How an open differential works

I love safety. Not the kind of safety that some DEI fool at a plant is in charge of... I mean real and practical safety. It does not stop when you clock out. One of the E&I techs at Clearwater NC paper mill told me at Christmas time he had taken wife and kids to the in-laws house Christmas Eve so the kids could open a few gifts. On the way home, he got called to the mill and dropped off his family at home and left for the mill. He hadn't even made it to the mill when his mother in law called him. His wife had decided to burn the trash and wrapping papers in the trash barrel and used gasoline instead of diesel to start the fire. She thought it was diesel and was pouring it on the kindling when it flashed back into the can. The can launched up on to the roof and caught his house on fire. More importantly, his wife was burned over 3/4 of her body. They put her in a coma at the burn center in Raleigh. The mill donated money to his family, gave him all the time off he needed. She succumbed to her burns around mid-April. He's got three kids under 7 now playing E&I and single dad.

Why do we label gas / diesel cans? Do your children or wife know why we don't use gasoline to start a fire? "Stupid" safety rules don't stop when you clock out of work.

From chat, thanks Z C

1,640,000 pound (743,891 kilo) petrochemical splitter being transported in Edmonton, Canada

Restoring a KX250 bike in a living room. Long live 2 strokes!

Taking down a radio tower with a single battery powered hand tool

The great replacement? You know Humza Yousaf is an old Scotish name, right? right??????

Scottish Leader Resigns

Humza Yousaf resigned as Scotland's first minister yesterday, prompting the Scottish National Party's second leadership election in just over a year. The 39-year-old leader faced a vote of no confidence in the Scottish parliament following the end of a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens party over the abandonment of a key target to reduce carbon emissions by 75% by 2030.