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Brit arrested after becoming first person to swim over Hoover Dam’s deadly turbines
The Sun ^
| September11,2017
| Dean Wilkins
Posted on 09/11/2017 7:58:14 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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posted on
09/11/2017 7:58:14 AM PDT
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Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
Full Title
DAM STUPID Idiot stag-do Brit arrested after becoming first person to survive swim over Hoover Dams deadly turbines
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:00:46 AM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
BS headline. He swam over ONE turbine. NINE were off. No plural.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:02:11 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
To: Hojczyk
"Oi, come here lad"
Somehow I don't think that is precisely what the police were shouting.... doesn't sound like American idiom!
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:02:14 AM PDT
by
Enchante
To: Hojczyk
Lucky man, dodged the Darwin bullet.
To: originalbuckeye
But did he get it on YouTube?
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:03:50 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:05:55 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: Hojczyk
Is there ever a day that goes by when a drunken British tourist doesn’t do something stupid and embarrassing?
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:06:23 AM PDT
by
slimjim12
To: Hojczyk
Do they recover anything when the bodies do get sucked through the turbines? I mean, is there a filter or anything to catch parts of the carcass? It seems like it would be a gooie mess spilled into the river on the other side. I suppose it would be sufficiently diluted and make good feed for wildlife.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:08:02 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
To: Tenacious 1
good pictures of the dam at the site
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:11:19 AM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: Enchante
Maybe the cop’s name was Bobby.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:13:34 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Hojczyk
DAM STUPID I see what you did there.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:14:52 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: Tenacious 1
If sucked in he would most likely drown but I suspect they have some sort of screen to block large items (like tree branches or stray animals) from actually reaching the turbines
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:16:14 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
To: Tenacious 1
It seems like it would be a gooie mess spilled into the river on the other side. The volume of water flowing through there when the turbines are on is enormous. You probably wouldn't even see a red stain. The fish downstream would like it just fine, though ...
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:16:58 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: Hojczyk
Got to say I’ve taken a few damn good pictures of that damn but, no damn way I’d ever swim that Reservoir.
Pretty damn stupid but, but Darwin will get his damn ass one day
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:18:58 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Enchante
“Oi, come here lad”
“Somehow I don’t think that is precisely what the police were shouting.... doesn’t sound like American idiom!”
If by “Oi, come here lad,” he meant “hey, come here, you stupid son of a b!tch!” then, maybe he’d be right.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:20:23 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
To: Hojczyk
Would have been a shame if he got sucked into a turbine. You can damage a blade that way...
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:22:10 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(eliminate perverse incentives)
To: Hojczyk
WoW. I know it's brutally hot there but that's a heck of a way to cool off.
Fool!
(but this will get him TV appearances and possibly a book and movie deal)>
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:24:33 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
To: Hojczyk
Might as well post his photo:
Now he'll make the talk show rounds.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:27:20 AM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
To: a fool in paradise
The turbines themselves are under the powerhouse. Looks like he swam near the intake(s). Yes, he is dam lucky to be alive.
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posted on
09/11/2017 8:34:38 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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