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Remember this story the next time you think you're having a bad day:

http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /711159983

I know where Lydia is, but why anyone would want to go there except to eat at Mr. B's, remains a mystery.

They (Young’s staff) scanned the cigarettes and it matched the pack that was stolen,” he said.

Huh? Each pack of cigs has a unique bar code?

Karmic balance of the Universe restored

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — Talk about being lucky — a north Alabama man is alive after being run over by a train on Thursday afternoon. Huntsville Fire and Rescue officials said a train engineer spotted 61-year-old Arnold Romine lying across railroad ties. Witnesses said the conductor sounded the horn and tried to stop the train.

Firefighters said by the time the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had passed over Romine's body.

Miraculously, he suffered what appeared to be minor injuries. He was later treated and released at Huntsville Hospital.

Oh, in answer to the original question, I was thinking that perhaps he was a Gamecock fan, too. But since he is from Tennessee that might have been as low as he could go.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Karmic balance of the Universe restored

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — Talk about being lucky — a north Alabama man is alive after being run over by a train on Thursday afternoon. Huntsville Fire and Rescue officials said a train engineer spotted 61-year-old Arnold Romine lying across railroad ties. Witnesses said the conductor sounded the horn and tried to stop the train.

Firefighters said by the time the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had passed over Romine's body.

Miraculously, he suffered what appeared to be minor injuries. He was later treated and released at Huntsville Hospital.

Yeah, that compensates for my guy. He must have been lying parallel to the tracks and not across them though.

Bob Juch wrote:

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Karmic balance of the Universe restored

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — Talk about being lucky — a north Alabama man is alive after being run over by a train on Thursday afternoon. Huntsville Fire and Rescue officials said a train engineer spotted 61-year-old Arnold Romine lying across railroad ties. Witnesses said the conductor sounded the horn and tried to stop the train.

Firefighters said by the time the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had passed over Romine's body.

Miraculously, he suffered what appeared to be minor injuries. He was later treated and released at Huntsville Hospital.

Yeah, that compensates for my guy. He must have been lying parallel to the tracks and not across them though.

The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Oh, in answer to the original question, I was thinking that perhaps he was a Gamecock fan, too. But since he is from Tennessee that might have been as low as he could go.

Ouch!

Estonut wrote:The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."

"Across the ties" is different than "across the tracks".

I don't think the latter could possibly be consistent with "minor injuries"!

enut:

The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."

They don't call them "sleepers" for nothing...

If they don't want people sleeping on them, why do they call them "railroad beds"?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/railroad%20bed

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Estonut wrote:The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."

"Across the ties" is different than "across the tracks".

I don't think the latter could possibly be consistent with "minor injuries"!

I know that "Across the ties" perpendicular to "across the tracks." My quoting that from the article was in response to BJ deducing "He must have been lying parallel to the tracks and not across them though." There was no "must have been" in question, as the article outright stated so.