Which is why you use sand stakes, which are, for a tent that size, 12-18" long. The longer the better. Good metal ones that are made out of angle iron.
Or, those corkscrew dog-run things. Twist them until they are buried and they'll hold.
#6 Reminds me of a story when I was young and dumb back around1986. I owned one of those old northern 3 story homes with an attic. I don’t know when it was built but the parcel was bought in 1907. Had a slate roof and cedar siding. The roof needed some work which nobody wanted to do. I made my own hook ladder and was doing the work myself. I used one ladder to get to the eve then hoisted the hook ladder up and over the peak. What a view I had 40 feet up. The roof had an old decorative metal cap that was in ok shape. Anyway, as I worked my way along the roof I’d pick the ladder up and move it a few feet at a time. I got near the end of the roof and all of a sudden was swarmed by a bunch of yellow jackets. They had a nest in the end of the cap. There I was 40 ft up, on a hook ladder, with no way out fast with yellow jackets swarming around me. I prayed my head off and slowly worked my way back. Thank you GOD.
I was working with my Dad to "improve" his 60 acres in Sou Indiana back in the 60s. Lots of fields that hadn't been worked in decades. So I'm walking back to where my Dad was stringing barbed wire when all the sudden I'm getting bit and it's very unfriendly. I looked down and I'd caught a yellowjacket nest in a hole. They topped my boots and was in lots of pain for the long ride home. I said a few words my Dad hadn't heard outta my mouth!!
I can sympathize with #5. I had just started at my second job and they told me to use the electric forklift to carry some parts to the loading dock. They were large sheet metal boxes used in air conditioning systems. Light, but bulky. I couldn't see in front of the load and at one point I stood up to get a better view. No one told me that the brakes locked when no one was in the seat. I didn't turn it over, but I had to reload it before I continued on.
The car in front hit a "man hole" cover and flipped it upright. It wedged in the hole sideways. Probably did a lot of damage from the way the camera jumped. I bet there was no talking ones way out of that ticket.
#3….so one guy throws a Molotov cocktail and lights himself on fire while the front seat guy dumps a tire and throws starter fluid on it without lighting it…. I’m sure it must have been a better plan prior to refining the details during five hours of drinking…
Numbers 5 & 7 are dickheads, 8 could become a new sport. Anyone know where 9 is, some ME shithole? Their lack of situational awareness is breathtaking, but common. It’s a wonder that the driver bothered to swerve his truck.
Starker here, You never never travel especially at speed with the forks all of the way up. Many decades ago I worked at a wooden truss plant. I was a stacker for a sawyer. I had to get a few boards up to large packs of lumber with a 8K lb forklift. I even got good enough to put 20 footers through an 18 foot wide door and put them on top of another pack 3 feet inside the door. We had forklift races often with and without loads. worst thing is having to restack the pile. I also got to use the larger 20K lb forklifts to load the trucks. At 18 it was hard work, long hours, but it was enjoyable.
#8 Yeah, you still have to stake them down.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, it may have been staked down, but sand isn't going to hold the stakes in place.
DeleteWhich is why you use sand stakes, which are, for a tent that size, 12-18" long. The longer the better. Good metal ones that are made out of angle iron.
DeleteOr, those corkscrew dog-run things. Twist them until they are buried and they'll hold.
#6 Reminds me of a story when I was young and dumb back around1986. I owned one of those old northern 3 story homes with an attic. I don’t know when it was built but the parcel was bought in 1907. Had a slate roof and cedar siding. The roof needed some work which nobody wanted to do. I made my own hook ladder and was doing the work myself. I used one ladder to get to the eve then hoisted the hook ladder up and over the peak. What a view I had 40 feet up. The roof had an old decorative metal cap that was in ok shape. Anyway, as I worked my way along the roof I’d pick the ladder up and move it a few feet at a time. I got near the end of the roof and all of a sudden was swarmed by a bunch of yellow jackets. They had a nest in the end of the cap. There I was 40 ft up, on a hook ladder, with no way out fast with yellow jackets swarming around me. I prayed my head off and slowly worked my way back. Thank you GOD.
ReplyDeleteOh you had a fast way out. You just didn't accepr it.
DeleteYes, God is good.
I was working with my Dad to "improve" his 60 acres in Sou Indiana back in the 60s. Lots of fields that hadn't been worked in decades. So I'm walking back to where my Dad was stringing barbed wire when all the sudden I'm getting bit and it's very unfriendly. I looked down and I'd caught a yellowjacket nest in a hole. They topped my boots and was in lots of pain for the long ride home. I said a few words my Dad hadn't heard outta my mouth!!
DeleteMy brother had a similar contraption rigged up to hang Christmas lights. He fell and it killed him. Always respect gravity.
Delete#3 I just don't know... I suspect that jumping back in the car while on fire was not part of the plan...
ReplyDelete#5 is a dipshit.
#9 ... It was not their time
#10 - the genius in the family; same for #s 2, 4 & 5.
ReplyDeleteTypical everyday hindu female.
DeleteI can sympathize with #5. I had just started at my second job and they told me to use the electric forklift to carry some parts to the loading dock. They were large sheet metal boxes used in air conditioning systems. Light, but bulky. I couldn't see in front of the load and at one point I stood up to get a better view. No one told me that the brakes locked when no one was in the seat. I didn't turn it over, but I had to reload it before I continued on.
ReplyDeleteDrive forklifts in reverse to see the way to go. That is what the US Air Force teaches.
DeleteThey also taught you to wear a seatbelt
Delete#1 That's what you get for following too close.
ReplyDeleteWhat did he hit?
DeleteThe car in front hit a "man hole" cover and flipped it upright. It wedged in the hole sideways. Probably did a lot of damage from the way the camera jumped. I bet there was no talking ones way out of that ticket.
DeleteGregory-
DeleteThat's what I
thought until I realize he was a cop.
The first car flipped some metal cover that had a big spike on it, and this time the cop got karma!
DeleteYes that's what I was wondering: What did the first car hit that flipped up and impaled the second car?
Delete#3….so one guy throws a Molotov cocktail and lights himself on fire while the front seat guy dumps a tire and throws starter fluid on it without lighting it….
ReplyDeleteI’m sure it must have been a better plan prior to refining the details during five hours of drinking…
If these 2 idiots are indicative of the type of libtard anarchists that think they are going to overthrow 'Murica, it's going to be a turkey shoot.
DeleteSteve the Engineer
#10: Ride 'em cowgirl!
ReplyDelete#2. Recalling the number of times a motorcycle rider has complained about non-bikers not paying attention.
ReplyDeleteSurround the J6 hearing and hang the traitors for raiding Trumps home.
ReplyDelete#3 When you hire your hitmen off Craigslist
ReplyDelete#2 the barrier served its purpose stopping the motorcyclist crossing the tracks in front of the train.
ReplyDelete#3 obviously retarded
ReplyDeleteNumbers 5 & 7 are dickheads, 8 could become a new sport. Anyone know where 9 is, some ME shithole? Their lack of situational awareness is breathtaking, but common. It’s a wonder that the driver bothered to swerve his truck.
ReplyDeleteStarker here, You never never travel especially at speed with the forks all of the way up.
ReplyDeleteMany decades ago I worked at a wooden truss plant. I was a stacker for a sawyer. I had to get a few boards up to large packs of lumber with a 8K lb forklift. I even got good enough to put 20 footers through an 18 foot wide door and put them on top of another pack 3 feet inside the door. We had forklift races often with and without loads. worst thing is having to restack the pile. I also got to use the larger 20K lb forklifts to load the trucks. At 18 it was hard work, long hours, but it was enjoyable.