Bob, That story is a scream. I read it aloud to my fiance and we were both cracking up. Thanks for sharing. If the tale every strangely morphs in to motorcycle road trips, then I'll share one of mine.
Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Profito Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:11 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sorry..Long Story What a great horror story! You are a great story teller! I'm still laughing. -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:04 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sorry..Long Story 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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