Yes I had a good time. Your local was probably much bigger than mine and you didn't get to really know many of the other members. We are usually a small group of members, around 300 normally. But right now there is a project going on at the LNG plant in Cove Point Md (where i found my first cactus in 1965) that has over 2200 insulators working now. When the job is complete they will all be gone, but they are making good money now. People were asking me to get me to come out of retirement and work 600 hours, I just looked at them dumbfounded. 50 years went by like a snap of the fingers, I was wrong about 2 years I get should my 50 year pin next year.I'm not one for joining in. I never attended any of the work or union functions. And since I retired, I've really turned into a recluse.
Sounds like you had a pretty nice time. Wow. . . 50 years in the same union.