{"id":147,"date":"2006-09-07T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T03:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2006-09-07T20:32:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T04:32:26","slug":"mickey-mouse-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Mouse Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image150\" alt=\"mickey_pole4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/mickey_pole4.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSometimes I&#8217;ll get strange quizzical looks when I explain that something was &#8216;Mickey Moused&#8217;, as in &#8220;the radiator hose busted so we mickey moused it with some duct tape&#8221;. Maybe the term isn&#8217;t so common? In any case, here&#8217;s a good <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=mickey+mouse+job\">definition<\/a>:  <span style=\"font-style: italic\">A job done incorrectly in an extremely poor manner using the simplest, easiest, cheapest and fastest way possible. <\/span>Now that we are on the same page, let me <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">show<\/span> you an example. See that electrical pole above? That&#8217;s the most advanced Mickey Mouse Job I&#8217;ve ever seen!<\/p>\n<p>Looks like some borracho hit this pole at 5 points last week with such force that the whole thing is tipping over, this wooden giant is counting the minutes &#8217;til it rests its shocking head on some unsuspecting passerby. Trying to delay that electrifying moment just a bit longer, the repair people drove a large metal stake down thru the side, wrapped giant chains around it with a ratchet, locked it up, and decorated it with &#8216;High Voltage&#8217; tape. The icing on the cake is the little rope up on top. Somehow, once it starts to go, I don&#8217;t see that being very effective. So long emergency staircase!<\/p>\n<p>A few more pics are posted, click on link below<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here&#8217;s some more pics&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mickey_pole2.jpg\" id=\"image148\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/mickey_pole2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mickey_pole1.jpg\" id=\"image146\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/mickey_pole1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mickey_pole3.jpg\" id=\"image149\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/mickey_pole3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image151\" alt=\"mickey_pole5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/mickey_pole5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TIMBERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I&#8217;ll get strange quizzical looks when I explain that something was &#8216;Mickey Moused&#8217;, as in &#8220;the radiator hose busted so we mickey moused it with some duct tape&#8221;. Maybe the term isn&#8217;t so common? In any case, here&#8217;s a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=147\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fotos","category-lincoln-heights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}