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Neutrino: Mar 8, 2006; Fallen Rib

Sometimes you have to worry about vertical curve clearance.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 01:19

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 16:59

KoRMaK: Jul 31, 2012

The Real Amethyst posted:

Someone mentioned earlier about fire departments.
Let me introduce you to Grants Pass Rural Fire department.
This is some real OSHA poo poo. Look at these clowns. Also lol when the real Fire Dept show up and they tell them they don't want help so they pack up and leave....only to be called back a short time later because Grants Pass RFD can't handle the situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhD_5T4F7aw

Also I learned that a lot of places in the US apparently you have to pay a yearly subscription fee to your privatized fire department or else they just let your house burn if you're not a customer of theirs.

im the intern in jeans

This video accents how some people just wanna get paid and don't care about personal professional improvement

# ? Jun 30, 2020 01:20

Mr. Fall Down Terror: Jan 24, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

The Real Amethyst posted:

Also I learned that a lot of places in the US apparently you have to pay a yearly subscription fee to your privatized fire department or else they just let your house burn if you're not a customer of theirs.

that's not the event you're thinking of

there are some that are organized as a rural co-op with unpaid firefighters. the example you're thinking of was from a rural area where a small town had a government-run fire department, but they would provide coverage to the surrounding county if the people paid a yearly fee (in other contexts, we call this a tax). the people whose house burned down had not paid their fee that year

The White Dragon posted:

i've never heard of an actual privatized fire department, i'm sure the captains of industry have formed minor organizations as a weird/possibly illegal experiment but our civil fire response is mostly intact and hiring is competitive because as government work it's a very popular job to feed your family with

private fire departments exist in some context in like, really rural areas at high risk of fire. they're pretty uncommon though

Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Jun 30, 2020

# ? Jun 30, 2020 01:32

`Nemesis: Dec 30, 2000; railroad graffiti

Humphreys posted:

I like this more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfiUYij5UE

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFSwIw-_-as

:colbert:

# ? Jun 30, 2020 01:34

Devor: Nov 30, 2004; Lurking more.

luxury handset posted:

that's not the event you're thinking of

there are some that are organized as a rural co-op with unpaid firefighters. the example you're thinking of was from a rural area where a small town had a government-run fire department, but they would provide coverage to the surrounding county if the people paid a yearly fee (in other contexts, we call this a tax). the people whose house burned down had not paid their fee that year

private fire departments exist in some context in like, really rural areas at high risk of fire. they're pretty uncommon though

They had a policy of giving people one freebie with the hopes that they�ll realize the importance of paying your optional taxes to live in a society.

It was the second call out where they merely watched the house burn down after making sure folks were safe.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 02:35

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

�What are the chances my house will catch on fire twice?�

�guy whose house caught on fire twice

# ? Jun 30, 2020 02:39

Craptacular: Jul 11, 2004

luxury handset posted:

private fire departments exist in some context in like, really rural areas at high risk of fire. they're pretty uncommon though

They exist in non-rural areas. This company has what appears to be a bunch of suburban locations, and I assume there's probably other companies doing the same thing in other places.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 03:33

NoWake: Dec 28, 2008; College Slice

Neutrino posted:

Sometimes you have to worry about vertical curve clearance.

Hey! Those crossing panels came from the company I work for (you can tell by the way it is)

From time to time, a/e firms will reach out to us for an off-the-shelf solution for low-slung trucks crossing humped track crossings. The major design constraint is that the crossing surface has to be flush with top of rail, and the only way to remove the hump is to lower the track or raise the approaches.

"But we can't feather out the approaches any further, there's an intersection less than 50 feet away"
"Lowering the track will be too expensive and the railroad won't pay for that"
"We can't raise the whole intersection next to the track that would be really expensive too"

It's at that point I give up and say "Well, I guess get some more signs up to tell trucks not to go that way, then"

# ? Jun 30, 2020 05:41

Helen Highwater: Feb 19, 2014; And furthermore; Grimey Drawer

The White Dragon posted:

i've never heard of an actual privatized fire department, i'm sure the captains of industry have formed minor organizations as a weird/possibly illegal experiment but our civil fire response is mostly intact and hiring is competitive because as government work it's a very popular job to feed your family with

When I was a much younger, thinner, and less wise Helen Highwater, I did an apprenticeship at the Hotpoint factory. They had their own fire department because they worked with some really nasty processes and the 6-10 minutes or so that it would take the county fire department to arrive was 4-10 minutes too long. I joined, we got the same training as the local volunteer brigade, and we mostly spent our time restoring the beautiful series 1 Landrover fire tender that had less than 1000 miles on it.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 06:32

Sanctum: Feb 14, 2005; Property was their religion
A church for one

Yeah the roman fire mafia is one of the few stories from Durant that really stuck with me. So hilariously modern. I could go on at length about east-asia and the crusades.

20 Blunts posted:

its a rich day for TRUCKFUCKLING! another *smash hit* from milwaukee wisconsin:

https://fox6now.com/2020/05/21/truck-went-by-me-and-then-bam-dump-truck-with-bed-in-the-air-strikes-bridge/

(sorry idk how to pull the video and embed it)

a runway actually goes over that tunnel, iirc

gently caress that dipshit reporter in the other truckfuckling video. already enough dipshits on that accident site

I've seen things like this happen at work, even got a weird call about it one morning. New mechanic was bringing a unit to the shop, every time you hit the accelerator the lift deck would go up. Both are hydraulic powered, but there is no way those two systems are connected. Except for -you know- the fact that they definitely somehow are connected.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 08:19

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

Nenonen posted:

It's not cyrillic even though I first thought it would be, not sure what it's meant to be.

But I just realized that there is graffiti 12 stories tall, and from the looks of it someone has either crept out of a window on a ledge to paint the letters, or has been hanging from a rope from above

fake edit: this seems to be A Thing Picha��o

quote:

Literally written on the outside...

# ? Jun 30, 2020 09:14

DelphiAegis: Jun 21, 2010

Neutrino posted:

Sometimes you have to worry about vertical curve clearance.

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

# ? Jun 30, 2020 11:36

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

DelphiAegis posted:

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

Tricks of perspective and because the cop is standing at the top of a hump in the road and the drivers are lower down.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 11:52

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

DelphiAegis posted:

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0

# ? Jun 30, 2020 12:50

Moo the cow: Apr 30, 2020

NoWake posted:

Hey! Those crossing panels came from the company I work for (you can tell by the way it is)

From time to time, a/e firms will reach out to us for an off-the-shelf solution for low-slung trucks crossing humped track crossings. The major design constraint is that the crossing surface has to be flush with top of rail, and the only way to remove the hump is to lower the track or raise the approaches.

"But we can't feather out the approaches any further, there's an intersection less than 50 feet away"
"Lowering the track will be too expensive and the railroad won't pay for that"
"We can't raise the whole intersection next to the track that would be really expensive too"

It's at that point I give up and say "Well, I guess get some more signs up to tell trucks not to go that way, then"

You should put a bridge over it so that the trucks can't pass under it and will choose a different route.

I'd suggest a height of 11 foot 8 should be perfect.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 13:19

Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

Devor posted:

They had a policy of giving people one freebie with the hopes that they’ll realize the importance of paying your optional taxes to live in a society.

It was the second call out where they merely watched the house burn down after making sure folks were safe.

iirc there were also insurance implications, in that if a firefighter were to be injured while they were putting out the fire at the location where the owner wasn't part of the scheme, the insurance company would say that it wasn't in the line of duty and that they were acting as private citizens

not sure if that was actual or theoretical, but it did come up before.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 14:22

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

DelphiAegis posted:

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

That cop is actually 11 feet tall

# ? Jun 30, 2020 14:29

Fat Loser: May 27, 2004

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

That cop is actually 11 feet 8 inches tall

# ? Jun 30, 2020 14:53

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

DelphiAegis posted:

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

6'0" vs 5'11"

# ? Jun 30, 2020 17:55

Craptacular: Jul 11, 2004

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Tricks of perspective and because the cop is standing at the top of a hump in the road and the drivers are lower down.

The person on the left also appears to be a cop, unless truck drivers carry handcuffs, wear shirts with epaulettes, and carry handguns.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 17:59

solarNativity: Nov 11, 2012

DelphiAegis posted:

Why does it look like the cop is writing a ticket to two midget truck drivers?

because the cop is standing on the train tracks, where he belongs

# ? Jun 30, 2020 19:56

NoneMoreNegative: Jul 20, 2000; GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN MASTER

shit wizard dad

Please be careful at junctions

Bike guy might as well never buy a lottery ticket again, thats 70 years worth of luck there.

(I watched this a few times and was worried the biker was actually losing his head to some flying debris and just carrying on down the road, there's a better video here that shows him still in one piece)

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:23

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Were the motorcycle and car racing or something.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:37

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Biker doing what Bikers do.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:39

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

The car returning to the earth from whence it came

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:51

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

NoneMoreNegative posted:

Please be careful at junctions

Bike guy might as well never buy a lottery ticket again, thats 70 years worth of luck there.

(I watched this a few times and was worried the biker was actually losing his head to some flying debris and just carrying on down the road, there's a better video here that shows him still in one piece)

I can't figure out who hosed up here because I can't make out the light. Or where the white car is coming from.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:54

A Festivus Miracle: Dec 19, 2012; I have come to discourse on the profound inequities of the American political system.

The Real Amethyst posted:

Someone mentioned earlier about fire departments.
Let me introduce you to Grants Pass Rural Fire department.
This is some real OSHA poo poo. Look at these clowns. Also lol when the real Fire Dept show up and they tell them they don't want help so they pack up and leave....only to be called back a short time later because Grants Pass RFD can't handle the situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhD_5T4F7aw

Also I learned that a lot of places in the US apparently you have to pay a yearly subscription fee to your privatized fire department or else they just let your house burn if you're not a customer of theirs.

Going to a structure fire...in Nomex. Zero turn out gear. A dude in a traffic vest. People taking off their hard hats left and right. Civilians walking into the work zone. Literal teenagers in very well used Nomex. Antique fire engines, those two engines they showed were up to date in the mid-1960s.

Trying to put out a structure fire with anything less than a 1k GPM engine.

Holy poo poo, the list goes on and on. No McLeod's, Pulaski's, or even R-5s anywhere.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:55

McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

I can't figure out who hosed up here because I can't make out the light. Or where the white car is coming from.

The light is clearly red in the Facebook link. They were probably street racing because I can't think of any other possible explanation for two vehicles running a red light at top speed.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:03

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

I can't figure out who hosed up here because I can't make out the light. Or where the white car is coming from.

Larger, longer version with more lead-in: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/hfzgon/2_idiots_running_a_red_biker_lucky_to_be_alive/

Hard to tell but everyone else is behaving as though the light is red and the van has the right of way. Car and biker both hosed up but only car paid for it.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:03

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

That would make sense as the car recording it is clearly stopped. I guess the white car didn't figure it could clear the van on the left? Tried to come waaayyyy over to the right instead. He chose poorly.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:06

Raymond T. Racing: Jun 11, 2019

Guy claiming to have been the truck driver confirmed street racing, bike guy came back to check on everything, guy in the bentley admitted to racing, motorcyclist got away with no tickets (I'm guessing the cops were like "yeah you clearly are never going to do that again")

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:23

NoWake: Dec 28, 2008; College Slice

I'd suspend the ticket in return for registering as an organ donor

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:42

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

haveblue posted:

Larger, longer version with more lead-in: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/hfzgon/2_idiots_running_a_red_biker_lucky_to_be_alive/

Hard to tell but everyone else is behaving as though the light is red and the van has the right of way. Car and biker both hosed up but only car paid for it.

No, the van also paid.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:46

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

haveblue posted:

Larger, longer version with more lead-in: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/hfzgon/2_idiots_running_a_red_biker_lucky_to_be_alive/

Hard to tell but everyone else is behaving as though the light is red and the van has the right of way. Car and biker both hosed up but only car paid for it.

The bike and car definitely ran the light.

Also the guy on the bike should go buy a lottery ticket.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:48