second install resulted in putting my foot through the ceiling due >> to not have full use of my right hand from the install the day before. >> Walking around in ceilings requires the use of both hands. Well, my >> right hand, still in pain from the install the day before, was having >> issues with it being used. Anyway, while moving around in the attic area >> for the third time to fish up my cat5 cable and to remove the tools that >> I put up there, I slipped on one of the ceiling joists and put my foot >> through the sheetrock. I though the homeowner was going to come unglued, >> but he was pretty cool about it. He was more concerned about me than his >> ceiling. In order to save face, I gave him the $249.00 install for free, >> gave him the new router and USB wireless adapter (cost of $100.00) for >> free as well. Along with a free months service of $49.95. This was to >> help cover the cost of the repair of the sheetrock. The hole in the >> ceiling was the size of my size 13 shoe. >> And of course I'm really sore this morning writing this. >> >> Anyway, the whole point of writing this is that there is a time in >> everyone's life when you have to leave the installs to the younger ones. >> I'm not saying I'm too old to do this, but after running cable in houses >> for over 20 years, it is time to let others take care of it. Even if it >> means putting off installs for new customers. As the VP of Operations >> for my company, I've always had the "just get it done" attitude. There >> is nothing that my company does that I cannot do, and I have. It doesn't >> mean that "I" have to do them. When that time comes, you just have to >> learn how to delegate those jobs out. >> >> Now that everyone has had a laugh at my expense, (it's ok). Maybe >> someone here can learn from what I did this week and not make the same >> mistakes. The main thing is that we do our jobs well. And above all...we >> do them safely. >> >> Joe Miller >> DSLbyAir, LLC >> 228-238-2563 >> www.dslbyair.com >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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