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This is a real training video they made us watch when I got my forklift license.

 

[Slime_Punk]

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I think someone photoshopped a young Bam Margera out of this one

 

[Luca]

This is a real training video they made us watch when I got my forklift license.

That's so over the top lol, it reminds me of the old anti-drug videos that were just meant to scare people.

Speaking of that, does anyone else remember Mr. Ouch? (the electrical safety videos from the 1990s)
These videos scared the crap out of me, some of them (not this one) were extremely graphic... there was one where someone got electrocuted from dropping a lamp in a fish tank. Not sure that was the best thing to show to a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds lol

 

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[Slime_Punk]

That's so over the top lol, it reminds me of the old anti-drug videos that were just meant to scare people.

Speaking of that, does anyone else remember Mr. Ouch? (the electrical safety videos from the 1990s)
These videos scared the crap out of me, some of them (not this one) were extremely graphic... there was one where someone got electrocuted from dropping a lamp in a fish tank. Not sure that was the best thing to show to a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds lol

I don't know why, but that makes me think of that Mr. Yuck sticker face. I don't remember kids in the 90s poisoning or shocking themselves in mass quantities but something tells me they don't do this cheesy stuff anymore, lol

Hmm, apparently this is a very regional one. I thought everyone had these things stuck to every bottle of draino in the house when they were kids but apparently not

 

[Luca]

I’ve been laughing about this for several minutes now

 

[Forest Cat]

This is a real training video they made us watch when I got my forklift license.

That was incredibly brutal.

The driving test to get my forklift license went like this; there were 15 guys waiting their turn, each one drove the forklift forward, picked something up, put it down and backed up a little. And that was all. It took 4 minutes.

 

[Judge]

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Oh my. Saw that and instantly thought, "What a dream come true" for the most devious practical jokers.

Glad I don't live a college dorm these days. Oh my....

 

[Judge]

I’ve been laughing about this for several minutes now

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Enzo doing his impression of Clint Eastwood. Priceless.

 

[Judge]

I didn’t expect this to be this funny but it was

Mouth-eye coordination. Gotta love that.

 

[Judge]

That was incredibly brutal.

The driving test to get my forklift license went like this; there were 15 guys waiting their turn, each one drove the forklift forward, picked something up, put it down and backed up a little. And that was all. It took 4 minutes.

Holy cow...a forklift test? ROTFL.....I've spent many hours with a forklift when I had a warehouseman job. On my first day (1978) they simply told me, "There's the forklift. Go pick up those pallettes and move them outside".

 

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The driving test to get my forklift license went like this; there were 15 guys waiting their turn, each one drove the forklift forward, picked something up, put it down and backed up a little. And that was all. It took 4 minutes.

I only got my forklift license 2 years ago, I drove forklifts regularly for 40 years, anything up to 6 ton. Everywhere I worked they knew I didn't have a ticket but if I had time free I was the one they preferred to use the forks because I never stuffed up.

I had no interest in ever getting a forklift ticket but this was before I finally got on the pension, I was still on unemployment benefits and supposed to be looking for work. The government paid for it all and I got a nice pair of Steel Blue hiking boots out of it too.

 

[Forest Cat]

Holy cow...a forklift test? ROTFL.....I've spent many hours with a forklift when I had a warehouseman job. On my first day they simply told me, "There's the forklift. Go pick up those pallettes and move them outside".

Yeah I drove forklifts for 6 months for a company and then one day my boss asked "by the way, do you have a forklift license?". I didn't. Don't need a license to drive a forklift. And then it turned out very few of the people there had forklift licenses and we had to get that because of some new insurance policy. So the boss sent us to forklift school.

 

[Judge]

Yeah I drove forklifts for 6 months for a company and then one day my boss asked "by the way, do you have a forklift license?". I didn't. Don't need a license to drive a forklift. And then it turned out very few of the people there had forklift licenses and we had to get that because of some new insurance policy. So the boss sent us to forklift school.

Understandable.

After my warehouse job was when I got into insurance. Eventually learning about all sorts of liability and workers compensation concerns employees must live up to in maintaining all kinds of jobs. But back in the 70s insurers weren't that keen on such things.

Strange times back then...when insurers weren't so uptight about some things while spying on their customers in ways that would eventually be patently illegal invasions of privacy.

 

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I had a big argument with a work health and safety inspector one day. No forklift ticket, smoking while working with solvents, a beer in one hand, only thongs on my feet. (thongs, flip flops, whatever you call them in your part of the world)

What settled the argument was when I told him that I had a far better understanding of the rules and regulations than he did. That raised an eyebrow but he listened.

"It means I am working uninsured, and that is entirely by my choice. My employer has done everything right and provided the necessary safety network that I can use if I wish. I do not wish."

 

[Forest Cat]

Understandable.

After my warehouse job was when I got into insurance. Eventually learning about all sorts of liability and workers compensation concerns employees must live up to in maintaining all kinds of jobs. But back in the 70s insurers weren't that keen on such things.

Strange times back then...when insurers weren't so uptight about some things while spying on their customers in ways that would eventually be patently illegal invasions of privacy.

I think the most difficult thing with forklifts, is doing donuts.
Burning rubber. You have to put some effort into it to do good donuts. Wheelies are also tricky.

 

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I think the most difficult thing with forklifts, is doing donuts.
You have to really put some effort into it to do good donuts. Wheelies are also tricky.

Try driving a big forklift when the tyre pressures are getting a bit low, I got in to trouble for chewing up the bitumen.

 

[Judge]

I think the most difficult thing with forklifts, is doing donuts.
Burning rubber. You have to put some effort into it to do good donuts. Wheelies are also tricky.

I'll have to take your word for it. Admittedly I have done some really stupid things in a folklift, but they were always in the line of duty. Besides, I never thought the LNG powered forklift I drove had that much torque!

 

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The smell of the exhaust from gas driven forks was always particularly obnoxious to me, I really hated it. But I like the smell of diesel exhaust, go figure.

 

[Judge]

The smell of the exhaust from gas driven forks was always particularly obnoxious to me, I really hated it. But I like the smell of diesel exhaust, go figure.

Exactly. Oddly enough that's the first thing I thought of in recollecting those days. Those stinky gas emissions.

But for me, either using the forklift or driving the delivery truck was a respite from all the manual labor I had to do. Gave me a first-class understanding of what real work is about. So often I went home completely exhausted.