The cable/satellite dish cabling in our house was a total mess. Way more noise in it than it should have had. I couple times I tried to fix but I couldnt even figure it out. I even tried drawing some diagrams, but that didnt help much. I really wanted to fix it but I knew I’d hear constant bitching till I got it up and running again, so I was hesitant to tinker too much. Cause, you know, when you try to fix something that really needs fixing and your even asked to fix it, its still your fault when it quits working :rolleyes:
Finally, it got so crappy the main TV looked terrible. The satellite guy was called in and spent way to much of HIS time trying to fix it (their job is to fix THEIR part, not the rest of house). By the time he left, the system was totally down. Now was my chance. Nothing to loose now.
I pulled out nearly everything and redid it. I was quite methodical and it took ALL day, if not a bit more. But when I was done, I literally had over half the cabling and connectors/splitters orginally installed left over. Not only THAT, but more rooms had service, and each room more footage of cable in it than before (in case the TV gets moved to another corner). Every room had perfect “reception” to boot.
And to think I was once called an asshole when I had commented that the cable installation was one of the worst Rube Golberg things I had ever seen. And the original installation apparently costs thousands of dollars many years ago.
Probably the worst OSHA compliance is the Harry Potter universe, children’s first flying lesson is hands on, duels between rivals is encouraged, the list is endless. The three protagonists should have been dead after the first movie – Ron is too much of a klutz, Hermione has no real first hand practical knowledge of the rules of this universe, and Harry has the same restriction, compounded by his lack of Hermione’s book learning of the subject and his glasses limit his peripheral vision. I’m convinced the real reason the magic world has few people in it is that they’ve just all died off in accidents. Whether they’re all too dense to notice, or whether they like thinning the herd, I’m not sure.
Thing is, we all love this. We hate OSHA-style restrictions. We all love the Darwin awards – because they’d never happen to us, or loved ones. We’re all just that awesome, we can survive and prosper in any environment. At least, it’'s fun to tell ourselves that.
There was something I suspected when I first read this thread, but I wanted to see it again to make sure. Return of the Jedi was just on. In all the movies, there is only one case I can remember of someone falling down one of those infinite shafts who wasn’t already shot and was going to die anyway. It’s at the end of Jedi, when Vader picks up the Emperor and throws him to his doom over the guardrail!
Yep; the only guardrail in the entire galaxy and someone goes over it. It would never have passed muster with OSHA anyway. It’s just a railing with no spindles or slats or anything. There’d be plenty of room to slide right underneath. But no, there he goes, up and over.
Well, of course. Just imagine how much material they saved by not putting in all those hand rails!
I couldn’t find it, but i recall a cartoon where they are using it to cook hot dogs; stick them into the tunnel and ZAP! Mass destruction for extra flavor.
I have always suspected that the Gates Falls Mill (in Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift) would have had a hard time passing OSHA inspections, and not just because of the, um, rodent problem.
And then there’s the industrial laundry press in The Mangler. You can’t help but think the government would have stepped in before things got out of hand.
“This facility will incur fines of $3,000/day for repeated violations of Section C, Paragraph XII, Subsection 4 (Demonic Possession of Commercial Laundry Equipment, Facilities Employing Fewer Than 50 Virgins). A hearing will be held on the unauthorized use of a non-approved exorcist.”