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Reminds me of a story:
I was getting ready to install the feed for a cell tower, which was mounted on the side of a mountain, and I was at the site checking out what I needed for the job, alone. Figured, what the heck, may as well climb up a take in the view (I know, stupid when alone) so I did. And I climbed back down. Then back at the truck, I looked back towards the tower to find it canted at about a 15ยบ angle! Oh my! The guys must not have been tight, and the thing must've slipped with my weight! Now what do I do!
So I got my level out, and hunh?!? It was perfectly plumb... Apparently, the trees were all canted (due to slow landslide?) and I hadn't noticed it before the climb!
Whew!
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on that note..... ![[Linked Image from in-touch.net]](http://in-touch.net/catalisgis/images/leaningtowerofpizza.jpg)
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The man I apprenticed with in Chicago demanded that all flat headed screws lined up horizontal. I must admit 21 years later it is one of my "signatures".
I routinely walk away from anyone who mutters the dispicable phrase;"Can't see it from my house".
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I always follow the building lines. It's likely no one will ever put a level on your pipework, but if it looks crooked to the eye everyone can see it.
Yep, that's how I left it in the end. The brickwork was so far out that from a distance you could see the downhill slope on the conduit (and mortar joints!) easily, but as you say, better than the alternative.
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I like cover screw slots vertical. But as long as they're all the same... ![[Linked Image from users.stargate.net]](http://users.stargate.net/~vkkelly/vaporproof2.jpg) And if you think I'm meticulous, I'm a slob compared to my partner Joe! He would've lined up the Hub Plug and the Hex Screws too! (Sorry to repeat a pix, but I had wondered if anyone had noticed the screw slots...) [This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 08-05-2002).]
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Wow, Virgil -- That really is meticulous! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/smile.gif)
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I would say much of our neatest work gets covered up... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/frown.gif)
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Now if we are talking about meticulous.... What about the screwplug on the side of the box? ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/wink.gif)
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As for what sparky said I agree. The opposite of neat and workmanlike is when somebody says " Who in the H*** put this mess in!!"
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Joe,
As a contractor, when my guys did a job I made sure that all the screws in the switch plate were vertical. Noy only did id show that my men where "neat and workmanlike" but it kept the general contractor off my back. He use to complain that my guys would install the switch plates crooked. So I made each man install the plate with a level and the vertical screws. This way if a plate was found to be crooked, I would know if it was one of my guys or if the painter came along behind me and removed the plate for painting.
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