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Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

SelenicMartian posted:

Where's one where a Robinson R22 does it?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIY8Fn3yJg

Edit: That chemical plant in Houston that blew up in the flooding has been sued multiple times and is now facing a criminal investigation.

Arkema, now facing criminal probe, hires veteran Houston attorney

quote:

The Arkema chemical plant — already facing multiple lawsuits over explosions of a volatile chemical in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey — is under criminal investigation by the Harris County District Attorney's Office, officials confirmed Friday.
The Crosby facility was inundated with 6 feet of water that wiped out its power and generators, leading to failure that caused volatile organic peroxides to explode multiple times over the course of a week.
Pillars of fire and thick plumes of black smoke shot into the air after the explosions, and more than a half-dozen first-responders were sickened.

Memento fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Sep 30, 2017

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Poldarn
Feb 18, 2011


Skill: Vehicles > Specialization: Aircraft > Specialization: Rotary

Bacon Taco
Jun 8, 2006

Now with extra narwhal meat!
HAIKOOLIGAN
Dinosaur Gum

Greatest Living Man posted:

Shut it you balding low T gently caress. We're having fun over here

i resemble that remark dammit

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa
I want to see Bagger 288 used as a bottle opener.

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/913460708423163909

WilltheMagicAsian
Dec 11, 2011

:grovertoot:

FunMerrania
Mar 3, 2013

Blast Processing

This is like the sinks we have at work. Except the tub part isn't even one solid piece, the bottom was glued on so I expect soon enough the water to start spilling through the edges.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Synthbuttrange posted:

That's QLD alright

I'm serious. Get me out.

EDIT:


Well I have a new beer challenge for my mate

Humphreys fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Sep 30, 2017

The Sausages
Sep 30, 2012

What do you want to do? Who do you want to be?

Memento posted:

SelenicMartian posted:

Where's one where a Robinson R22 does it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIY8Fn3yJg

was expecting more main rotor participation

Humphreys posted:

I'm serious. Get me out.

Queensland is a great place to visit but for god's sake don't live there

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I have a not quite OSHA question but I figure alot of people in the field are in this thread.

What is the expected pay for a field technician who deals with commercial systems like Malls and Convention centres etc specialising in command and control. The job includes trouble shooting computer systems, certification of systems before going live, maybe some maintenance, liaising with customers as a form of preventative maintenance, implementation improvements and data feedback to academia/R&D. Little knowledge is required of the controlled systems themselves other than knowing this is the AC and the large constituent parts like "This is a fan".

This will be first year with training provided with future opportunities to work overseas.

US data would be appreciated but if you have some numbers from New Zealand that is triple points. I ask as the data on the web is has an extremely large variation making it hard to ball park a figure in negotiations should things work out.

Thanks guys in advance.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Humphreys posted:

I'm serious. Get me out.

I'm sure there'll be a bunch of new mining jobs coming up. Someplace called ANDY? ALDI? It'll be fine.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

oohhboy posted:

I have a not quite OSHA question but I figure alot of people in the field are in this thread.

What is the expected pay for a field technician who deals with commercial systems like Malls and Convention centres etc specialising in command and control. The job includes trouble shooting computer systems, certification of systems before going live, maybe some maintenance, liaising with customers as a form of preventative maintenance, implementation improvements and data feedback to academia/R&D. Little knowledge is required of the controlled systems themselves other than knowing this is the AC and the large constituent parts like "This is a fan".

This will be first year with training provided with future opportunities to work overseas.

US data would be appreciated but if you have some numbers from New Zealand that is triple points. I ask as the data on the web is has an extremely large variation making it hard to ball park a figure in negotiations should things work out.

Thanks guys in advance.

So it's an IT gig?

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0BIP0nVGm8

The OSHA part comes at 2 minutes

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007


Guns kill.

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos

oohhboy posted:

I have a not quite OSHA question but I figure alot of people in the field are in this thread.

What is the expected pay for a field technician who deals with commercial systems like Malls and Convention centres etc specialising in command and control. The job includes trouble shooting computer systems, certification of systems before going live, maybe some maintenance, liaising with customers as a form of preventative maintenance, implementation improvements and data feedback to academia/R&D. Little knowledge is required of the controlled systems themselves other than knowing this is the AC and the large constituent parts like "This is a fan".

This will be first year with training provided with future opportunities to work overseas.

US data would be appreciated but if you have some numbers from New Zealand that is triple points. I ask as the data on the web is has an extremely large variation making it hard to ball park a figure in negotiations should things work out.

Thanks guys in advance.
It varies widely because it's an intersection of computer janitor and trades, both labor pools depending greatly on the local economy. You probably need to pay more than the local warehouse or construction contractor, but less than manufacturing trades or more traditional computer janitor work. If it's developmental, you can probably get away with a probationary wage closer to the warehouse rate, especially if you can tie the raise to something hard like a certification.

But it's the OSHA thread so really you should start them at minimum wage and deal with what falls out.

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

All the headlines say 'Marilyn Manson struck by falling stage scenery during New York concert' - rather than a more accurate 'he pulled it down onto himself. Why didn't he listen to his mother and not touch things he shouldn't'

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



That's the lamest fall I've ever seen. The assembly looks like it's falling in moon gravity

Lovely Joe Stalin
Jun 12, 2007

Our Lovely Wang
Large heavy things often do.

Jake Mustache
Feb 7, 2017

Budgie
Mar 9, 2007
Yeah, like the bird.
Taking up two parking spaces is punishable by death!

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Doing an oil change on someone else's property with no catch pan is a pretty epic dick move I must agree

Anta
Mar 5, 2007

What a nice day for a gassing

Nuclear Tourist posted:

Introducing the boobytrapped antitank mine, the Puckerfactor 9000™

https://i.imgur.com/GICbAxQ.gifv

Johnny Aztec
Jan 30, 2005

by Hand Knit

shame on an IGA posted:

Doing an oil change on someone else's property with no catch pan is a pretty epic dick move I must agree

Looks more like a coolant issue to me.

Lurking Haro
Oct 27, 2009

Lovely Joe Stalin posted:

Large heavy things often do.

Manson slowed the fall considerably with his feet and one stage-hand almost lifted it by himself.
If he's actually hurt, then not because he was crushed.

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

notice the awesome work boots

bucksmash
Mar 11, 2002


Holy gently caress, I didn't know what the big deal was until I clicked on the quoted poster and it took me to another thread where they pointed out that was a double stacked mine :stonk:

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

bucksmash posted:

Holy gently caress, I didn't know what the big deal was until I clicked on the quoted poster and it took me to another thread where they pointed out that was a double stacked mine :stonk:

Thanks for the tip:

my kinda ape posted:

I'm confused, is it just a second AT mine under the first one? That's not going to pose any more danger for someone digging it up than one would since they need like hundreds of pounds of pressure to go off. If it was an antipersonnel mine wouldn't have it gone off more or less immediately unless it was a dud?

Double stacking would just make the mine ~twice as powerful when a vehicle rolled over it right?

I don't really see what they're running from in the video though.


tastefully arranged labia posted:

You see that flap sticking up out of the dirt? That's an anti-tamper device linked to another explosive beneath. You can see it flip up briefly in the video. The weight of the mine above keeps the spring under the flap depressed, but when lifted the flap comes up and boom.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
So how are they able to just run away? Is it a dud or one of those movie bombs with a countdown for no reason?

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006


Maybe she's tethered so she can just parasail all the way home once they get up to speed.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

mobby_6kl posted:

So how are they able to just run away? Is it a dud or one of those movie bombs with a countdown for no reason?

I want to say no one makes mines that dumb, but these guys sure seemed to be prepared to spot that paddle and run.

Maybe that really is how it’s supposed to work.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

mobby_6kl posted:

So how are they able to just run away? Is it a dud or one of those movie bombs with a countdown for no reason?

Old lovely things tend to be old and lovely.

SealHammer
Jul 4, 2010
Click to understand my bad faith posting.

mobby_6kl posted:

So how are they able to just run away? Is it a dud or one of those movie bombs with a countdown for no reason?

IEDs aren't perfect. Sometimes your trigger degrades or otherwise functions imperfectly. Imperfect triggers can sometimes still function in less-than-optimal fashion, though, which is why they opted to expeditiously remove themselves from the danger area.

Automatic Retard
Oct 21, 2010

PUT THIS WANKSTAIN ON IGNORE
The comments say it's just a grenade. They don't explode immediately.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012


If he chocked the rear wheels, that's probably safer than getting under a car supported by only the jack, at least.

I'm sure he didn't chock the rear wheels.

Ceiling fan
Dec 26, 2003

I really like ceilings.
Dead Man’s Band

Automatic Retard posted:

The comments say it's just a grenade. They don't explode immediately.

They don't? After you've gouged out a hollow with your hands, or maybe a spoon, pulled the pin, placed it in said hollow, then dropped a mine on top of the spring loaded fuse?

I guess so. Doesn't seem like much could go wrong.

oohhboy
Jun 8, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

cakesmith handyman posted:

So it's an IT gig?

At the start yes but responsibilities would expand to the actual sensor hardware so it's not sitting on your rear end from a remote location. It will be vastly travelling to do on-site, on-call.

zedprime posted:

It varies widely because it's an intersection of computer janitor and trades, both labor pools depending greatly on the local economy. You probably need to pay more than the local warehouse or construction contractor, but less than manufacturing trades or more traditional computer janitor work. If it's developmental, you can probably get away with a probationary wage closer to the warehouse rate, especially if you can tie the raise to something hard like a certification.

But it's the OSHA thread so really you should start them at minimum wage and deal with what falls out.

I figure as much. The company already has big contracts online so they are looking to expand locally and would be paying for airfare etc to get me up to speed. They seem to be a stable company however I don't know the name (Research is out for now) due to me being introduced by a trusted acquaintance on my behalf. So if they like his recommendation I am in as I have effectively done an interview with him by working out his IT problems and have shown I am not some goonlord who can't put two sentences together without making GBS threads myself.

I can also talk to the parent company overseas in their language as a bonus.

There seems to be space to move to team leader and beyond. I have demonstrated leadership skills as President of a club and continue to develop them so the opportunities are there. I have naturally moved up whenever there is space to do something like this so I am not going to sweat this.

I will be asking for more than minimum though as it is a joke here and even a half rear end CJ would be earning more than that if they aren't some call centre jockey. I do freelance residential CJ on the side which gets me $50-$100 an hour but that is not exactly what you call steady income so I treat it as a bonus if I get a job than some viable business or career path not that I haven't done some promotion. If I high ball the number too much I can always blame the internet for giving such wild numbers which is 100% the truth and work my way down from there.

It like everything else isn't guaranteed but it doesn't hurt to do some ground work before hand. Its best practice as long I don't get my hopes up and just let it play out.

Thanks alot guys, if you have anything to add please do.

Sel Nar
Dec 19, 2013

Ceiling fan posted:

They don't? After you've gouged out a hollow with your hands, or maybe a spoon, pulled the pin, placed it in said hollow, then dropped a mine on top of the spring loaded fuse?

I guess so. Doesn't seem like much could go wrong.

That's just it; for a grenade, pulling the pin only unlocks the actual arming catch; the spoon on the side of the grenade has to pop off before the 3-second fuse is activated, and with it being in a shallow pit like that, most of the blast is going to be directed straight up.

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The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Sel Nar posted:

That's just it; for a grenade, pulling the pin only unlocks the actual arming catch; the spoon on the side of the grenade has to pop off before the 3-second fuse is activated, and with it being in a shallow pit like that, most of the blast is going to be directed straight up.

Presumably the AT mine was positioned on top of the spoon. So once you see it flip you have 3 seconds to GTFO.
(Would you get a sympathetic detonation of the AT mine? Or are the casings in the way too much?)

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