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Old 19th Apr 2020, 07:23
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At the JCB Tractor delivery centre, the training course for new operators uses this slide as a example of why you should not travel with the jib extended. Especially under a rail bridge
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Well done, lads, you've just invented the vertical take-off crane. Now you've got 15 minutes to do a vertical landing."
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"I'm sorry, mate, but none of us can believe that these really are the Pearly Gates. And why are you dressed all in black?"


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Old 19th Apr 2020, 15:07
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I said to leave no stone unturned. I said nothing about turning cranes over.
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Old 19th Apr 2020, 15:40
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Ok, we'll need something bigger for the Air Force wages crate.
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Old 19th Apr 2020, 17:57
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Sorry Buster but YOU were the one that told us your weight was 9st for the Bungee Cord settings....
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The opening scene of the new James Bond movie did not go at the Stunt Double had hoped
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Don't think you would have won that Conker Championship with out extending you arm so much..
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On the carrier the arresting wire engine was set incorrectly. The rebound ended up in Afghanistan
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Old 19th Apr 2020, 19:21
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We're trying to make trigonometry fun, and you idiots have spoiled my right-angled triangle - in fact, it's not even a triangle any more.
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We're trying to make trigonometry fun, and you idiots have spoiled my right-angled triangle - in fact, it's not even a triangle any more.
Sine of the times, Mate!
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But surely the Tyre pressures should be checked with all wheels off the ground?
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Judging this evening, circa 9pm BST...
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Damm, only came in for a oil change and Hoskins drove it into the inspection pit
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PCSO is called into investigate a slight fender bender, finds no one will identify the culprit
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Well there goes the No Claims Discount
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Gloucestershire | Cranes to be reintroduced to UK

Cranes are to be reintroduced to the wild.
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Old 20th Apr 2020, 09:33
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To destroy buildings, you fire a rocket from the mobile rocket launcher. You do not - do I really have to explain this?
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Marine on right " But how did you know it was me driving it?"
"Well" said the Chief "The trail of wool from the snagged jumper kind of led us to you!"
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Sine of the times, Mate!
It was that squaw on the hippopotamus that proved to be the tipping point.
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