ThomasPowers Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 2027; but I'd buy a generator first! (2032, 2038, 2049,...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 That's not so long a wait, could be worse. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Tuesday Oct 19; no sign of SEC at my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Wednesday October 20: no sign of SEC at my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 And only 1 other house has underground power on my street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I bet their truck fell into an arroyo, never to be seen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 It would serve them right! Canyon it is. My whole day has been like that. Put some plastic cobwebs on that skeleton.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Thomas, don't despair....there are still several Mondays left in this year...they will show up, just don't know what Monday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 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!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I'll have to swing by one of the casinos and see what the odds are for your project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Probably a lot like the Chance Brothers: Slim, Fat and Nota! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Not burning your bridges before you cross them is a wise policy. Sometimes even after you get across them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 Monday October 25; No sign of SEC and I haven't been able to get my contact over there to answer their phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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