Yeah...Thanks .Its funny now. It wasn't then. :-)
-B- RickG wrote: > 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 <lakel...@gbcx.net> 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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] 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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