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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:31 PM Original message |
Are these New York City workers indicative of most? Or are they special cases? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Probably "indicative of most" but that's just a Southerner's opinion. n/t |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's one frame of a 48-hour movie. |
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Travis_0004 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Where do you move it to? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It looks like a one-way street. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Chains. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I kept waiting for the front end loader to use the machine in a 5 legged way, so to speak |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I've actually done that with a Bobcat. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I have lusted after a small front end loader/back hoe/etc machine for yrs |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I worke for a landscaping company in Austin in the early 90s driving a Bobcat. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My relatives sold/serviced heavy equipment. I was looked down upon for |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Perfectly stated. I've seen some pretty incredible feats with good operators on small, medium, and |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Again - it's a five minute clip on one street |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I have NO DOUBT that I could have used the boom and bucket to PUSH it backward. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. How much traction do you think steel has on ice? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Why would there have been ice in that spot? Had it snowed before then melted? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's too bad there was no live camera so that you could fly out from California to tell them how... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Would that there were, JVS, would that there were. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I guess you missed the part where the front-loader SLIDES FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Um, I live at 6700 feet ASL. Do you have any idea how much it snows here when it snows? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. And when you get that snow, you just throw it on top of the pile on the roadside. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. True, sorta. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Compacted snow turns into ice, esp places with maritime influence |
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Travis_0004 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. You know what did NOT happen: They didn't tow the suv to a safe location |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The bucket on that loader would have lifted the front tires off of the ground. Chains. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The road crews have to clear the snow before anyone can move anything. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Others would have complained if they didn't get the snow plowed |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. They may have been beyond tired and frustrated... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. He parked too far from the curb. That's what happens when you park too far from the curb. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pises me off how most in the comments blame it on "union workers." |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I'd never trust the scabs that work for New York City. Those guys MUST have been scabs. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Someone took that link to an asshole of the world political forum. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I like how the guy filming is nice & warm in his bare feet & PJs |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Seems he doesn't need his "sorry ass" dug out of the white shit. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Well, he's certainly not outside helping dig out. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No, he's been woken up after working all night at the ER and is bitching |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. If he was working at a hospital when the snow hit, he probably would have been mandated. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Hahahahahahahahahahaha |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. It's safe to assume Youtube comments are irredeemably horrible and just ignore them, really. (nt) |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. actually they did a good job getting the bucket loader out |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Smashing up two sides of a parked vehicle |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Now that's some classic NYC commentary. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'd call them Special rather than broadbrushing all working in the snow. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. Doing the best they can in shitty conditions? Pretty typical. Every one makes mistakes, |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Doing the best they can |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. a hipster would have been cheering them on while the smashed the SUV |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No, hipsters hate people who actually work for a living. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Wow, now you know this guy is unemployed! You are amazing. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. The guy is 46. You can't be a hipster at 46, you graduate to old fart by then. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. If the "asshole who shot the video" sent it to Julian Assange instead of posting it on YouTube |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. it is the east coast mentality, indifference and misanthropy. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity |
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