<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:39 AM, john-thomas richards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:17:09PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Brad De Vries <<a href="mailto:devriesbj@gmail.com">devriesbj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Benjamin Flanders <<a href="mailto:flanderb@gmail.com">flanderb@gmail.com</a>><br>
<div class="im">> > wrote:<br>
> > > Quite a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a good electrician<br>
> > > around the Jenison area?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Share and Enjoy<br>
> > > Ben<br>
> ><br>
</div>> > A friend of mine owns Integrity Electrical Services (875-6090) and I<br>
> > had them do some work for me last summer. I would certainly recommend<br>
> > them.<br>
> ><br>
> > Brad.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Wow. The fact someone put "integrity"<br>
> in to the name sure says something<br>
> about the business...<br>
><br>
> -- Bob<br>
<br>
Wow....I can't tell if you're being tongue-in-cheek, jaded, or just<br>
plain cynical. ;-)<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
john-thomas<br></font><div><div class="h5"> </div></div></blockquote><div>According to the devil's dictionary,</div><div>a cynic is someone who sees the </div><div>world as it is, not as it ought to be.</div><div>A technical person's view of the </div>
<div>world?</div><div><br></div><div>I think I take that one. Maybe </div><div>flavored with what some electricians</div><div>try to charge people for things.</div><div><br></div><div>I knew a plumber in NJ that worked</div>
<div>for NJ Transit before he retired. He</div><div>did general plumbing on the side.</div><div>I had him help me put in a dishwasher.</div><div>He did all the plumbing work, but </div><div>was afraid to touch the electrical side,</div>
<div>which became my job.</div><div><br></div><div>The Job? Hook two 125VAC wires to</div><div>the unit unit wire nuts. To him, </div><div>anything electrical looked like magic,</div><div>while I didn't like to do my own plumbing</div>
<div>because water in a house where it </div><div>doesn't belong is always trouble. So</div><div>I did 3% of the work, and he did the</div><div>rest. It's probably best that people</div><div>don't get in to what they don't know if</div>
<div>there's any potential danger.</div><div><br></div><div>That magic part enables unscrupulous</div><div>electricians, those without "integrity"</div><div>in their company name I gather, to </div><div>charge people plenty for doing things</div>
<div>like changing a wall switch. And to </div><div>carry another point along, you have </div><div>to be able to differentiate the good</div><div>ones - with integrity in their company</div><div>names - from the bad ones. All part</div>
<div>of the calculus of life.... ;-)</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div> </div></div><br>