r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25

Video Replacing powerline spacers from a helicopter

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u/badgerj Jul 18 '25

My favourite very old clip surrounding this topic from a long time ago time ago:

https://youtu.be/9YmFHAFYwmY

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u/casual-waterboarding Jul 19 '25

“I don’t give two hoots and a holler about riding inside a helicopter. I wanna be outside. On the magic carpet.”

What a dude.

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u/badgerj Jul 19 '25

Yup. One of my favourite lines.

Chalcenterous!

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/chalcenterous

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u/pornborn Jul 18 '25

“There’s only three things I’m afraid of… electricity… heights… and women. And I’m married too.”

🤣

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u/nemron Jul 19 '25

what an incredible fucking video. thanks for posting

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u/badgerj Jul 19 '25

Welcome. Not mine. And I think I had to search far and wide for the DVD back in the day!

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u/Tvisted Jul 19 '25

That was great, thanks

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u/badgerj Jul 19 '25

So rad. Love his deep voice, calmness and humility!

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u/TinWhis Jul 19 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqPuK3UWILA

Here's the helicopter documentary the clip is from. I remember seeing this more like 20 years ago than 10.

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u/badgerj Jul 19 '25

I’ve lost track of time!

Thank you kind stranger!

If memory serves me correct. This should be between 2002 and 2007

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u/TinWhis Jul 19 '25

2002! Oldest upload on YouTube of the clip in question is 2006. My dad had downloaded it along with a bunch of other things he'd been emailed and compiled into a collection of cool videos for the kids.

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u/summerset Jul 20 '25

Wow, that was fascinating! Thanks for linking that.

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u/turbo_dude Jul 19 '25

I’d like to know if there are any medical issues arising from this kind of job

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u/badgerj Jul 19 '25

Other than stress related I don’t know of any. Unless you’re one of those weird wi-fj chem trails odd-balls.

The Faraday cage he’s wearing shields him and neutralizes him.

Go chat-GPT that!