Had a chat with an old timer last week about fishing lines through walls

I was pulling coax through a customer's attic in Denver and this guy who's been doing it since the 80s stopped me and said I was wasting time using the glow rods the way I do. He showed me his trick with a vacuum and a bag to suck the string through and I swear it cut 20 minutes off each run. Has anyone else tried that method or am I just late to the party?

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max_ramirez483h ago

That vacuum trick is solid, it's one of those things where the old guys figured out the easiest path while everyone else is still complicating stuff. Kind of like how people overthink passwords when a simple phrase works just as well.

anthony_jenkins612h ago

Yeah, a buddy of mine tried that whole long password thing with random symbols and numbers, kept forgetting it and getting locked out... so he just switched to "ilovemycat2023" and hasn't had a single issue since. It's funny how the simple stuff just works better in the long run.