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Caption This for 9/28/2018

Posted September 28, 2018 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

This week's image is from Nigh.

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09/28/2018 4:55 PM

Bootstrapping youthful STEM training.

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09/28/2018 4:57 PM

Helping Dad with the Trebuchet Challenge!

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09/28/2018 6:39 PM

With a nod to @Jhowdy:

Junior 'Pumpkin-Chunkin' trainee helping Dad!

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09/29/2018 2:50 PM

'...Helping Dad with the Trebuchet Challenge!.....'

..... and watch out! ....he could be hoist with his own petard.

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09/28/2018 4:58 PM

Mom: What did Junior do with you today?

Dad: He just hung around the shop.

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09/28/2018 5:14 PM

"Now, is this the way to raise a kid?"
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09/28/2018 6:34 PM

Being raised early in life, to be a back seat driver?
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09/28/2018 6:48 PM

Sometimes that poopie diaper is too much weight to carry on your own....

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09/28/2018 7:39 PM

And here we have a picture of motor mouth Kelly as an infant.

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09/28/2018 8:19 PM

Dad thinks he has won by hanging me here, little does he know, that's my pacifier he's trying to fish out of the filler neck to his gas tank.

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09/28/2018 8:25 PM

Some day, this will all be mine....

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09/28/2018 10:30 PM

I hope the cylinder isn't leaking.

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09/28/2018 10:31 PM

The new Head Start Program for astronaut weightlessness training.
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09/28/2018 10:45 PM

https://rentalvillage.ca/product/engine-hoist/

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09/29/2018 4:48 AM

Just wait till I tell Mom that he DIDN'T take me to the park like he told her he would. Then we'll see who really wears the pants in this family.
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09/29/2018 5:38 AM

Dad got tired of telling his son, "No laying down on the Job"!

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Re: Caption This for 9/28/2018 Bumper Jumper Tool

09/29/2018 8:38 AM

The Graco Bumper Jumper from Stratus(Yes, That's the Real Name)

Dad acquires a new special tool for testing shock absorbers directly from the manufacturer. Dodge offers on Amazon this $27 Bumper Jumper built explicitly for them by Graco for testing the back shock absorbers on their new line of Pseudo Classic "Stratus" pickup trucks. Boy, can this beauty Conga-Line down the road with their "Cars" inspired Highway Shimmy active suspension option. Tow-Mater eat your heart out. The Highway Shimmy tester tool also comes in a bundle with Junior's second favorite option, the "Tractor Tipping Steamship Horn."

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09/29/2018 8:42 AM

Dad's an engineer.
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09/29/2018 11:04 AM

"If I could just reach that cord, I might be able to escape."

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09/29/2018 2:54 PM

"How long will it take to fix Dad?....the suspense is killing!

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09/29/2018 5:26 PM

Juniors been hanging around the shop since before he could walk.

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09/29/2018 7:27 PM

Uh... Hey Pops. You forgot to give me the remote for this thing.

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09/30/2018 5:52 PM

Full load with a full load.
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10/01/2018 7:59 AM

One more VRRROOOMM from you young man and I hang you from the mounting bolts!
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10/01/2018 10:27 AM

Uhmmm, Dad?

Pick one:

1. I think my diaper just blew a gasket

2. I think I just backfired!

3. I'm running a little rich over here!

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10/02/2018 11:49 AM

That's it, Bubba. Get that there bed completely ready. That's my most valuable freight yer'a gonna be a'haulin' there...

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10/02/2018 11:57 AM

Junior's younger days were spent bouncing between jobs...

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10/03/2018 3:40 PM

Hey Dad. Can you give me a lift?

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10/03/2018 7:49 PM

Pay attention,boy! I said pay attention!Quit lookin' at that chicken!Looka here boy!Pay attention I said! If your'e gonna hang around all day at least you can try to learn something.You gotta learn to stand on your own two feet,I aint going to be around all your life to help you!(I say that boy's about as sharp as a pound of wet leather.) (Foghorn Leghorn)

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10/04/2018 11:58 AM

"(I say that boy's about as sharp as a pound of wet leather.)"

Now THAT is a gem. I completely forgot just how far afield his similes went.

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10/04/2018 1:50 AM

Now that's a true example of "child support".

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