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Caption This for 07/11/14

Posted July 10, 2014 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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07/10/2014 4:49 PM

Junior EE to his boss... "I take it that that is not what they mean by the term "H-Bridge"?

Can you imagine having to explain this to your employer, or should I say your ex-employer?

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07/10/2014 5:18 PM

Yup that's the way it all started, some 20 year ago now....

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07/10/2014 5:45 PM

Deja-vu!! I don't want to live that day again!!

(Hasn't this one been done before? Or have I been around so long that "everything old is new again".)

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/20126#comment210584

Search all of CR4 for "House Bridge" 2008.

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07/10/2014 5:56 PM

'Bridge..er..House Over Troubled Waters'
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07/10/2014 6:00 PM

Frank Lloyd Wright's somewhat lesser-known masterpiece, 'Falling Bridges.'
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07/18/2014 12:05 PM

Beat me to it, I was going to call it his first design for Falling Waters.

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07/10/2014 6:11 PM

Location. Location. Location.
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07/10/2014 6:27 PM

Has anyone got Sarah Beeny's phone number?

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07/10/2014 9:17 PM

Right then! ....Shall we have at it?

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07/10/2014 9:21 PM

This is a repeat. I guess I have been here too long when they start reusing old captions.

Will I still get a GA for the same answer I gave the first time?
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07/10/2014 10:28 PM

Honey we're home!

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07/10/2014 10:58 PM

"Fantastic river views"
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07/10/2014 11:12 PM

A bridge too far, and house too heavy.

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07/11/2014 3:28 AM

this is what happens when you try to drive a double wide house over a one lane bridge...CATASTROPHE!!!
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07/11/2014 8:19 AM

lets see now.....there are fishing boats and house boats so why not a fishing house?

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07/11/2014 8:23 AM

Bubba was dismayed the garage in his new house didn't have a hoist, until he realized the potential of this new development.

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07/11/2014 8:24 AM

I hate Summer reruns.....

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07/11/2014 8:31 AM

"Amenities include attached 2 car garage, and endless pool in basement..."
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07/11/2014 8:59 AM

Who wasn't listening when I said that a steel frame pre-constructed house was heavier than a wood frame pre-constructed house? And which of you idiots did not tell the haulier the "all up weight" from the Bill of Materials?
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07/11/2014 9:11 AM

Ethel! find my Swimtrunks and the water hose! We got us a built in water slide

See if the neighbors kids want to come over!

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07/11/2014 9:18 AM

From the geniuses who brought you the Inverted Drawbridge, comes:

TADA !!
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07/18/2014 12:12 PM

Every time I see that Duck ride I laugh, yet at the same time, I feel like I should be ashamed for laughing, as if getting the joke makes be feel 'dirty and wrong.'

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07/11/2014 4:21 PM

For sale: 2 car garage; no delivery!
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07/11/2014 7:04 PM

In Madison County houses that get stuck become the new bridge;

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07/12/2014 1:31 PM

Raise money to fix it with a bridging loan.

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07/14/2014 10:04 AM

When the angle of dangle is equal to the sag of the deck, go to: smalltributarymarinejackuprigmanufacturedhomesrescue.com

They have an extensive line of marine forklifts.

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07/15/2014 1:18 PM

He got a second boat, in the living, so it had to be built another ramp

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07/15/2014 4:56 PM

Too many guests at the party last night!
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