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calvus posted:I wonder why they were in there if it was in the process of being demolished Before you can blow up a building, someone has to go in there and you know, place the explosives, wire them together, etc. People also need to be close by to run wires and such. The explosives do not magically appear in the rickety old buildings, which are often unsafe which is why they're being demolished in the first place.
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It seems that there is a fair bit of prep work as well. They don't just blow it up all willy nilly, they prep the structure to weaken it in key areas. Reduces the amounts of explosives needed, helps ensure it collapses in the desired fashion/direction, etc.
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Uncle Enzo posted:Before you can blow up a building, someone has to go in there and you know, place the explosives, wire them together, etc. People also need to be close by to run wires and such. The explosives do not magically appear in the rickety old buildings, which are often unsafe which is why they're being demolished in the first place. Figured it would be easier to just demolish it using a wrecking ball so poo poo like this wouldn't happen
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calvus posted:Figured it would be easier to just demolish it using a wrecking ball so poo poo like this wouldn't happen It's got a giant tower that would fall and crush a wrecking machine. Check out Fred Dibnah, steeplejack, on youtube
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white mans burping posted:there has to be a video out there somewhere of a drunk russian teenager trying to IRL rocket jump, surely? ![]()
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Always be embedding
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Honestly what else was he expecting? http://i.imgur.com/vIL8FJM.gifv http://i.imgur.com/mzeo18t.mp4 Nude fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Feb 24, 2016 |
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`Nemesis posted:There was a mishap in the UK today at a power station being demolished. Sounds like the explosives went off early, 1 dead and 3 missing. Pity about the people who died, but god am I happy that eyesore is finally getting demolished. The power station absolutely dominates Didcot, to the point where announcements at the train station tell you to move "towards" or "away from" the power station.
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Nude posted:Honestly what else was he expecting? The concussions increase risk of further misses. Also wife concussions.
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So did that guy manage to keep his balls or was it all blown off?
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DemeaninDemon posted:The concussions increase risk of further misses. Also wife concussions.
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Have another hardhat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZVEwUf4nk
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Mithaldu posted:Have another hardhat: He really did himself in on that one, he put so much force into the shovel
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Serak posted:Always be embedding I never know if table breaking is still bannable. ![]()
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H110Hawk posted:I never know if table breaking is still bannable. The gently caress? How the hell fast was he going?
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What a strange trick
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Solice Kirsk posted:The gently caress? How the hell fast was he going? Forklifts are pretty much designed to take out support columns. Lifting things is secondary.
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H110Hawk posted:I never know if table breaking is still bannable. Oh man I love it. Not surprising, it's a small cross-section piece of tempered high-quality steel (the edge of which is often sharpened) that tapers for strength, backed by a totally rigid 3000lb+ object. It's essentially a high-density high-speed battering ram (that can lift things, I guess).
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Raskolnikov38 posted:Forklifts are pretty much designed to take out support columns. Lifting things is secondary. This is a true statement.
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mostlygray posted:Once, back in the 90's right by the HarMar mall (Twin Cities), I thought I was going insane. I got to experience the same sort of thing about 15 years ago. There was a religious radio station transmitter site on my dead end street and during certain times of day the signal was so strong you could hear it through just about every electronic device in the house. This was not in the boondocks, it was a populated area. I'm pretty sure the FCC eventually shut them down. I guess crazy religious assholes feel that gaaaaaawd allows them to broadcast at higher strengths than they are allowed.
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Residents near the Roxborough Antenna Farm here in Philly have reported AM signals coming through the plumbing inside their houses.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Residents near the Roxborough Antenna Farm here in Philly have reported AM signals coming through the plumbing inside their houses. My house in Florida had this. You could hear it on the telephone, or if you took a speaker and put it on like the water faucet or unpainted window frame. There was an AM station in the swamp behind our house.
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I get russian radio on my speakers when they are turned off
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H110Hawk posted:I never know if table breaking is still bannable. Never break a table again with timg for your large images!
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Hollow Talk posted:Pity about the people who died, but god am I happy that eyesore is finally getting demolished. The power station absolutely dominates Didcot, to the point where announcements at the train station tell you to move "towards" or "away from" the power station. The building that collapsed is what, 60 metres tall? and is still somehow dwarfed by the chimney. Everyone says it is an eyesore but before it collapsed it looked like a nob and balls if you looked at it from the right direction. Now it looks like it has a bollock missing.
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Uncle Enzo posted:Oh man I love it. Not surprising, it's a small cross-section piece of tempered high-quality steel (the edge of which is often sharpened) that tapers for strength, backed by a totally rigid 3000lb+ object. It's essentially a high-density high-speed battering ram (that can lift things, I guess). That's why forklift training courses are 1/5 how to drive the thing and 4/5 for the love of god be careful. They have so much low-gear power that if you're not paying attention you will have impaled anything you hit by the time you notice the collision.
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My Q-Face posted:Never break a table again with timg for your large images! Does that work with embedded videos? If you look at what I was replying to you can see what I am talking about.
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H110Hawk posted:Does that work with embedded videos? If you look at what I was replying to you can see what I am talking about. I don't know. I'm on the phone app so I don't see a lot of table breaking.
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H110Hawk posted:Does that work with embedded videos? If you look at what I was replying to you can see what I am talking about. Can confirm it broke my table. But I don't mind. Let me see if timg works. http://i.imgur.com/ZjcXzaK.gifv http://i.imgur.com/8iR01IB.gifv Edit: Nope. No it doesn't.
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Holy poo poo, that second accident is hosed up. Really wouldn't wanna be in a contruction vehicle as it jumps into a hole in the ground.
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I saw a crane that was drilling helical piles get caught up, twist, and smack into the ground. If it would have gone left instead of right, it would have instantly killed 10 people. Even in the safest workplaces you're always a oval office hair away from getting your god damned head crushed by the cruel hand of fate. But god damnit the money is so good and who the hell needs all ten fingers anyway?
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Stonelegs posted:I saw a crane that was drilling helical piles get caught up, twist, and smack into the ground. If it would have gone left instead of right, So I suppose it's just a coincidence that those ten people were all standing on the same side of the machine, and no-one was on the other side? Nothing to do with the fact that the motor is always turning the same direction, so you already know which way the machine is going to want to move if the screw gets caught up?
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If you operate or plan to operate a forklift you will probably learn more from this spoof vid than any bullshit 80's video they give u to watch. It gets better after the first min or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OOg7vL3rNY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyp0AtsODx4 http://i.imgur.com/jtGzklk.gifv
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Got some OC from my job today. theres a box of matches stored in the flammable contents storage cabinet![]() edit: jesus i didn't think a cell phone image would be so massive. Uncle Wemus fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Feb 25, 2016 |
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Uncle Wemus posted:Got some OC from my job today Quoting this so so I can try to see what the gently caress it was.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Quoting this so so I can try to see what the gently caress it was. I... don't get it?
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Pistol_Pete posted:I... don't get it? Table breaking like nobodies business.
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Uncle Wemus posted:Got some OC from my job today Matches. Bad place for matches.
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Elliot2lazy posted:If you operate or plan to operate a forklift you will probably learn more from this spoof vid than any bullshit 80's video they give u to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB6DN5dYWo Propaganda Hour posted:Matches. Bad place for matches. I like that the can says "Do it" and is pointing directly at the matches lol. Nude fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Feb 25, 2016 |
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