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[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 50 points 6 months ago

On work experience the guy sent me to get a long weight and I was like to myself 'fine ill go look for something that doesn't exist and have my lunch too. If you want a long wait..' I go back and he gets off his ladder exasperated, goes to the van and gets a long string plumb line.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What kind of work was this?

Pardon my ignorance, I only know surveyors that use plumb bobs.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Probably carpentry

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I never even considered this. I'm so used to carpenters using lasers now that I forgot plumb bobs were more popular.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I think he was using it to align a speaker so that the cable drop would be vertical to the hole where the cable came out. It was something like that, it was about 25 years ago so details as hazy.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for getting back to me.

I do a little cabling so the idea of using a plumb to align a cable drop sounds wild to me lol.

Then again I haven't been doing cableing very long so what the hell do I know.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Ha yeah honestly it's weird to me too but they were old boys and did a lot of odd things.

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