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Wonder who the poor bastard was that needed to go suck on one end to get it going. (oh yeah this is exactly how one should start a page)
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Helios Grime posted:Wonder who the poor bastard was that needed to go suck on one end to get it going. I don't think we need to bring anyone's mother into this
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Sep 10, 2020 13:02
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https://i.imgur.com/db41z7z.mp4
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Sep 10, 2020 13:05
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Fucken sweet. Looking forward to the "circular runway" derail.
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Sep 10, 2020 13:08
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Circular runways are only a good idea if they are also treadmills and the craft is equipped with an airframe parachute.
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Sep 10, 2020 13:10
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Gimme some nascar banking on it, thanks
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Sep 10, 2020 13:11
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Helios Grime posted:Wonder who the poor bastard was that needed to go suck on one end to get it going. It looks like they filled it with water to prime it, and let gravity start it going.
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Sep 10, 2020 13:14
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The Port of Beirut is on fire again https://twitter.com/Aya_Majzoub/status/1304010905768865792
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The Lone Badger posted:It looks like they filled it with water to prime it, and let gravity start it going. Yeah you fill it up, block both ends, submerge one end and then unblock them. Make sure you open the end in the source first, Robert's your mother's brother.
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Sep 10, 2020 13:32
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Those cops aren't gonna catch this one.
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Memento posted:I don't think we need to bring anyone's mother into this Who do you think caused the flooding in the first place?
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Sep 10, 2020 14:20
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Platystemon posted:It will rise from the ashes. Oddly enough my niece was in ironically named Ashland not far from there and had to evacuate a few days ago.
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Sep 10, 2020 14:29
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I see you’ve met my old friend Cornice. He likes to break off the leeward side of the ridge you’re climbing up. And you can’t see him because he’s a sneaky fucker.
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Sep 10, 2020 14:48
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Of course the police just let the white Cessna fly away and take off
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Of course the police just let the white Cessna fly away and take off  LOL
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When did O.J. get a pilot license?
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Nenonen posted:When did O.J. get a pilot license? If the airframe parachute doesn't fit, you must acquit.
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I suspect those cops are purposefully screening car traffic so that the plane can take off "safely."
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Doc Hawkins posted:I suspect those cops are purposefully screening car traffic so that the plane can take off "safely." Yep. You can see the plane bank left and right in the last shot, which is the plane equivalent of "thank you". Now what happened to put that plane on the driveway in the first place, there's a question.
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monolithburger posted:The Port of Beirut is on fire again Firefighters go to fires all the time without any idea what's causing the fire, and occasionally they pay for it with their lives. It's an implicitly understood part of the gig. Ideally it would be an avoidable hazard, but state secrets/incompetence or corporate secrets/incompetence kill firefighters too. A job that sounds like it would be cake until things go very wrong would be a refinery firefighter. Your day to day would probably be pretty straight forward until things go to poo poo, and then you're out there in full turnout gear spraying hyper-cancer on a hydrocarbon fire hoping things don't go sideways, because if they do, you and everyone in a few square kilometers is going to die a very quick death.
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A White Guy posted:hoping things don't go sideways, because if they do, you and everyone in a few square kilometers is going to die a very quick death. I’ll take that over ending up in the burn ward.
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StoryTime posted:Yep. You can see the plane bank left and right in the last shot, which is the plane equivalent of "thank you". My first guess would be an emergency landing on the highway, but due to something easily fixable like "ran out of gas". Then, they figured that flying it out was a better course of action than getting a crane or dissassembling it or similar to ship it back to an airport.
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Sep 10, 2020 16:53
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It was fuel starvation eight minutes after takeoff. Here is the flight track.
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StoryTime posted:Yep. You can see the plane bank left and right in the last shot, which is the plane equivalent of "thank you". *tips wing* M'escort
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So, a little bit late, but I'm reminded of one of the other stories I know about that pass. My mom used to run the county dump and all the transfer stations, so most of her employees were heavy equipment guys, who definitely lean on the upper side of the height and weight scales, and almost universally drive trucks. One day about 15 years ago now, one of her guys is heading into work at 4am, except his wife needed the truck for something that day, so he was driving her Corolla. Being 6'4 with long arms to match, he ends up pushing the seat all the way back... and reclining it a fair bit. He crests the top of the pass, starts coming down the other side (which is the straight shot in this video), and promptly hits a moose. Doesn't take long before somebody calls it in, cops get there, see this dead moose on top of a Corolla, blood everywhere, roof caved in, and a moose right where your head SHOULD be when driving that little car. Ambulance is on it's way, but they call the coroner on arrival. Then they walk up, and hear this guy choking. On moose blood. He was reclined far enough back that the frame around the windshield and the headrest are sandwiching his face in place, and the windshield had separated enough to start leaking moosebits onto his face. They had to Jaws Of Life the roof off to get him out. Aside from some REALLY gnarly face bruising, he was pretty much fine. If he'd been driving his truck like normal, it would have been instant death. Moose are tall enough they just slide over the hood and take the top of the cab right off.
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From those Australian dash cam videos, the giant reinforced grates on the front of big rig trucks always catch my eye. I don't know if it's a kangaroo guard or if they get house-sized tumbleweeds out in the middle of the bush but they're clearly made to deal with some serious poo poo.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOHnSL7ZCg Klaus!!  edit: there is lots of cheesy fake low budget horror movie "gore" so maybe technically :nsfw: I guess. mrmcd fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Sep 10, 2020 |
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Klaus could still pass as an Alabama certified forlklift instructor.
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Relentless posted:So, a little bit late, but I'm reminded of one of the other stories I know about that pass. My mom used to run the county dump and all the transfer stations, so most of her employees were heavy equipment guys, who definitely lean on the upper side of the height and weight scales, and almost universally drive trucks. Moose have evolved to murder anyone running them over. Huge body on long spindly legs, perfect for crushing anyone in the front seats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ZK_kknP9U
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Wingnut Ninja posted:From those Australian dash cam videos, the giant reinforced grates on the front of big rig trucks always catch my eye. I don't know if it's a kangaroo guard or if they get house-sized tumbleweeds out in the middle of the bush but they're clearly made to deal with some serious poo poo. It's a kangaroo guard, they can weight 100-200 pounds. And you really, really don't want your truck to break down in the middle of the outback when you could be hundreds of miles from civilization.
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I’ve heard armadillos can be a real threat to cars and drivers too, when startled they reflex jump to about windshield height and are pretty solid so can just cannonball right through when the car is going at speed.
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Gah jesus  When I went for motorcycle rider training to get my Ls, our instructor was this huge dude, approaching 7' tall, with massive scars on his face. You could put him in a movie about the Russian mob or something and he absolutely wouldn't stand out, though he was the nicest old mate ever. He also made the pissy little 125s we got to ride look like Groms which was pretty great  While we were having a break for lunch, we're talking about riding accidents, and he comments on the large scars on my face and asks if I got them from riding. I tell him yeah sorta, pushbike, no helmet, big idiot, and ask him about his. He says that one day his wife needed to take his big boy ute to go pick up some furniture while he was at work, so he had to drive her Miata to work. He wasn't paying attention, and a semi pulled out on a red directly in front of him. He slammed the Miata into the side of it at speed, hosed up the entire front end of the car and fused it to the truck, with a bunch of metal stopping inches from his face and chest. The only reason he didn't die a horrible death was exactly what you said, he was reclined with the seat back as far as possible so he could actually fit in the car. Came out of it with a broken leg, broken ribs and a ton of deep cuts all over his face and upper body, but still alive and ultimately fine. Wingnut Ninja posted:From those Australian dash cam videos, the giant reinforced grates on the front of big rig trucks always catch my eye. I don't know if it's a kangaroo guard or if they get house-sized tumbleweeds out in the middle of the bush but they're clearly made to deal with some serious poo poo. It's roos, gently caress roos. The grates that go in front of the windows are specifically for that afaik. They will choose the exact worst moment to jump out in front of you, especially if it's dark, plus they jump and are way heavier than you'd expect. They can SERIOUSLY gently caress a car up in a similar way to a moose, and can do a very good job on a truck. If you want to experience true terror, drive through rural Australia at midnight in a hatchback with lovely headlights. Never ever ever again thank you very much.
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I'm an airfield ATCALS tech with no business being near a forklift but since reading this thread I have begun demanding to my boss that he pay to get me forklift certified. He is finally starting to be persuaded by oft repeated argument "Come on man! Forklifts dude! What if we need a forklift! Come on dude!"
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just install forklift prongs on the front of all australian vehicles problem solved
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The White Dragon posted:just install forklift prongs on the front of all australian vehicles problem solved they already do this in some parts of 'straila 
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priznat posted:I’ve heard armadillos can be a real threat to cars and drivers too, when startled they reflex jump to about windshield height and are pretty solid so can just cannonball right through when the car is going at speed. Armadillos are pretty cool. I've only seen a couple live ones in the last 40+ years in here Texas. We had one in our parking garage one day, I shared some apples with him.
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PhotoKirk posted:Armadillos are pretty cool. I've only seen a couple live ones in the last 40+ years in here Texas. We had one in our parking garage one day, I shared some apples with him. Have any of your limbs fallen off?
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LifeSunDeath posted:they already do this in some parts of 'straila Everyone's a bloodbag until the real bloodbag shows up.
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