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is that like Team America but without the puppets?
I love this clip as it brings a UK digger driver to show them the skill of a good JCB operator!
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAfGnJ-RXdQ[/video] :face-huh:
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.....eccentric Brit equals good TV for our American friends.
What I want to know is what a 'careful' machine driver could possibly be planning to do the archaeology with that toothed bucket....
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A sorry sight for any of us who have had to argue for toothless buckets on a watching brief.
Still, Time Team America, sounds like a good thing to me. From what the American diggers I've met have said, it seems we're comparatively spoiled over here with the level of public awareness of archaeology.
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You are (spoiled in terms of public awareness, that is). Let's hope it does half of what it's done over here--and that they aren't tempted to go down the Learning Channel/Discovery Channel route of 'let's bring Hitler into it and make things explode, that'll net us an audience!'
Actually, I'd never seen a toothless bucket until coming over here. Fortunately I'd also never seen a digger used for archaeology, either!
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Top post there BRahn
have to say, we can each learn from each other.... but gimmae a 1.2 m toothless flat bladed ditching bucket and a skilled driver... I get to train one tomorrow... ho hum!
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Sorry, I'm sure he's a great driver, but a hard hat wouldn't have helped much if he'd sneezed whilst peeling that banana. I'm more worried about that than the toothed bucket. I've known fantastic drivers who could do all sorts of tricks and had amazing control, but why risk it for a stunt?
I'll go and sit in the corner with my kill-joy hat on now.... sorry!
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Sorry, I'm sure he's a great driver, but a hard hat wouldn't have helped much if he'd sneezed whilst peeling that banana.
Well she could have dropped it on the floor and somboody could have slipped on it too. :-)
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Indeed, but there are accidents and accidents......
Told you I was in a killjoy mood!
He's obviously a very good driver and very trustworthy. But I've been in a trench when a machine reversed into it just due to the driver not paying attention to what he was doing for a moment. They're incredibly useful and I wouldn't want to do fieldwork without them (I've done opening trenches by hand when they could have been done by machine - what a waste of time), but I think we all get a bit blase about them sometimes.....
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PS Sorry, I would've loved to comment on the video, but unfortunately my work computer doesn't want to play it.....
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PPS Hosty, can I have a killjoy smiley?? [:p]
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like this?? :face-huh:
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