• Settling closest to the fish: Pelican's early years Sep 25, 2009
Within a few days Joe Paddock and his brother Jim arrived with their respective boats towing a pile driver. Their brothers Ray, Tom, and Martin joined in at various phases of the project. (Juneau Empire)
Caption Contest: Who won? Sep 12, 2009
livinthedream wrote on Sep 11, 2009 2:50 PM:" The masked marauder attempts the double leg pile driver on captain swine. ". onaprayer wrote on Sep 11, 2009 2:51 PM:" What Jake Welch did with the "pig skin" 10 years ago when they said he was too young to play football-Go Monarchs! ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bay Bridge workers face test Labor Day weekend Aug 24, 2009
"One of my closest friends works on a pile driver," she said. "We don't get treated any differently.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Street Fighter IV Normal Trial Tips Aug 22, 2009
An example is Zangief s Spinning Pile Driver: Even though the command says to rotate the joystick or d-pad 360 degrees, rotating from Forward to Up Back clockwise allows him to execute the move without jumping. Charge Commands: Holding Down Back on the joystick or d-pad is known as the universal charge position. (Suite101.com)
Obamas chief of staff wields power freely, and faces the risks Aug 17, 2009
Rahm is a pile driver ... Rahm is a pile driver. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Into the dark Aug 9, 2009
That challenge to make history in his field, to do the seemingly undoable, was what had sold him on this Deer Island assignment in the first place, what made him leave a steadier gig doing more conventional work as a pile driver. Yet with everything that had gone down in the last few days, he was having buyer s remorse. (Boston Globe)
Obama, Churchill and Zelaya Jul 21, 2009
Winston Churchill, the great and wise British statesman, once stated: If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Then come back and hit it again. (Human Events Online)
All Blacks huff and puff to down Italy Jun 28, 2009
Pile driver: New Zealands Joe Rokocoko diving over the line for a try despite being tackled by Italian Kaine Robertson in the All Blacks 27-6 win. AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Jody Lloyd King Jun 24, 2009
Jody was very proud of the work he did for Cianbro Company, where he was a foreman pile driver. Jody had become a jack-of-all-trades over the years. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Music, memories and the San Pedro bridge Jun 17, 2009
The M.M. Sundt Construction Company sent me here (Lewis Springs) as pile driver foreman to drive the H-Beams in the piers for a new bridge across the San Pedro River on Highway 90. Actually, I worked on every phase of the construction, and I lived on the river from April until July in my camp several hundred feet north of the bridge site. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Sheehan Protest Draws About 40 People Jun 16, 2009
I respect the loss of her son, but she's a idealist pile driver and I'm sick of having her crammed down my throat in the media. Posted by: Me Location: Here on Jun 8, 2009 at 06:48 PM Someone hasn't gotten rid of this whacko woman yet. (KWTX.com, TX)
Pile driver topples over in Tokyo, injures 6 Apr 14, 2009
The fallen pile driver lies across the street in Tokyo, capital of Japan, April 14, 2009. A giant pile driver fell down here on Tuesday leaving six people injured and two of them were badly hurt ... TOKYO, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A pile driver tipped over Tuesday at a construction site in central Tokyo, injuring six people, police and firefighters said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Wharf work ready to start Apr 3, 2009
A pile driver was in position this afternoon as Albany port and city officials described the work that will be done over the next six months to replace 500 feet of wharf that dates from the late 1920s. The $7. (Albany Times Union)
'MadWorld,' 'Deadly Creatures' freshen up Wii Apr 1, 2009
You can hurl your enemies under a pile driver, for example, or through an airplane engine. There are dozens of ways to kill in "MadWorld," and an impressive variety of opponents. (AZCentral -- Business)
Arizona Memorial unrattled Mar 29, 2009
A worker climbed on a pile driver to attach analysis sensors to a concrete pile. The piles will be driven as deep as 200 feet. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Just do your job (256) Mar 24, 2009
Let everyone know it takes a body slam or a pile driver. This document was originally published online on Monday, March 23, 2009. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Ravine Gardens is federal money well-spent Mar 12, 2009
Little backyard birds call from the trees spreading new lime-green leaves -- the Carolina wren, with its nail-clipper call, the house wren, like someone suddenly put on the brakes, and the red belly sapsucker, reminiscent of a tiny pile driver. I even got my first-ever look at the inaptly named yellow-rumped warbler, which is mostly brown. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Where are those great wrestlers of yesteryear? Mar 8, 2009
The first words out of my mouth were, "I hope it was a pile driver." But then I made the mistake of looking into the incident a little, and all the mirth slipped away. Gagne, who is 82, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Growing up in, and with, the borough of Queens Feb 20, 2009
Friday February 20, 2009. The author at age 4, romping around the L.I.E. construction site in 1955. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Swallows down Bucs Feb 16, 2009
Etafia did well again to deny Teko Modise a goal in the 29th minute and a minute later the Nigerian international brilliantly pushed a Chiloane pile driver for a corner as Bucs piled on the pressure. But Birds opened the scoring after Josephs failed to deal with what looked a routine cross from defender Ramahlwe Mphahlele and Kagiso Denge tapped in from close range for an easy goal. (iAfrica.com)
MAKING TRACKS / Wall stabilization work interesting Feb 8, 2009
Vibratory pile drivers are often chosen to mitigate noise, as when the construction is very close to residence or office buildings. Vibratory hammers are available with several different vibration rates, ranging from about 1200 vibrations per minute to about 2400 vibrations per minute. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
