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long before buckets
linemen wore spikes to climb high
tool belts a clangin’ 🦊❤️
I’m a telephone pole watcher. When I see an old one I like to inspect all of the little metal tags on them. What years they were inspected and treated for termites. In some cases when they were installed. Old abandoned signs and staples rusting away. What really brings back great memories of long ago are the spike holes on the poles that were left by linemen who used to climb these poles using spikes that were attached to the inside edge of their heavy boots. They would shimmy up the pole, being stabilized by a leather strap that they wrapped around the pole. Every time they would raise a boot and implant their spike, their tool belts would clatter. As a little kid I was so in awe of these guys. I guess I still am. 🦊❤️