Op writes:
Got the job!

...and, we will see you at Penn's with some of that generous vacation
time!!!
May 16-22, or thereabouts.
Tom

I sure hope so! 'course they could fire me betwix now and then, unless of
course I get that tenure thingy.

Op --electricians do receive tenure, right.--

A friend offers -- sure -tenture of iodine when their screwdriver
slips---
I used to be a member of IBEW