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Double Bonus Round: Worker checks for gas leak with match, blows up Bronx public school
DNAinfo.com ^ | 08.21.2015 | Murray Weiss

Posted on 08/22/2015 6:28:52 AM PDT by ameribbean expat

THE BRONX — A worker who lit a match to check if gas was coming out of a fuel line in a science classroom sparked the blast that destroyed part of a Bronx school Thursday night, officials suspect.


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: bambam; education; newyork; scienceinaction
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Somehow, it is more than appropriate that this happens in DiBlasio's New York. Guy lights match in science lab to check for leak. It's like a Wil E Coyote cartoon.
1 posted on 08/22/2015 6:28:52 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

His Alma Mater? Did he graduate? Top of his class?


2 posted on 08/22/2015 6:31:27 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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To: ameribbean expat

He apparently found the leak.


3 posted on 08/22/2015 6:32:21 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: ameribbean expat

I’m curious to know who the contractor was and who was working for them.

You wouldn’t believe what goes on down there with the building trades.


4 posted on 08/22/2015 6:32:56 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: ameribbean expat

Exactly like that. :)


5 posted on 08/22/2015 6:34:00 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Do they infuse nat gas with the stinky stuff in NY?


6 posted on 08/22/2015 6:34:45 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: ameribbean expat

What an idiot. Obviously not someone who works for the gas company, or is a gas certified plumber.


7 posted on 08/22/2015 6:34:56 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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To: headstamp 2

I was in the trades for three years before I found out that “F##kinarchitect” was two words.


8 posted on 08/22/2015 6:35:58 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: ameribbean expat

Was this the Acme School Repair Company?


9 posted on 08/22/2015 6:36:06 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Today's Civil Rights movement: Black Lives Matter--unless they are cops.)
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To: ameribbean expat

And to think we use “soap bubbles” to test for leaky joints. That, and a sense of smell or electronic sniffers. Never thought of using fire to check for leaks in a flammable circuit. No WONDER union nimrods look down on us lowly unaffiliated tradesmen.


10 posted on 08/22/2015 6:36:45 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: nascarnation

Yes it’s required by law


11 posted on 08/22/2015 6:37:04 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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To: gorush

LOL!


12 posted on 08/22/2015 6:38:31 AM PDT by basil
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To: gorush

I learned many years ago the old saying: Those who can, do; those who cannot, supervise/engineer/unionize.


13 posted on 08/22/2015 6:38:38 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Maybe this guy suffered from anosmia...


14 posted on 08/22/2015 6:38:41 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: ameribbean expat

Problem solved. Next!


15 posted on 08/22/2015 6:39:27 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: gorush

LOL, I hear you.


16 posted on 08/22/2015 6:39:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: ameribbean expat
Theme Song: The Doors' Come on Baby Light My Fire
17 posted on 08/22/2015 6:40:36 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: nascarnation

Yeah. It’s called mercaptan. It stinks and it’ll burn your eyes in high concentration. if it gets that bad, run like Hell.


18 posted on 08/22/2015 6:42:11 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

This is what happens when we have companies hiring people who are not best qualified.


19 posted on 08/22/2015 6:43:13 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Thumper1960

There’s a terminal out in the country we drive past where I think that stuff is injected. You can smell it for a mile around depending on the wind direction. Don’t know how the few folks living in the area can stand it.


20 posted on 08/22/2015 6:44:50 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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