tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30763855.post-1157943541497547662006-07-15T19:52:00.000-07:002006-09-11T19:04:53.533-07:00Wiring is something that should be done, as Gramp used to say, "according to Gunter," so I tend to stay away from these sorts of projects since I'm more likely to learn as I go then really plan it all out ahead. At least I try to. But every once in a while a fly gets in the ointment. <br><br>Take for example one indian summer back in the early eighties. I was set to head for the High Peaks and a bit of climbing and quiet. No sooner had I uttered that I aimed to leave by noon on the 18th, did old Margie Ingman appear down my road. Margie was a friend of the family from before I can remember, used to do mending for Gramp's ma back when she was but a little thing. Over the years she just sort of attached herself to Gramp, til she'd just about drawn her own branch on the Kincaid family tree. <br><br>I knew the minute I saw her moving my way I was up a gum-tree. Before I knew it the 18th became the 19th and the 19th the 20th as I did favor after favor for Margie, who had found herself in possession of a little camp near Brant Lake.<br><br> "A little help with lighting and some light carpentry," she said. <br>Still remember plain as day how badly I wanted to turn on my heel and leave. But it was Margie, and Margie is family, whether she was born a Kincaid or not. Light carpentry my hat. The place was a rat's nest with bowing walls, buckling ceiling and the worst mess of wiring I've ever seen. Never did make it to the High Peaks, but I did spend a heck of a lot of time climbing as I reroofed the dang thing. <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1314/3296/1600/Wiring.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1314/3296/320/Wiring.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Found this picture as I was cleaning out a trunk in my house. That Margie sure could get it done. "A little help with lighting," she said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30763855-115794354149754766?l=duncankincaid.blogspot.com'/></div>Duncan Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14943197800447624360noreply@blogger.com0