Mrkim Report This Comment Date: September 16, 2011 11:05PM
I can guess how it works but I dunno what exactly it's used for.
It looks like the foot at the bottom pivots to allow the ears to drop into
something, then they spread out so it can be lifted. More than that I'm out
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: September 16, 2011 11:11PM
overhead anal-retensioning tool?
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2011 12:34PM
the bottom piece swivels vertical to slide into the hole in a big wooden spool
of metal cable, springs open (like the picture) and lift the spool with an
electric chain hoist
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2011 03:44PM
Damn! I should have known! Power company uses things like that and I worked
closely with them as a traffic controller technician.
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2011 06:19PM
Traffic Controller Technician - you mean a stop/go sign?
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2011 06:53PM
I should have said Traffic Signal Controller Technician. At that time both
electromechanical and computer controllers were in use. That was only part of my
job there as an electronics technician and I worked on all sorts of devices.
Anything the city used that was electronic we did, radios, light-bar, sirens,
toxic gas sensors, cameras, lots of different stuff.
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2011 09:14PM
Just yankin ya chain, Blah. I once joked around with a mate about coming up
with the most impressive sounding title for the most mundane job we had done.
The best I was able to come up with were Garbologist, and Bovine Lactose
Extraction Technician. Your job title just reminded me of that.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2011 12:40AM
Oh I figured as much and that was a good one. It made me smile anyway. I rarely
had to direct traffic. If we were working an intersection and manual traffic
control was needed the city would dispatch a cop to do that and boy howdy to
they HATE to do that shit. They'd rather do ANYTHING else except THAT! THey'd
always be hollerin at us, how long till yer done? It was funny.
