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   From: bert@iphouse.com   
      
   bshatzerNO@comcast.net (Bill Shatzer) wrote in   
   news:I9SdndCjkL36I5fbnZ2dnUVZ_oernZ2d@comcast.com:   
      
   > Dunno how they do it in Silver Springs but 'round here, minor   
   > electrical work performed by a licensed electrical contractor can   
   > be approved on the contractor's certification without inspection.   
      
   That's Silver Spring (just the one of 'em; people are sensitive   
   about that), and it was over 30 years ago. Maybe things have changed.   
      
   I guess I was traumatized by my first realization that government   
   bureaucrats don't always do their jobs, and the memory still haunts   
   me.   
      
   --   
   Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)