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• 1. At 07:46am on 05 Nov 2009, Lady Sue wrote:

  OMG! I sincerely hope so!

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• 2. At 08:15am on 05 Nov 2009, Big Sister wrote:

  Welcome back, Eddie! Did you really spend ten days watching YouTube? ;o)

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• 3. At 09:02am on 05 Nov 2009, Big Sister wrote:

  Gosh! My head was spinning just then ... Glad to see the website is back on form now.

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• 4. At 09:18am on 05 Nov 2009, steelpulse wrote:

  Yup I will. I was just thinking apropos nothing in particular but I was in Turku, Finland for a few days last year - along the Waterside too but I didn't see it. My eyes need testing I think - no offence anyone who drives Fork Lift Trucks.
  But that huge new ship - four football field long - over 6000 passengers safely carried - now ploughing the Seven Seas. Unlike the fork lift truck this VT which did not - how did I miss it? Oasis of the Seas - other ships are available for cruises.
  Perhaps it had already left to be furbished somewhere else? Goodness - I hope so! Where am I? lol

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• 5. At 09:59am on 05 Nov 2009, Fearless Fred wrote:

  I'd hate to see the 'Ealth & Safety report on that!

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• 6. At 10:21am on 05 Nov 2009, jonnie wrote:

  Amazing how it made both sets of shelving collapse

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• 7. At 10:26am on 05 Nov 2009, Fearless Fred wrote:

  I've been in warehouses with racking like that, Jonnie. Sometimes they're linked across the aisles to give added stability. Shame it didn't work in this case!

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• 8. At 10:27am on 05 Nov 2009, Big Sister wrote:

  Like a pack of cards, from the pictures.

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• 9. At 10:28am on 05 Nov 2009, Preston Firmlie wrote:

  jonnie - Not really all that surprising. All those packages contained sets of dominos bound for the Christmas market.

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• 10. At 10:42am on 05 Nov 2009, gossipmistress wrote:

  Hope they kept the alum key for putting all that shelving back together...

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• 11. At 10:48am on 05 Nov 2009, funnyJoedunn wrote:

  Now you know how the pound shop gets it's stock.
  
  

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• 12. At 10:49am on 05 Nov 2009, Big Sister wrote:

  11- Lol!

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• 13. At 10:51am on 05 Nov 2009, Lord Nathan wrote:

  A good use for all those cctv cameras, after all!

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• 14. At 10:51am on 05 Nov 2009, annasee wrote:

  Were those the parcels caught up in the postal strikes, awaiting delivery? Might take a while to sort that lot out.
  
  

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• 15. At 11:16am on 05 Nov 2009, Molly wrote:

  Good grief! How awful but why do I find it so funnny?
  It must have been a deliberate action by the driver, mustn't it?

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• 16. At 11:27am on 05 Nov 2009, Lord Nathan wrote:

  AND they should see to tuning up the forklift's engine! Did you see that puff of black carcinogenic smoke?

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• 17. At 11:32am on 05 Nov 2009, Lady Sue wrote:

  Molly, I think it took off on its own - it looks empty. There's a funny smudge thing in front of it before it moves - like a figure has been rubbed out. Spooky.
  
  I thought it reminiscent of Monday's chaos. Further spooky that the blog is having wobblies today.
  
  BTW Eddie, did you bring us any presents?

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• 18. At 11:45am on 05 Nov 2009, Molly wrote:

  Lady Sue
  You're right,you know- I've just had another look.
  And yes- a puff of blue...
  

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• 19. At 12:08pm on 05 Nov 2009, Lady Sue wrote:

  Molly, I just watched it again with my son (knows how to drive one) who tells me they can't take off on their own and pointed out a chap getting in, while the other one is still in front of the one that crashes. Also, noting Lord N's comment @16, I suspect the spook is smoke.
  
  Another theory gone up.

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• 20. At 12:09pm on 05 Nov 2009, Preston Firmlie wrote:

  I don't think that it took off on its own. If you look carefully you can see a guy moving behind the other truck. I'm pretty sure he get into the one that takes off.

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• 21. At 12:10pm on 05 Nov 2009, Preston Firmlie wrote:

  Snap, Sue!

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• 22. At 1:55pm on 05 Nov 2009, Stewart M wrote:

  Joe. My pound shop had a 50% off sale!

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• 23. At 2:05pm on 05 Nov 2009, jonnie wrote:

  Reminds me a little of the racking used in Booker cash and carry's -- now if that were the alcohol isle!

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• 24. At 3:12pm on 05 Nov 2009, Frances O wrote:

  Warehouse? Nah. That was where the Blog's server is stored.

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• 25. At 3:57pm on 05 Nov 2009, mittfh wrote:

  According to The Telegraph, "The accident happens in a warehouse in Moscow filled with glass bottles of vodka and cognac...The driver apparently escaped with minor injuries to one of his legs, but the accident apparently cost the owners of the warehouse around £60,000."
  
  Oh well, at least they could drown their sorrows while working out how to re-erect the shelving :)

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• 26. At 4:18pm on 05 Nov 2009, mittfh wrote:

  And scanning through the comments at Boingboing (where the Telegraph got the story from), the video apparently reveals a catalogue of H&S disasters at the warehouse:
  
  a) Apparently the forklifts are powered by an engine rather than electric, so shouldn't be used indoors anyway.
  b) Apparently you have to rev the engine to operate the forks - so if you don't fully engage the clutch and brake beforehand...
  c) Nowhere near enough cross-bracing on the shelves
  d) Shelving units not bolted to the floor
  
  Oh, and the Huffington Post claims the driver had been sampling the warehouse contents beforehand...
  
  But worse disasters involving booze have happened in the past:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A42129876

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• 27. At 6:40pm on 05 Nov 2009, Frances O wrote:

  mittfh, that is a very, very bizarre story.

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• 28. At 11:52pm on 05 Nov 2009, mittfh wrote:

  Talking of forklifts, those with a squeamish disposition had better not watch this (subtitled) German forklift safety film - possibly one of the most graphic ever produced...
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRCKNoUgko

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