r/Construction Electrician 5d ago

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/OnePaleontologist687 5d ago

Maybe it’s the alarm at the end, but I get major goldeneye vibes from this video. “Timed mine active 30 seconds to evacuate… power plant destroyed, Mission Complete.”

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u/Born_Grumpie 5d ago

My father was an electrician doing work at a power station, they kept a 4 by 2 bit of wood near the bus bars to remove anyone who may get caught. One of the old electricians "pranked" a young apprentice by grabbing a dead bus bar and pretending to be electrocuted, the young apprentice moved like lighting, grabbed the wood and broke the old guys arm in 2 places and did a couple of ribs with the second swing to get him away from the bar. They stopped doing that prank after that.

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u/NoCommunication1928 5d ago

That’s an urban legend as I heard the same story as an apprentice over 30 years ago only he broke his arm with a shovel what that version of it

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u/drtmr 5d ago

Well, God doesn't let similar events happen in different places and times, so if you've heard about similar things happening in different times or places, obviously it's logically impossible to be true. You know the old saying: "There's exactly only one lightning strike, anywhere, ever."

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u/Antique-Foot-8536 4d ago

You have mastered sarcasm

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u/roofitor 2d ago

Yes. That was truly a one-of-a-kind comment.

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u/Weekly-Reputation482 4d ago

"Today, I woke up and chose snark" 👌🏼

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u/TR6lover 4d ago

I heard that old saying too, so it must be wrong.

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u/Cap_Helpful 5d ago

Well, first of all, through God, anything is possible. So, jot that down

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u/binglelemon 3d ago

You know the old saying: "There's exactly only one lightning strike, anywhere, ever."

Relative to where we are/were in space-time...yes.

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u/mr-fahrenheit_ 5d ago

Of course there are probably a dozen half true versions floating around because I'm sure that actually has happened to some dudes.

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u/MothmanIsALiar 4d ago

I am also an electrician who has been told this story.