The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen!
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns I always marvel at what otherworldly skills it must take precisely to control these machines, and even elegantly so.
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns My grand-niece is a heavy equipment operator, she would love one of these.
I knew a guy who could operate equipment on the steepest of slopes with the grace and agility of a ballerina. His equipment would dance. It was glorious. -
The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns I saw that! Amazing piece of kit!
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns Ah, the wonderful Menzi Muck (https://menzimuck.com/). I've seen it in the mountains, it was normal then, but in hindsight, it's really a wonderful thing.
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns Love spider diggers! My youngest child was fascinated with them when he was going through his “obsessed with construction equipment” phase 🙂
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns and I thought my Unimog had good axle articulation and ground clearance.
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns This sounds painful.
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns @afewbugs there are quite a few YouTube videos of them in action at the canal. Interesting to see how they get them out.
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@christineburns @afewbugs there are quite a few YouTube videos of them in action at the canal. Interesting to see how they get them out.
@cazmockett @christineburns I found these folks' channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat Came for the excavators, stayed for the cats
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The weirdest excavator I’ve ever seen! I think they’re referred to as spiders and they can lift each leg independently and widen or narrow their track whilst the cabin does a full 360. There must be a temptation for the driver to play all day. One was in action this week, clambering down into the bed of the breached Llangollen Canal to help dig out narrowboats that had been washed into the void.
@christineburns Now I want one! It looks like a lot of fun to drive
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@christineburns is 57 too late to decide I want to drive one of these when I grow up?
@caity @christineburns I learned to drive a telehandler at 44, and I'm not sorry even if I only get very occasional practice
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@kenobit forse sono riuscito a liberarmi. Scommetto che passo dalla Palestra quando sei fuori a prenderti il caffè 8-D
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@julian that is why:
* https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/issues/763
* https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/2757seems that I have to revert a PR!?
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Palestina: quando la solidarieta fa paura. DdL Delrio e bavagli sionisti
@anarchia
Nelle ultime settimane del 2025 abbiamo assistito ad una crescita esponenziale della spirale repressiva contro il movimento di solidarietà al popolo palestinese, un movimento che nei mesi precedenti aveva dato luogo a grandiose manifestazioni di piazza e a riusciti scioperi...
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@paul been there, done that... No longer.
Reasons:
I am too lazy to do thatI don't remember color associations to categoriesIt doesn't make sense for how my brain works.
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Siamo arrivati in fondo all'#AFCON2026. Domani alle 17.00 #Egitto-#Nigeria per il 3o posto, e domenica alle 20.00 la finalissima #Marocco-#Senegal. Le partite che ho visto io (su Sportitalia-Canale 69 del DTT) sono state più divertenti di quelle che mediamente ci sono in Serie A. Ma anche per uno non appassionato di #calcio, vedere lo Stadio di Rabat e pensare alle polemiche su San Siro a #Milano.. Quale squadra della Coppa d’Africa ha il soprannome migliore? https://ultimouomo.com/coppa-africa-soprannomi-nazionali-qual-e-migliore-power-ranking
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Un successone, insomma.
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Rant Post... with request for comments :-D
What's the deal with Calendar Categories?
Or
How do you manage calendars to display different event types in different colours?https://paulwilde.uk/ponderings/whats-the-deal-with-calendar-categories/
Responses welcome!
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La merenda è servita
#boniovelhodetto
