Inconspicuous Consumption

Inconspicuous Consumption

Some Excellent New Stick Figures in Peril

It turns out that specialized construction equipment calls for specialized safety warnings.

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Paul Lukas
Sep 14, 2026
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I woke up on Saturday to discover that an interesting vehicle had been parked outside the house. It’s for a repaving job that’s due to happen today (Monday).

Like lots of little boys, I was fascinated by steamrollers, bulldozers, and other heavy equipment when I was growing up. So with this magnificent apparatus sitting mere steps from my front porch, I couldn’t resist the urge to climb up into the cab and live out my childhood fantasies:

(Photo by Jason Reigal)

Sitting up there was just as much fun as I expected. And then it got even better, because I saw that the cab had some very specific stick figures in peril that I hadn’t seen before:

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