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Homeless Man Survives Garbage Truck Crushing
Boston Herald ^
| May 8, 2007
| AP
Posted on 05/09/2007 6:43:38 AM PDT by badgerlandjim
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A homeless man who had fallen asleep in a trash bin to escape the rain was dumped into a garbage truck and survived being crushed repeatedly before a worker saw him. Robert Baswell, 44, said he scream...
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This has to be somebody's fault...
To: badgerlandjim
It’s Bush’s fault if he did not invade iraq and spend all the money he stole from the habitate for the homeless program
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posted on
05/09/2007 6:46:46 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: badgerlandjim
We need safer garbage trucks.
To: shadowman99
No, we need to BAN all garbage trucks. :)
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posted on
05/09/2007 6:48:35 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
(Americans never quit. -Douglas MacArthur)
To: shadowman99
He had his garbage belt fastened or the damage could have been worse.
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posted on
05/09/2007 6:50:24 AM PDT
by
badgerlandjim
(Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
To: badgerlandjim
There should be a seven day waiting period on the purchase of all garbage trucks.
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posted on
05/09/2007 6:52:34 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Don’t forget about the background checks.
To: badgerlandjim
He’s probably just trying to get some attention so he can get a teaching position at Harvard.
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posted on
05/09/2007 6:57:35 AM PDT
by
bkepley
To: reagan_fanatic
It pays to know when garbage day is. That should be a sleepless night for this man.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:00:08 AM PDT
by
chuckles
To: reagan_fanatic
If they would limit the amount of compaction to a safe level a person could just pick himself up at the dump, brush himself off, and walk away. There oughta be a law.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:00:14 AM PDT
by
badgerlandjim
(Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
To: bkepley
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:01:55 AM PDT
by
badgerlandjim
(Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
To: shadowman99
We need safer garbage trucks.
Yes!
For the children!
To: badgerlandjim
If we could just give them all our used cell phones, they could call 911 for help.
To: badgerlandjim
Maybe dumpsters need to come with a little flip-up sign that says ‘occupied/ocupado.’
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:04:37 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: P-40
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:06:56 AM PDT
by
badgerlandjim
(Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
To: P-40
Also sign with the pickup schedule on the front, (Column one for English.)
To: badgerlandjim
a person could just pick himself up at the dump, brush himself off, and walk away. There oughta be a law.
There is. It's called the Steve McQueen Rule.
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posted on
05/09/2007 7:11:23 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: badgerlandjim
"crushed repeatedly before a worker saw him."I hate when that happens.
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posted on
05/09/2007 8:59:10 AM PDT
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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