Horror! Oh, the humanity!
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To: Leapfrog
Remember this story? ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3414593.stm
Russian army rescues kegs of beer
Russian troops have retrieved 10 tonnes of beer trapped under the Siberian ice after a week-long operation.
A lorry carrying the beer was lost while crossing the frozen River Irtysh, near the city of Omsk, about 2,200 kilometres (1400 miles) from Moscow.
The driver managed to jump out after the ice gave way, but the lorry and its cargo sank.
Six divers, 10 men with electric saws and a tank pulled the beer kegs - but not the truck - to safety.
Beer going cheap
With temperatures reaching -27C, the rescue mission was fraught with problems.
Russia's Tass news agency reported that the recovery team eventually managed to pull the vehicle through a hole in the ice.
They retrieved the kegs of beer but the rope snapped and the truck slipped back under the water.
The Rosar brewery in Omsk said the freezing temperatures probably kept the quality of the beer from deteriorating and said it will still take the delivery.
It plans to sell the beer at a discount.
25 posted on
11/12/2004 10:47:21 AM PST by
TFine80
(Patton's Son: "There's no soap ever been invented that can wash that blood off his hands.")
To: Leapfrog
BRB, need to get some brewskis before the run on the store begins......
26 posted on
11/12/2004 10:47:23 AM PST by
fastattacksailor
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To: Leapfrog
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
27 posted on
11/12/2004 10:47:24 AM PST by
SBOinTX
To: Leapfrog
To: Leapfrog
Investigating officers said the leak did not contaminate any nearby water sources ... To the disappointment of many I'm sure.
29 posted on
11/12/2004 10:47:44 AM PST by
Moonman62
(Federal Creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it.)
To: Leapfrog
33 posted on
11/12/2004 10:48:21 AM PST by
mysterio
To: Leapfrog
Does anyone know what brand of beer it was???
To: Leapfrog
Hmm, I wonder how long it will take me to get from Charlottesville to Chilhowie????
35 posted on
11/12/2004 10:48:41 AM PST by
SeamusVA
To: Leapfrog
I think there is something in railroaders handbook about spilling beer...if I remember right it is a no no. Toxic waste, nuclear rods, poison gas ok but beer...no way!
36 posted on
11/12/2004 10:49:03 AM PST by
engrpat
To: Leapfrog
37 posted on
11/12/2004 10:49:03 AM PST by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: Leapfrog
After the incident, Senator Ted Kennedy emerged from the cockpit, shaken but unharmed.
41 posted on
11/12/2004 10:50:37 AM PST by
RockinRight
(If OBL attacks us again, Funky Cold Medina will be the new theme song of Islam.)
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42 posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:13 AM PST by
sully777
(Our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)
To: Leapfrog
20,000 gallons of beer on a train
20,000 gallons of beer
If one of those gallons should leak from the train
19,199 gallons of beer on a train...
43 posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:26 AM PST by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Leapfrog
Some people have all of the luck. I have two major railroad tracks within a couple of miles from my house and nothing this good ever happens. I wonder if there are cows and horses near the spill; that would be a hoot.
44 posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:36 AM PST by
vetvetdoug
(In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
To: Leapfrog
20,000 Gallons of Beer....arrrrllgh...
45 posted on
11/12/2004 10:51:53 AM PST by
Petronski
(Great job team! Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
To: Leapfrog
Is there a sign-up sheet of human in-situ remediation?
46 posted on
11/12/2004 10:52:00 AM PST by
kipita
(Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
To: Leapfrog
TIME TO RAID THE BARN!
48 posted on
11/12/2004 10:52:54 AM PST by
Lady Jag
(YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
To: Leapfrog
Ugly people are weeping even as we speak!
To: Calpernia; Velveeta; Honestly
Ping
Authorities were investigating the cause of the derailment. All trains
scheduled to use the tracks through Chilhowie were held until they
were cleared Thursday evening.
50 posted on
11/12/2004 10:53:09 AM PST by
nw_arizona_granny
(On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
To: Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Allegra; RikaStrom; bobbyd; HoustonCurmudgeon
Oh . . . my . . . GOD.
52 posted on
11/12/2004 10:53:58 AM PST by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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