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Caption This for 07/05/13

Posted July 04, 2013 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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07/04/2013 5:46 PM

I said "Repair the bridge on the M3.", not "Repair the bridge with 3M."

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07/04/2013 6:07 PM

OSH would have a field day with this blatant safety violation, look at how poorly it is secured for transport.

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07/04/2013 6:15 PM

Mechanics of the future.....$200 an hr to wrap it in duct tape....

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07/04/2013 7:11 PM

Budget cuts.

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07/04/2013 8:42 PM

Mythbusters at it again?

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07/04/2013 10:46 PM

Once again, our ace mechanics have decided on the Duct tape fix. It is interesting that they have moved away from the standard RTV repairs that they are noted for.
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07/04/2013 10:49 PM

Not what I had in mind as a conveyor. Orientation of tapes on Connveyor
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07/05/2013 2:51 AM

Looks like a Dodgy Dave's sticky-tape Bridge Repair Company are still at it !

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07/05/2013 3:30 AM

Anyone who tries to repair a bridge with that needs to be torn off a strip...

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07/05/2013 3:33 AM

dear CR4 community.

Over a couple of beers last night, I & my pal from the EBRT engineered a solution on the pending visit of his mother in law. He asked me to express his sincere gratitude to CR4 for making me such a clever guy. If this shuts her up then he wants to patent the solution. He says that the added benefit is that she gets a free mustache removal.

with best regards.

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07/05/2013 3:48 AM

A Bridge Too Far?
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07/05/2013 4:36 AM

GO SLOW. Orelse, I WILL TOPPLE OVER YOU. Instead of you repairing the Bridge, you will undergo repair.

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07/05/2013 4:38 AM

Police have been investigating several reports of travellers being stuck up on the highway.

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07/05/2013 4:45 AM

Do you think we can get that house across if we use enough tape on the bridge first?
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07/05/2013 7:41 AM

Where is the large can of WD40 to go with it.

With WD40 and duct tape you can fix anything!

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07/06/2013 10:38 PM

Gotta be careful with da WD40 an duct tape they don't play well together. Wat ya need is a big ball of baling wire or zip ties.

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Re: Caption This for 07/05/13

07/05/2013 7:55 AM

Here, they'll need this special tool for cutting the duct tape:

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07/05/2013 9:37 AM

Odd. The photo of the 'tool' disappeared. Here:

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07/05/2013 8:45 AM

I'm not sure why this is funny, this is how I would like to order duct tape.

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07/05/2013 12:11 PM

Endless repair possibilities come to mind.

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07/05/2013 4:52 PM

"Don't worry, uncle Red. I've ordered an extra large roll of duct tape for the convention."

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07/05/2013 4:57 PM

LynDoor Construction hit the road again .

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07/05/2013 5:00 PM

ps - Del is demanding return of the truck

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07/06/2013 3:21 PM

That looks like a heck of a lot of work invested in one ancient visual joke for a very short laugh.

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07/07/2013 10:00 PM

They have a small sign onb the front of the Truck.

"Be carefull you are being taped!"

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07/08/2013 10:48 PM

The stenciling on the rear bumper seems to say it best. Can I give the OP a GA ?

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07/08/2013 11:09 PM

''...say, buddy! Maybe you can help us out. After more than four years, my brother-in-law finally got the City of Minneapolis to give us the Maintenance Contract on the I-95 Bridge. We made the lowest bid, but now we're lost and need directions. Which is the best way to get there from here?...''

(to clarify, this supposed to be a slap up-side the head(s) of the bureaucrat(s) that OK-ed the decision to load said bridge with construction materials, for years, and then allowed even more construction materials to be stored on it, thereby accelerating it's collapse, right after it's design-life expired... and then had the gall to blame engineer(s) who built it to the Code in force at the time, because the original senior engineers were no longer around to defend themselves... those bureaucrat(s) probably think that was hilarious...)

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07/11/2013 11:27 PM

I saw this photo done as a (political?) cartoon in a newspaper this morning. Such a really good (sight gag) will get such ''extra miles''...

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