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Caption This for 01/30/15

Posted January 29, 2015 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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01/29/2015 5:42 PM

The hydrogen disulphide recovery project hasn't been shelved quite yet...just drawered, for the time being, as bench testing continues as funding is allocated in stages.

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01/29/2015 5:47 PM

"So vat is wrong wit dis. De instructions say intall the RO on der counter."

"No, it said under the counter"

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01/29/2015 5:47 PM

Hey, these handles make wonderful cable and hose management, why didn't I think of this before.

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01/29/2015 6:20 PM

Sometimes you realize, 'Dang, I forgot the duct tape. What am I gonna do?'

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01/29/2015 6:40 PM

Where did you put the operating instructions...."UH , the're in the second drawer from the bottom, on the end..."

....another anonymous poster is created....

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01/29/2015 7:28 PM

The way to HANDLE this problem, is to ignore the problem and DRAW your own conclusions?
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01/29/2015 7:43 PM

Ed: "You got those hoses organized."

Jim: "Yep, got it handled."

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01/29/2015 8:13 PM

Should be able to GAUGE this problem once we get a WIFF of what's going on.
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01/29/2015 8:50 PM

You should always have clean air and water no matter what they draw.

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01/29/2015 10:19 PM

OPEN DRAWERS WITH CAUTION.
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01/29/2015 10:55 PM

Should I tell somebody my lunch is in there? Tuna salad and egg salad sandwiches?

Nah...
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02/02/2015 7:27 AM

By now, it's a tuna and egg sandwich salad. Unsure if that gizmo tosses, grills or nukes the contents.
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01/29/2015 11:06 PM

After several broken hoses, he put the locks on the drawers.

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01/30/2015 4:59 AM

The young engineer was told that the small fan in the corner was causing lots of interference on the computer monitor, could he please come up with a filter to eliminate it and this time try to show a little creativity.

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01/30/2015 5:29 AM

Sure Boss, I have never mounted one of those before but I am pretty certain I will be able to Handle it.

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01/30/2015 6:30 AM

"...this covert picture by our secret is evidence our enemy has no counterintelligence..."

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01/30/2015 7:20 AM

You wanted it done overnight...you got it Sheldon!

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01/30/2015 7:22 AM

WTF ?!! That's where we keep the candy...and the visitors cookies...
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01/30/2015 8:05 AM

Well, we've child proofed that bank of drawers, what are we going to do about the other ones??

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01/30/2015 9:50 AM

Highly Volitile Substance is Secured.

Experiment ready to run.

Bob realizes the remote activator is inside the top drawer

Fail...
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01/30/2015 10:25 AM

LynDoor Industries ™ proudly showing of their latest wire, cable and hose management product...

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01/30/2015 11:06 AM

HAHAHA,

I made this arrangement you can not open the drawer and take the chocolate.

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01/30/2015 3:41 PM

This is what you get when an engineering student says I'll HANDLE it!

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01/31/2015 8:46 AM

Ha! So that's where all of Lois Lerner's missing IRS emails are!
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Re: Caption This for 01/30/15

02/01/2015 11:49 AM

It keeps the hoses out of the way and prevents anyone from opening a drawer and banging into the tanks. It looks like a good solution to me, definitely thinking outside of the box. Someone was probably fired for his ingenuity.

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02/01/2015 11:13 PM

What the inventor intended.

The result, after marketing, cost accounting, six sigma, management and production control refined the design:
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02/02/2015 7:13 AM

It was designed and installed like this for covert reasons.

The drawer handle is now in the designer's private collection of "Knobs Through the Ages"

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02/02/2015 4:13 PM

A start on the 200K PSI pump design!

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02/25/2015 3:34 PM

I said "chest of drawers" not "test of drawers"

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