Bob, thats the most you've written in a long time! Great story! -RickG On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Bob Moldashel <[email protected]> wrote: > WOW. I HATE Bees.... I bet that was fun when you opened that up! > > Reminds me of when I installed a system in North Carolina about 15 years > ago. We installed some equipment in a communications shed (and I mean > shed!) at the base of a tower. Picture this 300' guyed tower in the > middle of a field with a 10' x 15' wooden shed underneath it. The grass > is like waist high. the whole time I am walking up to this thing I am > thinking ticks and bees. > > So I unlock the door and turn the light on and do a quick look around > inside. I wait about 15 seconds and finally feel at ease that there are > no bees waiting inside for me. > > The "shed" has around 10 radio repeater cabinets inside and the walls > are covered in insulation. There are wires and transmission line all > over the place. No sheetrock. In addition the ceiling also was covered > in insulation but whoever put it up probably spent a whole 10 minutes > doing it. Several sections were hanging down. > > The lighting really sucked. One 60 watt light bulb screwed into a > ceramic base. And with some of the insulation hanging down around it > some of the shed was pretty dark. > > I remember it was cool outside and windy so the guy I was working with > decided to close the door so it would be a little warmer. 10 repeater > cabinets, some with high power paging transmitters, create a lot of heat > so it made a big difference with the door closed. > > So we start to mount a plywood backboard to the studs of the back wall > so we would have something to mount our wall mount equipment cabinet to. > I am drilling in deck screws when the battery operated Hilt drill gun > dies. Being lazy and not wanting to go back out to the truck 1/4 mile > across the the windy, tall grass field in the middle of no-name North > Carolina the guy I am working with decides to hit the screws in with a > hammer. This was NOT a good idea! > > On the third wack a section of insulation on the ceiling by the door > falls down and this 50' BLACK SNAKE ( he was really only about 2-3' ) > falls to the floor between us and the door! Suddenly my fear of bees > fell to the number 2 position. > > We both screamed like little girls (the snake was a mute but he had his > mouth open too!). > > We knew we had to get out of there. All I could think of was SNAKE BITE, > POISON, ANTIVENOM, HELICOPTER, MEDEVAC, PAIN, NO CELL PHONE SERVICE, > etc in about 1/2 second. > > Suddenly my guy grabs a piece of 2x3 wood stud to beat this snake to a > pulp. ANOTHER BAD IDEA!!!! > > He swings the stud and hits the light bulb and its lights out in this > freakin' snake infested casket!!!! And 100ms later I feel this "THING" > slide across the top of my work boot and I was mobile! > > I pushed the other guy to one side and ran towards the last known > location of the door. What I didn't know was the insulation was hanging > in front of the door after he swung the stud and I ran face first into > it about 3' from the door. Of course I was not expecting ANYTHING to hit > my face so I started swinging like mad, got disoriented and realized > that the door wasn't where it was. > > I stopped moving. He stopped moving. > > We decided to feel around for something familiar so we could get our > bearings. Of course the whole time we are doing this we are thinking the > snake is on the floor. WRONG! > > My guy reaches out and touches one of the repeater cabinets and says he > knows where the door is and orients me. While he has his hand on top of > the cabinet THE SNAKE SLIDES ACROSS IT!!!! > > He screams and we both bolt to the door and out into the field. > > To say the least I did not go back in. He called me all kinds of names > and as a result (and the fact that I was his boss) he finished all the > indoor work with the door wide open and mason's boots on. > > And he was very gentle and quiet. > > I don't know what happened to the snake but if I was him I would be > around the Panama Canal right now. I'm sure he was just as scared as us > but I didn't hang around to interview him. > > Always be careful no matter what you are doing. > > And Happy Halloween!!!! > > -B- > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >> I believe that this was the original inspiration for the "BeeHive" Antenna >> !! >> >> LOL !! >> >> >> Faisal Imtiaz >> SnappyDSL.net >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Chuck Profito >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:44 PM >> To: 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Halloween request >> >> I can't believe no one's had a ghost pass them in the attic or a snake in a >> server etc: >> Here's ours from last October. 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