Unofficial Tex Murphy

Over the last two weeks I've been attending a course to learn how to drive a forklift and operate a overhead crane. Today was the exam, and I passed, like the title says.

I am now certified to operate heavy machinery! Oh yeah.

-Fred

Nice work Fred!

Woot!!!!

Congrats Fred!!!


High five !! _o/

So that means no more getting hammered? Or does it?

Congrats!

Jen wrote:Woot!!!!

Congrats Fred!!!


High five !! _o/

I may charge you for that

Congrats!

Now the final test, operating an overhead crane to pick up a forklift truck!
(just kidding)

Have fun!

Thanks all

The irony in this is that I needed to sign myself up for this course to learn these skills in order to get my current job. However - get this - I need not drive a forklift nor operate a crane in my area.

Still, useful skills for a workin' man to have!

Have a great weekend you guys!

-Fred

Fred Buer wrote:
I am now certified to operate heavy machinery! Oh yeah.

-Fred

Uh oh.

*pause*

Nah, just kidding. Congrats man. I wasn't certified to use it, but I once picked up someone else's backend of their forklift with mine. Needless to say he screamed like a girl, and told me I shouldn't be in that thing. And the most amazing thing was I didn't get fired. And I was not only non certified, but only seventeen at the time. That's my memory of forklifts.

Oh and one more thing, if you want to make money. I say, if you have the time, to practice this, because my dad made money off of bets doing this in his younger years. Bet someone that you can pick a penny up with your forklift. They'll be like "No way, you can't just get a penny on there off of the flat floor" ... bet whatever you'd like ... then slowly put the forks down over the penny till you're right on top of it. Let the forks down till they're putting pressure on the penny, and then slowly (The key is very, very slowly .. ) back up until the pressure of the forks hit the end, and flip it up onto it. It doesn't work all the time, so practice makes perfect ... but hey. It's a cool trick!

My course instructor told me about a conference he was attending once, where a guy had driven a forklift up a staircase, then gone down halfway, put a zippolighter on one of the steps, then drove carefully back down, and put the wheel of the forklift juuuust right, spun the wheels a little and lit the lighter up.

So yeah, that human boredom is a pathway to many hidden skills there can be no doubt.

-Fred