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jso2897
2023-02-07 7:41:26 PM  
"DPW has declined a request for an on-camera interview with 12 News multiple times for this report. "

I'm getting so Goddamn sick and tired of the cowardice of public servants.
The whole Goddamn world is Uvalde.
 
Jairzinho
2023-02-07 7:43:17 PM  
I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?
 
buravirgil
2023-02-07 7:46:44 PM  

Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?


much closer contact?
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Jairzinho
2023-02-07 7:46:47 PM  

Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?


I should have RTFA first but this is Fark. So it wasn't the pee. It was the damp leash with metal in it that shocked the dog.
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-02-07 7:48:33 PM  

Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?


Even if it's male dogs with their junk right up against a service plate, if they can get electrified in that manner then the lights are NOT safe.

So I broke with tradition and RTFA.  The official response seems reasonable.  About the only thing that could be done to prevent the possibility of this happening again would be to wrap all light poles with insulating material higher than a human can reach.  Another interesting possibility (which, no matter how inexpensive, might cost too much for such a rare event) would be to put a GFI circuit in them all.
 
CruiserTwelve
2023-02-07 7:50:00 PM  
What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 7:50:25 PM  
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Next time, hook up the green wire as well as the other two.
 
phishrace
2023-02-07 7:50:46 PM  
Just wait until the fire hydrants hear about this. If the streetlights and the fire hydrants organize and team up, no dog in the city will be safe.
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-02-07 7:51:38 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


The standard poodle, absent the silly haircut, is a fine dog.  Not my preferred breed, I'm going to die a GSD fan with a side order of Golden Lab, but a fine dog nonetheless.
 
Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:54:05 PM  

jso2897: "DPW has declined a request for an on-camera interview with 12 News multiple times for this report. "

I'm getting so Goddamn sick and tired of the cowardice of public servants.
The whole Goddamn world is Uvalde.


When I was public works director of key west, I did interviews for local tv and the local paper all the time. They were tough on me too. Raising parking rates was always put on me because I was responsible for meter collections and maintenance, closing parks, storm cleanups, street cleaning for special events, sewer lateral inspections etc. They LOVED me.
 
jso2897
2023-02-07 7:55:39 PM  

Someone Else's Alt: jso2897: "DPW has declined a request for an on-camera interview with 12 News multiple times for this report. "

I'm getting so Goddamn sick and tired of the cowardice of public servants.
The whole Goddamn world is Uvalde.

When I was public works director of key west, I did interviews for local tv and the local paper all the time. They were tough on me too. Raising parking rates was always put on me because I was responsible for meter collections and maintenance, closing parks, storm cleanups, street cleaning for special events, sewer lateral inspections etc. They LOVED me.


Well, they probably should have - you sound like an actual public servant - apparently a mostly lost concept.
 
jso2897
2023-02-07 7:56:33 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


What kind of a biatch has to walk around with a badge and a uniform to feel like a man?
 
Kalyco Jack
2023-02-07 8:00:19 PM  
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Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-07 8:02:04 PM  
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/adopt a Service Poodle today! *ruff!*
 
Nick el Ass
2023-02-07 8:03:26 PM  
Close enough.

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New Rising Sun
2023-02-07 8:04:19 PM  

Unsung_Hero: Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?

Even if it's male dogs with their junk right up against a service plate, if they can get electrified in that manner then the lights are NOT safe.

So I broke with tradition and RTFA.  The official response seems reasonable.  About the only thing that could be done to prevent the possibility of this happening again would be to wrap all light poles with insulating material higher than a human can reach.  Another interesting possibility (which, no matter how inexpensive, might cost too much for such a rare event) would be to put a GFI circuit in them all.


We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

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Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:06:52 PM  

Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?


You shoild try RTFA. For one, it explains that the dog WASN'T taking a leak. Subby was just having fun.
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:08:01 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


A lot of people. Just none that live in your trailer park, obviously.
 
New Rising Sun
2023-02-07 8:08:09 PM  

New Rising Sun: Unsung_Hero: Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?

Even if it's male dogs with their junk right up against a service plate, if they can get electrified in that manner then the lights are NOT safe.

So I broke with tradition and RTFA.  The official response seems reasonable.  About the only thing that could be done to prevent the possibility of this happening again would be to wrap all light poles with insulating material higher than a human can reach.  Another interesting possibility (which, no matter how inexpensive, might cost too much for such a rare event) would be to put a GFI circuit in them all.

We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

[Fark user image 480x517]

Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.


I should clarify.  We do not only have that kind of lamp post.  We do also have various kinds of metal ones.  Just, these do exist and pretty extensively so they must be OK in terms of cost and durability etc.
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:09:14 PM  
Poor dude. He had a rake right there in his hand, but he panicked and kept trying to grab the dog. Could have pushed the dog away from the pole, then helped him.
 
berylman [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 8:17:51 PM  
Without any evidence whatsoever I do hereby decree that this canine electrocution event is in fact due to faulty soybean based electrical wiring insulation which is irresistible city rodent manna from heaven.
 
Fursecution [BareFark]
2023-02-07 8:22:33 PM  
New Rising Sun:
We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

[Fark user image 480x517]

Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.

Seen those out here in the midwest. Always wanted to see a cut-away view.

Looks around...
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/Apparently not that interesting.
 
New Rising Sun
2023-02-07 8:24:22 PM  

Fursecution: New Rising Sun:
We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

[Fark user image 480x517]

Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.

Seen those out here in the midwest. Always wanted to see a cut-away view.

Looks around...
[utilitystructures.com image 300x600]
/Apparently not that interesting.


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Kalyco Jack
2023-02-07 8:24:47 PM  

Fursecution: New Rising Sun:
We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

[Fark user image 480x517]

Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.

Seen those out here in the midwest. Always wanted to see a cut-away view.

Looks around...
[utilitystructures.com image 300x600]
/Apparently not that interesting.


I know a girl named Paige who found it quite interesting.
 
WTP 2
2023-02-07 8:33:32 PM  
ok, it would be hard to ground cement....
a green wire screwed into cement would look a bit funny.
 
pheelix
2023-02-07 8:39:14 PM  

WTP 2: ok, it would be hard to ground cement....
a green wire screwed into cement would look a bit funny.


It's supposed to go to a ground rod, which probably corroded away to nothing decades ago due to how much road salt Milwaukee uses.
 
Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-07 8:39:25 PM  
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hlehmann
2023-02-07 8:56:49 PM  
"Despite even giving his dog CPR..."
I've taken various 1st aid courses in my life and if the situation arises I think I would remember Airway-Breathing-Compression-Staying Alive.. Staying Alive...
But other than someone that's a veterinarian, who in the world would know how to administer CPR on a four legged domestic animal?
 
hlehmann
2023-02-07 9:07:15 PM  

berylman: Without any evidence whatsoever I do hereby decree that this canine electrocution event is in fact due to faulty soybean based electrical wiring insulation which is irresistible city rodent manna from heaven.


My daughter owns a Chevy Bolt in which one headlight stopped working.  She went to the auto parts store, bought a new one, and when opening the hood found a rabbit hiding in the engine compartment that had chewed through the headlight wiring.  The headlight had stopped working at least a week prior, so for all we know the rabbit had been there all that time.  Turns out that apparently the wiring insulation contains peanut oil or something similar which is tasty to chewing critters.  We scared the rabbit away and she sprayed clove oil around the engine compartment because that's what works to keep critters away according to the never wrong Internet.  Two days later when I visited with my wiring tools to repair the wires, the rabbit was under the hood again.  It took quite a bit of name calling and poking with a stick to get it to leave.  I did manage to splice the wires back together, saving her $500 for a new wiring harness or whatever it was going to cost.
 
patcarew [BareFark]
2023-02-07 9:07:57 PM  
The story linked at the bottom of the page seems much more interesting:

Milwaukee man's dog electrocuted while raking leaves

I mean, that's just amazing that you can train a dog to do that.
 
My Sober Alt
2023-02-07 9:08:33 PM  

hlehmann: "Despite even giving his dog CPR..."
I've taken various 1st aid courses in my life and if the situation arises I think I would remember Airway-Breathing-Compression-Staying Alive.. Staying Alive...
But other than someone that's a veterinarian, who in the world would know how to administer CPR on a four legged domestic animal?


I would try anyway.  It's been so long since I took CPR training that I'm not sure I would do it right on a human, but I'd have to at least try.

I guess it wouldn't hurt for me to try to refresh my memory on that.  I never got any practice on a live subject which is good because I'd still feel guilty if they had not survived.

I know more about this kind of CPR:

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My Sober Alt
2023-02-07 9:16:06 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


People who like dogs.  I've heard the same said about cat owners.  And Chihuahua owners.  And Corgi owners.

I own a cat, my parents said they'd never get a small dog and then said they'd never get another dog and then they adopted a homeless Chihuahua that we all loved.  The couple next door to me has 2 Corgis and the man of the house walks them every day

The Chihuahua was not yappy at all as I guess their reputation would have you think, but maybe she was an exception. The Corgis don't bark much either - at least my neighbors shut them up when they do.
 
hlehmann
2023-02-07 9:20:22 PM  

My Sober Alt: hlehmann: "Despite even giving his dog CPR..."
I've taken various 1st aid courses in my life and if the situation arises I think I would remember Airway-Breathing-Compression-Staying Alive.. Staying Alive...
But other than someone that's a veterinarian, who in the world would know how to administer CPR on a four legged domestic animal?

I would try anyway.  It's been so long since I took CPR training that I'm not sure I would do it right on a human, but I'd have to at least try.

I guess it wouldn't hurt for me to try to refresh my memory on that.  I never got any practice on a live subject which is good because I'd still feel guilty if they had not survived.

I know more about this kind of CPR:

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I got practice on a live subject once many decades ago, didn't care for it.  I was hiking in a local state park when a ranger ran up to me and asked for assistance.  I gave mouth to mouth to some drunk idiot that decided to walk across a stream on a log, fell in, and probably bonked his head.  I didn't stick around after the fire department arrived, I gave my information, and I rinsed my mouth out, but I'm pretty sure he was dead.  Never read about it in the papers the next day.  CPR rarely works; back then we just hadn't completely figured that out yet.
 
Russ1642
2023-02-07 9:23:00 PM  
It takes multiple failures for this to happen. The pole was not bonded and grounded AND a live wire energized the pole.
 
Cheese and Rice
2023-02-07 9:25:08 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


Erich is actually a friend of mine, solid dude, helped me hook up the gas line to my garage furnace on a 11º Milwaukee winter day. Ted was a rescue in need of a home and Erich stepped up and gave Ted a loving home when others cast him away. He's that kind of man.

/I know, "Welcome to Fark..."
 
graeylin
2023-02-07 9:36:25 PM  

hlehmann: "Despite even giving his dog CPR..."
I've taken various 1st aid courses in my life and if the situation arises I think I would remember Airway-Breathing-Compression-Staying Alive.. Staying Alive...
But other than someone that's a veterinarian, who in the world would know how to administer CPR on a four legged domestic animal?


Actually, I have a video for animal CPR, and teach a class on it.

Second comment:  The Mine Safety and Health Administration (OSHA for mines), requires, by law, that every mine in the US check the grounding on every single circuit (every motor, light, wire, etc. in the mine, even extension cords, computers, coffee makers, desk lamps, etc. in the office) once a year, to prevent just this kind of issue.

Funny how the Feds can require industry to do this every single year, but a city smaller than many mines, can't manage to do it once every twenty years or so?  Even after a fatality?
 
brachiopod [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 10:08:34 PM  

hlehmann: I got practice on a live subject once many decades ago, didn't care for it.  I was hiking in a local state park when a ranger ran up to me and asked for assistance.  I gave mouth to mouth to some drunk idiot that decided to walk across a stream on a log, fell in, and probably bonked his head.  I didn't stick around after the fire department arrived, I gave my information, and I rinsed my mouth out, but I'm pretty sure he was dead.  Never read about it in the papers the next day.  CPR rarely works; back then we just hadn't completely figured that out yet.


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CruiserTwelve
2023-02-07 10:25:14 PM  

jso2897: What kind of a biatch has to walk around with a badge and a uniform to feel like a man?


I suppose the same kind of person that has to post insults on Fark under a fake name to feel like a man.
 
hlehmann
2023-02-07 10:38:21 PM  

brachiopod: hlehmann: I got practice on a live subject once many decades ago, didn't care for it.  I was hiking in a local state park when a ranger ran up to me and asked for assistance.  I gave mouth to mouth to some drunk idiot that decided to walk across a stream on a log, fell in, and probably bonked his head.  I didn't stick around after the fire department arrived, I gave my information, and I rinsed my mouth out, but I'm pretty sure he was dead.  Never read about it in the papers the next day.  CPR rarely works; back then we just hadn't completely figured that out yet.

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OK, but he was still alive until someone with authority officially proclaimed him otherwise.
 
alex10294
2023-02-08 12:02:33 AM  

New Rising Sun: Unsung_Hero: Jairzinho: I thought that it had been proven that it was impossible that peeing onto an electrified rail would shock you. How is this different for a dog and a streetlight?

Even if it's male dogs with their junk right up against a service plate, if they can get electrified in that manner then the lights are NOT safe.

So I broke with tradition and RTFA.  The official response seems reasonable.  About the only thing that could be done to prevent the possibility of this happening again would be to wrap all light poles with insulating material higher than a human can reach.  Another interesting possibility (which, no matter how inexpensive, might cost too much for such a rare event) would be to put a GFI circuit in them all.

We have some sort of stone+concrete type material lamp posts in greater Boston.  I don't know what it is actually, so here's a picture:

[Fark user image image 480x517]

Whatever it is.  The posts have no metal except up at the top where the lamp itself is attached, and presumably somewhere underground.


Yeah. Milwaukee has a lot of those too. They ripped out the nice antique style ones in the 70s when it was thought that more light=less crime and replaced them with those concrete monstrosities all over the country.
 
KB202
2023-02-08 2:20:42 AM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?


I know a man who got tricked into getting a dog. He said, no we're not getting a dog. She said, but wouldn't a poodle be so cute?
He said, No! Poodles are ridiculous! If we ever get a dog, we're getting a normal mutt from a shelter!
So now he has a normal.mutt from a shelter.
 
KB202
2023-02-08 2:24:44 AM  
And all public property should be painted with liquid-repellant paint, so the pee bounces back on the one peeing.
 
sensitive yet dangerous
2023-02-08 6:26:05 AM  

hlehmann: berylman: Without any evidence whatsoever I do hereby decree that this canine electrocution event is in fact due to faulty soybean based electrical wiring insulation which is irresistible city rodent manna from heaven.

My daughter owns a Chevy Bolt in which one headlight stopped working.  She went to the auto parts store, bought a new one, and when opening the hood found a rabbit hiding in the engine compartment that had chewed through the headlight wiring.  The headlight had stopped working at least a week prior, so for all we know the rabbit had been there all that time.  Turns out that apparently the wiring insulation contains peanut oil or something similar which is tasty to chewing critters.  We scared the rabbit away and she sprayed clove oil around the engine compartment because that's what works to keep critters away according to the never wrong Internet.  Two days later when I visited with my wiring tools to repair the wires, the rabbit was under the hood again.  It took quite a bit of name calling and poking with a stick to get it to leave.  I did manage to splice the wires back together, saving her $500 for a new wiring harness or whatever it was going to cost.


They make capsaicin tape for that. Just wrap it around the wires and critters won't eat them.

Or eat the rabbit. Either way, problem solved.
 
Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-08 11:19:03 AM  
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:30:14 PM  

CruiserTwelve: What kind of man has a poodle for a pet anyway?



Poodle were bread to be water retrievers.
They are hunting dogs and very smart.
They just also happen to be very agreeable.

But sure, just people by which dog they have.

/ At least you managed not to recommend shooting the dog
 
stuffy
2023-02-08 3:00:49 PM  
Those that survived won't be doing it again.
 
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