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Caption This for 11/25/11

Posted November 24, 2011 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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11/24/2011 4:52 PM

One way to frustrate the nieghbourhood skateboarding kids. (or challenge them)

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11/24/2011 6:09 PM

Disturbingly, this complies with all local building standards and regulations regarding disabled access ramps.

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11/24/2011 8:03 PM

Keeping up with the times, the school has installed a special ramp for kids with ADD.

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11/24/2011 11:28 PM

The new ramp to get to platform 9 and 3/4.

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11/25/2011 12:29 AM

Hogwarts school service entrance 2.

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11/25/2011 1:43 AM

Yet another example that proves designers with dyslexia and CAD do not mix!

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11/25/2011 1:46 AM

Escape route for disabled prisoners
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11/25/2011 4:05 AM

Bubba knew he should have got a new bubble for his spirit level before beginning work on the veranda...

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11/25/2011 5:10 AM

From the catalogue - "You too can have a KrisDelTM Unistep© Access System delivered and set-up outside your building in only 15 minutes!"

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11/25/2011 5:10 AM

I told you one page of the blueprints was missing!
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11/25/2011 5:12 AM

Built in America with blueprints printed in China that got translated by Google translate.
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11/25/2011 5:16 AM

Looks like some of the work our local contractors do who are more concerned about getting jobs done opposed to getting the jobs done right.

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11/25/2011 5:17 AM

I don't need no stinking code books I have a contractors licence.
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11/25/2011 8:09 AM

"Here at the Department Of Health And Human Services..."

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11/25/2011 9:48 AM

Yes dear, I have everything ready in the our new house for your mother to move in with us, and yes dear I did provide her a separate entrance to accomidate her bad knee.

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11/25/2011 9:58 AM

I see lawsuits in the making for bruised knees and noses.

The solution (for avoiding future lawsuits) will be to install padding on the bottom wall.

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11/25/2011 10:35 AM

Done "By the book"

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11/25/2011 11:04 AM

Timmy discovered his workplace has a number of access issues:

The side door...

...and the upstairs office

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11/25/2011 2:57 PM

Doh! You might want to watch that first... or is it last step??
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11/25/2011 5:51 PM

Sorta like this place....

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11/25/2011 8:55 PM

or perhaps Escher's take about things

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11/26/2011 7:44 AM

"Won't take much to fix it...
Remove bottom section of rail and continue ramp at 90 degrees out to the curb. OK?".
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"NO... I meant continue it sloping DOWN to the curb".
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11/26/2011 2:15 PM

First the owner of this building lost a nuisance lawsuit and was ordered to build a ramp for ADA compliance. Second, the complainant had a reputation of never returning to the business following the lawsuit. Third, the owner had the last laugh when this ramp was deemed in compliance with the order and the law. Finally, we have a another remarkable photo demonstrating the incompetence of government regulations.

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11/27/2011 9:24 AM

Eh Bennie, shoulda looked at ta print first, da ramp goes on the other side of the stairs.
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11/28/2011 4:18 AM

Splendid!

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11/27/2011 11:55 AM

Some disabilities are difficult to overcome...

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11/27/2011 10:30 PM

Duh, Harry - da ramp wuz suppozed ta go tha utha way.

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11/28/2011 8:31 AM

Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part

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11/28/2011 8:35 AM

Another example of why its NOT a good idea to subcontract different parts of a contract out.....starting with the blueprints.
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11/28/2011 11:10 AM

The only thing missing on this OSHA approved runaway ramp is the cushion at the bottom. Other than that it all looks good. Curly O'Shea, OSHA Inspector Badge #K2383396754.

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11/28/2011 2:50 PM

Agency headquarters.

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11/28/2011 4:45 PM

Hey he's gettin' better, at least he hit the door that time...

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11/29/2011 1:28 PM

Funny stuff!

Here's a shot of a balcony in the same building:

The door budget was obviously over, and a few had to be eliminated.

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12/01/2011 1:22 AM

Ah yes,,the pigeon balcony...

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11/30/2011 10:11 AM

It is actually a fire escape for the Oompa-Loompas.

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12/02/2011 7:04 AM

Disabled person's stairway to heaven.

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