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❄️The Story of How They Put The Scarecrow Away (A Christmas Poem)❄️

It was some time around Christmas, a mall Santa one day Pulled out a mask and wore a wig of old hay "I am terror!" he yelled, smoke thrown at a crowd "And Christmas stops here! The cheering is far too loud... It scares my crows!" (If his word was true none of us knows) And the shoppers quaked! Into panic they cowed But it wasn't enough, so to Gotham he goes

Let it be known that one's dismay is another's delight And this one decided to scare others tonight A fearsome Santa spreading screams Visions of nightmares and broken dreams Scarecrow of burlap and bells, red, brown and bright white

Stocking fillers of toxin, chimneys crawled down Mince pies eaten and fears to drown Wits scared out of families and the little dog too The only way to stop him: knock him black and blue

"...Dressed as a bat!"

The last words before a kick launches his hat And him too no less (Who the foot belonged to is anyone's guess) Slumped in a daze, with the burlap we mistook What was once frightful now another cowering crook He hid his fear of bats, perhaps the whole phylum! And with dreaded words he ran out of luck: "I'm taking you back to the Asylum"

Sewn rags and straw, terror sown the same way, This is the story of how they put The Scarecrow away!

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NINE: characters you love to hate, then love to love

I was going to write "characters you identify with" but honestly... do I identify with any of them, per se? Not so much- they're all very sitcommy, in a good way. I've never been the kind of person who wants to see "real people" end up in sitcom hijinks; that just ends up being cringe comedy. I want to see the kinds of weirdos who can handle it, who were written for it.

The Cabin Pressure crew are perfect for this. They're all at least a bit (at LEAST) over the top, and all have something that makes you, occasionally, want to punch them (if gently, in Arthur's case) in the face. They all have a kind of a grandiosity that means that no amount of plot-related deflation can truly diminish them- even putting "Dougie" in a life jacket and making him explain how a whistle works isn't going to change the fact that, once that's all done, he's Douglas again. Of course, Arthur will always be Arthur no matter how often he's called a clot- in fact, he becomes more Arthurish the more that happens, because part of what makes him larger than life is his near-impermeability.

I think that that's kind of the point of what makes the characters so moving, though- they’re given a tremendous humanness that is, very often, linked to exactly the thing that makes them larger than life as a sitcom character. And yet, somehow, exploring those human foibles and feelings never diminishes them as sitcom characters to the point of making things actually uncomfortable (except possibly Kuala Lumpur and Qik for Martin, and those are rare bottom-tier episodes for me anyway).

It’s just pretty awesome- the very thing that makes a character larger than life also ends up being the thing that makes them lifelike. It shouldn’t work, but it does.

For example, let’s take Carolyn. What makes her larger than life is the sheer extent to which she takes being a boss- and, in many ways, a control freak. It’s what makes her hilarious but it’s also part of what is holding her back as a person, in the sense that she doesn’t feel like her crew would be there for her if she WEREN’T a control freak. So this natural part of her personality ends up becoming a barrier to her happiness because of the way it interprets how she sees the world, the lack of trust that she has in people who care about her (of course, except for Arthur, but he loves EVERYONE and isn’t trustworthy for other reasons lol). This of course extends itself to meeting and being with Herc, whose feelings for her she can’t fully trust- and as a result she can’t trust him.

The key ends up being- her journey is not about Carolyn needing to be sweeter or softer. It’s about people realizing that she’s not sweet or soft, people like her anyway (or maybe even BECAUSE of it, in the case of Herc), and she needs to trust that they do. She didn’t need to cut back on any part of herself- she needed to open herself up to more, keep the parts of herself that make her her while also not letting them mislead her into being closed off. She remains the same person, but expanded. And that’s pretty beautiful. The thing that makes her a sitcom character isn’t a character flaw that needs to be fixed, it’s a character trait that can be both used well and misused. Misused is funnier but used well is happier- and both are her.

On a similar note- if there’s a character I come close to identifying with, it’s Martin, which I’m sure is the case for many (though if you identify with Douglas, I’d be fascinated to know you lol). I don’t identify with him all as a human being, though, which is a comfort because, like, oh my goodness that would be depressing! I think that the things that people identify with about Martin are his constant striving and, yet, his constant failure- but his core trait is beyond that, that he wants not only to be doing the thing he loves but to be both GOOD at it and RECOGNIZED as good. This is of course intensely relatable, and the thing that is maladaptive is more the extent to which he goes to achieve this than that actual fact itself. By the end of the show, he’s basically brought to normal-human levels of achievement and competence at his dream and is newly satisfied with it, and that’s something we cheer him on for because it just feels achievable- if someone like him can, surely I can too. (This is, of course, mildly undercut by him becoming the boyfriend of the Princess of Liechtenstein lol.) Whatever Martin goes on to achieve will be BECAUSE of his core sitcom trait of wanting to excel at a thing that he loves, but he will have become mildly less annoying about how he achieves that because of how he’s grown. After all, too, part of how he’s going to achieve it is to take on a sitcom trait (a mask of invulnerability) of another excellent sitcom character, Douglas, even if it came via Rory!

Essentially, I think, the key to Cabin Pressure is that it recognizes not only that the very things that make you laugh at a person are the things that can make them deeper and richer, but that there is nothing about the process of them improving themselves that has to make them less funny, because they’re not fixing their sitcom flaws, they’re becoming better about how they use them. They’re still recognizably the same people.

I could go into a whole ramble about sitcoms that I think do and don’t use this well (Frasier, for example, was very good at this for a while but lost it; Parks and Rec, in contrast, got the principle very well but was extremely uneven at applying it on a character by character basis). But I do want to single out Ted Lasso as a show that really fumbled its attempt at this. I loved S1 and really went off it after that, and part of it is that it decided that everything that made Ted distinctive as a character had to be inherently maladaptive. At a certain point, he became Ned Flanders in the Simpsons episode where it turned out that he was essentially psychologically abused into being cheerful all the time- not only was he less funny, he just didn’t feel like the same person. Now, Ted Lasso was more of a dramedy than a sitcom, and maybe that’s why they thought this was necessary/warranted, but if so they were wrong, IMO.

I mention other sitcoms in comparison, and I guess the real clincher that makes Cabin Pressure special is that it lets all its characters grow, to some degree. There’s a kind of an acknowledgement that a sitcom “rule” is that the main character can’t really change, or the show won’t be the same. It explains, for example, why Frasier doesn’t develop to the degree that Niles does in the first two thirds of the show. And the thing is that JF defied this because he got that a great sitcom character needs to have a funny personality trait, but it doesn’t always have to be (equally) a flaw. Cabin Pressure’s crew will always have those same traits, and sometimes they’ll use them well and sometimes they won’t/those traits will clash with others’, and in the latter cases (and sometimes in the former too!) that will make for funny episode premises. A character growing enough that a particular maladaptive element of their sitcom trait is no longer a big issue is great, but doesn’t make them less them, and therefore they’re still going to be funny even if it’s in a different and more self aware way.

Now, you might ask, how does this all play in with JF’s concept of sitcom graduation, where there’s a natural endpoint? I’m glad you asked! To me, the answer is that this is their graduation from THIS scenario. Martin had definitely graduated from MJN, if not from the crew family; Carolyn had graduated from running a dictatorship where she felt like she couldn’t trust, and even reward, people who believed in her; and Douglas had graduated from his feeling of ironic detachment. But we can feel confident that the sitcom traits that they have won’t stop being relevant, that they won’t stop being them, and that they won’t stop being funny. It’ll just be with a different dynamic and different sets of flaws related to that sitcom trait. There will always be situations where their sotcom personalities will be funny!

And I think that the key example of this was Cabin Fever, honestly. While Arthur, who is the only character who couldn’t completely change, obviously didn’t, the other characters brought up retain all of their key traits from the show, just in a different kind of an environment. It becomes clear the extent to which their sitcom traits were just particularly pronounced elements of well drawn personalities with constellations of related traits, and a Douglas/Herc trivia-ranking rivalry shows all the same Douglas sitcom traits that he always had, just applied in a different way. These people’s stories and never really ended- it’s just that particular page that turned. They’ll always be them, outsized personalities and all.

And maybe that’s why the characters live on so much to the fans. We can plop them into new imagined situations and know not just how they will react in a human, but how funny it will be. They’re not merely human, they’re sitcom characters, and that’s the best part. They’ll never lose that.

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I don't really ship Niles and Lilith together as a couple... But my bissexual ass definitely ships me with them as a throuple.

Another one of my favorite episodes, 5x15 Room Service

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cant handle writing rn so just dumping this dumb af idea here

Smasher and Victoria have this running thing between them. He calls it the "Unnecessary" game, she calls it a headache.

It started back in the '20s – Smasher would do something gonk in some social situation and Victoria hissed that response over their private comms, all disapproving and stern. Unfortunately for Vic, annoying her was one of his favourite downtimes (still is) and she just handed him a sure-fire way to do it.

So he’d do the stupidest shit just to hear her say it in a dire tone. Grading how well he did by her exasperation, bonus points if he got her to swear at him.

Then he started returning it anytime she does something ‘human’ (sneezing, coughing, blowing her nose.) She had the hiccups once and he shouted it at her, scared her enough that they stopped. She responded in turn, throwing the datapad she had been holding at his bald head

Even in their 80s+ now they still do it, less frequently than they used to and there’s less biting sternness in Victoria’s tone, more exasperated fondness. She still hates the game tho

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welp, i wanna go home

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Annual Crane Inspection Checklist A Step-by-Step Guide

Introduction

Cranes are powerful and versatile machines that are used in a variety of industries. However, they can also be dangerous if not properly operated and maintained. One of the most important aspects of crane safety is conducting regular inspections.

What is An Annual Crane Inspection?

An annual crane inspection in Arizona is a comprehensive examination of a crane to identify any potential safety hazards. The inspection should be conducted by a qualified inspector who is familiar with the type of crane being inspected.

What is the Purpose of an Annual Crane Inspection?

The purpose of an annual crane inspection is to:

Identify any potential safety hazards

Ensure that the crane is in compliance with applicable regulations

Help to prevent crane accidents

What is Included in an Annual Crane Inspection?

An annual crane inspection typically includes the following:

A visual inspection of the crane’s structure, including the boom, mast, and outriggers

An inspection of the crane’s hoisting and slewing systems

An inspection of the crane’s electrical system

An inspection of the crane’s safety devices

An inspection of the crane’s documentation, including the maintenance log and load charts

How Often Should Cranes Be Inspected?

Cranes should be inspected annually. However, more frequent inspections may be required depending on the crane’s usage and environment.

What are the Benefits of Annual Crane Inspections?

Annual crane inspections can provide a number of benefits, including:

Reduced risk of crane accidents

Improved crane safety

Reduced insurance costs

Extended crane life

Best Practices for Annual Crane Inspections

In addition to the specific requirements of the annual crane inspection, there are a number of best practices that should be followed to ensure that the inspection is thorough and effective. These best practices include:

Using a qualified inspector

Following a written inspection checklist

Documenting the results of the inspection

Taking corrective action on any identified deficiencies

Annual Crane Certification

Once the annual crane inspection is complete, the crane should be certified as safe to operate. The certification should be valid for one year.

Continue reading Annual Crane Inspection Checklist: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Crane gives off the vibes of some poor jazz-era newsboy or some Victorian street urchin who would offer to shine your shoes for a penny. Until you start talking to him and then you find out he watches a lot of true crime.

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