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Woman Smoking Blows Up Her Dodge Charger
How does this even happen? A woman was in her Dodge Charger for about 30 seconds in Charlotte, North Carolina, having lit a cigarette, when an explosion blew out the windows, seriously injuring her and starting a raging fire. The shocking incident has led many to question how such a thing could...
Flintstone61
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Tire tracks tell part of a story. 2 hours later, on my last run home, I see the Cable retention guard rail in the Hammer lane is all jacked up,
missing about 5-6 vertical posts. So it must have careened from the left over to the right and maybe even into the wall?
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missing about 5-6 vertical posts. So it must have careened from the left over to the right and maybe even into the wall?
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She didn't smell the odorant added to the propane?Woman Smoking Blows Up Her Dodge Charger
How does this even happen? A woman was in her Dodge Charger for about 30 seconds in Charlotte, North Carolina, having lit a cigarette, when an explosion blew out the windows, seriously injuring her and starting a raging fire. The shocking incident has led many to question how such a thing could...autos.yahoo.com
I guess not.
Proof positive that smoking is bad for your health...after 22 years, I quit in 1987, 37 years ago.
Good thing, too. My second bout with COVID in 2022 also came with pneumonia......I very well might not be posting this if I had still been smokin at that point which would be for a total 57 years.
mat200
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I don't know what happened to video link. Maybe it got reported?
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^^^ Wow she sat up after that! Even in Singapore at 3am people are mesmerized by their smartphones.
Something tells me with this new generation, it is only going to get worse.
I don't know what that Jaguar is worth but I know that would be a heart-breaker if that happened to me. I don't think bondo is gonna fix that.
I've never seen static electricity used like this before.
True story.
Yesterday I went to my urologist for my annual finger-in-the-butt test (yeah, I STILL don't like it) and while walking from the parking lot to the hospital where his office is I had to use the crosswalk.
It's a 2 lane street with sidewalks on both sides, ped xing signs on right and flashing beacons overhead...it's a damn hospital, many people in wheelchairs, walkers, etc. (see Google Map image at bottom).
It's clear, I start from the left side (parking lot) and see a car coming a little too fast but I got my eye on them. One reason I'm still here after 31 years working in the roadway on traffic signals (29 in Silicon Valley CA), other than by God's grace is that I NEVER assumed anyone saw me or is going to stop and I NEVER turned my back on anyone.
Well I get to the 3rd white bar in the crosswalk (on the left) and I have to stop ABRUPTLY as this young lady comes breezing on thru, going the same direction as the map view below, holding her phone up in her left hand so can see it while she drives. I think I scared the crap out of because as her driver's side window got next to me and I was 2 feet from her window I yelled very loud "PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND DRIVE!"
She slammed on the brakes and looked at me like I had 2 heads. I achieved the desired effect and am still around to post this. And so lucky to survive so I can discover if my urologist's finger is any longer than last year.
Moral of this story? Keep your head on a swivel, these young 'uns are out to get us old farts...especially the 20 to 40 year old women in department store and grocery parking lots...they are on a mission, on the phone and on the gas and you're slowing down their progress. The Walmart parking lot seems to attract the most dangerous ones, those looking to get a free lubrication of their Hyundai's undercarriage with some plump
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IPCAMTALK Technical Term:
some plump 70 year old white guy = free lubrication
Usage: "I need to git me sum plump 70 year old white guy to lube up my door hinges so they quit squeekin"
Geez, it's worse than I think. I'm 75, not 70....had to edit my post.
Watch out, Keith Richards!
Did everyone notice that her first response was to retrieve her phone?
I did.
It's akin to watching a YT video of Arkansas State Police pull a perp out through the window of a wrecked Dodge Charger they just PITted, he's holding onto that phone like it was a pacemaker or oxygen pump..... "I need to call my mama".
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