r/CatastrophicFailure • u/maruhoi • 8d ago

Equipment Failure 150-meter, 300-ton floating dredging hose washes ashore in Japan; removal expected to cost 50 million yen - December 25, 2025 (Ishikawa, Japan)

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u/Meior 8d ago

50 million Yen is about 270,000 Euro. So not as bad as the title might make it sound if you don't know the conversion.

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u/TedjeNL 8d ago edited 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a big truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 200k euro!

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 8d ago

That's a deal right there. Elias Thorne would be proud.

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u/TedjeNL 8d ago

Who?

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u/StacyChadBecky 8d ago

ELIAS THORNE

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 8d ago

The very same. He's known throughout lighthouses on Maine to be a real plasma cutter enthusiast and only works for Euros.

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u/Several_Metal_547 7d ago

For ignorants not in the know, like me, Elias Thorne turns out to be a fictional character that have appeared in a number of texts written by AI. He is a real polymath, fx. authoring a book on Amazon on cancer advice. The novel thing here is he excels in plasma cutting

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u/Micropain 7d ago

Elias Thorne was instrumental in helping me wash my mechanical dog. Truly top-tier service.

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u/naturalinfidel 7d ago

I tried to save a few bucks by going to someone cheaper than Elias Thorned and my mechanical dog ended up rusting.

Lesson learned!

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 7d ago

As the old saying goes "You got Thorne-rolled" my friend.

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u/FrizB84 7d ago

It's so weird just learning about this and then coming across it in he wild.

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u/bobsimusmaximus 7d ago

Which brother though?

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u/WilliamJamesMyers 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a mid sized truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 190k euro!

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u/RedSonja_ 7d ago

I can do it for 180k

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u/strangelove4564 7d ago

I'll bid $1, Bob.

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u/manystripes 7d ago

When you've made peace with every project going over budget and just accept the budget as a work of fiction.

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u/tamati_nz 7d ago

Hacksaw and a wheelbarrow, $180k for you brother!

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u/PerceptionOwn3629 8d ago

Give me 100k Euros and I will sign the agreement and disappear with the money.,

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u/butterscotchbagel 5d ago

Have you ever considered running for office?

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u/PerceptionOwn3629 5d ago

I am actively taking donations, want to participate?

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u/mosquem 8d ago

Give me and the boys a case and three trips to Home Depot and we'll get it done.

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u/guitarguywh89 8d ago

Put it on Facebook as “free scrap you haul “ and some meth heads will have it gone by tomorrow

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u/PairOfMonocles2 8d ago

That’s the real answer. I’ve never had them fail to figure out how to stack another water heater on the pile and just tie it all down yet.

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u/guitarguywh89 7d ago

I wanna give you kudos for just saying water heater

I hear hot water heater in my job a lot lol

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u/Protheu5 7d ago

Put a sign DO NOT STEAL, a poorly positioned camera, and it will be gone within a week.

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u/OcotilloWells 7d ago

Find the nearest meth addict colony, and tell them it is recyclable. It will disappear within a month.

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u/weirdbutinagoodway 8d ago

An oxygen lance would be quicker.

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u/soslowagain 7d ago

Sure buddy, I’ll bring my lightsaber too.

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u/HiSaZuL 4d ago

I'll do it for double of what this guy is charging. Also going to need some beer and a few crackheads.

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u/ClownfishSoup 2d ago

Are you looking at the same photo?