Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
We buried a thousand gallon propane tank on a project. The building was having a lightning arresting system installed and the installer wanted to bond to the gas line. Ummm, fuck off!! If you do I'll cut it off.
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You do know that the lightning protection system bonds to the grounding electrode system. Usually the big ground ring that goes around the building, to multiple grounding electrodes, to steel in the footings, to steel in the building. We bond all flammable tanks and systems to the grounding electrode system, in some cases it is a code requirement you bond it. The purpose is so you don't get static discharge around dangerous gases. That semi that pulls up to a fuel system and connects to the truck tank and truck with a big ground clamp is also connected to the Lightning Protection System via the main ground bar. The more ways you can physically connect a ground source the actual earth, is a good thing.

Look at NEC 250.104(B).
 
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Bullfrog08 said:
You do know that the lightning protection system bonds to the grounding electrode system. Usually the big ground ring that goes around the building, to multiple grounding electrodes, to steel in the footings, to steel in the building. We bond all flammable tanks and systems to the grounding electrode system, in some cases it is a code requirement you bond it. The purpose is so you don't get static discharge around dangerous gases. That semi that pulls up to a fuel system and connects to the truck tank and truck with a big ground clamp is also connected to the Lightning Protection System via the main ground bar. The more ways you can physically connect a ground source the actual earth, is a good thing.

Look at NEC 250.104(B).
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Yes I do know. I also know that using a thousand gallon tank that has a regulator that will vent when over pressured as a ground for a lightning strike is not a good idea. I have worked with buried tanks for over 30 years. I can tell you that they do have leaks and many times the leaked gas follows the buried gas line. I have given that some thoughts over the years as to why it happens but I haven't come to any conclusive reason but it does happen.
I don't give a rat fuck what the NEC or what the NFC says on this. Many times they are just weighing the odds on things. They are no different than any other government agency.
 
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168BTHPM said:
There you go with the copyright infringement again.

Dude save yourself some time and just go to the websites below when you need to rub one out. Start a Discord account so you can call all of the other fappers and have a virtual circle jerk.

www.redtube.com
www.pornhub.com
www.youjizz.com
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www.lemonparty.com
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When you really break it down in simplest form; there are a handful of "guys" here who share photos of naked girls with other guys...in hopes to give them something to masturbate to.

The lemonparty.org site has been up for at least two decades (if the link still works), and I highly recommend those guys go and check it out.

*****

For the rules:

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Stevo86 said:
That’s the real deal, I took that pic. It has something to do with electricity going back through the ground…. I think.

Something happened outside on the power pole and caused it is what I was later told.

If you would have loosened off one those flares you would have turned into a fireball
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We had a bad storm knock out power over much of the city. On one house, when the electric provider reconnected power, they connected line neutral to house hot, and line hot to house neutral. When they did that, the gas line glowed like this. The officer on the Engine that responded is the son of another Fire Captain that is also an electrician. He sent his dad a pic exactly like this. His dad said (appropriately) "Pull the meter right now!"

The electric company did the exact same thing on a different house, and it caused a structure fire, originating in the attic. Which is the worst place for a fire to be.
 
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TCreedmoor said:
LA Speed Check -- the untold story
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Back when I was stationed on the left coast we were on patrol off of SoCal far outside of the usual shipping lanes and one morning there was a contrail moving across the sky 5-6 times faster than an airliner. I made note of the course and looked at a chart and nautical charts don’t show that far inland but the contrail was headed straight for Palmdale.
 
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Downtown said:
Man, I love a good conspiracy theory, but if you look at the map, Kings Mountain is in the Piedmont area and not near the floods. That's where the lithium mine is.
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If you had remote controlled hurricanes, you could probably come up with some better targets.

TCreedmoor said:
breakfask? I bet this guy's name is Biff.
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I worked with a guy for years who pronounced it "brefix", and I'd think to myself You've been saying it that way for 60 plus years, no one ever corrected you?
 
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The PDM facility for the SR-71 was Palmdale. In the mid 80s when I was at George AFB the civilian check pilots would sometimes bring them over to George and beat up the overhead pattern. Kind of funny because the Beale active duty guys would fly down to fly straight in approaches and they always were chased by a T-38.

I used to fly over Palmdale back then and at that time they had quite a few A-12s wrapped up and stored behind one of the hangers.
 
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Garvey said:
We had a bad storm knock out power over much of the city. On one house, when the electric provider reconnected power, they connected line neutral to house hot, and line hot to house neutral. When they did that, the gas line glowed like this. The officer on the Engine that responded is the son of another Fire Captain that is also an electrician. He sent his dad a pic exactly like this. His dad said (appropriately) "Pull the meter right now!"

The electric company did the exact same thing on a different house, and it caused a structure fire, originating in the attic. Which is the worst place for a fire to be.
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I saw it one other time at a house, unfortunately it wasn’t glowing and I bumped my arm against the gas flex and it burned the shit out of me. Told them they needed an electrician and I was out. Both of these were older homes prolly built in the 50s so who knows where stuff was grounded too.
 
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Downtown said:
Man, I love a good conspiracy theory, but if you look at the map, Kings Mountain is in the Piedmont area and not near the floods. That's where the lithium mine is.
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I too love a good plausible theory, but it’s almost as though valleys with rivers can tend to flood when torrential downpours happen. Also these places were obviously not built with flooding in mind I’ve been there and live where it floods semi-regularly. It isn’t the first time these areas have had this happen either so it’s just rare not unheard of. You get 20” of rain on valleys when everything is already saturated this is what can happen.


It’s terrible, but I seriously doubt it’s man made to mine lithium. There’s so many small dead industry towns within an hour or two drive that would jump at the chance for mine jobs.

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Now if you want to talk about mining companies using this act of nature to their advantage now that the land is vacant it’s plausible. There’s talk of people saying they may never be allowed back on their own land.
 
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Dirty D said:
Back when I was stationed on the left coast we were on patrol off of SoCal far outside of the usual shipping lanes and one morning there was a contrail moving across the sky 5-6 times faster than an airliner. I made note of the course and looked at a chart and nautical charts don’t show that far inland but the contrail was headed straight for Palmdale.
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Blackbirds (and U2s) were stationed at Beale AFB in Marysville (North of Sacramento) back in the day… Palmdale was their “home” though, of course.
 
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Just Say No to bad photoshop nipples. :(

ETA: How did I miss the "I can palm a basketball with ease" hand? Did a cartoon character hit that thumb with a hammer?

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She's a fairly well known online insta-bimbo, so I know she's not AI, What were they trying to enlarge, the mug?
 
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