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5 dead in Virginia farming accident
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| 07/03/07
Posted on 07/03/2007 6:17:09 AM PDT by Abathar
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Over the years this is about the third time I have heard of people going in one after the other to save family members who have succumbed from the methane gasses in manure pits. If it is that deadly why don't they have some form of snorkle or something to at least get a few breaths while you go in there?
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:17:10 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:19:58 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Abathar
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:20:03 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: Abathar
Same thing happened to two brother in Ohio sometime back.
Thoughts and prayers for the family, and hopes the lawyers do not make things worse by turning it into a circus.
To: Abathar
My grandmother once told me the story of a family she knew back in rural Alabama around the start of the last century. They all died trying to save each other from being electrocuted on a farm fence.
To: Steelerfan
"Thoughts and prayers for the family, and hopes the lawyers do not make things worse by turning it into a circus. " I don't think they can, it was a family farm and now the family is dead. No money to be made, so they probably won't get involved at all.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:24:55 AM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Abathar
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:27:55 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: wolfinator
Oh there is no doubt that when family members are in trouble you just react and not think. If my daughters or son was in there I would probably die right next to them, unless there was a fast and simple device there to allow me to know I could help them without going down myself.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:28:16 AM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Abathar
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:28:28 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
To: Abathar
Are Mennonites same as Amish?......
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:31:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: Red Badger
I believe so. I think they were allowed to use some modern conveniences like cars with no chrome and such.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:34:26 AM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: Red Badger
Very close, we refer to them as Amish light. They can use some modern conveniences, but only utilitarian and necessary.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:36:42 AM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Red Badger
Similar, but not the same. Amish are an offshoot of the Mennonites (yes, that’s correct, not the other way around). They’re the doctrinal (and in most cases physical) descendants of the Anabaptists who fled Lutheran persecution in Europe.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:41:09 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Abathar
America’s farms are some of the most dangerous places to work. Since family farms are not OSHA monitered, simple and logical things get overlooked.
Anywhere else, pits would be considered “confined space” and would require 1) a harness and breathing apparatus for each worker and b) somebody posted outside to call for help.
We had an entire family of males (grandpa, dad and three sons) die in Michigan about 15 years ago in this exact same situation.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Abathar
Dreadful. May the victims rest in peace.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:44:37 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: Abathar
I use a mobile milking unit now...tow it out to the pasture...so I never bring the cows out of the pasture...no lagoon, no scraping manure, no smell...best investment I ever made
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:45:50 AM PDT
by
uxbridge
To: SJSAMPLE
I’m from Michigan, and that is one of the cases I remember.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:50:21 AM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: uxbridge
I’ve never seen one of those before, that sounds like a nice clean method except for the mud you must have to work in after a while.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:52:34 AM PDT
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Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Abathar
What a sh*tty way to die!
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:54:14 AM PDT
by
Sicon
To: wolfinator
They all died trying to save each other from being electrocuted on a farm fence. This one falls in the prove it category.
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posted on
07/03/2007 6:54:53 AM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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