tags: high-voltage line repairman, unusual jobs, streaming video
This streaming video gives a brief glimpse into the life of a high-voltage wire repairman -- only half a million volts pass over this man's body during the course of his workday! What an amazing job to have [3:18]
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Egads, I could never do that job: my vertigo is bad enough just standing on the balcony.
*shudders*
Bob