Picture of the day...

[AsahinaKimi]

One of the world’s largest concrete pumps is driven into the belly of a Russian Antonov AN-24 cargo jet at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday. The pump is one of two being sent to Japan to assist with radiation containment at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The pump comes mounted on a 26-wheel truck. Its extendable boom can reach more than 60 meters, and can be operated up to 3 kms away by remote control, making it possible to shoot water into hard-to-reach places. If necessary, the pump could also entomb a damaged nuclear reactor in concrete. After a 1986 disaster, Putzmeister sent 11 pumps to pour concrete over parts of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/view/heavy-help

[ret5hd]

1. Never again will i use the word "putz" lightly

[midnight]

2. I'm not politically aware of any other motives than to help with this terrible

disaster... For that I'm grateful for everyone involved and hopeful that this will bring relief to this horrible disaster....

[patrice]

3. German manufacturer? Putz = concrete? meister = master, right? nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. If I remember correctly...

Putz can mean both plaster and clean. meister can mean 'most.' I think it might be meant to convey they idea of something that does the ultimate cleaning job. :shrug: <--- We really should have a scratching head in concentration icon.

[patrice]

6. I ALL for a bigger selection of smilies!! We should ask management.

:hi:

[starroute]

7. That's not what it means in Yiddish

http://www.alanemrich.com/Class/Class_Practical_Yiddish.htm

Putz: Slang word for "penis." Also used when describing someone someone as being "a jerk."

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Understood, but I somehow doubt that's the message they were intending.

Then again, it'd be brilliant if they did. LOL!

[ooglymoogly]

5. Thats GRRRREEEAAAT. KR

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I did have a giggle over the name, tho.

Putz....meister.


Seriously, thanks for showing what it looks like.
:hi:

[stuntcat]

10. wow!

pic of the day for sure! :O

[Kceres]

11. Rachel Maddow featured the Putzmeister story on her show about a week ago.

She was quite impressed, too.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. innuendo aside, I bet that take off used all two miles of the runway.

That plane probably hasen't used more than a dozen airports in the world.

Getting off topic again, most people don't know that the language used in the Moscow International tower where that plane would be at home is English, as it is in every international airport in the world.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. What incredible rigs - plane and truck.

Amazing in so many ways.