You'd think the guys who stack eggs would learn, but I guess they just stack them and let a different department worry about how they're going to move them.
Looking at #9, an idea came to me. Why doesn't everyone who rides a bike on the road need insurance? I hate those mother fuckers and they think they own the road. They can cause a lot of damage!
Now that I'm thinking of it, give them license plates too!
Some biker did that to our car once, but it was a car already with a lot of dents so it didn't matter. The concern was more if they were hurt. You are right, all bikes should have plates to identify them by.
Agreed! Don't live there anymore (just visit on biz), but they're a royal pain in the a** in Charlotte's Myers Park, where your average house is $3-4MM. They don't obey bike lanes, cut across traffic and are generally arrogant (like Jef in "Pearls Before Swine").
When I worked at the steel foundry as a charge weigh up guy, I received incoming bulk steel. It came in a big dumper with a pup pulled behind with more crushed up GM bodies and other scrap. This steel was called 1010, as opposed to say, 4130. The steel was mostly just plain iron, with little carbon or other things that could make it hard. It was the foundation of all iron based steels. The driver who usually came to us, from the Lansing area, told me one day that another driver, heading up north towards Traverse City, had something pass on his right. He looked over and it was his pup that had come unhooked. Fortunately it was after he dumped his load, which often contained somewhere around 80,000 if I recall correctly. I don't recall what they did to that guy, but I can imagine that stomach dropping feeling watching your second trailer passing you. I do remember that nobody was hurt, the trailer just rolled on, until it went off the road and into a very wide ditch, where it slowed down until it rolled over on it's side.
Fred in Texas, was towing a car to the scrap yard one morning. Came out of a curve and there was nothing in my mirror... ??? Looked in the side mirror and saw it rolling to a stop in somebody's yard. A truck stopped a few minutes later and handed me the ratchet strap that had fallen off. My lesson was don't trust the steering wheel lock!
Ted: Give him a break. His eyesight at 72 may not be as good as it used to be, and the task of proofreading his comments may be getting increasingly difficult as old age approaches.
Just remember, you'll be getting older someday, and you'll be counting on the kindness of others to get you through life without people getting you down more than they already do.
#8 - great example on why tempered glass is required by code in those situations. Dude could have gotten cut up MUCH worse.
I knew a guy who almost died getting out of the shower - cut an artery in his leg, had to put on the tourniquet himself. He was <18 at the time, boy scout training saved his life. Newer shower doors and enclosures are required to be tempered.
#4 is that Joe?
ReplyDeletelooks like Gov Walsh
DeleteYou'd think the guys who stack eggs would learn, but I guess they just stack them and let a different department worry about how they're going to move them.
ReplyDeleteLooking at #9, an idea came to me. Why doesn't everyone who rides a bike on the road need insurance? I hate those mother fuckers and they think they own the road. They can cause a lot of damage!
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm thinking of it, give them license plates too!
Some biker did that to our car once, but it was a car already with a lot of dents so it didn't matter. The concern was more if they were hurt. You are right, all bikes should have plates to identify them by.
DeleteAgreed! Don't live there anymore (just visit on biz), but they're a royal pain in the a** in Charlotte's Myers Park, where your average house is $3-4MM. They don't obey bike lanes, cut across traffic and are generally arrogant (like Jef in "Pearls Before Swine").
DeleteYou gotta admire the alignment on that ambulance. That thing ran straight for a long time.
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"How did your day go, Sweetheart?"
Delete"I had the funniest thing happen today, Dear. Part of my load passed me on the freeway."
The ambulance almost looks to be under power and being driven
DeleteWhen I worked at the steel foundry as a charge weigh up guy, I received incoming bulk steel. It came in a big dumper with a pup pulled behind with more crushed up GM bodies and other scrap. This steel was called 1010, as opposed to say, 4130. The steel was mostly just plain iron, with little carbon or other things that could make it hard. It was the foundation of all iron based steels.
DeleteThe driver who usually came to us, from the Lansing area, told me one day that another driver, heading up north towards Traverse City, had something pass on his right. He looked over and it was his pup that had come unhooked. Fortunately it was after he dumped his load, which often contained somewhere around 80,000 if I recall correctly.
I don't recall what they did to that guy, but I can imagine that stomach dropping feeling watching your second trailer passing you. I do remember that nobody was hurt, the trailer just rolled on, until it went off the road and into a very wide ditch, where it slowed down until it rolled over on it's side.
Fred in Texas, was towing a car to the scrap yard one morning. Came out of a curve and there was nothing in my mirror... ??? Looked in the side mirror and saw it rolling to a stop in somebody's yard. A truck stopped a few minutes later and handed me the ratchet strap that had fallen off. My lesson was don't trust the steering wheel lock!
DeleteAll good lessons on situational awareness. #1 looks like the Altamont Pass. #8 is a trip to the hospital for stitches.
ReplyDeleteNumber one is typical, nobody gives a shit, nobody pays attention. It’s 72 years old I’m finding out finally then I’m alone out there.
ReplyDeleteIt’s I’m 72 years old. Good grief man.
DeleteTed: Give him a break. His eyesight at 72 may not be as good as it used to be, and the task of proofreading his comments may be getting increasingly difficult as old age approaches.
DeleteJust remember, you'll be getting older someday, and you'll be counting on the kindness of others to get you through life without people getting you down more than they already do.
Good luck to you in your old age.
#8 - great example on why tempered glass is required by code in those situations. Dude could have gotten cut up MUCH worse.
ReplyDeleteI knew a guy who almost died getting out of the shower - cut an artery in his leg, had to put on the tourniquet himself. He was <18 at the time, boy scout training saved his life. Newer shower doors and enclosures are required to be tempered.
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ReplyDeleteCan someone give me the phone number for the shop that did the front end alignment on the balance?
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