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This is no joke, years ago a worker unstrapping a load like this was crushed to death on one of my companies projects.
At least on this forum format, there is a hierarchy of comments, that flows from oldest to newest. On Facebook, you get spin-offs on replies, Reddit is even worse.
Big equipment means big risk of crushing injuries. I have a compact track loader and constantly remind myself of the safety rules (don’t walk under a raised implement, watch out for pinch points, don’t override lockouts, etc). Bad stuff can happen in the blink of an eye.
Yes, I do sometimes smoke a pipe while working.
Can you post close up photos of any maker's marks???
No, but I can tell you that they are a little too heavy to clench.
I tried.
Yeah they just want the answers to life, and dip out. They never come back to thank us for giving them the answers to the cosmos....
I forgot about this guy!!! Unreal. Lol
I had not; growing up in New York, I took the subway and bus everywhere—we didn’t have driver’s ed as far as I know. But, I have now:
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As I will be spending my twilight years in Pennsylvania, I’ll need to learn to drive so I can hang out with you at the Lehigh Valley Pipe Club meetings at the Wooden Match (and spare Susan having to attend).
When it kills me is when someone has an issue with a merchant and doesn't say when the package gets to them or they fix the issue. That's when it's lame.
It’s a forum rule that folks must contact the retailer or manufacturer before posting about problems. But the rule (AFAIK) is never enforced.
yeah. I know. And people get worked up and freak out and then say that this seller is the devil. If you do at least come back and say opps big mistake.
That's the only thing that makes most of these threads worth reading. Hahaha.
Just glorious
I sprayed fogging Coffee all over the counter
I sprayed fogging Coffee all over the counter
Oh I’m hearing ya. The how do I do it threads are unbelievable and I thought this new generation was tech savvy yet none of them know how to use the “S E A R C H” button 
Makes you wonder how they found the website to begin with...Oh I’m hearing ya. The how do I do it threads are unbelievable and I thought this new generation was tech savvy yet none of them know how to use the “S E A R C H” button
As to the younger generation, they're actually not very tech savvy. Problem there is, nobody taught them how to use technology (like search engines) because everyone assumed they already knew because they "grew up with it". You can grow up in a garage and never learn how to fix a car. Growing up watching videos on a tablet only teaches you how to watch videos on a tablet, not use a search engine.
There was an article I read a few years ago about their lack of ability and poor performance in the workplace because they didn't know how to use word processors, emails, etc, and were too afraid to ask the older ones how to do it. Their only actual tech experience growing up was texting and videos.
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As a member of a somewhat older generation, I have to say this is spot on. Add to this the fact that most older generation teachers can't/won't learn technology it makes for a bad time. I'm not ragging on teachers but the tech side of the profession is inconsistent at best.
PaulRVA, what is “fogging Coffee”?Just glorious
I sprayed fogging Coffee all over the counter
PS: I have been meaning to comment how much I like your reddish mini-Persian carpet-like mat when you post photos of your pipes in the “what are you smoking” thread. Is that the real thing or one of those mouse pad replicas? I have had several of the replicas over the years myself and quite like them.