All of the maintenance guys at work drive pickup trucks with ball hitches on them, and park backward by the sidewalk, near the exit. We call this "Shin Splitter Row".
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This has been a fun thread. Thanks all.
My limited experience with what goes on behind the scenes in the production of a TV Show was an appearance on the rebooted Hawaii Five-0. I agree with Ian that one of the best parts is getting to meet the principal players and regardless of staging, how cordial and genuine they are off camera, or at least they were to me.
One of the scenes I had a part in involved a Party Bus. After several takes, Danny and McGarret (Scott Caan and Alex O'Loughlin) stepped on to join us to get out of the rain. I offered my seat, but they declined. Not knowing what else to say, I added, "It's great getting to meet you guys." In response, Alex said, "Nice to meet you too."
@JWP said: They are commonly known as KNEE KNOCKERS
Here is a photo I took of the "Knee Knockers' on the level known as "Broadway" aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (Big Mo) as she is permanently docked in Pearl Harbor.
(As a point of trivia, this area was off limits to the public for years because of asbestos. Then when the movie "Pearl Harbor" was filmed the producers wanted to use it to replicate a location on the U.S.S. Arizona that was filmed in the scene where the Arizona is first struck. To make that possible the producers spent over a million dollars to have the asbestos removed. One must sign up for a limited private tour to be able to go down to "Broadway" today.)
And here are screenshots from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as it was filmed there on "Broadway:"
(A further added point of trivia. If you look closely on the left side of my first screenshot from the movie you can see an artifact from the filming which appears to be a light box. I believe I was the first to discover it as I have never seen it referenced elsewhere. "Broadway" is so narrow that the filming crew were challenged to fit in the needed lighting.)
I can add that this same "Broadway" aboard the U.S.S. Missouri was subsequently used again in the filming of a movie. It was the Godzilla movie that featured a battleship.
In looking at my original photo and the screenshots from both "Pearl Harbor" and the Godzilla film note a large rail that is affixed to the ceiling. The purpose of this rail was to facilitate the transport of munitions that would be hung from it and transported from one end of the ship to the other. Accordingly one can see from where the name "Broadway" originated.
So cool. As a kid I remember being driven by the "City Dump" just outside of Elko, Nevada and it looked just like that. In the city where I grew up we also had a "City Dump" and it was close enough to my house that we could bicycle to it.
Years later I came across an original newspaper article describing the establishment of the later subject "City Dump" and in it was referenced its expected lifetime which in fact was decades longer than it actually ended up being useable. Today it is covered with landfill over which airport runways have been extended and as I drive by it today I reflect on how all my broken and discarded toys are somewhere buried there.
The photo was taken the first full month that Japan reopened for tourism after COVID back in November of 2022. There were very few flights available to Japan from the U.S. In order to get from Alaska to Japan we had to fly to O'Hare in Chicago. Then to get to Tokyo the plane flew back over Alaska from where we had originally departed.
Although I can see Mount Denali and Mount Foraker on a clear day from my office, this was a new and unique view for me at such a high altitude. As I recall the plane was positioned almost over my house when I took the photo.
The backstory regarding the above linked YouTube Video as just posted:
I was in my driveway loading winter tires into my vehicles when I heard a loud crashing sound and glanced up to see two huge Bull Moose charging up the driveway toward me.
I turned and ran for my life dropping the house key I was holding in the process. Fortunately the door remained unlocked. (I wasn’t so lucky earlier in the year when I had confronted a bear while I was watering the lawn.)
Here is my video of their continued battle as I captured it from the safety of my deck. After retreating from my driveway, the two have become locked together with their horns.
Finally one spins the other to the ground where he pins him and holds his opponent in place to establish who is the victor. No effort is made to inflict injury. Both huge Bull Moose then amble away peacefully.
Horns Locked:
The Victor as he ambles away:
The key that I dropped as I raced to escape the charging Bull Moose:
Aftermath of the Battle as evidenced by tufts of ripped Moose hair and Moose horn scratches on my driveway along with some of the torn up grass:
The backstory regarding the above linked YouTube Video as just posted:
I was in my driveway loading winter tires into my vehicles when I heard a loud crashing sound and glanced up to see two huge Bull Moose charging up the driveway toward me.
I turned and ran for my life dropping the house key I was holding in the process. Fortunately the door remained unlocked. (I wasn’t so lucky earlier in the year when I had confronted a bear while I was watering the lawn.)
Here is my video of their continued battle as I captured it from the safety of my deck. After retreating from my driveway, the two have become locked together with their horns.
Finally one spins the other to the ground where he pins him and holds his opponent in place to establish who is the victor. No effort is made to inflict injury. Both huge Bull Moose then amble away peacefully.
Horns Locked:
Went back to check the security camera recording and located these scenes from when the Fighting Bull Moose were advancing up toward where I was positioned behind the vehicle on the left on the driveway:
The backstory regarding the above linked YouTube Video as just posted:
I was in my driveway loading winter tires into my vehicles when I heard a loud crashing sound and glanced up to see two huge Bull Moose charging up the driveway toward me.
I turned and ran for my life dropping the house key I was holding in the process. Fortunately the door remained unlocked. (I wasn’t so lucky earlier in the year when I had confronted a bear while I was watering the lawn.)
Here is my video of their continued battle as I captured it from the safety of my deck. After retreating from my driveway, the two have become locked together with their horns.
Finally one spins the other to the ground where he pins him and holds his opponent in place to establish who is the victor. No effort is made to inflict injury. Both huge Bull Moose then amble away peacefully.
Horns Locked:
Went back to check the security camera recording and located these scenes from when the Fighting Bull Moose were advancing up toward where I was positioned behind the vehicle on the left on the driveway:
The backstory regarding the above linked YouTube Video as just posted:
I was in my driveway loading winter tires into my vehicles when I heard a loud crashing sound and glanced up to see two huge Bull Moose charging up the driveway toward me.
I turned and ran for my life dropping the house key I was holding in the process. Fortunately the door remained unlocked. (I wasn’t so lucky earlier in the year when I had confronted a bear while I was watering the lawn.)
Here is my video of their continued battle as I captured it from the safety of my deck. After retreating from my driveway, the two have become locked together with their horns.
Finally one spins the other to the ground where he pins him and holds his opponent in place to establish who is the victor. No effort is made to inflict injury. Both huge Bull Moose then amble away peacefully.
Horns Locked:
My Moose Encounter Made the Evening News as a catalyst for offering a public service message:
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All of the maintenance guys at work drive pickup trucks with ball hitches on them, and park backward by the sidewalk, near the exit. We call this "Shin Splitter Row".
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Honoring Today's "Boys in the Boat" (Same team, same school):
Wildcats Marching Down the Field:
Added points on the board:
Game Over:
As posted over on the Pawn Stars thread:
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This has been a fun thread. Thanks all.
My limited experience with what goes on behind the scenes in the production of a TV Show was an appearance on the rebooted Hawaii Five-0. I agree with Ian that one of the best parts is getting to meet the principal players and regardless of staging, how cordial and genuine they are off camera, or at least they were to me.
One of the scenes I had a part in involved a Party Bus. After several takes, Danny and McGarret (Scott Caan and Alex O'Loughlin) stepped on to join us to get out of the rain. I offered my seat, but they declined. Not knowing what else to say, I added, "It's great getting to meet you guys." In response, Alex said, "Nice to meet you too."
They are commonly known as KNEE KNOCKERS
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Here is a photo I took of the "Knee Knockers' on the level known as "Broadway" aboard the U.S.S. Missouri (Big Mo) as she is permanently docked in Pearl Harbor.
(As a point of trivia, this area was off limits to the public for years because of asbestos. Then when the movie "Pearl Harbor" was filmed the producers wanted to use it to replicate a location on the U.S.S. Arizona that was filmed in the scene where the Arizona is first struck. To make that possible the producers spent over a million dollars to have the asbestos removed. One must sign up for a limited private tour to be able to go down to "Broadway" today.)
And here are screenshots from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as it was filmed there on "Broadway:"
(A further added point of trivia. If you look closely on the left side of my first screenshot from the movie you can see an artifact from the filming which appears to be a light box. I believe I was the first to discover it as I have never seen it referenced elsewhere. "Broadway" is so narrow that the filming crew were challenged to fit in the needed lighting.)
I can add that this same "Broadway" aboard the U.S.S. Missouri was subsequently used again in the filming of a movie. It was the Godzilla movie that featured a battleship.
In looking at my original photo and the screenshots from both "Pearl Harbor" and the Godzilla film note a large rail that is affixed to the ceiling. The purpose of this rail was to facilitate the transport of munitions that would be hung from it and transported from one end of the ship to the other. Accordingly one can see from where the name "Broadway" originated.
So cool. As a kid I remember being driven by the "City Dump" just outside of Elko, Nevada and it looked just like that. In the city where I grew up we also had a "City Dump" and it was close enough to my house that we could bicycle to it.
Years later I came across an original newspaper article describing the establishment of the later subject "City Dump" and in it was referenced its expected lifetime which in fact was decades longer than it actually ended up being useable. Today it is covered with landfill over which airport runways have been extended and as I drive by it today I reflect on how all my broken and discarded toys are somewhere buried there.
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The story behind the photo.
The photo was taken the first full month that Japan reopened for tourism after COVID back in November of 2022. There were very few flights available to Japan from the U.S. In order to get from Alaska to Japan we had to fly to O'Hare in Chicago. Then to get to Tokyo the plane flew back over Alaska from where we had originally departed.
Although I can see Mount Denali and Mount Foraker on a clear day from my office, this was a new and unique view for me at such a high altitude. As I recall the plane was positioned almost over my house when I took the photo.
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Still recovering from the adrenaline rush! Captured on film just moments ago:
The backstory regarding the above linked YouTube Video as just posted:
I was in my driveway loading winter tires into my vehicles when I heard a loud crashing sound and glanced up to see two huge Bull Moose charging up the driveway toward me.
I turned and ran for my life dropping the house key I was holding in the process. Fortunately the door remained unlocked. (I wasn’t so lucky earlier in the year when I had confronted a bear while I was watering the lawn.)
Here is my video of their continued battle as I captured it from the safety of my deck. After retreating from my driveway, the two have become locked together with their horns.
Finally one spins the other to the ground where he pins him and holds his opponent in place to establish who is the victor. No effort is made to inflict injury. Both huge Bull Moose then amble away peacefully.
Horns Locked:
The Victor as he ambles away:
The key that I dropped as I raced to escape the charging Bull Moose:
Aftermath of the Battle as evidenced by tufts of ripped Moose hair and Moose horn scratches on my driveway along with some of the torn up grass:
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Back in the 60s
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Went back to check the security camera recording and located these scenes from when the Fighting Bull Moose were advancing up toward where I was positioned behind the vehicle on the left on the driveway:
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My Moose Encounter Made the Evening News as a catalyst for offering a public service message:
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Kinda different- but it saves space
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Fall colors have arrived here in the Northland:
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