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[MasterCornholio]

It is inevitable you lose fingers in that method and bad accidents are fatal.

I've seen many accidents happen due to idiots and people who are not trained properly.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

The layers and concepts within this story -

“The Trouble Tree”

The carpenter who was hired to help a man restore an old farmhouse had just finished his first day on the job and everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong. First of all, on his way to work he had a flat tire that cost him an hour’s worth of pay, then his electric saw broke, and after work his old pickup truck refused to start.

His new boss volunteered to give him a lift home and the whole way to his house the carpenter sat in stone silence as he stared out his window. Yet on arriving, he invited his boss in for a few minutes to meet his family. As they walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When he opened the door, he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was one big smile as he hugged his two small children and kissed his wife.

Afterwards, the man walked his boss to his car to say thank you. Now on their way out of the house, the boss’ curiosity got the best of him so he had to ask the man about the tree on the front porch. He said, I noticed when you came up on the porch before going into your house you stopped and touched the tree, why?

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied. “I know I can’t stop from having troubles out on the job, but one thing’s for sure – my troubles don’t belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again.”

“Funny thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick ‘em up, they aren’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

 

[Scotty W]

Walking on two legs and not having feathers.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Certainly not an adult male who copulates with another adult males wife tho

I respectfully disagree.

 

[Frogman_676]

aye lamo

 

[buizel]

I respectfully disagree.

Well I may not agree with you I will defend to the death your right to say it

 

[Compsiox]

The ability to quit while you're ahead.

 

[JSoup]

It must be the titties.

I saw the thread title and before even clicking I thought to myself "If someone hasn't already posted Orgasmo, we've failed as a community."

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Well I may not agree with you I will defend to the death your right to say it

 

[Faenrir]

A woman.

 

[GymWolf]

Asking for pubes is for sure not ...
this show is too funny. If you liked Borat, this goes one step beyond that.

The chick is extremely cool giving him some pubes hairs...

 

[Despera]

It is shocking there are some companies who still connect drill pipe that way. It is inevitable you lose fingers in that method and bad accidents are fatal. Most rigs are more automated these days.

This is how 90% of rigs make pipe connections today



Sure kelly drives are replaced with a proper top drive and more use pipe spinners, but methods are still primitive and you still gotta manually handle tongs to break connections.

Full on automation is still r&d phase but is the main focus going forward. It's not the tech which is saving those fingers, its the safety measures.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Well I may not agree with you I will defend to the death your right to say it

Death by combat?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"How do you write women so well? I think of a man. Then I take away reason and accountability." Jack defined what makes a man and a woman years ago lol.

 

[buizel]

Death by combat?

If it came down to it, no.

 

[dionysus]

This is how 90% of rigs make pipe connections today



Sure kelly drives are replaced with a proper top drive and more use pipe spinners, but methods are still primitive and you still gotta manually handle tongs to break connections.

Full on automation is still r&d phase but is the main focus going forward. It's not the tech which is saving those fingers, its the safety measures.

This is more common.



Dude even says I'd rather be throwing chain in the video.

 

[Breakage]

 

[Despera]

This is more common.



Dude even says I'd rather be throwing chain in the video.

2nd most common.

 

[dionysus]

2nd most common.

Admittedly I work for one of the big operators with higher safety standards, not sure how the drilling companies that cater to smaller operators do business. (I am also more on the infrastructure side.)

 

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