Galaska and Son, Splicers-r-Us

As Union Electricians, you never know who you will run in to on the job.  This is a father (Dr. Bob) and son (Junior) picture.  Dr. Bob works for Lake Erie Electric, while Junior works for the same contractor that I do, Call Henry.  Dr. Bob came out to do some splices and terminations on a contract job that Lake Erie won.  Since he may retire sometime in the next few years, Junior wanted to get a few pictures with his old man on the job. 

This is an Instructor/Student picture.  A little over a decade ago, Junior and I took the NJATC course in Medium Voltage Cable Splicing and Terminating.  Dr. Bob was the lead instructor and the bohunk on the far right, Bruce Marek, was the other instructor.  Bruce is now the shop steward for Call Henry.  It's a sad state of affairs that Junior and I will be taking the reigns over when these two men retire, especially since we never listen....

I even got to see my old buddy and splicing partner, Casey again.  He was assisting Dr. Bob with the splices and terminations.  Casey has been splicing for about 8 years now and will probably take over as lead splicer for Lake Erie when Dr. Bob retires.  I know, the sunglasses make me look like, well, a total dork.

One more picture to round out the post.  (Emphasis on "round"!)  Here are the Galaska family splicers.  On the left is Dr. Bob's brother, Kenny.  We call him "Unc" since he's Juniors uncle.  Well, to his face we call him "Sir" because he's also our foreman.  I'm probably gonna be cleaning out manholes for a year for my "round" ballbust, but it was worth it.  Crap, I gotta work with Junior tomorrow too!