#6 .. I know exactly how that kid feels, being painfully introverted, myself. I've literally threatened family members with extreme wiolence [sic] if any dared to throw me a surprise party or made a fuss over me in any way.
I really used to hate the stupid birthday spectacle the staff would make at restaurants when I was a kid. Still don't care for it as an adult. So cringe worthy with their dumb songs. This one is even worse, since the staff is dressed in weird costumes.
I had to look this place up, it is "Hot World Cuisine" located in Glasgow Scotland. They serve American, Italian and Indian food apparently, and the latter explains the dude who looks like a reject from the cast of Aladdin. I never really cared for dumb gimmicks at restaurants anyway. Being in Scotland, I'll bet that kid was thinking "bugger off ya dumb cunts!"
#1- World's largest pencil sharpener. Hard to imagine why someone would by such a tool. It must be *at least* $400.00, and only has ONE purpose. If you're a manufacturer, I'd think you'd want something bench mounted (too much risk of injury with this method) and if you're a rancher, there's got to be a dozen other tools that could be repurposed to do the job well enough, and are also useful for other things. (Chainsaw for one.)
I'm sure there's a niche somewhere thing thing fits into, but I can't help thinking it's "Somebody has more money than sense."
You've never strung a fence line in your life, I can tell. Brace poles are typically 25-30 feet apart with T-posts every 8-10 feet between them, and that doesn't include gates or corners. Even if you've got a small ranch of just a couple hundred acres, that's a hell of a lot of hardened poles to trim with an ax or hatchet. I've also worked on ranches where all the posts were brace poles, so then you figure every 8-10 feet apart. I'd have killed for a tool like that. I'm not even going to address using a chainsaw to do that job other than to say that it's incredibly dangerous even if you do have a ripping chain on the saw.
Every fence I've ever built we had a post hole digger mounted on the back of a tractor - didn't have to sharpen the posts. I figure that'd be easier than a hydraulic pole driver, but then I've never worked with a hydraulic pole driver. Now, if I'm building barricades or going full Vlad, there's a purpose for such a device.
Based on what were called dowel pointers or sharpener used with a hand brace to Taper chair rungs, etc in the 1800s. I have several in different sizes. Largest I've seen would taper a 2 inch dowel. Bubbarust
#6 99% of people don't want you to sing "happy Birthday" to them 99% of people don't want to sing "happy Birthday" to anyone. Who are these fucking 1%ers?????????
Me! Me! I like singing happy birthday! Birthdays only happen once a year and "that' day is memorable to the person celebrating another trip around the sun and to that person's mother... it was a BIG for her too!
Jokes are supposed to be funny. That was just a dick move, especially to pull on a young kid who hasn't yet learned that some people think being an asshole is actually funny. Maybe he overreacted a bit, but I think back to when I was a kid that age, and I would've been pissed off too.
If you've seen that ice cream bit, the clip is after they have already been teasing the kid for a good three to five minutes. I'm afraid my inner Tony Soprano would have kicked in and I threatened a dirt nap for making my kid cry after about minute number two. VC
The suspension system on that Russian tank was invented by an American, Walter Christie. He tried to sell it to the US Army in the 1930's. They were not interested. The Russians were and the T-34 was very maneuverable in the bogs of the Motherland. Also, Jim Peck, an American pilot who had first-hand experience fighting the German pilots during the Spanish Civil War, tried to share his knowledge with the US Army Air Corps. The top brass had no time for Peck. He was a Black American. These stories are both true. The stupidity and arrogance of .mil this day is tragic. FWIW, I drank the purple Kool-Aid in 1969-MOS 11B20. I will fight the re-instatement of The Draft with my last breath.
Kid is well on his way to becoming a successful adult in a cruel world. Today's lesson: Never trust another person, especially a stranger, ever. They'll fuck you over every time.
#1 At our boat yard docks they did that to the pilings to keep the seagulls from hanging around & messing up the docks, but it was a much bigger sharpener hanging from a crane.
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ReplyDelete#6 .. I know exactly how that kid feels, being painfully introverted, myself. I've literally threatened family members with extreme wiolence [sic] if any dared to throw me a surprise party or made a fuss over me in any way.
ReplyDeleteI really used to hate the stupid birthday spectacle the staff would make at restaurants when I was a kid. Still don't care for it as an adult. So cringe worthy with their dumb songs. This one is even worse, since the staff is dressed in weird costumes.
DeleteI had to look this place up, it is "Hot World Cuisine" located in Glasgow Scotland. They serve American, Italian and Indian food apparently, and the latter explains the dude who looks like a reject from the cast of Aladdin. I never really cared for dumb gimmicks at restaurants anyway. Being in Scotland, I'll bet that kid was thinking "bugger off ya dumb cunts!"
#1. Getting ready for all the impalements coming.
ReplyDelete#10 - FAFO'd
ReplyDelete#5 with the sun in the drivers eyes, I can see how that might happen
ReplyDeleteHe was well into the shade before he hit it. I'm guessing his eyes were on his phone.
DeleteOn second look, I think you were correct on the phone distraction.
DeleteHe got out with the phone in hand.
It was just a wild-ass guess. I didn't even notice the phone.
DeleteWhat's up with that car? At walking speed, it folded up like it was made from Coke cans.
Deleteit has happened to me. i lost it in the windshield post. 2nd day otjj in a company truck. i lost it in the windshield post.
DeleteSafety crumple zones...
Delete#1- World's largest pencil sharpener. Hard to imagine why someone would by such a tool. It must be *at least* $400.00, and only has ONE purpose. If you're a manufacturer, I'd think you'd want something bench mounted (too much risk of injury with this method) and if you're a rancher, there's got to be a dozen other tools that could be repurposed to do the job well enough, and are also useful for other things. (Chainsaw for one.)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there's a niche somewhere thing thing fits into, but I can't help thinking it's "Somebody has more money than sense."
John G.
Vlad the Impaler would have loved this- can you imagine sharpening 10,000 poles with an axe?
DeleteYou've never strung a fence line in your life, I can tell. Brace poles are typically 25-30 feet apart with T-posts every 8-10 feet between them, and that doesn't include gates or corners. Even if you've got a small ranch of just a couple hundred acres, that's a hell of a lot of hardened poles to trim with an ax or hatchet. I've also worked on ranches where all the posts were brace poles, so then you figure every 8-10 feet apart. I'd have killed for a tool like that.
DeleteI'm not even going to address using a chainsaw to do that job other than to say that it's incredibly dangerous even if you do have a ripping chain on the saw.
But you have to admit it does look like a giant pencil sharpener....
DeleteJD
Out West here log furniture manu, use that tool a lot.
DeleteI thought the sharpener was probably made by the user in his own shop… just seems to have that quality about it. SmileyFtW
DeletePointing the ends and using a hydraulic pole driver on a backhoe or a skid loader is a much quicker way to put a pole in than digging and filling.
DeleteEvery fence I've ever built we had a post hole digger mounted on the back of a tractor - didn't have to sharpen the posts. I figure that'd be easier than a hydraulic pole driver, but then I've never worked with a hydraulic pole driver. Now, if I'm building barricades or going full Vlad, there's a purpose for such a device.
DeleteWe dug post holes but we also drove them in a little deeper to keep them in place while we back-filled them.
DeleteBased on what were called dowel pointers or sharpener used with a hand brace to
DeleteTaper chair rungs, etc in the 1800s. I have several in different sizes. Largest I've seen
would taper a 2 inch dowel.
Bubbarust
#6
ReplyDelete99% of people don't want you to sing "happy Birthday" to them
99% of people don't want to sing "happy Birthday" to anyone.
Who are these fucking 1%ers?????????
Kamala Harris voters???
DeleteMe! Me! I like singing happy birthday!
DeleteBirthdays only happen once a year and "that' day is memorable to the person celebrating another trip around the sun and to that person's mother... it was a BIG for her too!
# 2 somebody needs an ass-whooping for that stunt
ReplyDelete#2 - Sheesh, it was a joke, kid.
ReplyDeleteJokes are supposed to be funny. That was just a dick move, especially to pull on a young kid who hasn't yet learned that some people think being an asshole is actually funny. Maybe he overreacted a bit, but I think back to when I was a kid that age, and I would've been pissed off too.
DeleteIf you've seen that ice cream bit, the clip is after they have already been teasing the kid for a good three to five minutes. I'm afraid my inner Tony Soprano would have kicked in and I threatened a dirt nap for making my kid cry after about minute number two.
DeleteVC
#9 been there, done that, unfortunately.
ReplyDelete#4 badass tank operator, considering what visibility is like.
ReplyDeleteThe suspension system on that Russian tank was invented by an American, Walter Christie. He tried to sell it to the US Army in the 1930's. They were not interested. The Russians were and the T-34 was very maneuverable in the bogs of the Motherland. Also, Jim Peck, an American pilot who had first-hand experience fighting the German pilots during the Spanish Civil War, tried to share his knowledge with the US Army Air Corps. The top brass had no time for Peck. He was a Black American. These stories are both true. The stupidity and arrogance of .mil this day is tragic. FWIW, I drank the purple Kool-Aid in 1969-MOS 11B20. I will fight the re-instatement of The Draft with my last breath.
Delete#4. Russian BT-7 . Balls of steel? Nope, die trying or be executed.
ReplyDelete#2 is obviously a little assh@le.
ReplyDeleteI think the kids reaction is totally justified
DeleteKid is well on his way to becoming a successful adult in a cruel world. Today's lesson: Never trust another person, especially a stranger, ever. They'll fuck you over every time.
Delete#1 At our boat yard docks they did that to the pilings to keep the seagulls from hanging around & messing up the docks, but it was a much bigger sharpener hanging from a crane.
ReplyDelete