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09-22-2009, 07:04 PM
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Anyone familiar with the Fleas?
I have been a union member for 28+ years and have never really encountered any fleas. I have heard about them and heard stories but never actually met anyone who claimed to be a flea.. I am wondering if they still exist. Comments and stories appreciated.
Last edited by crazymurph; 09-22-2009 at 07:08 PM.
Reason: typo
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09-22-2009, 07:27 PM
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I think if someone was a FLE, out of necessity they would not really let you know.
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09-22-2009, 07:29 PM
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What the hell is a flea?
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09-22-2009, 07:31 PM
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a bum!!! 
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09-22-2009, 07:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MDShunk
I think if someone was a FLE, out of necessity they would not really let you know.
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Is that how it is spelled?
From what I understand the fleas started out as a group of IBEW members who would help a brother who is on the road. Then they evolved into a radical group that starts trouble on the large jobs. I have even heard of violence and vandalism.
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09-22-2009, 07:46 PM
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It is spelled FLE.
An acronym for "Federation of Lineman Electricians".....nowadays, sometimes referred to as "Fun Loving Electricians".
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09-22-2009, 07:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazymurph
Is that how it is spelled?
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Yeah, something like Fraternity of Linemen and Electricians. Don't quote me on that. You might have had a man shake your hand with his thumb all curled up on the top of his handshake. If so, you just shook hands with a FLE and he was just checking to see if you were too.
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09-22-2009, 08:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MDShunk
You might have had a man shake your hand with his thumb all curled up on the top of his handshake. If so...
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that cover story didn't work for Larry Craig and it won't work for you.
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09-22-2009, 08:12 PM
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Quote:
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that cover story didn't work for Larry Craig and it won't work for you.
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I have no idea what you're talking about, since I don't know who Larry Craig is.
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09-22-2009, 09:07 PM
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Quote:
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I have no idea what you're talking about, since I don't know who Larry Craig is.
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TV writer Sienfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm and a few others I THINK
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09-22-2009, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
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I have no idea what you're talking about, since I don't know who Larry Craig is.
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...the foot-tapping senator from Idaho? Montana?
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09-22-2009, 09:22 PM
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Quote:
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TV writer Sienfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm and a few others I THINK
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Hahahaha Brian. You are thinking of Larry David not Craig. Larry David is the man. Funniest mf'er!
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09-22-2009, 10:49 PM
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Hahahaha Brian. You are thinking of Larry David not Craig. Larry David is the man. Funniest mf'er!
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Thanks for the information.
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09-22-2009, 11:16 PM
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Are the FLE's affiliated with the masons? I was on a large project about 15 years ago and met a guy who was wearing a large Mason's belt buckle. My partner said he was a fle.
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09-22-2009, 11:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazymurph
Are the FLE's affiliated with the masons? I was on a large project about 15 years ago and met a guy who was wearing a large Mason's belt buckle. My partner said he was a fle.
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Something like this:
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09-23-2009, 12:07 AM
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That be the one, brother.
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09-23-2009, 11:25 AM
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Whenever I am called to a house with 4-legged pets, I end up with fleas trying to get a bite out of me! 
Hate it when that happens! 
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09-23-2009, 11:28 AM
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Wear a flea collar.
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09-23-2009, 04:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazymurph
That be the one, brother.
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That is a " free mason" symbol.
Various free masons in history:
George Washington
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
James Garfield
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Howard Taft
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Gerald Ford
I don't think many of these folks were "masons", in terms of the building trades.
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09-23-2009, 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kbsparky
Whenever I am called to a house with 4-legged pets, I end up with fleas trying to get a bite out of me!
Hate it when that happens! |
Thats the only flea's I know about.
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