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Old 05-10-2008, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by belpre122
Just for the record.......The foreigner reference was part of the original sequence that I received. I also thought that it was a rather cheap shot and will remove those references.
Spoken like a true liberal journalist
 
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Originally Posted by belpre122
Just for the record.......The foreigner reference was part of the original sequence that I received. I also thought that it was a rather cheap shot and will remove those references.
I did not even think for a second it was anything you added, I have also seen it as a Mexican National. I am just a boring old white guy who gets mad every time I see a stereotype played out for any reason. He/She was a truck driver who messed up. Nuff said.
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Now why the newspaper never tells you the race of criminals anymore is beyond me. We had 3 robbery suspects on the loose the other day in my neighborhood and the News would not say what they looked like beyond 5'11" dark hair dark eyes blue jeans and white shirts.....half the population!
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How did the tow truck get there?

Did he just back up on the rails or something to the site?
 
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Originally Posted by belpre122
If you look close at some of the pictures you will see that it is only when the large reefer trailer pinched the rear tires of the truck that the truck stopped......
If you look even closer, you'll notice that the landing gear was dug into the ground long before the tires hit the trailer.
 
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Originally Posted by marylandkw
I did not even think for a second it was anything you added, I have also seen it as a Mexican National. I am just a boring old white guy who gets mad every time I see a stereotype played out for any reason. He/She was a truck driver who messed up. Nuff said.
Maryland........In no way did I think that you were suggesting that. I do feel that you make an excellent point, and thus my edit. :wink:
 
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Old 05-10-2008, 04:44 AM
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You think he is still driving for them lol
 
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Originally Posted by dle
How did the tow truck get there?

Did he just back up on the rails or something to the site?
It is just that easy. I did a fair amount of work building pedestrian crossings out of asphalt last year at train stations and as long as you straddle the rail and have sufficient clearance you are fine. Notice I said fine and not calm, even with the railroad telling me the tracks were shut down I was not terribly calm. I will try and dig up a picture later tonight.
 
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This happened in brandon manitoba, right after the driver picked up a load of frozen beef. So its close to a slaughterhouse.

He came to a T intersection and drove straight through and up the hill, i guess he missed the stop sign somehow!
 
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This happened in brandon manitoba, right after the driver picked up a load of frozen beef. So its close to a slaughterhouse.

He came to a T intersection and drove straight through and up the hill, i guess he missed the stop sign somehow!

They need to change the stops sign to reflect the Pakistan language in Canada as there will be the predominant race in Canada in the future.
 
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I don't care where he or she was from but, what I want to know is did they have the power divider locked in?
 
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