rndmnmbr posted:

The answer is, volcano insurance pays out and now they own a couple acres of lava rock. Or you skipped the volcano insurance and now you own a couple acres of lava rock. There's no going back, there's no rebuilding, you just have to take a loss and rebuild your life somewhere else. Because even if you were mad enough to try, no one is going to rebuild roads and utilities out to a couple acres of lava rock.

Space Jam posted:

lost another at the plant today. had a foreman playing hacky sack with another floor worker above the iron smelter and lost his balance and fell over the rail. he landed next to the pot luckily but the weight of him falling off shook the walkway (suspended with wire ties to the connecting joints to save money) and the other guy dropped his slurpee into the molten iron and the foreman took a splash of liquid metal to the face. goddamn hippie.

Blackchamber posted:

Iran has a submarine that is the exact same way, and they have to have two tender boats follow it around... so anytime you want to know where their sub is look for them. They've had to be rescued and pulled back to port a couple times. A few years ago they threatened to 'park it off the coast of america'... good luck making it there.

starkebn posted:

https://i.imgur.com/BLaHVFK.mp4

chitoryu12 posted:

There's a reason teenage drivers have higher insurance rates.

Platystemon posted:

You have brandy and raisins in your phone?

Nth Doctor posted:

No shoes. drat shame watching someone die so young.

GotLag posted:

What's the reason for making a chainsaw in this shape?

Edit: some googling gave me this:

His Divine Shadow posted:

About to try and lift my 1.2 metric ton milling machine at home, got myself a 2 ton harbor freight crane last night. Heavy machine lifting is always a very OSHA thing so wish me luck. Just want it up so I can pull away the pallet and let it sit on the floor for now.

Next step comes later, putting it on machine skates for actually moving it.

Icon Of Sin posted:

Tossing hay bails over a what’s effectively a pole vault bar at a Highland games? That’s all I’m coming up with.

Platystemon posted:

Lamebot posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsh5E9m3PrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rfuoylv34k

jemand posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5whCBV0bk

violent sex idiot posted:

seems fine ppe wise to me, arms and legs covered, big gloves, glasses hard hat. i would tell him to button up his fuckin shirt but welders are all idiots

Megillah Gorilla posted:

The orc swords in Lord of the Rings.

Yep, just pour that metal into an open mold. That'll be fine.

Platystemon posted:

Pages 177–179 of Ignition!:

Flannelette posted:

Remember that this thread has taught us the 1950s was also a time when "a screwdriver" was an acceptable answer as to what to balance the certain death reflector over the plutonium ball with.

Queen Combat posted:

Uhh, I am not good at computer, but here it is:

https://www.redbubble.com/people/queen-combat/works/35932371-i-love-science-demon-core

I set the markup to the minimum (1%) because this isn't mine. Redbubble is trash but the shirt is available. I have no idea how their clothes are.

Platystemon posted:

I don’t think that dumping in in an abandoned mine is really going to hurt anyone, but it sounds really bad and whatever the correct procedure for dealing with radioactive specimens is, that’s not it.

mostlygray posted:

I have to do this all the time. It's ridiculous. There are a lot of small companies that email you an un-editable form (like an image of a photocopy of a child's idea of a form impeded in a pdf so that you can't even convert it to word) that must be filled out by hand and then scanned and emailed back. They could set up an online form but they refuse. Print email, fill out by hand, scan, email.

El_Elegante posted:

If they’re just chaps they won’t protect you from a chainsaw penectomy.

Pissed Ape Sexist posted:

All its farts escape from that one place and it grosses out beavers, who fell the tree out of fright and disgust

chitoryu12 posted:

Thread:

https://twitter.com/maryrobinette/status/1152277166996017152?s=21

Phanatic posted:

Yunick as well.

He also once stuck a basketball in the fuel tank. Inflate the basketball to pass tech inspection, when they the capacity of the tank, then deflate it to fit in more fuel.

Probably the most brilliant racing cheat ever was this one:

https://crasstalk.com/2011/03/cheatins-still-winnin-the-story-of-toyota-racings-best-cheat-ever/

To limit speeds the rules mandated a restrictor plate to limit air intake to the turbo. The Toyota team designed everything so that when you installed the turbo in the car, the end of the intake hose pressed on springs within the turbo housing and moved the restrictor plate slightly (5mm) forward to ease the restriction. Remove the parts to inspect them, and everything looks and measures right. But installed, you get 50 more horsepower.

Synthbuttrange posted:

Also courtesy of the aliexpress thread: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/s5EJbUnW

Synthbuttrange posted:

look, food contact surfaces.

and I want that filthy floor clean enough to eat off.

madeintaipei posted:

Lol, camera catches you putting up a PRC flag, flag obscures camera, into the camps with you!
Ever read Schweik? Like the bar owner being thrown in jail because a fly poo poo on the portrait of Franz in his bar.

I don't know if it's the same for y'all in Finland, but my father said you would only see the German flag flying from civic buildings or during sports games. Even in mainland China and Taiwan during the 80's (the latter still under miltary rule at the time), they would only be where he'd expect them. Cue my father and I walking around a small town in Iowa during their combo 4th of July/volunteer fire-squad fundraiser with flags on every house, every car in the parade, every business, etc. Complete and total bemusement on his part.

LifeSunDeath posted:

Toronto Hydro set you up man, you do something to piss them off lately?

Memento posted:

Rio Tinto investigates after employee crushes own work ute with haul truck






That probably won't buff out.

Looking at it though, that driver's side door is pretty OK. They should make a nice little plaque for it with these photos and mount it on the wall of the workshop for posterity.