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Why am I watching this?

The intricate chandelier (hanging high aloft) has some LED's out, so they bring in a "crane" for the electrician to investigate. Is the Crane, a crane or a MEWP?

A. A Crane





B. A MEWP (Cherry Picker)

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Min bil läcker inte,

den bara markerar sitt territorium

I'll go with B, a cherry picker.

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Trivago Girl is hot.
But looked better without the fringe.

Isn't just frustrating when TV programs make these sorts of errors? To be fair until I went on the course to drive one, I didn't know what a MEWP was, but even then, I would have thought dangling someone from a crane to change LEDs would be highly impractical.

To reign this argument into something we all hold dear, my boss was asking me about what size turbo my 900i had in it. When I responded that it didn't have one, he said he thought 'all SAABs have got them haven't they?'
Bless. That is like saying every VW has it's engine in the back, like the original Beetle, and every Toyota made is a hybrid...

What we have to remember is that ignorance is all around... ans we can't expect folk who write TV show scripts to grasp the 'real world'.

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People have very low expectations of me... and I still disappoint them!

I don't know, why are you watching it? You will only encourage them!

I thought a crane was a bird

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IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

Bit of a shock for me when I saw the programme (recorded) tonight! I worked there in the 80s. My boss had his office there, I worked in Empress State Building (back of Earls Ct Exhibition Centre) but had use of an office in Metropole/Northumberland House when needed.

Hotel has been massively redeveloped since I was there but the entrance and foyer looked very familiar. I would need a little more than my pension to stay there now.

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Four wheels good two wheels better

good lord you mean they didnt refer to it as a catagory 3a or 3b lift? (scissor lift or boom)

that second picture looks like the cheapest most death trap specced lift ive ever seen

this is a 3b (already a small one)

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99 9-3 se sport B234R
Zafira VXR
Meriva VXR

I've been up a boom type thing on the back of a transit van - streetlights it's meant to fix I think.

It was a bit bouncy for my liking!

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Might one day get around to the 234 conversion.

That's all part of the fun of the job

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Min bil läcker inte,

den bara markerar sitt territorium

Fun wasn't the word that immediately 'sprang' to mind...

Something along the lines of "get me the fun down"

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Might one day get around to the 234 conversion.

that would be the 1b.... but they are all as bouncy and full of slack with twitchy controls no matter the size... not designed by anyone whos ever driven one i assume.

its when you get 50ft up in one and the . trips out the weight sensor while you and your mate are the only guys on site so no ground controls.... end up throwing tools etc overboard so you dont have to stay in the thing overnight

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99 9-3 se sport B234R
Zafira VXR
Meriva VXR