Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/txvdlBUP4ls This is the ninth safety topic being presented that covers some main components of a suspended scaffold. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your narrator for this video. Sh...
Jun 07, 2023•2 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/zNbs4xr5X6s This is the eighth safety topic being presented that covers some main New York State labor laws. This video also works to explain what are suspended scaffolds. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came i...
Jun 07, 2023•2 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/SsO2hmFrSTs This is the seventh safety topic being presented that covers how high visible clothing was introduced to the United States military. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your...
Jun 07, 2023•2 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/T2Fc6EebQ34 This is the sixth safety topic being presented that covers some DOT, OSHA, and NYC Building Code laws on the requirements for high visible clothing on construction jobsites here in the United States. The goal is to provide information and help people go hom...
Jun 07, 2023•2 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/unxkwFYXMQg This is the fifth safety topic being presented that covers some consensus standard regulations on high visible clothing in countries around the world. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie...
Jun 07, 2023•4 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/nupGbHPbgJU This is the fourth safety topic being presented that covers some brief history on high visible clothing in the United Kingdom. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your narra...
Jun 07, 2023•3 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/4ZJ6qMZun-s This is the third safety topic being presented that covers the history of high visible clothing. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your narrator for this video. She is bri...
Jun 07, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/6nvkEXH7ZCY This is the second safety topic being presented that covers basic building code for sidewalk sheds here in New York City. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your narrator f...
Jun 07, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome to the Construction Tales safety topic video series! Written blog content: www.ConstructionTales.com For the MP4 audio version of this podcast episode, head over to the Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/55P1BfPFt3M This is the first safety topic being presented that covers laws and the cost of installing a sidewalk shed here in New York City. The goal is to provide information and help people go home in the same condition that they came in. Leslie M. Jasper is your na...
Jun 07, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 1
For this podcast episode, I opted to share with you my first (7) weeks as a brand-new New York City DOB Site Safety Manager. I landed on a project where I will learn about installing custom engineered scaffolds. The crazy part is that there will be tenants walking onto the scaffold during the concrete breezeway demolition and re-pour. This is supposed to be a 12–14-month project. I describe the current conditions and a description of my fellow site safety manager co-workers. I'm looking forward ...
Mar 28, 2022•18 min
For this podcast episode, I am sharing with you the release of Leslie M. Jasper's first children's book entitled, "Not All Girls Play With Dolls". This children's book is about a little girl named Kenna was born into a family where anything is possible. Kenna developed an instant paternal bond with her father, named Sam, at birth. Kenna’s mother, named Marie, watched lovingly as the dynamic duo became even more and more attached to each other over time. Sam spent many years teaching Kenna how to...
Mar 27, 2022•23 min
For this episode, Leslie discusses the era where she juggled raised her two sons, Tom and Johnny, along with her career path as a union journeywoman electrician in New York. Leslie speaks about her biggest challenges as well as many lessons learned and developed talents she picked up as a single mother. As a very young widow, Leslie was forced into working 120/hours a week, via multiple jobs. This was in addition to finishing her college business degree and 5-years of electrical theory training ...
Feb 01, 2022•21 min
For this episode, Leslie discusses the era where she juggled raised her two sons, Tom and Johnny, along with her career path as a union journeywoman electrician in New York. Leslie speaks about her biggest challenges as well as many lessons learned and developed talents she picked up as a single mother. As a very young widow, Leslie was forced into working 120/hours a week, via multiple jobs. This was in addition to finishing her college business degree and 5-years of electrical theory training ...
Jan 31, 2022•21 min
Leslie is kicking off Season #2 with this podcast episode about early lessons learned while she was an apprentice electrician back in the 1990’s. Additionally, she shares descriptions of a few unusual characters along the way. Leslie also shares her experience with facing gender discrimination as well as witnessing prejudice against her minority brothers and sisters in the trade. Leslie shares that sexual harassment was just an accepted behavior on the job if she wanted to be there. Leslie learn...
Jan 17, 2022•39 min
This is Part C of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician, Brian Reyes. Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”. For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in unions throughout vast parts of California. The union traveling term for a visiting electrician has been known as a “tramp”. Therefore, Brian shares with me about the vast cultura...
Dec 29, 2021•33 min
This is Part B of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician, Brian Reyes. Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”. For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in unions throughout vast parts of California. The union traveling term for a visiting electrician has been known as a “tramp”. Therefore, Brian shares with me about the vast cultura...
Dec 28, 2021•34 min
This is Part A of a 3-part discussion with my friend and fellow journeyman electrician Brian Reyes. Brian works on photography, in his spare time, under his website that is entitled, “Photacular Imagery”. For the past few years, Brian has been signing the visitor book as a traveling Local #3 IBEW NYC journeyman out in California. The union traveling term for a visiting electrician has been known as a “tramp”. Therefore, Brian shares with me about the vast cultural differences between New York an...
Dec 27, 2021•31 min
For this podcast episode, Leslie decided to share with you on how she shifted, as an apprentice, to begin working on railroad projects for most of her career. Prior to working on brand-new deck jobs, commercial renovation projects, and railroad platform phase projects, Leslie was being groomed for low voltage projects. During the first few years of her apprenticeship, Leslie was becoming a "data fairy" and needed to switch it up. As a female in a male-dominated field, Leslie knew that she needed...
Dec 11, 2021•26 min
For this podcast episode, Leslie decided to share with you on how she shifted, as an apprentice, to begin working on railroad projects for most of her career. Prior to working on brand-new deck jobs, commercial renovation projects, and railroad platform phase projects, Leslie was being groomed for low voltage projects. During the first few years of her apprenticeship, Leslie was becoming a "data fairy" and needed to switch it up. As a female in a male-dominated field, Leslie knew that she needed...
Dec 11, 2021•20 min
For this episode, Melissa and I had a discussion on a risque topic. This podcast episode is Part B and the last half of the discussion that is intended for adults only. Melissa and I decided to chat vaguely about our one-night stands that we managed to get in on during our lifetime. Our random encounters, over the past 30-years, appear to very spicy, unexpected, and humorous in nature! As older women, it is interesting to discuss a topic I would have shied away from when I was younger. We also s...
Nov 19, 2021•22 min
For this episode, Melissa and I had a discussion on a risque topic. This podcast episode is Part A and the first half of the discussion that is intended for adults only. Melissa and I decided to chat vaguely about our one-night stands that we managed to get in on during our lifetime. Our random encounters, over the past 30-years, appear to very spicy, unexpected, and humorous in nature! As older women, it is interesting to discuss a topic I would have shied away from when I was younger. We also ...
Nov 18, 2021•26 min
For this episode, I decided to speak on how the 2008 Recession had an impact on my family as well as the lives of my fellow union members. I survived these challenging times and actually left the tools by March 07, 2014. The objective of this podcast is to showcase how deep the impact lasted for the construction world via the seedy deeds of the people on Wall Street. This is Part B and the last half of the discussion. For Part A, head back into the podcast platform of your choice and look for th...
Nov 11, 2021•26 min
For this episode, I decided to speak on how the 2008 Recession had an impact on my family as well as the lives of my fellow union members. I survived these challenging times and actually left the tools by March 07, 2014. The objective of this podcast is to showcase how deep the impact lasted for the construction world via the seedy deeds of the people on Wall Street. This is Part A and the first half of the discussion. For Part B, head back into the podcast platform of your choice and look for t...
Nov 10, 2021•17 min
For this episode, I was finally able to get a hold of my long-time, close pal and fellow electrician Don Raffa. Don opted to create a 40-year career as a highly-demanded high voltage splicer throughout Westchester County, New York and nearby areas in the event of an emergency. Don was quite possibly in every man hole throughout Westchester. He enjoyed his time while working with the tools as a retiree. I asked quite a few questions that I would think the listeners would want to know. Yes, there ...
Oct 25, 2021•24 min
For this episode, I was finally able to get a hold of my long-time, close pal and fellow electrician Don Raffa. Don opted to create a 40-year career as a highly-demanded high voltage splicer throughout Westchester County, New York and nearby areas in the event of an emergency. Don was quite possibly in every man hole throughout Westchester. He enjoyed his time while working with the tools as a retiree. I asked quite a few questions that I would think the listeners would want to know. Yes, there ...
Oct 23, 2021•30 min
I apologize for a delay in releasing this episode. I have been rather busy lately. For this episode, I am sharing with you my path on working to earn my NYC DOB Site Safety Manager license. A site safety manager is the head of safety on a project. I am sharing what I used to study and the exams that I needed to take as well as professional memberships. This episode to geared to guide others who desire to work on this process or give the listener a perspective of what this process is like as an o...
Sep 27, 2021•26 min
In this episode, I explain why I have not released a podcast episode in a few weeks. I share my experience of being flooded during a flash flood that was a result of Hurricane Ida in Queens, NYC. I shared the current struggles with the aftermath of the hurricane. I shared some flood videos on my Verbally Disastrous YouTube Channel. Head over to my blog at www.ConstructionTales.com for more information.
Sep 08, 2021•27 min
In this episode, I take you back in time to my earlier years when I worked with the tools in the New York suburbs. I shared some funny stories of that happened on the job with my fellow co-workers. I also shared stories on one of the worst electrical apprentices I have ever crossed paths with in my career. The guy, nicknamed Lucky, earned the nickname on the job as an apprentice. Lucky was missing manual dexterity, depth perception, and had two left feet. He was an Olympic athlete going for gold...
Aug 19, 2021•33 min
In this episode, I share a recent collaboration between Leslie M. Jasper, from the Verbally Disastrous Podcast, and Rick Horne from the Piggly Dogg Podcast. I am sharing this recently released interaction that can be found on the back of the Piggly Dogg episode entitled, “Can’t Buy Me A Job” that was released on August 8, 2021. Rick graciously honored my request and offered me the episode clip with both of us. Therefore, I am able to share this funny exchange between us with you. Mrs. Canatuna i...
Aug 12, 2021•9 min
In this episode, on a Sunday afternoon, I passed the microphone around in the group to bounce back and forth a wide variety of topics. In this second section, the main theme is the the importance of trying to find a decent partner to start a family. The ladies share their various past experiences and try to both warn and inform my two sons about different stages of dating. I appreciate that Donna often took the reins in this discussion. Donna gives her perspective on navigating life as a woman w...
Aug 12, 2021•13 min
