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Caption This for 1/18/2019

Posted January 18, 2019 4:45 PM by MaggieMc

Thanks to Lyn for this week's submission!

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01/18/2019 4:55 PM

"How to create a financial fire - Arsonist's Handbook"
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01/19/2019 11:41 AM

They said they this was for a temporary electrical service and this is the most temporary connection I could think of.
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01/18/2019 4:57 PM

I said Western Union 'tap' not 'crap'

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01/18/2019 5:08 PM

"Butt Splice Connection

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"Butthead Splice Connection"
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01/18/2019 11:55 PM

...well, long enough to get the solder to wet out!
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01/18/2019 5:29 PM

They call them "cable ties" for a reason! Must be legit.

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01/18/2019 5:31 PM

Idiot! Everyone knows you're supposed to use the black cable ties for outdoor applications!

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01/18/2019 5:40 PM

This has been brought to our attention and needs to be corrected, sorry connected, any volunteers.
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01/18/2019 7:18 PM

I always wondered where the engineer went that design the Walkway at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency.

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01/18/2019 10:23 PM

OMFG!

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01/18/2019 10:47 PM

You know you have problems when even wire-nuts are too expensive.

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01/21/2019 1:04 PM

The wire nut didn't use one.
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01/18/2019 11:06 PM

A fusible link for those on a tight budget...
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01/18/2019 11:26 PM

The last straw and the reason 'Macgyver' was canceled... they ran out of new improvising material for the show.

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01/19/2019 12:04 AM

Hold my beer, I wanna try something...

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01/21/2019 1:36 PM

I still say they need to make a "funny home video" show using that as the title.

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01/19/2019 1:45 AM

It feels so good to supply your own clean power, I just finished installing my own solar panels and am now free from the power company....It's so easy anybody can do it, and I'm saving a fortune...

Signed: every left wing moron

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01/19/2019 4:05 AM

Because not having to worry about electric rate increases and power outages is so "moronic". And, saving money is just flat-out dumb.

- Said every Big Oil shill...
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01/20/2019 11:42 PM

Please explain what motivation underlies that bit of petty bigotry.

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01/21/2019 11:32 AM

Presumably he thinks "right wing morons" make the joint with the right wire on top?
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01/19/2019 6:01 AM

If it holds for just one lightening strike on the clock tower the DeLorean will be fully charged. Then I can nip back in time, get the correct jointing kit and remake the connection properly.
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01/19/2019 6:19 AM

Peonix911. Earlier on in the Telsa thread when you said that there was almost no infrastructure for electric vehicles like Telsa in states such as Montana, North Dakota and New Mexico I was skeptical, but this evidence confirms your claim. I concede, with my apologies.
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01/21/2019 9:51 AM

Lol,... don’t know why you were marked off topic.... I just caught this,... not a problem,... In the Midwest,... there is a lot of nothingness for technology infrastructure... but instead, there’s corn, wheat, mountains, minerals, deserts, baling wire, zip ties, duct tape,... well you get the picture.

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01/19/2019 9:03 AM

Another foreigner... taking away our jobs...

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01/19/2019 4:07 PM

"These are the ties that bind"
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01/19/2019 5:56 PM

What, no joint compound?

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01/19/2019 8:09 PM

Create your own hot spot.
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01/19/2019 9:41 PM

They where strapped to pay the next bill after power was cut off. They managed all right as the bill was cut in half.
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01/20/2019 7:37 AM

"It was a real hot strip joint,no cover charge,but you had to wear a tie..."

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01/21/2019 4:56 AM

That's why they are called "cable binder"!

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01/21/2019 6:38 AM

Wire things done like that?

<pun intended>

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01/21/2019 10:49 AM

I've heard about mechanical fuses; never actually seen one before.
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01/21/2019 11:22 AM

Where's the duct tape?

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01/21/2019 1:34 PM

It didn't stick because the splice was sprayed with WD-40.
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