A friend owns a fairly large excavating company and has among other things, quite a few dump trucks. Whenever he mentions dump truck drivers he sortof shakes his head and looks sad. Here is a story that he tells:

He had a dump truck driver once who forgot to put the bed down after dumping a big load. He headed back to the shop, a distance of some miles.

As he drove along with the bed up he began to collect wires. The wires pulled off the poles and began dragging along behind the truck. As he collected more wires, the truck began to slow. As it slowed he would simply down shift to the next gear.

(Think about that).

He finally realized that something out of the ordinary was happening when the front wheels of the truck started lifing off the ground!

True story.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

That's a LOT of copper! What did the Coppers do to the guy?

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Did they string him up?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

they probably elected him to some public office

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

I drove my car into the garage before with my bike on the roof. Not as much damage as collecting wire though.

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My brother did that once, just damaged the seat, and bent one of the rack bars. Bikes are very tough

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1999 Toyota Corolla VE (Mine)
2006 Honda Odyssey (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)

I don't think any arrests were made....there was a hellofa insurance claim though!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

He now works for the phone company....

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Guy with a flatbed forgot to secure the car on the back in both directions, came to a red light and got pushed kind of close to the steering wheel. Luckily no one was harmed, but there is now a 3/8" plate behind the cab

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

He's lucky he wasn't electrocuted or that he didn't electrocute someone standing near the truck. I know of cases where that happened.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

There was a heavy equipment operator who touched some powerlines in Sarasota back in the 80's...he freaked and jumped out of the cab (unhurt, because he broke contact with the equipment before he hit the ground). After a few moments of calming down, he decided to get back into the cab again - he never did make it.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D