Back by popular demand (meaning this video cracks me up and I want to show it again), here’s a post from a couple of years ago.

We went to Penn Cinema movie theater yesterday, as I walked into the toilet I remembered this video on Men’s Restroom Etiquette. It expounds on the social contract of male restroom use. Men are praised for their efficiency compared to woman, but warned of several rules to never break.
1. Wast no time: walk in, do your business, wash your hands, exit
2. Never make eye contact
3. Use an appropriate decision strategy for urinal selection
4. Speech is your enemy. Never ever, under any circumstances, say a single word in a Men’s Room.
Watch the video to understand one of the best lines in video history, “Ralph and Chuck begin to…ralph and chuck.”

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw

Since most of us build toilet facilities in our buildings, I thought you would benefit from knowing the rules about how to use those facilities. You may want to forward this instructional video to Building Owners prior to beneficial occupancy. You may even want to insert this video in the Plumbing Operation and Maintenance manuals. I’m just saying…

By the way, I have a Drainage Calculation app review today in the Apps Blog.

There was an old Construction Superintendent who lived in Arkansas and hadn’t been exposed to much beyond his little town. One day, he was out with his crew, framing a building on the edge of town, and saw the strangest thing in his entire life. He saw an elephant come walking down the street and go into cabbage field next to his jobsite.

This old Super just stood and watched this elephant in the cabbage field. As I said, he hadn’t been much for education and had never seen an elephant before, never even seen a picture of one.

Turns out the circus was coming through the town and one of the elephants escaped from a wagon. The sheriff came walking onto the jobsite and asked the old Super about the elephant. The old man replied, “I never seen anything like it. That critter keeps pulling up the cabbage with its tail.”

The sheriff said, “What? Pulled them up with his tail? What did he do with them?

The old Super replied, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you!”

Take a minute to smile at the stupidity of others. Can you imagine yourself in any of those scenarios?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKY9u-S8TU&NR=1

I’m working on a project right now to try to figure how to raise an existing roof 4′ for a steel framed joist and deck, EPDM roof system for a 130′ x 80′ room. I’m hoping we don’t end up on one of these videos. If you’ve ever done a steel roof raising, shoot me a note, I’d appreciate hearing about your experiences.