Glad to hear that you didn't lose your seat because there's something about a 30 foot fall that spoils the splicing fun. I always wondered about those carnival seats, but never worked with one. It's always been in a bucket for me, but I am a yung-un.

It's hard to believe that cable splicing used to involve lead sleeves and torches! Especially in confined spaces like vaults and manholes. I guess that splicers cared about their jobs back in those days and followed protocol as opposed to today's contract splicers drinking a beer between each binder they splice. That appears to be the norm around here. Hey, a twelve pack nets a 300 pair "splice".

Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX