man takes his hamster to the vet, and after a short look at the creature the vet pronounces it dead.

Not happy with the vet's diagnosis the man asks for a second opinion.

The vet gives a whistle and in strolls a Labrador dog.

The dog nudges the hamster around with its nose and sniffs it a couple of times before shaking his head.

"There" says the vet," Your hamster is dead".

Still not happy the man asks for a third opinion.

The vet opens the back door and in bounds a cat.

The cat jumps onto the table and looks the hamster up and down for a few minutes before looking up and shaking it's head.

"It's definitely dead sir", says the vet.

Convinced, the man enquires how much he owes.

"That will be $1000, please".

"A $1000 just to tell me my hamster is dead" fumes the man.

"Well", says the vet, "There's my diagnosis, the lab report and the cat scan".

 

A family is at the dinner table. The son asks the father: "Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there?"

The father, surprised, answers. "Well, son, a woman goes through three phases. In her 20s, a woman's breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her 30s and 40s, they are like pears, still nice, but hanging a bit. After 50, they are like onions." "Onions?" the son asks. "Yes. You see them and they make you cry.

This infuriated his wife and daughter. The daughter asks, "Mom, how many different kinds of willys are there?" The mother smiles and says, "Well, dear, a man goes through three phases also. In his 20s, his willy is like an oak tree - mighty and hard. In his 30s and 40s, it's like a birch, flexible but reliable. After his 50s, it's like a Christmas tree." "A Christmas tree?" the daughter asks.

"Yes, dead from the root up, and the balls are just for decoration."

 

man takes his hamster to the vet, and after a short look at the creature the vet pronounces it dead.

Not happy with the vet's diagnosis the man asks for a second opinion.

The vet gives a whistle and in strolls a Labrador dog.

The dog nudges the hamster around with its nose and sniffs it a couple of times before shaking his head.

"There" says the vet," Your hamster is dead".

Still not happy the man asks for a third opinion.

The vet opens the back door and in bounds a cat.

The cat jumps onto the table and looks the hamster up and down for a few minutes before looking up and shaking it's head.

"It's definitely dead sir", says the vet.

Convinced, the man enquires how much he owes.

"That will be $1000, please".

"A $1000 just to tell me my hamster is dead" fumes the man.

"Well", says the vet, "There's my diagnosis, the lab report and the cat scan".

- corelz125

As a person who lost 3 elderly cats in 18 months living in during this COVID and to read this "what you call humor"
not for me anymore…

 

Raw Video: Propane Tank in Truck Explodes

- Desert_Woodworker

Always a risk, as with fire on electrical cars, or a gasoline engine fire.

 

Raw Video: Propane Tank in Truck Explodes

- Desert_Woodworker

Always a risk, as with fire on electrical cars, or a gasoline engine fire.

- woodbutcherbynight

That is why there are safety standards and codes. They are relatively safe when used properly. I have smelled and heard my RV tanks releasing pressure on a day when the temp went over 100. They were in the shade.

You probably do not see service pits in commercial garages any more. Hydraulic are more convenient and safer. They were removing the last of them in this area when I was an apprentice wiring and remodeling gas stations. I only recall one accident. The guy took a non-explosion proof trouble light down under the vehicle. There were enough fumes in there that day to ignite ;-((

 

Oops! I forgot Burning Fords.com . The site is gone now. I found it after my bride's Aerostar burned. It had been in for the recall. Still burned. Ford did not care how or why, said to call my insurance company. That was probably an early version of Boeing Myopic Financial Focus Policy. I never heard of burning Fords killing people like Boeing did.

 

Forklifts always seemed to carry their LPG tanks laying down across the counter weight on the back end. rarely saw any with the tanks upright….( 42 years on forklifts, BTW)

Seems about every Oil Change place around here has a pit under the vehicle…..worker can then drain the oil while standing up, under the engine.

 

 

Forklifts always seemed to carry their LPG tanks laying down across the counter weight on the back end. rarely saw any with the tanks upright….( 42 years on forklifts, BTW)

Seems about every Oil Change place around here has a pit under the vehicle…..worker can then drain the oil while standing up, under the engine.

- bandit571

Depends on the design of the tank. They can be designed for any position. The most common in the public are the 5 and 7.5 gallon ones that are upright. When they are out of position, the pressure relief is compromised. The worst case is a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

They still build service pits in the Midwest? I started wiring gas station in early 1969. I never worked on a new station that installed one. The existing ones were all gone here by the early 70s. The ones here that I recall had explosion proof light fixtures. I do not recall what happed to the guy that blew up. I suppose the bulbs were out and he turned on the standard trouble light. Explosion proof area in a service bay is up to 18 inches above the floor.

I saw an iron worker bring out a torch to work on a canopy one still day. The pump I was disconnecting had been leaking a little more than most in those days. Since there was no air movement to dissipate the fumes, I decide to move away about 50 or 60 feet. I was amazed the explosion happened right where the code said it would ;-)) One day I had a fire under a pump with the guy on the next one filling his pickup. I went to get a fire extinguisher and when I got back he was still filling his tank watching the fire burn ;-)) Wind was blowing about 20 mph. A still day and we would both have been gonners ;-(( under those circumstances.

 

Mostly I had to deal with 33 gal. ones…..PITA to carry to the lift.

Jiffey Lube, WalMart….places like that, that would do your oil change…..Ours have two bays for the oil change ( with the pits) and 2 bays to do the tires…

 

Mostly I had to deal with 33 gal. ones…..PITA to carry to the lift.

Jiffey Lube, WalMart….places like that, that would do your oil change…..Ours have two bays for the oil change ( with the pits) and 2 bays to do the tires…

- bandit571

33 gallons is too heavy to lift and carry! ;-))

I got to thinking about those pits being there but not here after the last post. WA L&I comes down hard on any employee accidents. Oil companies probably cannot afford the risk here.

A friend had an employee working on a man lift about 15 feet up. He told the employee do not stand on the side rails. If you can't reach something we will figure out a way to do it. The employee could not reach and climbed onto the side rails. He fell and was injured. L&I did not cite the employee. They cited Al and spent 3 or 4 days in his office lecturing him about employee safety.

 

DW,

After listening to Robert Kennedy Jr and Dershowitz talk about Vaccines, I can wait to take it. Let a few million others take it first. Eventually I would take the vaccine.

Winter has returned feels like 40 out there, My dawg bought me a Rockler Radius plane for Christmas. Interesting.

I will start searching for breakfast hot pockets now.

Have a great day.

Be safe

 

Now we have to be tied off in any lift. First thing we do as ironworkers is start climbing on the rails to reach. There's been times I say to the other guy just go up with the machine another 6" instead of standing on the rail.

 

man takes his hamster to the vet, and after a short look at the creature the vet pronounces it dead.

Not happy with the vet's diagnosis the man asks for a second opinion.

The vet gives a whistle and in strolls a Labrador dog.

The dog nudges the hamster around with its nose and sniffs it a couple of times before shaking his head.

"There" says the vet," Your hamster is dead".

Still not happy the man asks for a third opinion.

The vet opens the back door and in bounds a cat.

The cat jumps onto the table and looks the hamster up and down for a few minutes before looking up and shaking it's head.

"It's definitely dead sir", says the vet.

Convinced, the man enquires how much he owes.

"That will be $1000, please".

"A $1000 just to tell me my hamster is dead" fumes the man.

"Well", says the vet, "There's my diagnosis, the lab report and the cat scan".

- corelz125
not for me anymore…

As a person who lost 3 elderly cats in 18 months living in during this COVID and to read this "what you call humor"

- Desert_Woodworker

c'mon dw ive lost pets but im not taking this personal,we can cry about death or laugh at it.

 

- woodbutcherbynight

been their done that,and had it done too me-lol.

 

I guess around here, the're called 33 POUND cylinders…..

Anything higher than 6' above the ground….and, within 6' of an edge…..we had to wear that harness.

 

I guess around here, the re called 33 POUND cylinders…..

Anything higher than 6 above the ground….and, within 6 of an edge…..we had to wear that harness.

- bandit571

Pounds, gallons, metric ton = same thing.

LOL

 

Is the bar open? I poured one.

BTW the Rockler radius plane, may get sent back. I will give it another go, but it looks to just gouge and not slice.

Guess I will go back to easing sharp edges with a block plane and sanding.

Close to record cold temp here for this day, 42, 41 is the record.

Remembering General Yeager, and John Lennon today.

Someone get DW back.

 

petey this bar is always open,pull up a stool and ill buy ya drink.dw will be back he just gets a little sensitive sometimes,i understand his feelings on the pet issue.

 

As a person who lost 3 elderly cats in 18 months living in during this COVID and to read this "what you call humor"
not for me anymore…

- Desert_Woodworker

c mon dw ive lost pets but im not taking this personal,we can cry about death or laugh at it.

- pottz

I can imagine- a patron thinking about my departure last night…

Did your rib eye steak turn out as expected…

Petey I'll get back later on the vaccines… right now somebody still has not cleaned the kitchen since you and the guys posted about roof rats… I learned a lot. When telling a "Once upon a time story".. you start with concern (roof rat) and the end usually "live happily ever after" except in this case the rat ended by bullet or poison.
Anybody for a "happier ending"?

 

glad your back dw,yeah the steaks were a sell out.for me a dead rat is a happy ending considering the disease they can carry and damage they cause.

 

The welfare of the People is the alibi of the Rat Patrol.

Ever seen what unchecked roof rats can do to the interior of a home? I have, in my house when I bought it. I had to clean their filth fully hazmat, most disgusting thing I ever had to do, probably. And then close up every single rat expressway I could find with cement, broken glass, and chicken-wire. I stopped counting how many carcasses had I found in the walls and elsewhere as I proceeded through the reno, sometimes in the darndest places. Remember that 70´s movie Williard, about the evil NYC rat God? Had anxiety dreams like that movie about rats crawling over my kids while they were sleeping. Happy to report my house is 100% rat-free.

 

I enjoyed the propane talk- circa 1999 ford f150 was promoting natural gas conversions and with state incentives $15,000 and be able to drive in the HOV car lanes.

 

The welfare of the People is the alibi of the Rat Patrol.

Ever seen what unchecked roof rats can do to the interior of a home? I have, in my house when I bought it. I had to clean their filth fully hazmat, most disgusting thing I ever had to do, probably. And then close up every single rat expressway I could find with cement, broken glass, and chicken-wire. I stopped counting how many carcasses had I found in the walls and elsewhere as I proceeded through the reno, sometimes in the darndest places. Remember that 70´s movie Williard, about the evil NYC rat God? Had anxiety dreams like that movie about rats crawling over my kids while they were sleeping. Happy to report my house is 100% rat-free.

- wildwoodbybrianjohns

At this end of the bar we have playing on the juke box "No Sympathy for a Rat"

Outside on my COVID free patio:

 

Here is an interesting site to watch showing a time-clock…

https://www.xmasclock.com/