This usually only happens in India or Pakistan, but it can happen in the U.S., too. Ignorance or just plain stupid can both get you hurt/killed.
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Man On Fire
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Old Grafton
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Man On Fire
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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Jered
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Re: Man On Fire
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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308Mike
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Re: Man On Fire
Perhaps he was trying a unique way of committing suicide by grabbing a couple of the conductors - but he was probably wearing sneakers/tennis shoes so instead of completely zapping himself, he only turned himself into a shorted fuse, rather than a grounded conductor. YMMV
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Rod
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I heard stories about guys in Germany who forgot to keep low when loading tanks and other vehicles on the trains over there. Did see one story of a tank that burned on the railcar in Stars and Stripes.
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Jericho941
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Re: Man On Fire
A German tank, burning?Rod wrote:I heard stories about guys in Germany who forgot to keep low when loading tanks and other vehicles on the trains over there. Did see one story of a tank that burned on the railcar in Stars and Stripes.
Mein Gott in Himmel. Was the crew so foolish as to start its engine?
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Vonz90
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If I follow him properly, he is talking about American tanks in Germany grounding against the electrical wire for the electric trains which are ubiquitous in Germany. Thus the coverage in S&S, who would give not a rat's rear if it were a German tank.Jericho941 wrote:A German tank, burning?Rod wrote:I heard stories about guys in Germany who forgot to keep low when loading tanks and other vehicles on the trains over there. Did see one story of a tank that burned on the railcar in Stars and Stripes.
Mein Gott in Himmel. Was the crew so foolish as to start its engine?
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randy
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Re: Man On Fire
That's what I thought as well.
Another fun activity each year was counting the number of Soviet tanks destroyed when their crews built a fire under the engine compartment to heat it up enough to start in the morning of a Russian winter.
It happened so often that we assumed it must of worked often enough to be a thing, but it was the times that it didn't go well that made for entertaining intel reports.
Another fun activity each year was counting the number of Soviet tanks destroyed when their crews built a fire under the engine compartment to heat it up enough to start in the morning of a Russian winter.
It happened so often that we assumed it must of worked often enough to be a thing, but it was the times that it didn't go well that made for entertaining intel reports.
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
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Rod
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Re: Man On Fire
That, should have been clearer. Most of the time, a trooper got fried or an American tank got burned when they forgot to insure the antenna tie downs were secure and tight.Vonz90 wrote:If I follow him properly, he is talking about American tanks in Germany grounding against the electrical wire for the electric trains which are ubiquitous in Germany. Thus the coverage in S&S, who would give not a rat's rear if it were a German tank.Jericho941 wrote:A German tank, burning?Rod wrote:I heard stories about guys in Germany who forgot to keep low when loading tanks and other vehicles on the trains over there. Did see one story of a tank that burned on the railcar in Stars and Stripes.
Mein Gott in Himmel. Was the crew so foolish as to start its engine?
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Old Grafton
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Re: Man On Fire
....aaaand, the subject of the initial post has died.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 0-16-28-26
Somebody's son, or brother, or friend. Pathetic way to die.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 0-16-28-26
Somebody's son, or brother, or friend. Pathetic way to die.
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.