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 lawndartsftw
Male, 40-49, Canada
 1815 Posts
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:51:31 PM
Lol'd at the "Saved by the Bell" t-shirt !!
....cats be crazy.... |
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 chickiesue86
Male, 70 & Over, Canada
273 Posts
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:56:18 AM
i have a love affair with dry ice! and yes dubstep plays in my head when i play with it.
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 Scuzoid
Male, 30-39, Western US
1270 Posts
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:25:09 AM
"The insulation on power lines cracks over time"
I'm sorry, what? You don't actually think overhead distribution lines are coated in plastic, do you?
It's exposed stranded aluminum. It's exposed because, well, you have to provide less resistance to ground than the circuit is already built with before you're in danger, that or crossing bus currents. It's pretty much impossible to ground out a distribution line with a wooden stick.
I mean, you do see birds, and shoes, and random other stuff hanging from distribution lines, don't you? They're not bursting in flames because they don't help the current get to ground any easier just by touching the exposed cable.
That stick is probably pushing 10million ohms. The pop was either A: dude pushed the B bus cable too close to the A bus cable when he touched it, crossing currents or B: the point of contact was close to an overload disconnect. |
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 gary8162
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
656 Posts
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 4:42:01 AM
that lightning one cant be real unless that stick was saturated in water and it looks kind of dry to me, im gonna call it fake
Put simply, you're wrong. The insulation on power lines cracks over time and when morons like this guy mess with them. . . they get bit. |
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 JoexBro
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
259 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:47:01 PM
that lightning one cant be real unless that stick was saturated in water and it looks kind of dry to me, im gonna call it fake |
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 carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4045 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:12:04 PM
I'm so impressed that the word "nutshot" has entered the French vernacular. |
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Scuzoid
Male, 30-39, Western US
1270 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:31:41 PM
"Yeah seriously what kind of stupid do you have to be to be able to think you will walk away after touching some power lines."
I've "walked" on live powerline's. The russian is most likely fine though, that was solid wood, if the current was strong enough to go through it, him, the house he was standing on, it wouldn't have sparked at the stick, would've sparked closer to the ground where it jumps from the house to the ground. Since it wasn't, it just blew a disconnect and may have set the stick on fire.
Firefighter was pretty good. |
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 swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:50:22 PM
6:56 was lulz! Haha that girl got taken for a ride! |
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 geckohead
Female, 40-49, Southern US
311 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:31:59 PM
And we wonder why we are in this hand-basket. |
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 Buzzard250
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
345 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:26:05 PM
Yeah seriously what kind of stupid do you have to be to be able to think you will walk away after touching some power lines. |
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 PinkRhoid
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1149 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:04:53 PM
So was that cat helicopter dead or alive? :/
Really? |
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 shiftyplus1
Male, 18-29, Southern US
312 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:22:37 PM
Russian at 8.45. WTF where you thinking? |
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 Chagrin
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
16 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:55:25 PM
So was that cat helicopter dead or alive? :/ |
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 jendrian
Male, 18-29, Canada
2353 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:24:15 PM
pure awesomeness |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25635 Posts
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:51:15 PM
Link: Ye Olde Win & Fail Video Clip For April 2012 [Rate Link] - My fave is spastic dance kid at 5:15 |
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