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  1. 06-25-2017, 07:44 PM #1
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    BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan — Alerted by an announcement over a mosque's loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers Sunday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded, engulfing people in flames as they screamed in terror........
    Over 150 dead...

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...D=ansmsnnews11

    Wow, what do you say?
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  2. 06-25-2017, 10:20 PM #2
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    Wow! That doesn't seem like a good idea at first face, clearly it wasn't. Terrible situation all around.
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  3. 06-26-2017, 06:32 AM #3
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    I saw that in the news. What part of the equation.....being immersed in fuel + 100,00 gallons + spark seemed like a good idea. What on earth were they thinking?
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    I guess my feeling are....

    That has to be terrible to get caught up in that and die that way.
    That has to be terrible for the families to have to endure that.
    That is to be terrible to be burned in that way...and still live... for many.

    Then the other side of me says.....
    WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!!!!....FOR WHAT.!!!! $3 BUCK WORTH OF GAS?.....THAT HAS TO BE THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF?

    Then I feel bad I just thought that....
    I do still feel for the survivors.....
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    The news account I saw said that many of the people gathering fuel were smoking. Just shaking my head.
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    Just proves the old saying, nothing is free!
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    The news account I saw said that many of the people gathering fuel were smoking. Just shaking my head.
    Yep. As they say, "Smoking will kill you."

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    Awesome thread
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  9. 07-07-2017, 01:16 PM #9
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    Free fuel used to be easy, you only needed a siphoning hose
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  10. 07-07-2017, 02:14 PM #10
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    I was watching some food show a few weeks ago and this guy was in the middle east. Anyway, the locals were cooking clams by spreading them out and pouring gas on them. The food "expert" said they weren't bad once you got past the gas taste. Yea, not.
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  11. 07-07-2017, 10:20 PM #11
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    Stand back. Whooooop! Want one?

    Uh...I don't think so.

    Hokey smokes, what part of eating petrochemical by products sounded good to him?
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