Bill,
I realise that a few years ago there was a similar thread, but since then we have had so many new members.
So can we start another one?.

Sure, It wasn't that long ago, but we can try again.

Here's a picture just sent to me by a guy named ... wait, it's You!

Ladies and Gents ... Mike Trump:

Trumpy,
You look alot younger than I envisioned Reckon we all need to send Bill another mug shot.

Tiffany Sparks:

Bjarney with his trusty phasing voltmeter...




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Virgil Kelly aka sparky66wv



Notice the genuine 3/4" EMT ladder rack and bona fide Romex brand tie-downs... Only top of the line for me!



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Donnie McMayon~aka txsparky

txsparky,
I'd just had a haircut and the barber had taken most of my grey hairs off!

Hey Bill,
What do you look like?.
Just wondering.

Trumpy,

Here's a picture taken last year:




Bill

a greek goddess

Tiffany, are you holding an emu egg?

Fred

Osterich.

Tiff

And you're a mighty good looking bunch if I do say so myself. *grin*

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I'm obviously too young to post my picture here ;-)

OUCH!!!

No one is too young or too homely to post a picture here. (using myself as an example).
Tiffany

Tiff, I don't know for certain but you might be too young. You're certainly not homely by any stretch of the imagination!

Fred:

As long as Fred's advertising here (name on shirt) we might as well include some more company members

Both of those pictures are of the same 6 year old, Marilyn. She tells everybody that she curled her hair by sticking her stubby screwdriver in a hot outlet(she really got a perm). She tells me she wants to be an electrician when she grows up. I tell her I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up. I'm not even sure I want to grow up. I'm having too much fun!!!!

This is me. Get your darts ready.



I wish I could have found a smaller size shot though....

...and too bad mom wasn't there with her Kodak Instamatic when as a 4-year old in West Germany (circa 1979), I stuck a hair-pin into a 220-volt Schuko wall socket in the hallway of the rooming-house we were living in!!

Fred, Marilyn is one of the few aspiring electricians anymore... when will she be available for hire?

Good help is hard to find! Present helper not included (Jimmy's doing great, haven't nabbed a pic of him yet tho... hmmm... maybe tomorrow...)...

Roger

ElectricAL Hildenbrand

Some of these people look familiar ...

By the way,

If anyone had a picture of themselves posted here previously at some time and would like it posted again let me know and I'll look around for it.

Or, ... if you have a picture of yourself you'd like posted here you can send it to me too.

Bill@Electrical-Contractor.net

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Al Davis:

BuggabooBren & Hubby, Ed:

OK so here we is…



Manic look captured by daughter whilst trying to get latest software to work which features the latest view out of the dining room window…



{now changed to out of my new office window}

It should refresh every 15 minutes and for the geeks, I used software from KabCam


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Jon Niemeyer, AKA njelectricmaster, and family:

Anyone else?

(Be nice to Hutch, he looks Dangerous ... )


Bill

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Cindy:

Cindy, cool!

Hello all,

Reposting the pic' with me in the cab of a Dash 8 (P40-8) at Barstow, CA.

Notice the stylish clothes and hair style!

Scott35

p.s. this Locomotive is manufactured by G.E. (General Electric), and is owned by Amtrak.



btw: new company's shop/office is right next to the BNSF 3rd district - couldn't have found a better place to work!!!

Cindy,

where was that picture taken? Looks like you're sitting in a tram or something?

Neat
--
Sven

This was at an Xmas/millinium (1999-2000)
party. I may sparkle here, but I'm not a sparky.

Here's mine with my spare time money pit:



Think I found a better hosting site.....

ps: how dare you think that gorgeous beast is a dodge!!

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Ooooh is that a chevy, thought it was a 'Cuda'

'ise — You're only missing one accessory...

    




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Yikes ise, How big's the battery pack for that thing?

JBFAN aka Keith White:

I found this ("burned-dude") self portrait,
Gary Arnold > aka desoto:

mr webmaster.... it would be more like you were really talking to people [and maybe they wouldn't be as rude sometimes, you know, less like they are hiding behind their computers] if their photos were next to their names in the threads... maybe with about a 20k thumbnail, or less if resolution is sacrificed some... maybe you don't have the storage space or configuration time... or maybe its just a dumb idea... for instance, i'm not sure i could ever take anything seriously that wa2ise says with his pic

Cindy,

Actually, I thought about Flags under the Names so that we could keep track of where everyone is from. But it's a moot point anyway right now because this is basically off-the-shelf software and doesn't have a thumbnail capability. There was a hack out there that would do the Flag thing, but it wouldn't go with this version.

But, bottom line is we should all be able to treat each other right without the visual aid anyway.


Bill

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nesparky: (Ed)

Here's another member who wishes to remain anonymous -
(on unauthorized break )



Anyone else? ...

I don't see anyone who looks like:
https://www.electrical-contractor.net/LinksStuff/BD07085_.gif

That was a model.


Bill

I'm the dummy in the orange shirt...S
(Electure)

Folks,

One of these guys (I think it's the one on the Left) is sending in some GREAT Pictures for the Photo Forums.
Stay Tuned ....

Thought it was about time I posted my ugly mug. Well somebody did mention homely up there.....

Seen here in the junk computer corner of my workshop (er.... I mean the "this will all be useful someday" section )


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Paul, I can't believe your calling that stuff junk, that is exactly what we have to use at work. (times are tough)

Roger

Thanks Paul!

Got some real Treasures there!


Bill

Wow!!,
I've always wondered what you looked like
Paul.
It's certainly good to be able to put a face to the name.
Thanks for that.

electure — Khaki Newboots kinda’ looks like he could be quick to horn in and kipe all your gravy work. ;-)

Bjarney,
Naw, they've got that dummy's number. He just stands around all day 24-7-365 (but works cheap)
How the heck can you smell gravy from so far away? ...S

Hopefully he won't increase anybody's workman's-comp multiplier. Now if you could get him to at least hand you tools.

Smelling gravy at 400 miles takes practice, but you get the hang of it. ;-)

Steve Spangler
AKA trainwire, or maybe trainfire.
with the latest locomotive in the Strasburg fleet.

Sparky:

Cool shades there 'dude! Real ice-blue cool.....

safety rated glasses Paul, the net can be rough yaknow

Sparky,
I must say I agree with you there!.

Yours truly, catching napkins while sitting on a chair which was lifted onto a table which was lifted into the air. This was about 4 years ago, at my wedding dinner. Good thing I'm not afraid of heights.

--Henoch Duboff (ThinkGood)


Think good, and all will be good.-Popular Yiddish maxim.

Congratulations thinkgood, but...

I don't see any fall protection.

Joe Tedesco:

I don't know if this gent is online with us but apparently he looks like E. Hemingway... http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/07/20/keywest.hemingway.reut/index.html

i dont have a pic yet. besides, my dog looks much nicer.



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how do i attach a piccy??????

andylea,
If you would like to send your pic to Bill
(bill@electrical-contractor.net), I'm sure he'd post it for you!.

Andy Lea & Mrs:

Greetings!!!
My name is Ryan Jackson, I am a combination inspector for Draper city, Utah. I am 25 years old and have a wife of four years, a three year old daughter and a 4 month old son. I am currently certified as a commercial building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector, also a residential building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector, and a building plans examiner, all through ICBO/ICC. I plan to be certified as an electrical plans examiner in a few weeks. I started as a residentail framer when I was 15 years old began doing commercial electrical work when I was 18 and could be legally licensed by the state.
I am currently on the board of directors for the Utah chapter of IAEI.
My hobbies include brewing beer and mead, and practicing full contact Kung fu.

If anyone out there needs a building code question answered you could probably do worse, so send me an E-mail and I'll try to help you out with it.

Heres me doing what inspectors in my area do best!




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what is mead. and how does anyone get to be an inspector of so many things at such an age. i have 25 years in electrical and wouldnt even consider being an inspector. lol.

Hello targetshooter. To answer your questions...mead is a drink made mostly of honey (15lbs for 5 gallons) that is similar to champagne and yeilds about 18% alcohol. Tasty stuff, but you have to be careful with it! Mead has been brewed for nearly 7,000 years. As for your other question...Take the test and show competence. I currently hold 6 certifications from ICC/ICBO. At such a young age? I started running commercial electrical installations when I was 20. Age has absolutley nothing to do with it, except for credibility, as you have just displayed. Why would you not consider being an inspector?

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Hello Ryan, welcome to the forum.

Roger

Ryan,

Welcome aboard!
Feel free to share whatever expertise you have right here. Although primarily focused on Electrical topics, there is a lot that many of us need to know about other codes to get things done right.

Bill

Roger and Bill: Thank you both very much. I am sure, just like in the other forums, that you will help me much more than I help you. Thanks again.

i forgot to say congratulations. those are accomplishments to be proud of. mead sounds tasty.

i guess i always thought inspectors were required to have so many years of hands-on experience in their field.

i am certified unlimited in electrical but i i dont think i have the temperment to be an effective inspector. i believe i'm better suited for contracting.

Welcome aboard Ryan.

Mead was quite a popular drink in England in times past. I understand it's also the original of our word honeymoon.

Apparently in ancient times in some far-off country it was the custom for the bride's father to supply the groom with mead for a month after the wedding, hence the "honey month" or "honeymoon."

Brewing beer and mead in Utah is quite an accomplishment in and of itself!
I lived in Provo in the early '70s, and it was a bold thing just to brew a cup of coffee...S

Ryan_J:
Welcome aboard!

electure:
Is that because of the elevation? Gives a whole new meaning to a bubble bath.

Gentlemen, thanks again for your warm responses. Paul: You are correct about the word "honeymoon". I believe that the thoughts were that upon marriage a couple would be given mead in the hopes of birthing a son. Nine months later, which was known to this particular culture (I don't remeber which, assyrians maybe) as a moon cycle.
Electure: You don't need to tell me, I'll tell you!!! Actually Salt Lake is a little more liberal than Provo. Thanks again.

Redsy said:


That's what all the napkins are for!!

Oy Vehhhh....

Belated congrats T.G.

Paul, thanks for the "where did the term come from" lesson.

Ryan,
Welcome to ECN, mate!.
Good to have you along.
Paul, Mead used to be drank a lot in the UK, back in the Middle Ages, didn't it?.

Yep -- It seems to be mentioned as a popular drink quite widely in many of the classics, Shakespeare, Chaucer,etc.

Ryan,

Nice to have you on the board. It is also good to have someone with other experience beside electrical work. I have a couple of questions for you. Which building code does your state follow? Here in NJ we just went to the International Residential Building Code.(IRBC) We use to use BOCA or CABO, however now under the IRBC, there is no limit to garages. Under BOCA the limit was set at 4 garages in a residental dwelling. Under the new code, it can allow more than 4 and I don't feel that this code is very safe. Any thoughts?

Um, if you can walk me through this, I'll put in a pic too! <smiles for the camera>

lil suzi,

Send me your picture via email, I'd be happy to post it here. (anyone else too!)

Bill@Electrical-Contractor.net


Bill

Hello Harold. We were one of the first states to adopt the international family of codes, and yes, we also use the international residential code. As far as garages go, I'm not sure I follow you 100%. Are you talking about 4 garages on one lot/property? If so, you are right, the IRC doesn't care how many garages you have. Your local planning/zoning department will care, however. As far as safety goes, I don't see any hazards, assuming that the code is followed. We came from Uniform Building Code land, and used to require a fire rated seperation between the garage and living space, if attatched to each other, with a hour one wall. This is no longer a requirement. My e-mail address is Ryan@draper.ut.us Feel free to e-mail me any code questions you might have and I'll do my best to help you out with them

Lil suzi,
Welcome to ECN!,
Good to have you along.

ThinkGood,
No, it's not the elevation (although when you open container vacuum packed at a lower elevation you must be careful that the contents don't blow out all over the place.)
It's the climate...the religious climate. Alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, etc. are frowned upon in a big way...S

electure:
OK, now I get it.

The vacuum-packed story sounds interesting!

Prohibition I could take. But NO COFFEE?! That's gotta violate the 8th Amendment!

Hello Paul, I sure need my kick.

Roger

I hear you Roger! About the first thing I do when I fall out of bed is get some coffee on.

I actually ran out one night a while ago and hadn't realized until it was too late. I had to wait until next morning before I could drive into town for some. Cruel & unusual punishment indeed.....



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Paul, thats me. I get up, put food in two cat bowls and one dog bowl, (this gets them off my back) and then I start the coffee.

I hope you aren't experiencing any lingering effects of running out.

Roger

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A little thread jack here, how far would you guys need to go in your area for a coffee shop.

I have 3 shops from two of the areas big chains within 1 mile of my house.

As I drive a lot doing service calls it seems I am never more than 1 or 2 miles from a "fix".

Is this coffee obsession going on everywhere?

Coffee used to be a must for me.I had a thermos at all times.

I'm now trying to quit smoking,and the coffee seemed to be associated with that.I drink maybe 2or 3 cups a week if that now.On the other hand, cigarettes are proving to be harder to quit. But I'm trying.


Russell

I put the pot on before I shower. Once it is done I fill my cup (22oz.) then I fill my thermos with the rest. On week-ends I drink two pots.

Russell, you can do it. I smoked for 30 years and quit. I used welbutrin and continued coffee and a beer sometimes, (now I can do both with no urge for a cigarette) these were my weakest times.

I must say I had gotten to the point that (worried every time I had a chest pain) I wanted to quit.

Roger

Thanks for the encouragement Roger.
32 years for me. It's time.

Russell

ElectricAL

For those who are trying to quit smoking: GO MAN!! I quit in 1987 after 13 or so years of smoking (heavily... would rather smoke than eat kind of addiction). I can be somewhat fiercely competitive and was told that something that was only 1/30th of an ounce was kicking my butt... that seemed to make a difference in my perseverance and commitment to quit.

Also, I decided I wanted to be a 'non-smoker' not a 'quitter' so I changed the way I described my effort and began to envision myself 10- or 20- years down the road without cigarettes.

Next, I proposed a deal with my smoking co-worker (ok, ok, the cigarette was smoking and she was just the sucker on the other end...) I knew I'd have to be able to cope with other people smoking and not cave to the habit or I'd smoke for the remainder of my life. We agreed that early in my effort if things got tense for me, she'd smoke on my behalf... smoking by proxy... ahhh, that was a wonderful and effective way to satisfy that nerve-wracking edge of addiction-breaking that thwarts so many attempts. When she continued to smoke, I wasn't bothered by the fact that I was 'missing out' either. Even now if I've had a tense period of time, I'll wake from sleeping and realize that I was having a leisurely smoke in my dreams but there's no way I'd light up in reality!

Bob Badger (aka iwire):



P.S. I've got a couple extra of these if anyone wants one Bob sent me 7 copies.

Bill, I had sent you single copy's at least 4 or 5 separate times and you did not get it, so I figured if I flooded your mail box with 6 or 7 emails you would not miss it.

Anyway I have a little more hair now, grayer too, but that's me.

Bob

Bob, nice shirt.


Roger

I thought I would send in a pic.

Hey....no laughing in the back,
Doc

(The Watt Doctor)

Hey Doc,
At least your legs are Tanned!.
Too scared to even take my trousers off these days, I did one day and everyone put sunglasses on!.
Man are my legs white at the moment!.
[Cool pic though! ]

Lets keep this thread alive by sending your pics to Bill!

Brian (master66),
Thanks for the pic, mate!.
To anyone else here that has not posted a pic yet,so c'mon let's have a look at you!.
Worse case scenario, you can't be any uglier than me!.

Hey Guys,
Now that we have the Chatroom up and running it would be cool to associate a name with a face.
So, if you haven't already, could you please submit a picture to Bill for posting.
Oh and BTW, you'd better not be too good looking either!.

LK



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Well, there's not much chance of that in my case!

Ryan,

Sorry about not getting back for so long. Sometimes I forget where I post a message. My question about the four garages was brought about because I believe in the old BOCA codes, if you had 4 or less garages, it was considered a "private" garage. If you had 5 or more garages then it was considered a "public" garage and you went from a 1 or 2 hour fire rating to a 3 hour fire rated wall. Under the new International codes, there is no limit to the garages. ( I don't believe.)

There is a part two to this question and it has to do with Zoning. Some boards require 4 or less garages in a house only I was wondering if there was any connection between the two codes.

Hi Harold. Generally speaking, zoning is a VERY local thing. I don't know of any zoning regulations in my city that specifically address how many garages you have on your property, but there are zoning codes that limit how many structures are on a lot, how big they are in relation to the dwelling unit and how far apart they are.

Enrique:

another hard day....

Dapo:



c'mon, anyone else?

Lostazhell: (aka Randy)

Me and my fiancé Patricia


Mark


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Hey Guys!!,
Thanks a whole heap, no matter who you are, for posting your Pictures here at ECN, it means a lot to us to be able to put a face to the Username!.
Thanks all!.
Cheers,

Mike Trump.

And just to mention any of you that didn't submit pictures.
GRRRRRRRRR!!.

hi guys,
if i can figure it out i'll send a picture
it's cold this morning
know what a wind-chill is?

DJ,
I know exactly what a windchill is! I lived in NY a while back Send your pic to the webmaster & He can post it here for you..


-Randy

Here's Voltron61 just married:



Good Luck to the New Couple!!

Here is a photo of Jim M taken during the Blizzard of 03:

Ahhh... Take me back to the blizzard belt!~
Bill... You remember that NASTY winter you guys had in NY.. about 94 or 95... People were driving snowmobiles down 5th Ave in the city & everything? Quite a sight considering it was this Cali boys first time in any REAL amount of snow! (Not to mention driving in it... A whole new topic! ))

-Randy

Randy mentioned '94 - '95, which coincidentally was the temperature here yesterday...94°-95°...S

"A project I ran in 1984, Keystone, Colorado." - (inset)
and "Same spot this spring."

Kentvw:

CharlieE:



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Yeah, but you were smart enough not to do it at about 1:00AM!

Glad to see so many faces here!

-Randy

PS.. Scott... Speaking of weather, 102°F where I was in the valley today! Uuuggghhh!!! http://www.weather.com/weather/local/91303?lswe=91303&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared

I guess thats one way to keep the inspector outta the attic!

Rizer:



let's keep 'em coming!

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\CIMG0175.JPG

Master: Send it to me at Code_enforcer@netzero.com and I'll post it for you. You have to have access to the server.

Yes, I must agree with the Webmaster, in this respect, please, keep these pictures coming!.
Don't be afraid to post your pic,here, after all, I have yet to see anyone that can Out-ugly me!.
Besides, who's going to laugh?.
I'd also like to say thanks to ALL that have posted pics here, you guys RULE!!.

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Hi Ryan,
Okay, you guys talked me into it. Here’s my picture with my wife and son. This was last week when we were helping some friends with some painting. Thanks!
Ian, a.k.a., OhmSweetOhm





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Since EC&M's rave review of this forum back in April, there have been numerous new members added.

I though I would bring this thread back to the top to see if any of them would like to submit their mug shot!

Send your picture to the Webmaster, or link to it here in a reply.

Great point Gene.

New members send photos to Bill or you can send them to me.

Click this at the top of my post beside my member name to send me an email.

Do not worry about size I can adjust that and I can crop out items if you ask me to.

Ideally 72 dpi no larger than about 600 pixels.

Don't be shy send 'em in, your also welcome to send in electrical pictures good, bad or funny.

Bob

If you don't have a digital photo, email me for my snail mail address and send a snapshot. I'll scan it and mail it back to you.
See, with all these options, there's really no reason to not send it to one or another of us.

(Heck, I'll even put your head on Arnold Schwarzenegger's body if you want, just send them in!!)

DetroiterRob:

DetroiterRob, what kind of equipment is that?

Looks like Railway points-switching levers, Mean Gene.

Trumpy-- you hit it right on the head, those levers are for switching trains in southwest detroit, they are located in Delray Tower, one of the last, if not the last remaining switching tower in this area,its CSX owned, and the levers used to be connected directly to the switches by heavy steel cables, now they are connected to relays and then out to the track...as much as id love to be working on the equipment, i have a good friend who is an operator there for 30+ years, i was paying him a visit and rewrapped all the handles on the levers one night.

anymore questions or if you guys want to see more pics just drop me an email

Rob

Hi all!

I send a picture too.
Take care,
G



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My daughter's the computer nut (honestly!)and makes sure I check in here regularly

From Ken.






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Hey Bill,
Marc (frenchelectrician), said he had a pic here, where is it?.

frenchelectrician: (Marc)

Here's circuit man - AKA Erwin Summer





(How's about some more pictures of you guys & gals?
Any of us moderators would be glad to post them for you...S)

To Marc (FrenchElectrician),

What's the make and model of the Locomotive you are on?

Looks a lot like a "CF-7", which were "Converted" F-7A full Carbody Units, Converted by Santa Fe Railroad beginning in the mid 1980's, continuing to the mid 1990's - and upto Y2K with Conversions with EMD (General Motors) GP-7, GP-9 and GP-20 Units (Cab Conversions and De-Turbocharging + a few RCE tweeks).

The Long Hood and "North American Cab", as viewed from the Engineer's side (such as your image), look very much like a Retired ATSF Model CF-7.

ATSF went through 3 Phases of Body Styles with the CF-7, and 2 Phases with the GP-7/9/20 Capital Rebuild Programs.

Scott35

Scott35:

that locomovite it is CF-7 body with alco engine in there 2400 hp inline six cyl engine it was uprated from 1800 hp with new turbocharger and i did rebuilt that engine and tweak up the generator for improvement for traction motors but right now as i am speaking it is located in Florida and still using as switcher duty it used to be road duty and will retire that unit not too far in future due age of unit even thru we rebuilt it alot

merci, marc

I'm jelous for your job, Marc!

Earl Dean

dougwells:



... it's about time

Anybody else?
send 'em to photos@Electrical-Contractor.net

Hey thanks for the picture Doug!.

Good to put a face to the name Doug.

What's that piece of equipment on the shelf just to the right of your head? It looks suspiciously like a nice old-style signal generator or measuring bridge.

That is a bookshelf stereo system that has a usb port for sound. http://www.dmart2000.com/dmart2/phfwmisywi5c.html

Wow! This looks strange. LOL

Ah..... Nothing like what I was thinking of when you see it close up, but from a distance that looked very much like the circular dial layout on some old Marconi equipment.

Yes With all the digital displays these days i was glad to find something that looked more analog

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Welcome aboard LAwireman!

Gidday there LAwireman,
Welcome to the Forum!.

Mike :]

I can't help it, I was thinking about a calendar of ECN members, every month a strange location, like this, and Marc and his train, I'd enjoy it! I'd buy it too!
Bill?

Gloria,

Now there's a scary thought! - us on a Calendar
LOL!


Bill

... Welcome LAwireman, hope you aren't claustrophobic,...

Attic Rat,

its not as bad as it looks in there, but i tell you what our welder really had fun welding our conduit supports.

Here are a few shots, which should easilly cause you to run away from the Monitor yelling for help!



Once again, they are taken in the Cab of Diesel-Electric Locomotives, with me being at the Engineer's Control Panel.

The first shot shows the older - or "Legacy" type of Control Panel configuration, whereas the third one is the more current "Late 80's-1990's" configuration for Engineer's Locomotive Controls.



Image #1:
Me at the Engineer's Locomotive Controls ("Legacy" type), taken inside Union Pacific #2233.
This Unit type is an SD60, made by GM/EMD (General Motors/Electro-Motive Division).
Next Image (#2) is what the Locomotive looks like.



Image #2:
Front-Engineer's side of SD60 #2233.



Image #3:
Me at the Locomotive Controls for an SD60-M, which has the more current "Late 80's - 1990's" configuration, taken inside of U.P. #6101.
Next Image (#4) is what this Locomotive looks like.



Image #4:
Front-Engineer's side of SD60-M #6101.
Notice the drammatic difference in how this Locomotive's Cab looks, compared to the "Conventional Cab" of #2233, GM/EMD Model SD60.
The SD60-M #6101 has the "North American Cab" version

Scott35

Anyone else care to submit a picture?.

Anyone else keen on submitting a picture?.
Send them to photos@electrical-contractor.net

{Message edited to repair email address}

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Picture of me inspecting a carnival.

-russ m:



Hello Russ!


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Bump.

oldtimer,
Congratulations there, mate!.

Thanks John!.

Anyone else?.

Sierra Electrician (Rob)

Keep 'em coming!!

bump

Anyone else have a picture to add?
(make sure to include your "username")

Send it to:
Photos@Electrical-Contractor.net


Bill

P.S. I think that's Gary on the Left

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(Pretty Snappy there Pierre .... )

... Here's a horribly washed out pic of me after installing the monster in the background..340lb,and I had to install an Aladdin light lift as well... real fun,I'll tell ya...the chandelier cost $11,000.00...I could find alot better things to blow that kind of money on...

lrsilvas (Luis) and Family (in California):

keep 'em coming Folks!

There's an aweful mug of me at:
www.the-RETURN.net/stevesilvia.htm
There is an equally bad bio attached as its part of my band's website.

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After looking at all the pictures, I wouldn't let any of you in MY house...

Rabbit, with some of his Gadjets:



WOW!!

Bump

Even if you look like this, we don't care

Ryan
When did you start smoking cigars?

I started smoking cigars about the same time I started dressing in drag!

Sierra Electrician (Rob)....that Napoleon Dynamite picture had me laughing non-stop. Too funny!

deluth,

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

Just re-read all the stuff I, and others, posted as advice for your apprenticeship interview, and haven't stopped laughing for the last hour.

!

Alan

Hi there Ronnie,
Thanks for the picture.

Anyone else care to send in a picture?.

{Where's yours Alan?}

Nice Chevelle Greg !

Ahaa!,
There you go.
Folks,
Alan Belson:



An Englishman outstanding in his field,er, garden.

Thanks Alan.

Any other takers?
C'mon, you know you want to.

An updated self portrait of Gary Arnold/DeSoto Electric in Marion NC.
Even ordered patches for my uniform!!
http://www.noveltyradio.com

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Capt Al getting ready to work at a Hospital.

Hey, its Papa Smurf!

Good on ya Al!.
Nice to see someone is flying the flag.


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Rasslin with the contractors




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I was not being mean Trumpy, I was refering to the blue suit.

No harm intended.

Rob

Rob, no harm taken.
I do look like Papa Smurf in that suit, and that is what my apprentice called me the rest of the day.

Al

Rob,
Don't take that comment seriously, mate.
It has a different meaning down here.
Hope I didn't offend you, I've since edited the post of mine.

Mad? I'm not mad.

Here is mine

There's a "proper" picture of yours truly somewhere way up the thread, but I thought I'd post this so you can all have a good laugh at my expense!

No prizes for guessing which of my neighbor's kids is the guilty party here.....

You mean you didn't start until noon?

I'm pretty guilty of that too. Last year we had a tailgate party that started Friday night at about 6:00 PM for the 7:00 PM Saturday game!

LOL Paul!,
I like the war-paint.
It's sort of like Brave-heart, but it's not!.
Great pic though.
I hope this was at least a birthday party?.

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Trumpy,
I guess you haven't met Paul.

Those couple black marks at the side of his mouth are paint, the rest of it is his natural color.

He was HOPING you wouldn't notice, but YOU had to bring it up!!!!

George,
Is the blue colour because he's been watching the Poms playing the Aussies in the Cricket, for the Ashes?.
I'm bright red here at the moment, we just beat the Indian team.
No bows and arrows though.

Gee. I post a picture so you can laugh at me and what do y'all do? You actually go and laugh at me! Sheesh!

If you look at the combination of colors closely though, you'll see that this is actually part of my protest against us adopting that new-fangled color coding!

(Yeah, I should have had Eleanor paint some green on me as well..... )

Mike,
We only need a draw in the last Test to clinch the series for the Ashes my dear chap! We ain't blue, we're Red, White and Blue! I tell you mate, the bloody sheep 'down under' are getting nervous!
As for Paul's face colors, that's the wilds of Norfolk for you.
Shhh!
Inbreeding.
Six toes.
Say-N'-More!
Mrs B. is threatening to post a couple of pics of me 'got at' by my sons while asleep in my armchair,
1) With dozens of strands of dry spaghetti laced into my hair with grapes on the ends.
2) With "I am an idiot" written on my chest in fridge-magnet letters!
-Both of which I was blissfully unaware of till the photographs arrived!

Alan

Can anybody upload a picture of their self or what?

Mike, you can if you have it already uploaded somewhere such as say Webshots, Photobucket, or a Website somewhere.

You would copy the url betweew [img][/img] the same as do with the pictures you have posted else where.

But, the easiest way may be to e-mail a pic to one of the Moderators or the Webmaster.

Just click on a Moderators name or the contact information at the bottom of the page.

Roger

There's a picture of me on my website, but check out THE TRUCK!

Dave
www.TigerElectrical.com

Mike you can send me your picture.

I won't do any creative editing.

Bob

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Dave's (Tiger like you would not have guessed ) truck



Killer Dave, a real eye catcher and hook.

And Dave



Bob

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Bob,

Mike, you have to trust Bob.

Roger





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Would I lie?

I promise not to put Mike's head on Barbra Bushes body.

Bob

But I'm a Londoner.......

It gets worse!!

Now the question is which one is Mike? Only his wife knows for sure.


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This has been edided by me so many times thatI should know what to do nest time.



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Now Bob, that is web mom. don’t be changing the heads around it will confuse my wife.


had to edit this one more time to insert the words (web mom)



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Enjoying time off!!!

Bigrock,

Could you please explain the term "enjoying time off"?
I am unfamiliar with that language.

With all them woods what are you going to use that bucket for?

With Joe Tedesco's permission,
could I please move the photo's from his thread over in the Electrical Violations area to here?.
I have nothing at all against Joe, I'd just like to have all of these pics on the ECN Server.
The ball is in your court Joe.
I don't mind for a second, moving them over.
What I would like to see is this thread pruned to reflect only the photos, not the chit-chat in the middle.
I would not like to see a thread of 400+ posts where only a few were pics.
Joe, Roger or Paul?, what is your take on this?.


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Great Idea! Go for it.

Mike, I also think it would be a good idea.

Roger

When is it going to happen? I can't wait very much longer. I am ripping at the seams.
Please hurry.

needed to fix spelling

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Thanks, Trumpy!
I'll finally get my picture back on the site.

Hold your horses guys,
We cannot edit and amend a thread of this size in 5 minutes flat.
We'll do it as quick as we can.
Just a little note to say thanks a million to all of you folks that sent pics in to be posted.
It is after all a team effort here.
You know who you are, kudos to you!.

Okay I got hold of him please let me know when I can turn loose.
Who can name the logo on the shirt?

Creighton:

JW
"Boots on the
Wrong Feet
Club?"

Alan

Please forgive the shoes. These are a pair of Moose hide moccasins.

When I am at home I wear them all the time. I have had this pair for about three years. It is about time to go after another pair. Poor old Sun Down (the 29 year old miniature) is about to drag me out of them.

Sun Down is still a stud and there is a mare two stalls up that is calling him so I was doing as Trumpy had ask and was holding my horse.

Mike,

How about something like the following as an alternative to chopping things up here? I can add the same descriptions given here with the Photos, and everyone would be together.

ECN Forum Member Gallery

Looks great Bill.

Bob

Wow Bob, don't you sleep?

Great idea Bill, I like it.

Roger

Creighton?

WOuld that be the one & only W.Creighton Schwan?

A pleasure to "meet" you, sir!

Redsy: Right on. That's me, in repose.
Have we met?
Creighton

Redsy

Ya gotta have time to play! That's ONE of the things that keeps me getting out of bed most mornings at 4:15 AM.is having something to look forward too!

jw electric
[/QUOTE]With all them woods what are you going to use that bucket for? [/QUOTE]

Well it doesn't have a fur-lined lid for comfort so I think I will just use it for hauling water.

Creighton,

We have not met. But I purchased your book (Practical Electrical Wiring) about 20 years ago. It is very good basic book with some good advanced information. It is recommended reading for the beginner.

togol:

Hi Creighton

I have all of your copies of both books, and I am glad we spent time together as instructors for the NFPA.

So hello to your wife!

Joe

Here's a picture of me, I hope it posts. Hopeully I'm NOT too young.
Okay, I know I sent in my mug only one page ago, but I've decided to
send in my latest one from my National Junior Honor Society Induction
in April

Ian A.
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Anyone else ??

Welcome Paul!

Ian A.

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vlad_tepish (Patrick):

Here's me and my better half



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Randy,
Is that some sort of a giant tortoise in the background, that that kid is sitting on?.
I hope the wiring in that house is a LOT better than some of the pics you've been sending in here.


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Mike,
Those are actually just big rocks sticking out of the ground That was taken up at the Viejas Casino in Alpine CA...

and yes, the wiring from what I could see was much better than what I typically send in to ECN (although there were some vending machines that could've used some in-use covers, only the truest of electri-geeks wouldve noticed )

RobbieD:

RODALCO:



No excuse for not knowing what the time is at his house.

Anyone else keen to send in a pic?.

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Ray,
I swear to God I've seen you before today.
You weren't at a Heli-training course at Blue Skies in 1994?.
I just can't put my finger on it.
Blast!!.

Nope, may be Christchurch mystery weekend about 5 years ago.

C'mon, Mike...you know you saw his pic at the post office! (With "Wanted" printed above it.)

From Rewired (Adam Derus)

Some of us have wondered where Lostashell (Randy)'s been.

He's been busy with his new daughter! Congratulations, Randy!






OK, I admit it. I did the pliers

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Congratulations Randy!!!.

Congrats Randy!!

Hey, don't those pliers come with Pink handles?


Bill

She's beautiful Randy! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Joe

Congratualtions Randy !

Now back to changing nappies and sleepless nights.

Enjoy.

This is nr ..

Raymond

@RODALCO: nice vintage wall paper!

Me


Full story HERE


Edited to fix picture link



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Just wanted to drop a thank you to everyone's congrats Nixyn's doing awesome (I'm typing one handed as she's in my left arm ) Mommy has been awesome at absorbing alot of the sleepless nights as my little munchkin is still has her nights and days in reverse polarity

LMAO Scott, I'm praying my daughter has an easier life ahead of her than using those Kleins everyday (But I'll teach her if she has the desire to learn anyways, do 5KV gloves come in pink? )

She's showing promising signs of being a project manager.. She knows the facial expressions already



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Thanks Mike!

Yay!!,
Thanks Mike,
Nice to finally put a face to the name.
BTW Mike, what sort of church organ is that?
Anyone else keen to submit a picture?.
Send it to me, Electure or Bill.
You will not be doing yourself a dis-service by posting your pic here.

Randy,
Cool post mate.
She's absolutely adorable.
That facial expression looks like that of my Boss after I told him I was leaving, minus the broken gas-lift chair!.

Hi Trumpy:
It's a Rodgers Alexandria 820 - Electronic with two ranks of pipes. Our church bought it back in 1984 after a Yamaha electronic experienced a fairly exciting failure during a church service - started making bad noises all by itself (not from me), followed by a little smoke, and finally a short circuit which also took out part of the sanctuary lights. I hate to say this, but the breaker panel in the church is an FPE - I'm sure glad it worked on this occasion . The Rodgers has been a good organ and very reliable, with only a few "down" times, some of which I have been able to fix, and others requiring a professional organ serviceman from Houston.

Randy: My congratulations, too. As my father would say, "She's a keeper". It's good that the little ones grow up to be so proud of their daddies (and mommies) and want to do what they do. Keep the Kleins handy!

Mike (mamills)

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This picture is me taken about a month ago on a job in Bayonne, New Jersey. As you can see I was wiring up a 3-family meter stack as part of a townhouse developement. The PVC pipes coming up look like crap because of the way the GC layed out the pipes under the foundation. He did the pipe runs because he insisted my boss charges too much to do it ourselves so what we have is a crappy looking service that'll look that way forever. Believe me, I tried my damnedest to make them look good.




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Thanks for the pic 77!.
Any other takers?.

Randy, wow, congratulations!!!

Gather round one and all,
Here he is after all this time!
Folks:

George Corron
{That's George on the right BTW, his mate Larry is the other guy}



Thanks George for the pic.
If anyone else would like to send a pic my way to be posted, feel free.

Kenbo, you really hurt me. You know what it's like to see that picture from here in the office? :~/

An old Helloween song comes to my mind: I want out!

Another one from Kenbo:




{Hmm, can't say we've ever had royalty here at this site before}

Thanks Kenny.

Member Zog:

Training on customer site:



Recent trade show pic:

Here I am (dude with beard) posing with a piece of 2303.5 kcmil Al strand-bus for the POCO bigwigs




put on ECN server

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Here's trublu832 in front of a new 800 amp distribution panel

"Washers"? Here they call that Croydon Horseshoes. Another regional myth busted.

Ian (Mythbusters Wannabe) A.

With a few new members in our realms, I thought I'd bump this thread back up and see if anyone wants to send their mug in Just email your pics to your favorite moderator or the el capitan himself at webmaster@electrical-contractor.net

~Randy

Good idea Randy.

Roger

A picture of my wife and me in Ireland about two years ago:



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CT Wireman (AKA Peter)



I took this picture about 6 AM we had started the shift about 2 PM the day before.

Damn that's a long shift!

I picked Peter up about 2 PM on a Wed and we got back to his truck about 9 AM on Thursday.

Congratulations Randy! Thanks for sharing your new bundle of joy with us all

I also will be sending in some mug shots too...gonna upload the pics today!

Nice!!

Ian A.

Bump, ....cuz it's been a while

Niko/Edward's pic from May 16 is absolutely illustrative of the work my sparky used to do, right down to the tie wraps. He almost blinded himself once, trying to make the wires pretty for a fussy client; needle-nose slipped and hit the buss. He caught a flash and sat there blind for a couple hours (working alone, unfortunately). One side of the needle-nose melted down about half an inch.

He's out of the business now, just got sick of all the customer and contractor nonsense.

Alan Nadon, all swashed and buckled:

Bump,
Anyone else care to submit a pic?
We've had a lot of new members since this thread was last seen.

You can email the pics to any of the moderators listed below, or the Webmaster.

petey_c in Half-ghanistan '06. Notice the gently used weapon....

Keepin' the world safe for Electricity.

Hey my so-in-law is in Bagram AB. Smack him in the head for me will ya? He needs it.

The Wife and I. I have been in the electrical field for almost 20 years now, started out when I was nine years old helping my father out.

MultiCraft Maintenance Certified
Certified Electricians Mate
Certified Railroad Electrician
Master License Holder

Would love to have one! Won't fit in my backyard.

Working on an N-scale however.

Guys,
I'm going to bump this thread up, as it's been a while since we've had this.
Any newer people here can submit their pics to the Electrical-Pics.com or send them to a Moderator like myself.

It isn't compulsory, but if you would like, send us a pic, so that we know who we are talking to.

I do my best to keep my image private especially in the world of facebook.
If you remember the movie Dog Day Afternoon I used to look a lot like Al Pachino except he is better looking and has a better dentist. I am taller and let my hair get gray. Al is still better looking and his hair is darker and longer now.

I love the live steam trains. They use to have one of them around here in northern NJ on a large farm when I was a kid growing up. My dad would take us there every summer for a ride and after the ride, we would get to drink chocolate milk and bring home fresh corn. The farm was sold and they built offices on the property.

Bump up for Joe T...he's looking for someone

Thank you Sir! Brings back memories of the past. I see some here who are members of other boards! Keep this thread alive repost a current picture.

Joe T:

You're welcome!

I'll make this a 'sticky' for a while & see what happens.

1998 'mod squad' electric>

(i'm to the R, bro who got me into this on the L)


and let's hit two birds with one pix for all you dads out there>
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and no, i don't post w/o sunnies on line....~S~

i shoulda said '89 in that 1st pix

gee, it's fun being a dyxlexic sparky !

~S~

then we can have>>>>

i am a new user to this site, its good to see so many professional electrical contractors here doing a good job, in a very difficult business!

will post a photo, when i can find a reasonable one to put here.

are there any other electricians from the UK here, or am i the only one???

John
Oasiselectrical

Oasistechnical:
Good Morning! Welcome to ECN forums from one of the 'Jersey Guys'

You will find a varied group of people here, from all corners of the globe!

Jump in any of the topics, anytime.

We have several UK members but I don't know how many of them are still active.

ah i will have a look around then!!

thank you for the warm welcome!!!!

Oasis

im still here, but far from active :(, uk too

Top viewed post here at ECN, anyone care to bring it back to life??

Me too.

WOW!!! Over one million views!!!

I'll throw a new pic up and revive this.

Me at work last year while on a quick project to install cameras and a Comcast access point at our transload yard. I was just running the power.

Hello there Kid
I'll have to find a current pic to hang in here soon.