What happens when you dont do your PM.

Sep 21, 2009 6 Replies

One wonders if a little preventative work could have prevented this. Forgive me if this made the news, but I do not have TV at the new apartment. The linked videos are scary.


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Steve


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Goes to show that nature eventually wins.

Dave.

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Ah, the joys of government ownership!

Cheers! Rich

Looking at the links, Ivan likes BIG stuff:

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Wish I could go tour Russia, for a month, but I sure as heck would NOT want to live there:

And it does not look like I want to drive there:

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I wish I spoke the language a bit, Russian youtube is quite interesting. Steve

There seems to be a service entrance on the inside of that curve 3/4 thru the video. The truck seems to hit nothing, then the second truck can be seen. What a hoot.

Cheers

Looks like it's icy as well.

A few years ago the US news carried a tape from the German autobahn showing a Mercedes 600D sliding on ice, then rolling multiple times.

When it stopped rolling, the driver door opened and he jumped out... seemingly uninjured ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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