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Caption This for 11/19/10

Posted November 18, 2010 4:45 PM by Sharkles
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Re: Caption This for 11/19/10

11/18/2010 4:49 PM

Ummmm...

The white light of truth.

Symbolic dualism with black.

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11/18/2010 5:11 PM

Here we are lifting a crate of photoshop software onto a mezanine floor.
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11/18/2010 5:39 PM

The Kings clothes?

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11/18/2010 6:06 PM

I've come across this picture several years ago as part of a 'Safety' collage of photos on what NOT to do including ladders set up similar to 'Sharkles' original 'Caption This' photo. Thank you for bestowing and maintaining this blog, 'Sharkles'.

This photo brought back fond memories of 'Klaus', the new liftruck operator as seen in this training video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm4Q4vWy_ck

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11/19/2010 10:38 AM

I really shouldn't have, but I couldn't help laughing at or with Klaus even if or perhaps because I couldn't understand the commentary at the beginning. Rate 1 for the humour.

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11/19/2010 12:51 PM

That was a great video. If our safety videos were that entertaining, I might pay a little more attention.

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11/18/2010 6:27 PM

Thats nothing. you should see us work on the roof! We have one more forklift that I drive that picks these two up!

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11/18/2010 7:03 PM

Hey guys! How cool would it be if they made a forklift that went really high?

And the rest of course, is history.

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11/18/2010 10:01 PM

Get er' done!

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11/18/2010 10:21 PM

What? Like you've never plugged a power strip into a power strip before!?!

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11/18/2010 10:38 PM

HEY!!! Safety violations!!!

Where are your hardhats???

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11/18/2010 10:51 PM

Guys, don't worry. The tank is just filled with some kind of glue.

Look, right on the side it says: Tri-Nitro-Toluene.

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11/18/2010 10:53 PM

Damn! Next time Charlie makes a sale, check and make sure it's FOB.

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11/19/2010 12:42 AM

" ... and, in the INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITS DIVISION, the DARWIN AWARD goes to ... "

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11/19/2010 4:23 AM

Anti-Grav. fork lift driver receiving a ticket for obstructing oncoming traffic by parking too low.
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11/19/2010 5:43 AM

Polar bear in a snow storm.
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11/19/2010 6:02 AM

Crap!!

now I'm going to have to find out which of my employees was not helping out and had enough free time to take this picture.

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11/19/2010 8:12 AM

You realize, of course, that, as Doorman did, the actual photo to caption is just a blank field of white? That is all I see and apparently others too, because many are captioning the standard photo that shows up on the heading every week.

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11/19/2010 8:48 AM

Try again, using a different web browser.
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11/19/2010 8:57 AM

Aw, man! Is the elevator broken AGAIN?
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11/19/2010 8:58 AM

If you right click on the blank field and check the properties, you will see that it does not come from Globalspec, but some other source, this happened to me before.

The red "X" strikes again and probably is not secure.

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11/19/2010 10:02 AM

Gee thanks, I really needed a lift this morning....

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11/19/2010 10:03 AM

Ahhh....killing 2 birds with 1 stone?

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11/19/2010 10:05 AM

Definitely "Robbing Peter to pay Paul".....

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11/19/2010 10:07 AM

The Mice will play when the Cat's away....

(Sorry Del, I couldn't resist! ***LOL***)

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11/19/2010 10:10 AM

Hey Todd, can you see if the hose is leaking?

No, it looks fine from here! Whatdaya think Dave? Andy?

Nope looks good!

Yep, looks fine to me!
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11/19/2010 10:18 AM

Where were you just before the Great Quake of 2010?

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11/19/2010 10:41 AM

Are you positive this thing is worth nicking?

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11/19/2010 11:27 AM

Ironically, even at the Viagra factory they sometimes need a bit of help getting their equipment up.

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11/19/2010 11:38 AM

Are you referring to their "Junk"? LMAO

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11/19/2010 5:08 PM

If you meant my post -- yes, of course.

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11/19/2010 12:08 PM

Due to an anomaly, the high concentration of gravity in the location, called for the "clusterfugg" procedure.

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11/19/2010 12:53 PM

Bounce er up and down a few times. Weve almost got er off.

Yea we got the boxes in place in case Fred falls. We even put an extra box on top for safety sake.

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11/19/2010 2:12 PM

John was chastised for not wearing his seat belt to the safety meeting.

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11/19/2010 2:23 PM

Tee Hee

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11/19/2010 3:28 PM

And THAT's how you get s#!t done on the night shift!

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11/22/2010 9:05 AM

All of you scoffers have obviously never worked in Mexico!

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12/17/2010 12:05 AM

Well: We need another Fork Lift...
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