Absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. This man deserves a place in whatever anyone's conception of heaven/nirvana/whatever is, if ANYone does.
They're inviting disaster upon themselves. You can never be too far above the ocean to be safe from freakishly-high and powerful waves, unless you're in a plane, hot-air balloon or the space shuttle. Just ask the men who died aboard the Ocean Ranger - an oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland - when it went down back in the 80's. The computers that controlled the ballast tanks and pumps were all shorted out and destroyed when a rogue wave hit a porthole that wasn't storm-rated and smashed it out, letting water into the ballast control room. That porthole was approx. 70' above the waterline.
Never saw the heads, but I did have the good fortune to see Tom-Tom Club years ago. Tina was VERY pregnant, and it was so fun and cool to see her rocking out with that big ol' Hofner Club Bass balanced on her round belly!
I can't believe she actually takes the time to back up and come down the same way she went up. Once they got up there and retrieved whatever it was they were after, my guys would just launch themselves from the curtain rod and land halfway across the floor!
More specifically, Lee Valley carries one that uses a similar channel system with rare earth magnets to hold the nail in place for the first whack. It is THE BOMB for building temporary scaffolding. Yours for $40
These guys (gals!) are wonderful to see live. Had the good fortune to see them in Vienna a couple of years ago, and it was one of the most enjoyable performances I've ever seen - by any genre of musicians. They are not only incredible performers, but they seem to be having so much fun it's reality infectious. They kept the audience in alternating stitches and rapt attention all evening, and the ovation at the end of their performance nearly brought the roof down on us. Wonderful memories!
You can never be too far above the ocean to be safe from freakishly-high and powerful waves, unless you're in a plane, hot-air balloon or the space shuttle.
Just ask the men who died aboard the Ocean Ranger - an oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland - when it went down back in the 80's. The computers that controlled the ballast tanks and pumps were all shorted out and destroyed when a rogue wave hit a porthole that wasn't storm-rated and smashed it out, letting water into the ballast control room. That porthole was approx. 70' above the waterline.
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More specifically, Lee Valley carries one that uses a similar channel system with rare earth magnets to hold the nail in place for the first whack. It is THE BOMB for building temporary scaffolding. Yours for $40
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32056&cat=1,53193