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Old 04-05-06, 04:15 PM   #4
tycho102
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Default Re: When the going gets tough call the Irish!

Oh God, yes. I was absolutely waiting for that fourth panel to come up. I noticed the lift-truck wasn't chained down, nor was it braced properly. Basic engineering 101, statics and dynamics.

:rotfl:

However, that very last photo looks shopped. If it's not, then the lateral brace failed; which is why you chain the bloody thing to a pylon driven into the earth. Any stone quarry crane operator would've known better than that. Also, those people standing on the load side of the second truck are idiots. I would normally hope they went in, but seeing how they would likely be immediately crushed, I won't wish that one upon them. At the very least, I hope they got wet.



I know there are European engineers out there. Even Irish ones. Where the heck they were on this one, I know not, but I do appreciate their levity. :rotfl:
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