2027; but I'd buy a generator first!  (2032, 2038, 2049,...)

That's not so long a wait, could be worse.

Frosty The Lucky.

Im running my new shop on a generator. Not much need in my shop for power. Power hammer, drill press, pedestal grinder. Someday Ill replace my stolen mig

Tuesday Oct 19; no sign of SEC at my shop.

Wednesday October 20:  no sign of SEC at my shop.

Look up & down the road, they are probably at the wrong house and digging a trench across their driveway as inconstant/incompetent as they seem.

And only 1 other house has underground power on my street.

  I bet their truck fell into an arroyo, never to be seen again.  

All their trucks! (and a canyon, arroyos tend to not be so capacious...)

Hmm I should see if I can get a life sized plastic human skeleton and put it out by the road with a sun blasted worn shovel.

  It would serve them right!  Canyon it is.  My whole day has been like that.  Put some plastic cobwebs on that skeleton....

I'll have to see if I can scrounge one after Halloween; all my allowance is going to repay my wife for covering the doubling of the fee to get electricity!

Have you offered to let the Mrs. talk to them in person Thomas? I do that if somebody REALLY ticks me off, Deb is a force of nature once she gets going. 

Besides I'm sure all the board members have spousal units she could chat with.

Frosty The Lucky.

Thomas - Maybe you should post their number and let IFI members call and ask pretty-please on your behalf. Sort of a non-cyber DDoS. 

Thomas, don't despair....there are still several Mondays left in this year...they will show up, just don't know what Monday.....

Thursday October 21: No sign of work by the SEC; we're down to the "wire" if they are going to get anything done "the week of October 18".  I was thinking of taking Thanksgiving week off and finish up things; but it needs to be done *after* the final inspection...

I try not to burn my bridges before I get across them. Remember this as a rural area; this isn't a large faceless corporation! I go to church with some of the SEC, meet them in the grocery store; pick over what they have scrapped at the junkyard, etc. (Since my smithy is based on several Utility poles, fittings from utility poles are handy!)

I'll have to swing by one of the casinos and see what the odds are for your project.

 

Probably a lot like the Chance Brothers: Slim, Fat and Nota!

Thomas, it is now after 5:00 PM MDT of the Friday of the week of October 18th.  Did they show up as promised?

GNM

Maybe discuss the lack of performance with the SEC members during fellowship in church? Small towns are well known for applying peer pressure. No need to make threats, just ask for a good reason they aren't doing anything but double billing you for work they aren't doing. 

A little publicity can go a mighty long way and the congregation just knowing should provide insurance against pay back.

I've had to deal with that kind of Mana attitude for too many years, heck I worked for that kind of organization. There are ways to pressure them just do NOT raise your voice or say anything hostile, one swear word or seemingly innocent threat and you'll be labeled as a "hostile contact" and nobody has to talk to a hostile person so you're SOL.

Frosty The Lucky.

13 hours ago, Frosty said:

Maybe discuss the lack of performance with the SEC members during fellowship in church? Small towns are well known for applying peer pressure. No need to make threats, just ask for a good reason they aren't doing anything but double billing you for work they aren't doing. 

Excellent advice. I've lived in small towns myself and this truly is how you get things done. 

 Pnut

  Not burning your bridges before you cross them is a wise policy.  Sometimes even after you get across them.... 

My old friend Bob has a great method. 
you start out with giving them 3 reasons it would be nice for them to do their job, 

if that didn’t work you give them 3 reasons why it is their job to do their job, 

if all that failed you give them 3 reasons why your lawyer will own their backsides if they don’t do their jobs. 
only had to resort to level 3 once, with my child’s school. As I had a copy of the ADD compliance manual I new what they were supposed to do. When they didn’t and the superintendent started hiding from me I docked the state and fed departments of Ed on them after giving them fair warning. 

Thomas, we have all given our opinions.  In some respects, we have been having some fun at your expense (some literally).  Some good, some well.....mine somewhere in those groups too.  I will come to your defense, though.  I live in a small rural area with a local elec. co-op.  And as you have said you are neighbors with the co-op folks and in some cases friends.  Not anywhere like a large city where you can wield threats and so-forth.  I suppose all one can do, really is wait it out as long as you personally feel you can before pulling the trigger.

Well I won the pool!  "Nothing will have been done the week of Oct 18".  I'll be giving them a call tomorrow to see what's going on.  Always nice to let folks recover from the weekend; though no storm(s) lately to put them behind.

I'm wondering if I should write and thank them?  (Remember W. C. Fields...)

On the other hand I was able to back up to the smithy and unload after going to the scrapyard.   We're parking on the other side of the house now.  A bit of a pain but I don't want to give the SEC *ANY* excuse as to why they couldn't get started.

Monday October 25; No sign of SEC and I haven't been able to get my contact over there to answer their phone.