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Real men of genius stuff right there. I’m not sure which aspect of it I like best. Of course the power plant that’s normally used to cut plants is sublime. The pull rope starter in the wheel well is inspired. The shower liner door panels are the shizzle. But then he goes and takes it up another notch by putting a real, live choke on the dashboard. American cars were much better when they had chrome on their fins and a choke on their dashboard. And ashtrays everywhere. You know, for your gum wrappers.

(Thanks to longtime reader and friend Johnny Glendale for sending that one along)

Working below your feet is awful. Bending over all day to work on stuff at ground level is bad enough, but if it’s in a trench, and you’re not, it’s ten times worse. This guy’s got it all figured out. You stand in the trench, and you glue up all the bell and spigot joints at around waist level because the pipe is lying on the ground. Then you get out of the trench and crack the whip.

The internet is full of backseat drivers and Monday morning quarterbacks, so the comments appended to this video snarkily point out that the stress on the pipe as it rolls into the trench might cause leaks. Ahem. You see that apparatus at the end of the run? That’s a walking irrigator. The pipe carries water to spray on a crop, not crude oil or natural gas or something. So what if it leaks a bit? It just gets to the roots that much faster.

Now grab a shovel. The easy work is already done.

Tune in Friday to learn how to extinguish a tire fire.

Ah, male Americans. They get stuff done. But not only do they get stuff done, they get stuff done with whatever they have handy. Some use starter fluid, because they have starter fluid. Others use WD-40, because they have WD-40. I’m sure they’d try any fluid they have handy if they run out of that stuff. If it smells like a manicure parlor, spray it in there and let er rip.

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