The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Friday, April 17, 2020
Er . . . oops?
A tip o' the hat to reader D. W. for sending me the link to this video. Men at work, not at their best!
Amazing how a lack of physics and mechanical engineering basic principles can bite you in the butt. The guys working UNDER the machines being held up by the cranes made me cringe...
I watched this with Louis Armstrong's "What a wonderful world" and then Monty Python's "always look at the bright side of life" playing in the background.
I noticed most the the languages spoken were not English....
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of thought going into those moves!
"Back to the drawing board..."
ReplyDeleteAmazing how a lack of physics and mechanical engineering basic principles can bite you in the butt. The guys working UNDER the machines being held up by the cranes made me cringe...
ReplyDeleteI watched this with Louis Armstrong's "What a wonderful world" and then Monty Python's "always look at the bright side of life" playing in the background.
ReplyDeletewhoops
ReplyDeleteThe first one... Don't lift the load any higher than you absolutely have to !!
ReplyDelete(Some of) these are why the Rigger apprenticeship at the power plant was four years.
ReplyDeleteAnd what was the UN doing with a 155 mm SP gun?
@ Bob Gibson:
ReplyDeleteEnforcing their child grooming circles, of course.
Counterbalance is your friend!
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