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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Seriously though isn't that type of glass used because it blocks UV?
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:26 |
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Devor posted:We had a subcontractor go out to do geotechnial borings. The target location that Miss Utility painted didn't have any space that was clear of utilities, so he used some utility guy equivalent of dousing rods, I think "rodding", to determine a safe area outside the Miss Utility zone. I do geotech drilling for my job and have seen people use "witching" rods before. I was drilling in a vacant lot and (my locates were good) saw a guy from the city pull up on the road, get out and walk perpendicular to the road with the rods, wherever they crossed, he'd lay down some green paint, walk 15-20 feet, watch where they crossed, green paint etc.... This looked like it was for OFFICIAL locates, not just some half rear end "we think its probably here but you might want to double check first". In fairness though, he would have had access to the city drawings and whatnot showing where they actually are. As for me, if I saw wires coming up like that I'd be stopping and being all like "what the fuckin poo poo is this"? Your job sounds like an ideal candidate for "daylight before you drill".
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:31 |
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Dowsing works like executive MBAs. Someone asking "why thing not done, my metrics are bad" or deciding to drill baby drill cause the sticks crossed can be great business process lubrication. In specific circumstances where fail fast works though otherwise maybe you should be taking your time.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:41 |
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https://i.imgur.com/cPpUbhl.gifv
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:54 |
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Sagebrush posted:Tom Sachs is an 𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓈𝓉. An old saying in my field is that consultants (attending physicians) in the UK's NHS need to be any two of affable, able and available.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:54 |
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They just ran a new line to my cable box a few weeks ago and a couple of guys were out marking where stuff is. They were running electricity through pipes and whatnot then using some sort of dowsing rod looking thing to detect and follow it. In the past all the little colored flags just appeared one day, kind of neat to see how they actually do it. This also showed me that thanks to lovely landscape management and the powers of erosion that my gas line is soon going to be sticking out into my pond and I feel like that is maybe bad?
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 15:05 |
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https://i.imgur.com/qWW7vD9.gifv
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 15:26 |
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Computer viking posted:Sounds like the youtube videos James May did after he left Top Gear - I'd love more videos of him rebuilding random things in his garage. Sadly, the last two on his channel were taking the piss.* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpJo8rE3Aj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAAj_n4iqDo *did I use that right?
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 15:57 |
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https://i.imgur.com/7v6CV0O.mp4
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 15:58 |
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The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 16:19 |
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Hallelujah, it's raining (stunt)men!
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 16:28 |
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That stuntman in the back is all tuckered out.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 16:35 |
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wesleywillis posted:I do geotech drilling for my job and have seen people use "witching" rods before. I was drilling in a vacant lot and (my locates were good) saw a guy from the city pull up on the road, get out and walk perpendicular to the road with the rods, wherever they crossed, he'd lay down some green paint, walk 15-20 feet, watch where they crossed, green paint etc.... This looked like it was for OFFICIAL locates, not just some half rear end "we think its probably here but you might want to double check first". Going to be honest, I'd probably do something like this to gently caress with a newbie after having already cross checked everything on the drawings beforehand and knowing exactly where to mark.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 16:59 |
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Not gonna lie. I want to try this.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 17:33 |
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LLSix posted:Not gonna lie. I want to try this. Social distanced escalators?
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:07 |
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:13 |
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New Blues Bratya looking good!
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:37 |
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:That stuntman in the back is all tuckered out. He's dead, Jim
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:46 |
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LLSix posted:Not gonna lie. I want to try this. Later... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msrMFcf6bT8&t=203s e: ah fucks, can't embed. The relevant content starts at 3:23
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:49 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOnymOK3eaw
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 18:57 |
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Nenonen posted:Later... Yeah, I'd definitely test your ability to hold your own bodyweight with one hand's grip for ~30 seconds (and then your ability to do a full muscle-up afterwards) before trying this on a real escalator. In fact, this reminds me of when Mythbusters were testing the idea that you could use suction cups to climb a glass skyscraper (which they knew beforehand was true because people have done it in real life), and they ended up not being able to because nobody was strong enough/had enough endurance to do the actual climb even with suction cups that were strong enough for it.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 19:00 |
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That's what the reinforced plate on the front is for
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 19:31 |
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https://i.imgur.com/dvflMkP.mp4 Maybe better shelving is in order.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:14 |
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I'm surprised it stayed up long enough for him to gently nudge it.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:16 |
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Batterypowered7 posted:https://i.imgur.com/dvflMkP.mp4 It's like a whole bunch of those plastic laundry hamper frames you get on amazon
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:22 |
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https://i.imgur.com/vSsM5WF.mp4 This one also had me no no no no no-ing.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:29 |
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Batterypowered7 posted:https://i.imgur.com/vSsM5WF.mp4 25 steps, assuming the stairs have the normal 7" rise, means that was a 14'7" drop there. Absolute madness.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:37 |
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Here is the same crash from a higher vantage point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmZ_HbVvzM I don't see what the plan was, that superyacht isn't going to fit anywhere even before it destroyed the dock.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:57 |
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God drat, I want a yacht. If you've got yacht money, you've got money to pay for the damages, just plow right into poo poo.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 22:09 |
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Bezos could build an entire marina full of legit boats and restaurants and docks and piers and then just plow into it with a giant yacht for fun.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 22:15 |
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CannonFodder posted:I don't see what the plan was, that superyacht isn't going to fit anywhere even before it destroyed the dock. quote:that superyacht isn't going to fit anywhere before it destroyed the dock. That's the plan!
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 22:44 |
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Look, the yacht's name is "Go", y'all seem to think it's name is "Stop".
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 22:58 |
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CannonFodder posted:Here is the same crash from a higher vantage point. I'm also very curious about the discoloration of the water when the yacht pulled up. Were the engines just powerful enough to be kicking sediment from the ocean floor into the water, or was there some kind of fuel or brown-water leak happening? Apparently this yacht is a charter, so it's likely some multi-millionaire on board who rented it for the week instead of a mega-billionaire who owns it personally. (They took the price off of that yacht's page, likely because it's probably under repair now, but a very similar model rents for EUR€900,000 - 1,000,000/wk). Dude probably partied a little too hard, insisted that the crew join him in the good times, and we get this footage as a result.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:34 |
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LanceHunter posted:I'm also very curious about the discoloration of the water when the yacht pulled up. Were the engines just powerful enough to be kicking sediment from the ocean floor into the water
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:39 |
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Desert Bus posted:
You are a valve away from having the coolest fire pit in the neighborhood. Genocide Tendency fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Feb 28, 2021 |
# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:40 |
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Nenonen posted:Later... I hope that guy in the first clip got really hurt because gently caress him for doing that on an escalator other people were using
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:53 |
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LanceHunter posted:I'm also very curious about the discoloration of the water when the yacht pulled up. Were the engines just powerful enough to be kicking sediment from the ocean floor into the water, or was there some kind of fuel or brown-water leak happening? One of the commentors opines that there was some type of control input failure which prevented the helmsman/captain from throttling down one engine, and it looks like they tried running the other engine in full reverse to slow or stop it (which apparently doesn't work).
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:54 |
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Batterypowered7 posted:https://i.imgur.com/vSsM5WF.mp4 Here's a guy doing it on a skateboard. got to 9:30ish for success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GFIXrybfKg
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PainterofCrap posted:One of the commentors opines that there was some type of control input failure which prevented the helmsman/captain from throttling down one engine, and it looks like they tried running the other engine in full reverse to slow or stop it (which apparently doesn't work). Yeah, propellers are designed to work in one direction, they do work in reverse, but shittily, so if you have one engine full ahead and one full reverse you're not going anywhere, you're also going to have fuckall rudder authority (you won't be able to steer worth a poo poo)
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