Random Thought Thread

[Blues]

Thanks all. Catch you later on.

 

[bluemax_1]

Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers. We are safe and sound with only damage to our woods. Trees down etc. Some too close for comfort.

Good to see you back, and glad to hear you’re all safe and sound!

 

[Burke]

Not in Kansas anymore I guess. First opportunity to get online via iPhone

Glad you are back and mostly OK.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

Glad everybody's safe there E!

 

[DocJekl]

Literally just now

"What are the peppers on this plant. They look funny" -nate

"I don't know they weren't labeled they were on the discount rack" -mark

"Let's try it" -nate

We tried the scorpion tail and it wasn't that bad.

Then we cut out a chunk of the flesh and ate it

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That my friends is a goddamned Carolina reaper

Fuck!

We're both suffering from just that little piece

I don't even know where to safely throw it away

Evil nasty ass pepper. Should not exist.

It has been almost 15 minutes and I'm still suffering.

Literally 35 minutes after you posted that you HATE CAROLINA REAPERS

 

[DocJekl]

Blues so glad you made it through this! Sorry about your trees

 

[fnordmorph]

Funny enough....


New guy at work said "if Buda was holding a beer in every statue you would be a dead ringer"


I'm not even mad at that hahaha

Bodhi-Suds-a?

Sorry. Dug that out of the way back machine thinking it was current. Return to night shift is never kind.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Thanks all. Catch you later on.

Welcome back man.

I hope everyone down there ends up on the right side of things.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Literally 35 minutes after you posted that you HATE CAROLINA REAPERS

Yeah. The irony is not lost on me.

 

[ferider]

Very happy to hear the three of you are safe, Blues . Great timing on the generator install. Sorry for the woods

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

#cpkactivities

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

it's one of those fabled 6+ pounders I think......

 

[Matthew Gregory]

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#cpkactivities

 

[Blues]

Mornin’ all. Still on generator but landline seems to be back and I can get online via cell a bit better than yesterday. No wireless service or electricity yet.

Appreciate you all. Thanks.

 

[Blues]

Are the rest of our CPK folks all okay?

 

[SharpBits]

I read on another forum that MacLaren1 , who lives somewhere near you Blues, lost everything in the storm. Last I read is that they were OK. He's more of Busse Hog, but is known to a few of you who hang out here.

 

[Blues]

I read on another forum that MacLaren1 , who lives somewhere near you Blues, lost everything in the storm. Last I read is that they were OK. He's more of Busse Hog, but is known to a few of you who hang out here.

I’ve seen him here for years but don’t really know him personally. Sorry to hear this.

 

[Winston_Smith]

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#cpkactivities

Are the rest of our CPK folks all okay?

All the ones who don't set up staging like this likely are, don't recall seeing that particular method of setting up scaffolding, or that use of a forklift in any of my lift training or fall arrest classes.

Sorry for sounding like anyone's grandma, but put more than a couple people in meat wagons after ladder related falls and other types of sudden drops from more than a few feet. It ain't the fall, it's that rapid deceleration at the end of it. Fortunately none ended with more than some broken bones and incredibly large hematomas. /end nag mode

And sorry about everyone's trees...

Winston

 

[GmpaJim]

It’s ez to say, “The stuff can be replaced, it’s your life that counts.” But, I can’t imagine a wipeout.

Years ago my X bro- in- law lost his roommate and girlfriend, leaving him broke. He lived primarily on potatoes for 2 mo. We all lived in the same town, but he never asked for help. Survival can take many forms.

He was sure Y2K was the end. He had full a pallet of MREs that stood at least one row higher than my 5’9” frame. He ate them. His body looks like it.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

All the ones who don't set up staging like this likely are, don't recall seeing that particular method of setting up scaffolding, or that use of a forklift in any of my lift training or fall arrest classes.

Sorry for sounding like anyone's grandma, but put more than a couple people in meat wagons after ladder related falls and other types of sudden drops from more than a few feet. It ain't the fall, it's that rapid deceleration at the end of it. Fortunately none ended with more than some broken bones and incredibly large hematomas. /end nag mode

And sorry about everyone's trees...

Winston

I could be wrong but, I think I used the ladder in the manner it was intended.

It's a large stout heavy duty pallet on a 16K forklift that weighs over 20,000 lb, it's about a solid as the ground up there.

The ladder was attached to the pallet and leaned solidly at the top in a steady stable manner, similar to how I've used ladders in the past to get onto a roof or clean gutters etc.

Obviously the height is a concern. But I maintained three points of contact and the ladder was steady. I'm sure I'm missing something and grossly underestimating the risk, but, other than the height, it didn't seem that sketchy to me. Although, I don't proclaim to really know what I'm talking about either. I would like to hear more of your thoughts on the matter. Always open to critique and an education.