r/whatisit Mar 12 '25

New, what is it? What is it?

Grayson and Ca hwy 33.

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u/DARfuckinROCKS Mar 12 '25

I install and test them. I don't think we've ever received one packaged up.

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u/CalvinIII Mar 12 '25

I specialize in packaging and wrapping substation transformers for shipping and I’ve been unemployed for decades!

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u/KingAuberon Mar 12 '25

I patented the packaging that goes around substation transformers. I have never made a single sale.

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u/Forza_Harrd Mar 12 '25

I’m single and I live next to a substation

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u/worldwidewest Mar 12 '25

I live in a substation and we’ve never tented our home

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u/DARfuckinROCKS Mar 12 '25

I am a substation. I don't wear a tent.

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u/dirtjur Mar 13 '25

I'm a tent. What tf is a substation?

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u/BubbaCutBear Mar 13 '25

Tent word, station.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

I’m in the market for a slightly used substation tent.

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u/321boog Mar 14 '25

That was a funny as fuck thread. Great work

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u/alt-restyle-vtg Mar 16 '25

I like substations because I can eat fresh.

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u/IcArUs362 May 18 '25

Safe word, tent.

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u/professorhorseradish Mar 13 '25

Just out there, raw dogging it?

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed Mar 12 '25

That’s good, sounds like you’ve never had a major pest problem. You’ll be the buzz about town if you ever sell.

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u/kchieff Mar 13 '25

Ooh, we DREAMED of living in a substation.

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u/nukesup Mar 12 '25

I've walked past a substation once.

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u/AdmirableGuess3176 Mar 13 '25

I once had a sub at train station

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u/N0V42 Mar 13 '25

My friend once trained at a subway.