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Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
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Bob Juch
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Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
I know where Lydia is, but why anyone would want to go there except to eat at Mr. B's, remains a mystery.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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TheConfessor
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
Huh? Each pack of cigs has a unique bar code?They (Young’s staff) scanned the cigarettes and it matched the pack that was stolen,” he said.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
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.
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.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
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.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Bob Juch
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
Yeah, that compensates for my guy. He must have been lying parallel to the tracks and not across them though.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.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Estonut
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."Bob Juch wrote:Yeah, that compensates for my guy. He must have been lying parallel to the tracks and not across them though.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.
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jaybee
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
Ouch!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.
Jaybee
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
"Across the ties" is different than "across the tracks".Estonut wrote:The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."
I don't think the latter could possibly be consistent with "minor injuries"!
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ne1410s
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
enut:
They don't call them "sleepers" for nothing...The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."
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TheConfessor
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
If they don't want people sleeping on them, why do they call them "railroad beds"?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/railroad%20bed
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/railroad%20bed
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Estonut
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Re: Could alleged robber’s luck be any worse?
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.MarleysGh0st wrote:"Across the ties" is different than "across the tracks".Estonut wrote:The article said he was "lying across railroad ties."
I don't think the latter could possibly be consistent with "minor injuries"!