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06-26-2006, 02:08 PM | #1 |
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6/26/2006: 20 tons of scrap metal on the highway
Well there ya go - the highway's gonna be closed a while, folks. We can't pick this stuff up by hand, or even with a backhoe. It's not as bad as when the baking soda truck collided with the vinegar tanker, or when the 30,000 pounds of bananas went down that road into Scranton. Might want to avoid the area for a few weeks if if you drive on rubber tires. Wait until everyone else's tires have picked up the junk here. I lost the info on this one, but I *think* it happened in the Kitsap area of WA state. There is a news item about a scrap metal truck accident in the area, and maybe this is it. But I wouldn't want to go around spreading rumors. That could be more disastrous than spreading scrap metal. |
06-26-2006, 02:24 PM | #2 | |
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06-26-2006, 02:43 PM | #3 |
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a combination of a hand and a backhoe would make short work of it - a few hours. They scoop in, while someone watches to make sure they don't run over the stuff - remember - your bucket is wider than your tire track - just go straight - you have a hand crew to pick up the small stuff that falls - you never advance without the bucket being down - and the last pass is with a sweeper broom
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06-26-2006, 03:16 PM | #4 |
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I want more IotD that involve food. Like that nine pound burger or the Cheesesteak from Pat's (? Gino's?) Not gross like the squid pizza or whatever.
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06-26-2006, 03:56 PM | #5 | |
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06-26-2006, 05:44 PM | #6 |
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I can think of a lot of other things that would have been more wicked than the steel to clean up.
A trucker guy I know told me that in a lot of cases the State charges the trucking company for the clean up, depending on the root cause of the incident. Hate to have to settle that tab.....
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06-26-2006, 06:18 PM | #7 | |
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06-26-2006, 07:06 PM | #8 |
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The link for 30.000 lbs of Bananas, caused Internet Explorer to ask if I wanted to install Zango software. Hit "other options" then click "never" and it will take you there without the software installation.
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06-26-2006, 07:20 PM | #9 | |
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I'll take care of the copyright violation myself then.
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06-26-2006, 07:20 PM | #10 | |
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06-26-2006, 10:24 PM | #11 | |
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06-26-2006, 10:25 PM | #12 |
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Those don't look like American ambulances, leastways none I've ever seen.
And, assuming the bridge you see in the upper left is the road going in the opposite direction (which may not be a valid assumption), he's on the wrong side of the road for the US, too... Definitely not the Kitsap crash... |
06-27-2006, 08:11 AM | #13 |
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That trailer was probably built in Segovia, Spain.
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06-27-2006, 02:19 PM | #14 |
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OK, I'll bite. Why Segovia?
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06-27-2006, 02:33 PM | #15 |
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