February 24, 2005
Traffic Jam
Have you ever been stuck in traffic, with a lane closed for repairs, and seen a guy working a jackhammer? I mean, really punching the chiseled hard tip into Gaia at about 800 reps per minute, and thought
Yup. Yup. Been there.
No? Yeah, me neither.
But: have you even driven over one of those rubber bell hoses that measure traffic counts, and thought to yourself
Yup. Yup. Been there.
Yeah. Me, too.
I HAVE operated a jackhammer and I can tell you for a fact that you can feel that sumbitch beating your arms and shoulders eight hours after you put it down. Stay at it all day and fillings start to fall out of your teeth.
The rubber bell-tube? BWHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! The traffic people ran one of those across Whitefield Avenue when I was a kid. My friends and I discovered that we could make it count by jumping up and down on the tube. I think we convinced the DOT that more than 500,000 cars per day went down that two-lane road.
Posted by: Acidman at February 24, 2005 11:08 PMI KNOW he sees it...yet he opts to ignore. Interesting.
Posted by: Key at February 24, 2005 11:57 PMHe sees not... I humbled myself here!
Posted by: Velociman at February 25, 2005 12:02 AMAnd admittedly, the humility almost threw me... ; )
Posted by: Key at February 25, 2005 12:07 AMYou people are very strange.
Something to do with the effects of moonshine whiskey?
Posted by: Pedro the Ignorant at February 25, 2005 8:42 AMYes, I have operated a jackhammer and it's sadistic cousin the compressed air operated rock drill. After an early experiance I was so wiped out I took a bath that evening instead of a shower, hoping to increase the level of muscle relief. I couldn't use my arms to raise myself out of the tub, they were like rubber. To this day when I see a middle-aged laborer operating that nutcracker I see a dude I wouldn't mess with at the roadhouse after work.
On the other hand said dude doesn't take his job home with him on nights and weekends. Something to be said for that as well.
Posted by: Dishonerable Schoolboy at February 25, 2005 2:28 PMI just didn't think highly of the sexual innuendo. I SAW, but I ignored.
Posted by: Acidman at February 25, 2005 3:00 PMI choose to ignore the innuendo. Bells don't ring for me and my rpm's are down. But I don't need bells and slow and steady seems to work. But, like the joke goes; FASTER, yep...HARDER, I'm trying...DEEPER...oh shit.
Posted by: Dishonerable Schoolboy at February 25, 2005 4:20 PMHa ha ha! You so full of shit, Acidman.
Posted by: Velociman at February 25, 2005 6:35 PMOf course I am. Did you mean that as an insult or a compliment?
Posted by: Acidman at February 26, 2005 10:00 AM