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Caption This for 2/26/16

Posted February 25, 2016 4:45 PM by LakeGrl
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Re: Caption This for 2/26/16

02/25/2016 4:56 PM

<huh?>

So how did a thing that size and weight get up there? Photoshop?

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02/25/2016 7:02 PM

http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/pictures/excavator-on-rooftop-of-12-story-building-in-taiyuan-shanx.html
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02/25/2016 5:09 PM

In four years, we'll have the entire building removed!

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02/25/2016 5:10 PM

Now don't forget your health and safety practices people, I want to see everyone wearing their safety harnesses!

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02/25/2016 5:36 PM

Man wakes up on top of building in driver seat of an excavating machine, has no idea how he got there....Experts fear UFO activity....Do aliens have a sense of humor?

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02/25/2016 5:50 PM

Regarded as the world's greatest machine operator, Billy can actually assemble a building out of rubble using only an excavator!

Pictured is Billy at near completion of this 15 story building. Billy stated " I'll be done with this roof in about a week if I don't run out of rubble!"

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02/27/2016 7:49 PM

Is this an example of additive manufacturing?
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02/29/2016 12:00 PM

And to think, back in the day we used to extrude ABS in layers to make prototypes. Amazing how technology leaps forward!
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02/25/2016 6:50 PM

Ah, corporate gold digging.
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02/25/2016 7:05 PM

Looks like a Fraternity prank!

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02/25/2016 7:10 PM

Now where do I start to get on top of this problem?
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02/26/2016 1:58 AM

Fuel please!
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02/26/2016 5:20 AM

Just amazing how useful some of the things you leave in your attic turn out to be.

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02/26/2016 5:20 AM

Low bidder!

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02/26/2016 8:12 AM

Getting it up there is hard.

Getting it down is easy!

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03/05/2016 10:14 PM

Getting it down in one piece and still operable is even harder.

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02/26/2016 8:41 AM

Landscaping in Colorado, yes the operator is high!

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02/26/2016 10:09 AM

Tophoe

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02/26/2016 10:23 AM

Seeing the crane lifting this digger in place would be impressive. Or was the digger built from parts assembled on the roof?

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02/26/2016 10:56 AM

Bill: "Hey John, this is going to take forever.... Can't we just fly a plane into it?"

John: "Too soon Bill... Too soon"

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02/26/2016 10:59 AM

Hi CR4 Guru's, Thanks for the final year project you suggested.

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02/26/2016 7:10 PM

Now that it is up there, it can work its way down.
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02/27/2016 8:50 AM

Todd Hoffman and his crew get ready to begin loading pay dirt from the new cut.

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02/27/2016 10:30 AM

The contractor checked the plan 3 times, just to make sure the architect really wanted to put the septic system there.

('Glad I'm not living on the top floor...')

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02/29/2016 10:05 AM

What could possibly go wrong?
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03/05/2016 6:53 AM

And to think this company is a "Qualified Bidder"?

Based on whose criteria, Bazooka Joe?

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03/05/2016 10:24 PM

Extra point question:

Your digging machine is on the roof of a 12 story building.

Using only Common Core Math, and showing all calculations and assumptions, explain how you get the machine to street level.

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03/09/2016 9:37 AM

I will get to the bottom of this, if it takes all day! Nancy! Take a memo!

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