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2008-02-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Free Radical 2008-02-13 03:51|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Ban electricity use so things like this won't happen. There's some poor, horribly burned victim out there suffering. Probably a child at that.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-13 07:47|| 2008-02-13 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Just waiting for one of these dim bulbs, or his survivors, to sue the power company for death or injuries.

Posted by GK 2008-02-13 09:36|| 2008-02-13 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Every electrician knows you have to keep the smoke and bright arcs in the wire.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-02-13 09:58|| 2008-02-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 i cut into a 220 with a pair of tin snips one time( i thought the power was cut, and a little intoxicated) and you talk about knocking the hell out of someone. I beth the guy is dead if he cut into 11,000 volts

Posted by sinse 2008-02-13 10:26|| 2008-02-13 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Its the amps which kill, not the volts.

Although, volts + watts make for good roasting.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-02-13 10:31|| 2008-02-13 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm shocked . . . though not half as much as the guy who was holding the hacksaw!

Posted by Mike 2008-02-13 11:23|| 2008-02-13 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I think the police were looking in the wrong place...
They should'ave been looking for a guy with an 11,000 volts of an erection.

Posted by chefra the II 2008-02-13 11:47|| 2008-02-13 11:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Did they take DNA from the smoke stain at the scene ?

Posted by wxjames 2008-02-13 12:39|| 2008-02-13 12:39|| Front Page Top

#9 WXjames
No, but they are collecting vapours in the stratosphere :)

Posted by chefra the II 2008-02-13 12:41|| 2008-02-13 12:41|| Front Page Top

#10 i say leave the poor guy alon(if he is still alive) something tells me he can't steal anymore or he has learned his lesson

Posted by sinse 2008-02-13 15:10|| 2008-02-13 15:10|| Front Page Top

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