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"Clean up on Aisle 5..." (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2023
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dchill
(38,484 posts)1. All you have to do is jiggle the handle!
underpants
(182,788 posts)2. The red trash can.
Thats like a 50 gallon container. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon so turning that up would be like lifting about 400 pounds.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)3. Yep!
Places that drummed product that I visited, filled 55 gallon drums to 450#. That gave a little room for thermal expansion.
Most of the products had densities a bit higher than pure water.
One place I visited back in the day had drums of Freon 12. 650#!
They had a rule that handling them had to be a 2 person job.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)7. That's why you lift it bottom up...
underpants
(182,788 posts)9. See
Never thought of that.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)4. Kick
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686243/amp/Auckland-floods-wild-footage-emerges-New-Zealands-weather-emergency.html
Wild footage emerges from Auckland weather emergency as a flooded bus brings passengers back from cancelled Elton John concert and shoppers grab food in an underwater supermarket
By Aidan Wondracz and Ashlea Knickel For Daily Mail Australia
05:28 28 Jan 2023, updated 10:58 28 Jan 2023
Wild footage emerges from Auckland weather emergency as a flooded bus brings passengers back from cancelled Elton John concert and shoppers grab food in an underwater supermarket
By Aidan Wondracz and Ashlea Knickel For Daily Mail Australia
05:28 28 Jan 2023, updated 10:58 28 Jan 2023
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)5. All that water, and all that electricity
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)6. I think we're gonna need a bigger bucket, and a shitload of mops...
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)8. Those Kiwis know how to celebrate a change of leadership! nt
lame54
(35,287 posts)10. Somebody should tell them...
I don't think they've noticed
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,340 posts)11. Just toss 'em some paper towels.