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Man electrocted while climbing Alabama Power transformer,
(trying to steal copper wire)
timesdaily.com ^
| 3-22-05
| The Associated Press
Posted on 03/22/2005 7:42:49 PM PST by WKB
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To: WKB
Amazing how the article didn't somehow blame George Bush, Dick Cheney, or Don Rumsfield for this incident.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:49:43 PM PST
by
exit82
(You see, I've been to the desert on a horse with no name--then I found FreeRepublic.)
To: Billthedrill
[Death by natural causes. You short 44,000 volts with your fat butt, you're naturally gonna die.]
Does anyone here know the number of amps (current) that flowed through this poor unfortunate chap.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:50:15 PM PST
by
spinestein
( "I thought I knew everything. I didn't get it. I'm here to say I was totally wrong." --B. Boxer)
To: spinestein
Blood alcohol!! Its probably vaporized!!
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:50:18 PM PST
by
mo
To: WKB
heard to be singing REO Speedwagon's "Time for me to Fry"
as he plummeted towards Earth.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:50:24 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Keep drilling. Mother Nature will make more.)
To: Professional Engineer
Holy crap, does that look dangerous. It looks like there might even be some asbestos wrapping in there.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:50:56 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Mad Mammoth
Couldn't they just install one of those turkey pop up timers?
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:51:15 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
To: WKB
"Wow, the taser wasn't this bad"
To: RightWhale
Autopsy? What does the examiner use, a steak knife? Good grief, why waste the $ when it's clear what killed him?
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:51:38 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(Barring all differences, they're identical.)
To: spinestein
After all, it is the amps that kill ya.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:51:57 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: spinestein
"Does anyone here know the number of amps (current) that flowed through this poor unfortunate chap."
Enough.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:52:06 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
To: WKB
If he had lived, would they try him in a circuit court?
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:53:08 PM PST
by
MaryFromMichigan
(We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)
To: Professional Engineer
Here's another one:
These rats, they just don't think . . .
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:53:25 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: WKB
What a hair raising tale.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:53:38 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: spinestein
"Does anyone here know the number of amps (current) that flowed through this poor unfortunate chap." This one goes to eleven.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:53:44 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(Barring all differences, they're identical.)
To: WKB
Paging the Darwin Award committee!
To: Professional Engineer
That's the kind of thingie that bad guys stumble into in James Bond and Lethal Weapon movies.
Cooooool.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:53:57 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: WKB
"Man electrocted ... "If I remember correctly, this was probably that 'mistaken appointment' President Bush was talking about a few months ago.
But I'm sure President Bush meant electrActed.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:54:29 PM PST
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: spinestein
does anyone here know the number of amps (current) that flowed through this poor unfortunate chap.Once the breakdown resistance, of skin, was exceeded, probably a few hundred. BTW, it takes about 50milliamps through the chest to kill a person.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:55:11 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: WKB
44,000 volts !!! OUCH !!!! or ( !!!!!!!
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:55:24 PM PST
by
Deetes
(Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)
To: WKB
Sadly, this is very near the trailer park I stay at when I am in the Auburn area. This guy could sell the copper wire at the local flea market, (Or maybe he was the one selling it?) Too bad people have to pay such a high price for locating and harvesting such a commodity, but I guess the price of copper is always going up. They use a lot of delta wiring now, so there is no neutral wire. Bummer.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:55:52 PM PST
by
KC_for_Freedom
(Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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