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Perfectly Useless But Very Cool
From The Daily Capitalist
Boys and their toys. I loved this German version of Punkin Chunkin, so to speak. Another offshoot of capitalism, or, why you don't find this kind of just-for-fun creative useless stuff in Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Zimbabwe, or east of the Dnieper. It's a perfectly useless endeavor, but, if we can think it, we can usually do it. It's in German but words don't matter, especially when you figure out what they are trying to do.
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Blankfein = jail time
Make it so.
Just wondering... how did he get down?
Double backflip. Landed and stuck it like he was Nadia Commanici.
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Love it. Econo really gave us a good one, and I am glad to be a reader of Zerohedge because fo things like this once and awhile. Salute!
If'n I was Fab and wanted to securitize insurance related to stunts performed in Germany my sh*ttee-insurance-cdo desk would go out of business.
My favorite thing about this video...he's wearing the seatbelt...safety first!!!
Thank you, Jesus, for Zero Hedge and the cool and nutty contributors who love it.
I had a Liebherr fridge once. It was a major POS. OTOH, the problem could have been the installation, since the developer was a major POS himself and probably engaged in "value engineering" -- translation: not paying the workers, who then did a substandard job either because they were pissed or idiots.
i am german. Thank you from all of us stubborn assholes
who composed the best music the world has ever been blessed to hear.
Why Beethoven of course! Opus 131!
Think of a culture that so glorifies engineering, manufacturing and the manual skill.
There are a few tv shows like this in the US and I wish for more.
Compare the values expressed and glorified in such a feat to those glorified by 'flip this house', 'flip that house', 'flipping out', etc.
All these home design, fashion design, cake design shows celebrate vanity and style over substance.
It seems the Germans are the only ones with their heads screwed on straight.
yes, our culture is rotten
but remember, Germany, while capitalistic is a lot more socialistic and protectionistic than US...
and Econophile...if you wanted to keep it just light and funny, you should not have injected your serious political comment about capitalism in your summary on this. If you have every watched No Korean games or China expo etc...then you surely you must know communistic govt do crazy things just for fun and PR just like private businesses and TV shows do, and some of their stuff is creative, maybe crazy waste of money, but creative and impressive.
Mr/s Mutt:
1. I can't help myself.
2. Are you joking? North Korea? Like what? The starvation games? How far you can run at the border before being shot? The first one to be arrested for not saluting the Dear One?
3. This is something that people do. If governments do it, it's because they steal money from the masses to pay for it like Roman circuses.
If their head is on so straight then why are they suffering the Greeks?
As with gubmint employess, we have Unionized nations. The rest of the looter class socialist @$$hats across the Eurozone are strong arming the "huns". They are the biggest economy in the Socialist-zone, and "need to contribute to improve society." All backed by UN firepower.
Tucked away somewhere is an artillery, and tungsten plate armor attachment for this obviously "overbuilt" machine.
I bet those girls were so jealous that they weren't able to ride that massive hunk of manhood up to the top like the shovel loader.
Just don't let the porn freaks over at the SEC get a hold of this, that huge white phallic symbol could send them into orgasmic reverberations for months to come [sic].
It's not the size of the apparatus, it's the articulation.
no helmut, no gloves, no sweat on his brow... just cool exact precision - and he was probably just one of the guys in the crowd and they called him up...like they do here for half court basketball shots at halftime
can you picture the american version of this if they tried?
There is only one "ism" today - facism
American idolism
mcdonaldism
couch footballism
Keynesian's-ism
zitism
political hogwashism
+1
If you think what we have is capitalism today, you are dreaming my friend. There is only one "ism" today - facism.
Blankfein = jail time
Make it so!
This is the humor section, Gordon, gimme a break.
Now, that's funny!
Saw that 3 weeks ago.
Nice to know Vienna has nothing better to do.
WHERE'S HARRYWANKER WHEN YOU DON'T CARE?
harrywankerism last spotted going into a three for a buck taco joint ,
because things are going so good for him he offered $1.50
Ah yes, German Engineering.
Too bad that Schultz and Colonel Klink ruined their reputation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9OcIDLR3Fc
If there was one thing the Nazi's were known for, it was good old slapstick comedy.
I've done that before with a Bobcat and nobody looking. Not impressed...
Thanks for that really cool video.
The joy of being in the 21st century.
The same engineering that produced the King tiger, Panther, and Kubel.
The machine is designed for a capacity of 3 tons, and weighs itself 15 tons. Talk about redundance.
Who says "they don't make 'em like they use to."...perhaps not here in the US.
You really have to trust your hydraulic lines and cylinders to pull a trick like this.
More Useless Stuff
Texan gets a Loan
A Redneck cowboy from Sweetwater, Texas, walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an International Redneck Festival and would be gone for two weeks. He needed to borrow $5,000 but he was not a depositor in that bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Redneck handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. He produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest. Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from Texas for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan.
An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dun & Bradstreet and found that you are a highly successful investor and multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater, Texas . What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
The good ol' Texas boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be here when I return?"
His name was BUBBA...
I like this.
I second that...too funny.
Incredibly skillful but we can't do that here - he wasn't wearing a construction helmet, so don't try this at home.
Germans actually have lots of safety regs, many exceed ours, like their vibrations rules etc..I do think its kinda stupid for the operator to not have a shoulder harness belt and a hard hat/helmet, why not. I know a guy that flipped a bobcat over/off the front top of a 30 foot high retaining wall he was building and survived with little damage because the Bobcat somehow landed flat on its wheels and he was strapped in with a hard hat on. He got bruised up like a bad car wreck but was fine.
We cannot even have a decent WRC Rally here because it's too "dangerous". Mountain Bike racing has become virtually extinct because insurance, and litigation cost have gone through the roof.
We are doomed to long slow death spiral of disconnect from the natural world that has caused us to lose our sense of how things actually work. Anyone remember gravity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTHoKJ8eN0w
funny
Wow!! The amazing thing to me wasn't the climb, but the 'kopfstand' (head stand) at the end. The moment on the tower and the arm must be incredible. I would love to see the equations with the calculations of the forces involved.
It seems unreal that the tracks don't fall off that small 2-3 foot area. Obviously the CG is more forward than it appears.
Lastly, Rupert had some mad skillz. I've operated front end loaders and back hoes, and it is EXTREMELY difficult to see how close the arms are to objects. The announcer states multiple times that Rupert can't see where he is putting the arm- he is actually 'feeling' his way into the slots.
I'm just glad Liebherr doesn't make tanks. I guess the joke I heard in Germany is correct: the 3 roles of NATO are to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down.
There are two hooks between the front side of the tracks that are lowered onto a bar securing it to the tower.
You took way too much crap for your last GS post but whatever.
I've operated some heavy equipment. That guy has major huevos. And I don't think it is necessarily useless....especially for Liebherr. Demonstrations like that breeds confidence. Like Fien who manufactures the MultiMaster. I don't question whether their product will be useful when I buy. I just buy it knowing one day it will save me time, money or both.
If I saw anything Liebherr now I wouldn't hesitate to buy. And that just demonstrates how badly we let our government phuck up this country by exporting all manufacturing.