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   From: bert@iphouse.com   
      
   bshatzerNO@comcast.net (Bill Shatzer) wrote in   
   news:19adnTNknuKLFZTbnZ2dnUVZ_v2knZ2d@comcast.com:   
      
   > Bert Hyman wrote:   
   >   
   >> bshatzerNO@comcast.net (Bill Shatzer) wrote in   
   >> news:HcOdnfU02cI57pTbnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@comcast.com:   
   >   
   >>>Pretty hard to sign off on the inspection sheet iffen you're not   
   >>>at the job site.   
   >   
   >> But pretty easy to sign it without actually looking at anything.   
   >   
   > Perhaps - but that wasn't lien's claim.   
   >   
   > His claim was to the effect that they "never show up to inspect the   
   > work".   
   >   
   > Whether the work is actually inspected is a separate question from   
   > whether they show up.   
   >   
   > Although, having taken the time to drive to the site, it would   
   > really be difficult to concoct a scenario 'bout why they wouldn't   
   > do the actual inspection.   
   >   
   > It doesn't take that long in most cases. And it is hardly a   
   > strenuous undertaking.   
      
   And it is their job after all.   
      
   I based my remark on only one incident, but it comes to mind whenever   
   I deal with inspectors.   
      
   I lived in Silver Spring Maryland back in the mid '70s and had a 220V   
   line installed for a clothes drier. The electrician did the right   
   thing with permits and an inspection was scheduled.   
      
   I came home from work and found the inspection "results" taped to the   
   basement door.   
      
   The only other times I've had inspections done when nobody was home   
   was on outdoor work, so I assume the work was actually done.   
      
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   Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com   
      
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