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Every year, industrial specialists rig up a rope system that allows brave spring cleaners to access the aircraft from the ceiling.

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I detailed my near-worship of “A Time to Keep,” my attempts to replicate the Pumpkin House of “The Dolls’ Christmas,” the wonky maypole I had rigged up in the yard.

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That adds up to nearly six months of her life rigged up to the machine - another hospital record as the longest time yet for someone so young. 

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A firefighter was lowered into the hole via rope and other equipment as other rescuers held onto a pulley system rigged up at the surface.

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He fantasized about rigging up a system so he could drive off a bridge.

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