#Crane Inspector

[cranegodservices]

Tips to Ensure Safe Crane Operation

Cranes are essential pieces of equipment for a wide variety of industries, from construction to manufacturing to transportation. However, cranes can also be dangerous if they are not properly inspected and maintained. That’s why it’s important to have a qualified crane inspector conduct regular inspections of your cranes.

A crane inspector is a professional who is trained to identify and assess potential hazards on cranes. They will look for things like cracks, corrosion, and wear and tear that could compromise the safety of the crane. They will also check the crane’s operating systems and controls to make sure they are in good working order.

Crane inspections are typically required by law. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that all cranes be inspected at least once a year. However, many states and municipalities have their own crane inspection requirements, which may be more stringent than OSHA’s requirements.

In addition to being required by law, crane inspections are also a good business practice. By having your cranes inspected regularly, you can help to prevent accidents and injuries. You can also avoid costly downtime and repairs.

Continue reading Tips to Ensure Safe Crane Operation

[cossackinspection]

Comprehensive Crane Inspections in Perth: Ensuring Safety and Efficiency with Cossack Inspections

NDT inspection services Perth is a vital process in various industries, particularly when it comes to ensuring the safety, integrity, and reliability of equipment, structures, and materials. Cossack Inspections in Perth is a leader in providing high-quality NDT inspection services tailored to meet the needs of businesses in sectors such as construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, and mining.

NDT involves the use of advanced techniques to evaluate the properties of materials, components, or structures without causing any damage. This is crucial for detecting hidden defects, assessing the condition of critical assets, and ensuring that products and infrastructure meet required safety and performance standards.

[elite-offshore]

A career as a crane operator can be quite lucrative and rewarding. However, this being a skill, depends on individual interest. Here are some factors to consider:

1. Crane operators are often in demand, especially in offshore, construction, shipping, and manufacturing industries. As infrastructure projects increase and construction continues to expand globally, the need for skilled crane operators remains steady.

2. Crane operators can earn a good income. Salaries vary based on factors such as location, experience, and type of crane operated, but generally, they can earn above-average wages.

3. Operating a crane requires specialized skills and training. As you gain experience and expertise, you may have opportunities to operate more advanced equipment or move into supervisory roles. The training for offshore Offshore Crane Operators are in 3 stages. It takes time to become an Offshore Crane Operator Stage 3 operator. Elite Offshore Pvt Ltd, based in Navi Mumbai, provides training and certification of crane operators for Mobile RT Crane, Offshore Crane, EOT Crane, Hydra & Farana etc. They also provide training and certification for Crane Inspectors. You may get in touch with them for more details..

4. As long as construction and related industries exist, crane operators will be needed. This provides a certain level of job stability, although economic fluctuations can affect demand to some extent.

5. Crane operators often work outdoors and in various weather conditions. They may also work at heights, which can be challenging for some individuals but exciting for others. The offshore crane operators work on offshore rigs. There are floating cranes with capacity in thousands of tonnes.

6. Operating heavy machinery like cranes comes with inherent risks. Safety protocols must be followed diligently to prevent accidents and injuries.

Thus a career as a crane operator can be fulfilling for those who enjoy working with heavy machinery, have a good sense of spatial awareness, and are committed to safety. It offers a combination of job stability, good pay, and opportunities for advancement for those willing to invest in training and gaining experience.

[hozaloza]

Who was the person that said Maverick looked like Inspector Gadget🤠...

WHOEVER YOU WERE, CREDITS TO YOU FOR INSPIRING ME TO MAKE THIS DUMB IMAGE

INSPECTOR MAVERICK

i didn't know who to make Brain,,,,,so I put Logan because I naturally assumed the dog was like surprisingly smart 🤠.....

Is that right??? I wouldn't know I don't think I've actually watched an episode from this show--

if I had, it was probably forgotten--

[russellcranebf]

im getting settled down after moving to mexico so i might not be too active :')

here is some art though!

[istharoth]

Lingering Presence

wc: 1.6k | fem-reader | not proof-read

Inspired by Haku's warding card!

She stares at the crane machine in distaste. She's all for having vending machines at Onsens but a crane machine too!? That's evil and smart. She's definitely going to play until she goes broke. 

"…I lost again." She falls to her knees, weakly holding the last token while Zenji assures her she wasn't bad at the game but the machine was stingy. 

"How many have you gone for?" Subaru tilts his head in pure curiosity. The Inspector had been at it for the past fifteen minutes so it likely wasn't that much money. 

"Fifteen tries," She mumbles, looking away, unwilling to meet his surprised gaze. "But the maiden lost all of it, alas!" Zenji sighed, resting his hand on his chest, much saddened by her loss. 

"Want to play a round?" She asks, offering him the token as she stands up. "Is it okay?" He asks, staring at the token as if it were an uncommon object. 

"Yup, it's fun once you get the hang of it." She grins, moving away from the stage. She watches with a smile on her face as Zenji teaches Subaru the controls, the duo trying their best to get a plushie. Well, since she's available, she might as well get some drinks.

Carefully sliding the door open, she walks down the halls. It was mostly empty, granted it was a family-owned onsen by none other than the Kusanagi Clan. Seriously, she knew he was rich but if he were on the same level as Jin, she'd have to wonder if Darkwick only allowed rich people to enter the school. 

She lightly jumps from the veranda to the grassy field. In the night sky stars glitter across the vast galaxy. 

The full moon glowed down at her. He leans against the wooden pillar, gazing at her in fondness. "The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" Walking slowly, he appears behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. 

"Wha-!?" She clenches her fist, twisting her body to land a punch on the perpetrator, only stopping when she figures it is Haku. "Violent, aren't we?" He grins, and retraces his arms, raising them in the air as if to signify defeat. 

"You could've announced your presence?" She questions back and he chuckles, "Guilty." Though he doesn't look guilty in the slightest. 

"Can Your Majesty please forgive this soldier who didn't know any better?" He does a curtsy and she tries hiding her bubbling giggles. "If the soldier vows to protect me, yes." He looks up at her, extending his hand towards her. She places her hand on top of his and he plants a kiss on it. 

"Now," He smiles at her radiantly, cheeks a bit flushed, "The vow can't be broken." She's done for. She's absolutely done for. She's not sure how much longer she can hide what she feels for him. 

He intertwines their hands, asking if they should head back in. She still needs to buy the drinks but she doesn't want to let go of him. She doesn't know if she'll get the chance again. "Let's go. I want to see if Subaru-Senpai got a plushie yet," She chuckles, ignoring the thumping of her chest. For now, forever she'll pretend as if it does not exist. 

When they enter the room, Zenji immediately takes Haku's attention and he lets go of her hand. She looks down at her hand, a tingly warmth felt from it. "Y/N-San, I finally got it!" Subaru appears in front of her, proudly displaying the plushie to her. 

"Woah! Congrats, Subaru-Senpai! It's so cute!!" She gushes before glaring daggers at the crane machine. "I think I might get one for Lyca," Subaru smiles, looking at the plushie and then walks back to the crane machine. 

"Heyy, don't spend too much." Haku sighs putting his hand on his hip as he watches Zenji and Subaru shoot for another plushie. "Once you start, you can't stop." She points, mirroring his actions. 

"That so?" He chuckles, taking out a small box from within his sleeves. "For you." He holds a small box towards her. In the transparent box, she could see earrings similar to his own. 

"Don't they look similar?" He points at his ear, giving her a huge grin. "When did you buy it…?" She asks, thanking him for the gift(?). 

"A while before we ate at the dango stand." He answers, asking if he could help her put them on. Nodding slowly, still a bit in shock he brought her something, she handed him the box. Opening it, he unclasped the earring and tugged at her earlobe gently. She could feel the warmth radiating from his body, she hoped he couldn't hear her heart. The ghoul senses weren't that good, were they?

It felt like minutes had passed, but it's likely only a few seconds passed since he clasped the earrings on her ears. He takes out his phone, handing it to her to look at her reflection. 

She can't take this anymore. She wants him to love her as she does. Desperately. 

Glancing at his earrings, she touches the tassel of the earring. It's as if they had bound the red string of fate themselves. Fate need not care for who they're supposed to love. Fate has no business in her love life, since she's locked hands with him, she's been his. 

"Thank you," She whispers and he hums, "Anything for you." 

It's been nearly a year since she was found in a train station. She doesn't remember what happened, except she was at a concert. However, she received news that the group had disbanded a year ago. In the year when she didn't remember anything, she returned home with only red tassel earrings. 

Just like clockwork, she reaches for the earrings. Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she watches as the triple-knotted red earring dangles. She does not recall when she brought it or why she brought it- if she did, that is. 

It appeared from nowhere and every day she had to put it on. Her entire self feels unfamiliar if she doesn't. It's reminiscent of something too, something or someone she can't recall no matter how hard she thinks. 

She lets out a shaky sigh, walking back to her bed and falling backwards. She stares at the ceiling, the fan from above showering her with cold air. She remembers nothing from the past year, but somehow there's always a dull ache when she tries to recall. Something happened, something she wished she wouldn't forget. 

"Let's get to work," She gets up from her bed, continuing her morning routine. 

Despite getting lost at a train station for a year, according to the police, she uses it anyway. There's something about the specific station in Harajuku she can't wrap her head around. It's not just in Harajuku but also on the train heading to Tokyo Bay. 

She passes through the crowd, eyes on her phone as she changes the song playing from her playlist. It's from the band she liked but they disbanded. The world feels a bit unfamiliar as if she'd seen something that wasn't accessible to the rest of the world. 

A figure bumps into her and she looks up. He looks familiar, moreover, his earrings are similar to her own. "Oh, I'm sorry." He nods as if to apologize. Before he can get lost in the crowd, she grabs onto his sleeve. He turns around, eyes widening slightly and she stares up at him. She knows him. She's well aware of his presence, but she can't figure out who he is. 

"Have we met before…?" She asks, eyes stuck on his dangling earrings. It's the same as hers. It's pure coincidence. She should accept that but for some reason, she doesn't want it to be just a coincidence. 

He smiles at her, it's familiar. It's as if he were the very thing she couldn't remember. "I'm sorry, but maybe you have the wrong person?" His guilty tone doesn't match the light-hearted expression on his face. She immediately lets go of his sleeve, apologizing profusely. Somehow though, she doesn't think she can forget this strange encounter. 

"I couldn't say it last time but," She looked up and he was already staring at her. "They look good on you." She feels her face flush up and rubs her neck in embarrassment. 

"Thank you," She should ask what he meant by the first statement but looking at the complete look of fondness in his eyes, she doesn't think she should. 

"Then, I hope we'll see each other again, Your Majesty." He turns around, mixing in with the crowd. She can feel her chest bubble in excitement. She sprints forward, attempting to find him again but to no avail. He's someone she doesn't want to let go of, someone she definitely doesn't want to forget. 

"Met up with her?" A certain grim-reper asks, leaning against the station walls. "She still wears them," Haku mumbles, hiding his face with his arm and Rui chuckles. It's hard to see Haku lovesick again. Not that he doesn't understand. The Inspector's appearance was abrupt, she left a long-lasting impression but left just as abruptly. 

Haku Kusanagi had once sworn he wouldn't fall for her again. He'd only watch from afar as she lived her life without anomalies, without ghouls. He'd be content with just that. Had he known all of this would happen, he would've confessed before it was too late. He would've had her in his arms for just longer, he should've held her hand for longer. If he did all that, then maybe they wouldn't be strangers again.

[the-californicationist]

Ok but imagine price being a dockworker and coming to the bar the reader is a server at after long days. Smelling like the salt on salt, chest hair peeking thru his shirt. She knows his exact order down to how much froth he wants on his beer and he just melts into his chair once he sees her on shift but their asses won’t even kiss yet (they wanna fuck diiiirty in between all the barrels out back tho)

Thank you so much for the ask!! I wish I got more of these <3 I love impromptu writings!! ^_^

MDNI

Somehow, you knew it was him by the sound of your door. The way that it creaked and popped, and the force with which it knocked the tinkling little bell at the top - all of these noises were the same, or at least they should have been, no matter who was coming or going from your bar. The way the metal bolt clicked out of the frame, the way the warped wood of the threshold whined and bent, the way that one pane of glass shuddered in the top left corner... it shouldn't have sounded different when he walked in. But, it did.

He sat in his seat, objectively the worst one in your bar. It was out of the line of sight from the television, and it was down at the fruit-filled service end, far from the keg taps. It was where you ran credit cards and kept your phone to take breaks, and you flattered yourself that the reason he sat there was to spend time with you.

John Price was a piece of work, that was for sure. He would come by right before close and linger. It was nice to have someone walk you to your car, especially on cold nights, since you were so close to the docks. He'd ride his old Triumph over from his work as a shipping and receiving foreman in the harbor, and he'd smell like sweat and the salt from the sea. His clothes would reek of tobacco from those fat cigars he'd always smoke, and you knew his beard would smell like it, too.

You wondered what it felt like, his beard. You wondered if it was as soft as it looked. You wondered what he would say if you asked him to give you a ride back to his place on that old, worn-out bike and lay you on his bed so he could kiss you from behind that beard all night. You wondered, over and over when you lay in your own sheets alone, what it would feel like for him to drag that rough-shaven chin over the swell of your breast. How would it feel on the insides of your thighs? Would it hurt you?

"You want the usual?" You asked him, trying your best to concentrate on shining the glass in your hand and not about having his body between your legs.

He smiled up at you and nodded,

"Sure, love. The usual."

As you poured his lager, keeping a little extra foam at the top, just how he liked it, you caught yourself staring again.

It was cold out, so he was in a thick coat, but he never had his collar buttoned up. There was always a bit of his chest on view for you through the drab plaid shirts he wore. He had a cut tonight, and you could see it soaking through the white of his undershirt.

"You okay, John?" You set his beer down and motioned to his gash.

"Oh," he chuckled warmly, "Yeah. Just got a little too close to the off-loader crane and paid for it. No harm, really."

"Let me clean it up for you. C'mon," you opened the bar's side door and lifted it so he could duck underneath, taking his beer with him and following you upstairs to your office.

Your barback would take care of the two other patrons you had. It was a Tuesday after midnight. You could close without any harm done.

As John wandered into your space, he noticed your makeshift cot in the corner.

"Surely you're not sleepin' at work, love?"

You laughed a little nervously,

"Don't tell the health inspector on me. Have a seat in that chair. Lemme get the first-aid kit."

He sat. Your heart pounded in your throat. As you dug around for the kit, you felt your nerves fraying. Maybe you liked John a little more than you thought.

"Here. Alright, can you show me the cut?"

You knelt in front of him so you could be in line with the wound. You tried to clean it, but his clothes were getting wet.

"Oh, sorry. Uh -"

"Here, love," he shucked his jacket off and peeled his shirt off from his back, leaving it around his arms, pinned in the sleeves, "That better?"

You nodded, feeling your breath catch in your throat.

He was huge. It was almost monstrous, the way his body bulged out around his bones, enormous snapping muscles rolling around his shoulders and neck, making him look like an animal. He was covered in soft, brown fur, and as you went to touch him, you made a grave mistake.

You hesitated.

Ever observant, you knew he caught you stumbling over him, frozen in place like a scared doe. But, mercifully, he said nothing, and allowed you to get to work.

Clean. Dry. Salve. Bandage. Smooth the edges. Make an excuse to do it again, once more to seal it down.

"There, all done. You have been a very brave patient," you smiled up at him and went to box up the supplies back in their little tin.

"You know," he purred, "Brave patients usually get some sort of prize."

You laughed softly,

"Fresh out of lollies and peppermints, I'm afraid."

"Sure there isn't anything else you'd offer me to suck on, love?"

His voice was low, dark, and deep. It crawled to you on its belly from the bottom of the sea, from the pressures and the cold, black hell of the fathoms of the water, lapping at the sides of your boat, threatening to sink you. He looked at you like a tiger shark studies a diver, with a chilling curiosity from the mighty to the fragile, wondering what you taste like and deciding if he'll bite.

John's arms were still bound by his clothes. If you wanted to flee, you would've had plenty of head-start. But, you didn't. You were moving outside of your own volition. It was as if you were dreaming, watching yourself be piloted by an unknown force. You stared him down and stood, stepping right between his knees, forcing him to look up at you and wait for your reply.

You peeled off your white tee shirt, revealing your bare breasts to him. Going bra-less meant usually meant more tips, but tonight you weren't concerned about the money. You wanted him to praise you. You wanted to call his bluff. You wanted him to fuck you on the stack of kegs in the corner of your office and let the sharp metal rims dig into your belly as he stuffed his cock into you from behind.

His shirts were gone from his arms in a second, and he leaned forward just enough to put his face to your breast, letting you feel the heat of his breath on your skin, sighing into you. John held your eyes captive in his the whole time, as if he may look away and break the spell. Then, he watched you watch him take your nipple into his mouth, suckling on it as gently as he possibly could, as gently as anyone had ever done.

You trembled, letting go of a breath you'd been holding, looking down at him as he sucked your flesh between his wet lips. You were right about the smell of the tobacco.

[gaijin-fujin-resonance]

ストレリチア / Strelitzia

Due to my family background (my grandparents were botanists in southern Africa) I know Strelitzia as the crane flower. It’s an incredibly nostalgic plant to me, as its image used to adorn the back of the aerogramme letters I received from family abroad as a child.

So I suppose I was expecting more of an African sound, all chiming guitars and sweet harmonies? So wow, was the psychedelic sitar sound of Strelitzia a surprise!

It was impossible on first listen to tell if it was a sitar, a guitar, a synth, or what. Thankfully, Imai’s production notes for Sound & Recording Magazine answer that:

今井寿: あの曲では星野がシタール・ギターを 弾いていて、僕のギターはシタールのエフェ クターをかけた音です。ELECTRO-HARMONIX Ravish Sitar というモデルですね。 Imai Hisashi: In that song, Hoshino plays a sitar guitar, and my guitar has a sitar effect applied to it. It's the ELECTRO-HARMONIX Ravish Sitar model.

This pedal is, frankly, one of the grooviest things I’ve heard in years. Just listen to the official demo recordings from Electro-Harmonix to get an idea of what it’s capable of.

It’s quite one of my favourite things about Imai, the delight he clearly takes in experimenting with the oddest and strangest of guitar pedals. I love that Imai (despite regularly achieving some of the most beautiful guitar tones known to humankind throughout the band's recording history) has absolutely no respect for the guitar as a guitar player. He treats the thing purely as a note-generator to be processed, run through effects, manipulated, modulated and otherwise completely f*cked up until it’s almost no longer recognisable as a guitar. In my books, this puts him up there with people like Kevin Shields and Robert Fripp, in terms of rearranging my perceptions of what a guitar is even capable of.

Anyway! On to the song itself, pretty much a rough guide to all of the wonderful elements that make up Imai’s sonic landscape. Strelitzia starts starts with classic Imai slithering insect noises - they might be sonic artefacts of the effects pedals, or they might be percussion run through a really extreme phaser effect? Then the song kicks in with our old friend, a pedal point on the bass, with an occasional semitone down to keep it moving. (The song is only 74 bpm, almost shockingly slow for a B-T song, but it never seems to drag.)

I’m working under the assumption that the guitar in the right channel is Hide’s sitar guitar, since it has quite a natural sitar shimmer. The guitar in the left channel has a slightly more synthetic tone, more flanged, so I presume that’s Imai with the Ravish pedal? Then straight down the centre, the main riff is played on a sound that I, as a westerner, would describe as a little banjo-like. But the particular resonances definitely make it sound more Asian, perhaps the lightly bending and warping tone of a Shamisen or even Koto?

At 0:44, when the live drums kick in, the left hand guitar goes a little farty - but it’s all about context. With the fluttering symphony of psychedelic sounds weaving and echoing around it, I don’t mind a little synthetic squelchiness. In fact, it provides a nice build and lift indicating the song is preparing to move to the B-part, as the bass finally shifts off its pedal point and starts climbing what feels like an endlessly ascending Escher staircase, to provide melodic dynamics while the guitars stay on their hypnotic drone.

If Imai really wanted to, he could drag that build out a little longer? He definitely knows how to do dancefloor dynamics, as shown on the song Subrosa and previous bangers like Gustave. Some day I’d love to see him abandon all pretense of the standard Verse-Chorus pop arrangement and just really go all out on an endless dancefloor loop with a build and a drop and no B part. But the vibe shift here from the A part to the B part really reminds me a little of Todd Terje’s Inspector Norse. It’s got a similar sort of long hold on one two-note bass riff, which builds and builds - until at last, when the bass finally moves off that single note at 3:37, it feels like the whole world tilts on its access, like a plane taking off and immediately banking sharply. It’s a gloriously ecstatic moment!

This is basically a rock song done in the form of a dancefloor filler - in the place of a guitar solo, at 1:36, he has put in a classic dance drop. Everything cuts out except for some pretty extreme Einstürzende Neubauten metal-banging!!! YES!!! ROX0R!!!! MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!!

Then it’s back to the lovely phased-out, droney sitar-strumming with beautiful warm vinyl crackle in the background, and it’s technically not a true instrumental because there is a whispered Syd Barrett vocal at 2:11 just as the big echoey synth kicks on, but I’ve no idea what he says. (And please don’t any Japanese-speakers ruin it for me by informing me he just says “now” or “start” or “1-2-3-4!” or whatever!)

The whole sequence repeats again, almost exactly as before, with more vinyl crackle and insect noises accompanying us out. The second time the B part repeats, there’s a lovely wooden percussion (marimba?) sound doubling the guitars in the background, like a stately minuet of odd noises. There’s something so pleasing about the arrangement, like a very formal, exactly lined up arrangement of extremely weird sounds. This is one of those tunes that really gives me hope for the second season of B-T, that there aren’t just new songs sleeping in the brains of Imai and Hoshino, but entirely new genres lurking in their future. Can’t wait to hear more!

[hazel-of-sodor]

Day 2 A-Plan Delta

Day 2 A-Game

Other Stories

Other Days

Bill and Ben were shunting at Brendam harbor, when Thomas raced up to them, covered from flange to funnel in soot and dirt.

“Hello Thomas!” The twins chimed together, “running from…”

“I need you two to distract the inspector.” Caomhnóir snapped, “they were supposed to be at Suddery, and now I have to sneak a Coronation class past them.”

The twins straightened, suddenly serious. “What do you need from us?” Bill asked.

“I have to get them from the mainline to Lucania,” Thomas said, nodding towards the small liner at the end of the docks.

The twins looked at each other, “Plan Delta?” Ben asked. Bill nodded, the twins raced off towards where the inspector was talking with Sir Topham Hatt and Edward, while Thomas ran to get the Coronation.

The Inspector was standing on top of a clay truck to get a better view of the harbor. Ben raced up and snatched the line of trucks it was in, the inspector slipping and falling face first into the clay as the trucks were snatched.

“Ben.” Edward barked.

“Catch me if you can.” Ben shouted, racing off.

Edward was faster, but there was only one of him. Everytime he got close, the other twin would snatch the trucks, and they would be off again.

As they raced around, whichever twin didn't have the trucks kept an eye on Thomas’s progress.

Soon Lucania’s cranes had winched the Pacific up onto her decks. Thomas peeped an all clear as the liner cast off her moorings, Edward looking back in confusion, then realization.

Ben dropped the trucks in front of the 4-4-0, “lovely game Edward.”

Bill popped up on the other side, “love to play again, but we have trucks to see to.”

“Places to be.”

“Engines to annoy.”

“Ta!”

The twins shot off towards the clay pits, leaving a motion sick Inspector, giggling trucks, and an oddly proud Edward behind.

[queenofcats17]

The Ink Demonth 14

Today's theme is Steam.

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If there was one thing Wally hated about getting roped into doing mechanical work, it was the conditions it had been to be done in. Janitorial work could be messy, sure, but it didn't usually require him to crawl into tight spaces to fiddle with things.

Which was what he was currently being required to do.

Currently, he, Tom, and Lacie were in the studio boiler room, trying to work out what was going on with a clog in the pipes.

"I don't see why we can't just call a plumber for this kinda stuff," Wally groaned, tugging on the collar of his shirt. "This isn't any of our jobs!"

"Drew's too cheap to hire a plumber," Tom grumbled from his perch on a step ladder.

"Especially not when he's got perfectly good free labor to throw at it," Lacie agreed, rolling her eyes as she fiddled with the boiler.

Wally groaned, throwing his hands up. "I tell ya! If I gotta do any more of these extra jobs-"

"You're outta here," Lacie and Tom said in unison. "We know."

Wally went a bit pink, ducking his head. If he hadn't taken his hat off due to the heat in the room, he probably would have been tugging it down over his face at this point.

"Yeah yeah, alright, I get it," he mumbled. "...You guys makin' any progress in figurin' out what's goin' on?"

"Other than the fact that it's a miracle this thing still runs?" Lacie tapped the side of the ancient boiler. "Nope."

"I'm not seeing where the clog might be," Tom said, craning his head around the pipes. "I- Fuck!" He was cut off as a blast of steam came out of one of the open pipes, blowing onto his hand and causing him to drop the wrench he'd been using.

"You alright?" Wally hurried over to the ladder.

"Shit... I'm fine," Tom said through gritted teeth, clutching his hand to his chest.

"Go run it under cold water for a little." Lacie didn't look up from her tinkering. "Don't want you getting burned."

"I'll be fine," Tom insisted as he went to pick up his wrench.

Lacie finally looked up, fixing Tom with a look that gave no room for argument. "Go run your hand under cold water," she repeated firmly. "The pipes aren't going anywhere."

Tom hesitated for a moment before letting his shoulders slump. "Fine. I'll be right back," he muttered before leaving the room.

Wally watched him leave with wide eyes. "How'd you do that?" He whispered once Tom was gone.

"I've had a lot of practice," Lacie replied. "Now you get up there and see if you can find the clog."

Wally had the good sense not to argue with her because he knew he absolutely was not going to win this argument and got up on the step ladder. "I'm startin' to wonder if there even is a clog," he said as he started to poke around.

"Might not be." Lacie shrugged. "Could just be that this thing," she hit the boiler again for emphasis. "Is finally giving up the ghost."

"It's kinda a miracle anythin' works around here," Wally said. Now it was his turn to nearly drop the wrench due to a blast of steam, but he managed to avoid getting hit.

"Ain't that the truth." Lacie cast a disgusted look around the room. "How'd y'all get all this past inspectors?"

"Pretty sure Mr. Drew pays 'em off," Wally said, tentatively sticking his hand into a pipe. "Or some of 'em, at least."

"Of course he does." Wally started a bit at the sound of Tom's voice as he reentered the room. "Found anything yet?"

"I think there's.... somethin' in here," Wally said, shifting to stick his arm further into the pipe. "I can feel something back here... Aha!" He pulled his arm out, triumphantly holding up a clump of... something. It wasn't clear just what the thing was, just that it looked... pretty disgusting.

"Nice job, Franks." Tom allowed himself a small smile.

"I'm almost done too," Lacie said. "Or as done as I can be."

"Whaddaya mean?" Wally climbed off the ladder.

"There's a lot of problems with this thing that I just can't fix," Lacie explained. "It'd honestly be easier just to replace it."

"But we know Drew won't do that," Tom concluded, running a hand over his face with a sigh.

"Exactly." Lacie nodded.

"Well, we did what we could." Wally shrugged slightly.

"We did what we could." Tom echoed in agreement. "And if Drew wants more, he can damn well hire someone else to fix it."

"Yeah!" Wally held up his hand for a high five. The hand that was still holding the unidentifiable lump. Tom's eyes flicked from the clump to Wally and he shook his head. Wally frowned for a moment before seeming to realize what Tom meant.

"Aw, shoot. Lemme take care of this," he said before hurrying out of the room to take care of the clump.

Tom let out a small snort of laughter. He didn't know how Wally could remain in such good spirits all the time but... It was kind of life-affirming. He wished he could have that kind of positivity.

[mazm-imagines]

Dr. Jekyll can I ask a question?

I've recently learned that the average height for men (at least in Victorian times) is 5'4" – 5'5". That means you're a lot taller than the average man! How does it feel, being basically a giant wherever you go?

"I do not think I'm that tall... Am I?" Jekyll pondered to himself.

Well maybe there were times he would have to crane his neck downwards... especially to his lab assistant.

But that delivery boy- Alan. He had no trouble at all facing his eyes. Nor the Inspector Newcoman.

Was it really that strange?

"I suppose I am a giant then! How wonderful the human body can be. So many different people of different shapes and sizes... God has blessed each and every one of us."

[railwaysparrow]

Culdee grumbled as he tried to make his way to the summit. An inspector from the Mainland, who didn't understand mountain railways, had insisted they have a crane trialled.

It was an awkward thing & due to the steep grade each puff sent the hook straight into Culdee's face!

[ask-nightmare-and-others]

Hilda Crane pins Inspector down with her ass.

@liam-and-co-fatty-zone

Inspector: -he was pinned down by Hilda's ass-

[emeraldoo]

HEY! HEY!! LOOK AT ME!!

LE MEH!!!

hi, my name is bastion!! i have lots of other names im ok with tho, like bb, b, 8, shiver, weird, etc! im not ok with the nickname EM or EMERALD!

i am a zombie, autism creature, maned wolf kin and fict kin Shiver from spl3 <3 i am also NOT a minor!!!!!! 19 yrs :•)) im also a rogue of mind!! (homestuck hoe.)

i am a trans male! i use he/xe/it prns! currently questioning my romantic attraction (pretty sure im bi-gay), but i am asexual!

i am the host in the zipties system, a did system!! some of the head mates have their own blogs, which ill tag :•)

i am audhd, gad, ocd, and a general cluster b pd haver!! i also have some delusions from ~an unkown disorder~ so! working thru some stuff still!

MY INTERESTS!!!!!!!

SPLATOON AUGHHHHH most of my blog is splatoon....

super obvious but homestuck :3333333333

i freaking LOVE nnsg :•3333 the anime of ALL TIME!!

SCIENCE!!!!!!! i plan on majoring in microbiology and synthetic biology but i luv ALL science!!

MUSIC/BAND!! i play euphonium and play in marching band and concert ensembles <3

i luvvv itsv and atsv and all of the spiderverse stuf!!!!!! my fave spider in spider man india btw.!

GUILD WARS 2 AIUGHHJJJHHH THE BEST EVER ACTUWLLY. PLAY IT PLAY IT RNNNN

ALTERS!!

not all of our alters choose to make profiles, and we arent going to force them to make them. if you need to know them, just send a DM or ask

* = written by alter

BASTION (☘️): DAS ME BITCH! im the host and core of the system >:•D i am the main guy in this blog soooo ya. (he/him, xe/xem, it/its)

JON/@just-dr (🎃): jon!! he is a protector and a fictive of jonathan crane.. he is nice :•)) he doesnt associate much with his source tho so shrugsies (he/him, they/them)

CORNELIUS/PICKLES (🩸): (updated 11/22/23) cornelius stirk (batman unburied) and pickle inspector splitroject.. wears the skin of both of them and tends to switch based on mood. but they are the same guy! (they/it/he)

JADE (🌐): cutey patootie wolf thing! fictive of jade from homestuck andddd yeah!! cool (she/they)

KARKAT/@karkat-cornbread (🔥): fictive of karkat homestuck guy. gets very angry very fast. idk role but yeah. the amgry one ig (he/they)

* DAVE/@karkat-cornbread (🕶️): yea. is this bitch predictable or what lmfao (he/any)

* NICK/@timothy-timeaus (🛑): Beep boop. Coolest splinter of Dirk. I'm also cool with the name Odyssey or 9k. (They/Them)

* EQUIUS/Warrior/@runningfromred (🐎): Yes hello I am Equius or Warrior (Wari is also an acceptable nickname) (he/they)

* TIM/@timothy-timaeus (🔗): I'm the main guy of the subsystem of splinters. I'm just a ye ol Dirk splinter. Also the co-host. (he/him)

* CALUM/@timothy-timaeus (🧢): bro strider splinter and a real goof. heeheeee (she/her)

* JAKE (🦎): Your caretaker and funny guy! im from meat timeline and have alot of pseudos, sorry if im hesitant to interact with sourcemates :B (he/him)

* SOL (♊): sollux fictive from aphids comic by kabutoden (it/its, 2/2s, two/twos, byte/bytes)

MY TAGGING SYSTEM!! (wip :{)

#emeraldo slay posting: all of my posts! that i leave words on are tagged with :}

#alterposting: an alter made that post! ie anyone that isnt bastion!

#emeraldo asks: shit sent 2 my ask box!

#emeraldo art: my art! can include doodles, rendered shit, text stuff etc :3

#fave: my favorite things! rn im just using it to categorize some stuff, but ill get back to using it regular style soon!

#muuusic: posts with music i find funny or jammy :D

#funniez: the funny shit! memes, fandom specific memes, vids, etc :PP

#protestspot: stuff about protesting/politics/culture and related stuff!

#artresc: artsy fartsy stuff! i have some subcategories too like #poc, #fat, and #disable :}

#writering: stuff for writing! i dont write fanfic, i mostly just rp, but this stuff is still supar applicable !!

#game boy boy: games! both stuff i wanna play/buy and things up and coming!

#freaking art: my fave arts !! either for goofy reasons or love reasons :3

#makes me think: things that make me think... like being thoughtful n shit......

#books a billion: stuff i wanna read! or resources for "getting" books

#yar har fiddle dee dee: ha ha ha. completely normal and legal resources for media.

DNI :•(

its not rlly. much? the only stuff i rlly care abt is jerks.. if ur a jerkkk (terf, racist, zionist, ableist, antikin, sysmed, transmed, antikink, whatever girl u git the gist....)

i don't have especially strong opinions on most discourse... slurcourse, syscourse, flagcourse, shipcourse... its kinda silly.! so um. whatever.

* (Nick writing.) Our take on pro/antiship is "It doesn't fucking matter". We aren't proship, we aren't antiship, we are just kind of shipping whatever the fuck we want. If you think it's problematic, we most likely won't care. Unless there's a genuine reason to be concerned, don't bother.

exclusionists!!!! i don't like you!!!!!!!!!!!! aphones, panphobes, biphobes, mspec gay/lesbian haters, antixenogender, anti neoprns, whatever! i do not like you at all >:•{

hp fans... you know why :•) please find a better media ..

radqueers.. i do not like. and it makes uncomfortable.. especially more extreme labels like transhateful things.. scary in a bad way!

BYE BYE!!

p.s. if your an nsfw blog msg me for sideblog! :}

[craneinspectio]

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