Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a great one, Sonny.? Somehow, in all of the messages flying around about that time, I didn't click on it. On 10/6/20 3:23 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote: > Thanks for that, Jim. > > My little image was referring to the nails and staples on the post that > held garage sale notices. > > https://www.sonc.com/pierced.htm > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 2:14 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Don Dory introduced the subject of power poles, and Sonny Carter >> mentioned that there are other communications uses besides telephone on >> them now, probably referring to fiber optics and the internet. Having >> observed the damage a squirrel can do to a fiber cable, I thought I >> would point out some things most people don't recognize. Damaged fiber >> cables are spliced inside a sealed tank-like container, that is then >> attached beneath the original carrier cable. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2126.JPG.html >> >> Then, the surplus cable that allowed the technician to make the repair >> on the ground is pulled up and secured along the carrier cable as a >> loop, ending in the large-radius bend frequently seen along overhead >> cable runs. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2125.JPG.html >> >> Never give a squirrel a limb to sit on near a cable run. He will work >> mischief every time, and it is expensive. >> >> X-T2 and Leica-R 60 Macro with 2X extender. (Yes, it will work.) >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA