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Spent 6 months coiling coax the wrong way, a squirrel showed me why
Been doing residential installs in Boise for over a year now. Every drum I spun was against the natural lay, whatever that means. Last Tuesday I'm up on a ladder and this squirrel chews through my drop line, so I grab the spare and wind it off the drum by hand, and suddenly the loop comes off clean without that kinky twist I always fought. Tossed the old coil method and now I always check the direction the factory set it. Anyone else ever get tipped off by an animal on the job?
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troy_wilson81mo ago
Man, that squirrel basically did you a solid, I love it when nature corrects our bad habits. I had a raccoon once that kept stealing my cable splice tools until I finally realized I was leaving my bag unzipped, so I learned more about packing up than cable work. Funny how a critter can teach you more than a whole training video ever did.
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hannah_williams1mo ago
That raccoon sounds like it was doing you a favor too, just in a sneakier way. Funny how we blame the animal until we finally look in the mirror and realize we're the messy ones. I once had a bird that kept pulling the strings off my work gloves, and I thought it was just being ornery. Turns out I was leaving them on the porch rail every night, and it was probably building the fanciest nest in the county with my good leather. So yeah, nature's got a way of pointing out our sloppy habits, and I've got the chewed-up gloves to prove it.
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