Safety first

GAD · Jan 16, 2023

Opsimath said:
I was adjusting the rear view in the Bronco one day and it came off in my hand. I couldn't let the opportunity go unused, and I said exactly that as I ... lifted the lid and put the mirror in the console.

The mirror in my ‘78 280Z was on a kind if ball/socket joint that designed to come apart in an accident. I learned that I could pull it off and used to use that line all the time.

Opsimath · Jan 16, 2023

GAD said:
The mirror in my ‘78 280Z was on a kind if ball/socket joint that designed to come apart in an accident. I learned that I could pull it off and used to use that line all the time.

Fabulous!

GGJaguar · Jan 17, 2023

Neal · Jan 17, 2023

GGJaguar said:
Okay, just one more for you Ruedi.

GGJaguar said:

OK. Is there some kind of worldwide extension ladder shortage that is making people resort to this kind of nonsense???

geoguy · Jan 17, 2023

I think they are simply using the tools that are available at that moment.

Short extension ladder & a bucket loader? Good to go with chimney-top inspection!

JohnW63 · Jan 17, 2023

I'm trying to picture the steps needed to get that ladder in the right place in the bucket and against the house. Extend it while sitting in the bucket? Have out already and somehow rotate it around and up to lean on the house?

wileypickett · Jan 18, 2023

JohnW63 said:
I'm trying to picture the steps needed to get that ladder in the right place in the bucket and against the house. Extend it while sitting in the bucket? Have out already and somehow rotate it around and up to lean on the house?

Use the ladder to get to the bucket, then pull the ladder up behind you maybe?

GGJaguar · Jan 18, 2023

Opsimath · Jan 18, 2023

GGJaguar said:

Based on this picture and the one previous, I'm guessing wood chipper guy is not a long career?

GAD · Jan 18, 2023

Opsimath said:
Based on this picture and the one previous, I'm guessing wood chipper guy is not a long career?

Wood chipper guys live forever so long as you get past the FNG stage of the job.

Neal · Jan 18, 2023

Opsimath said:
Based on this picture and the one previous, I'm guessing wood chipper guy is not a long career?

Old wood chippers never die, they just go all to pieces.

GGJaguar · Jan 19, 2023

GAD · Jan 19, 2023

And that’s the day I learned what torque is.

Neal · Jan 19, 2023

GAD said:
And that’s the day I learned what torque is.

Do not stand to his immediate right!

geoguy · Jan 19, 2023

That device probably has a "blade" with diamond bits adhered to the edge, not sharp teeth. It cuts via abrasion of the concrete & steel rebar.

So it wouldn't lop off someone's limb if he lost control of it . . . but it sure would hurt to get hit by either the rotating blade or the flung machine itself.

Nuuska · Jan 19, 2023

Opsimath said:
Based on this picture and the one previous, I'm guessing wood chipper guy is not a long career?

Remember That One Sceneof Fargo ?

Opsimath · Jan 19, 2023

Nuuska said:
Remember That One Sceneof Fargo ?

Another movie I never saw.

Nuuska · Jan 19, 2023

But then you should - observing from this side of the pond - not the typical mainstream . . .errr . . . stuff - that's pouring most of the time

GGJaguar · Jan 20, 2023

geoguy · Jan 20, 2023

Ah, no. Just no.

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