Forklift accident brings down the warehouse

[johnfowles]

For a long time I really enjoyed watching whenever possible the Jay Leno Tonight show on NBC-TV late evening (11:30-12:30 PM) especially since having a Scotland born mother Jay is imbued with a strong dose of British Humour, this gift was most evident in his regular Monday evening "Headlines" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlines_(Jay_Leno)) feature. so I was alarmed when last May Joy presented his final Tonight show.Fortuneately Jay now has a replacement hour every evening from 10-11PM which continues with his signature Headlines feature on a Monday and is followed by the 11 PM news and the Tonight Show now presented if that word can be used for Jay's successor the IMHO world's most unfunny "comedian" Conan O'Brien.I watched Jay last night but afterwards I omitted to turn off the television and after the news I involuntarily found myself watching theTonight show But to his credit Conan did select this youtube video:-
http://johnfowles.org.uk/funthings/images/Warehouse_Accident.gif
YouTube - Forklift Accident Brings Down The Warehouse
However the humor-challenged and clueless Conan did not show the funniest part of this video near the end where the hapless fork-lift driver's mates frantically start trying to dig him out!!

[Auburn Annie]

My son, who supervises workers in a warehouse full of cleaning and paper products for a regional distributor, has already shown this "what can happen if you're not paying attention" video to his guys. A great cautionary tale and teaching aide.

The driver was only slightly injured. No word on whether or not he still has a job. If so, presumably NOT driving forklift.

[Cathy]

I think it was 1978 or so, when I was driving a forklift in a freezer with 12 million pounds of boxed french fries. Me and a guy named Donnie (another forklift driver) were moving some rows of product that were leaning dangerously. If I remember right there were 16 stacks in each row, 4 pallets to a stack, 64 pallets of 50 cases each to a row, and there were about 20 rows leaning. That's a h*ll of a lot of french fries. About half way through the project, we heard a loud cracking noise, then the shuffling sound of pallets and boxes falling. I attempted to make a run for it, but got caught up in the cascade. The forklift ended up tipped over and buried, with a bruised and very frightened person (me) still in it. They sent a crew in to dig me out, but it took hours! Boy, I was kind of frosty when I finally got out of that place! Considering all the carnage, I didn't get hurt too badly. Just bruised knees and a couple of scrapes. I sure wouldn't want to go through it again, though.

Cathy

[Jesse Joe]

I guess in a way Cathy the fork lift saved you from injuries that could have been far worst.

[Cathy]

I guess in a way Cathy the fork lift saved you from injuries that could have been far worst.

Yes, I think, even back then, they were designed for safety, with sturdy overhead cages, and bolted down batteries. I can just imagine what a forklift battery would do to a person. That one was about four feet long, three feet wide and four feet deep. I wouldn't even estimate the weight. But it must be close to 1000 lbs, because we used to hook a chain to the battery and lift it out with another forklift when the battery needed changing, usually once per shift.

Cathy

[podunklander]

WOW Cathy! You can survive just about anything!

[Cathy]

WOW Cathy! You can survive just about anything!

Hmmm... Invincible Cathy Cowette. Maybe someone will one day write a musical about me...
That's a play on the musical 'Invincible Molly Brown'.

Cathy

[Jesse Joe]

You may be like a cathy, only so many lives left. :)

[podunklander]

must be from eating all those potatoes and fiddleheads :p

[Cathy]

must be from eating all those potatoes and fiddleheads :p

I love fiddleheads. I go picking them every spring, just as soon as the water levels next to rivers and streams drop. As far as potatoes go, I don't eat many of them. I like them when they're new... baby potatoes. I try to stay away from them as much as possible. They drive my sugar levels sky high.

Cathy

[podunklander]

I love fiddleheads. I go picking them every spring, just as soon as the water levels next to rivers and streams drop. As far as potatoes go, I don't eat many of them. I like them when they're new... baby potatoes. I try to stay away from them as much as possible. They drive my sugar levels sky high.

Cathy

ah then I should eat more of them since I get low blood sugar levels :p My brother, the "king" of eating raw food had introduced me to eating raw potatoes (with a little salt) when I was little, yum.

cool that you pick your own fiddleheads :). I don't recall that my mother ever cooked them -but I had tried them several times over the years and never cared for them. That is, until the only person NOT from Maine to have cooked them (a city gal who relocated to NH) got it right for my liking.

She did all the required soaking the right way but the only difference was instead of boiling them, she sauteed and Coors-Lighted them and they were fabulous!

How do you prepare your fiddleheads?

Well stay safe Cathy!!!