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#27468 07/16/03 09:41 PM
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Thanks to CATV networks, I was watching a re-run of Bewitched (1966).
They mentioned that an electrician would charge $7.50 / hr.
Fairly steep for that era?

#27469 07/16/03 09:53 PM
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Have a billing from 1965
Service call $12.00 Trip charge
Hourly Rate $12.00 Electrician
Hourly Rate $8.00 Electrician Helper
Area Central New Jersey

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#27470 07/17/03 06:50 AM
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Cool stuff!
Thanks

#27471 07/17/03 07:31 AM
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If Darrin didn't have his "no twitching" rule, then Smanatha could just zap up a new circuit whenever they needed one! [Linked Image]

#27472 07/17/03 08:52 AM
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Funny thing,
When watching the show now, I look at Samantha MUCH differently than when I was kid. [Linked Image]

#27473 07/17/03 09:20 AM
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Paul: I wonder if "twitching" was code-compliant back then...? [Linked Image]

I'll bet Sam's mother could conjure up one heck of an installation... [Linked Image]

Hey Redsy; My favorite is "The Munsters". You've gotta love all that electrical gear of grandpa's downstairs in the dungeon, as well as all that neat K&T wiring throughout the house... [Linked Image]

Mike(mamills)

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#27474 07/17/03 01:28 PM
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Hey All,

Can you imagine how much money Darrin could have made as an EC. Just bid the job and have Samantha zap it done. But the one I could never figure out was Major Nelson from I Dream of Jeanie. Why didn't he ever marry her? Well I guess he did at the end but what took him so long? If I had a woman like them I'd let them blink and zap to there heart's content. Just don't make them mad!

#27475 07/18/03 12:14 AM
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If my Wife could blink / twitch nose, and things are fixed / new / improved / less annoying / or in anyway better than before, the last thing I would do is complain about it... heck I would encourage it!
[Linked Image]

No wonder Endora blinks 'Ol Derwood to the South Pole so much! [Linked Image]

Now, in Major Nelson's case, I think he suffers from irrational thinking, due to Alien abductions while he was preparing for the Moon landing (while he was in orbit).

Once again, if you want to blink something and make it better, go right ahead!

If it's non-compliant to any codes, blink a correction notice! [Linked Image]

I like when they have the broom, vacuum sweeper, duster and several other housekeeping tools all running tasks themselves! Great example of multitasking with high productivity while sitting on couch reading magazine!

OK, that's about enough of this.

Thanks for the laughs, everyone!

Scott35


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#27476 07/18/03 08:12 AM
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A lot of customers we have today must have watched those shows. They think we can just 'blink' our way through a job. "Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes"!

Pierre


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#27477 07/18/03 01:14 PM
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I'd like to have someone twitch my Hole Hawg to use itself, without me anywhere around... [Linked Image]


It's all about integrity.
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