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PeterL[_17_]

Miche > wrote in news:micheinnz-
:

> In article >, nospam >
> wrote:
>
>> Too bad the below person was not Sheldumb. ns
>>
>> NY Resident Used Industrial Saw
>>
>> POND EDDY, N.Y. -- New York authorities say a man was electrocuted
>> Saturday when he tried to cut through a downed power line with an
>> industrial saw.
>>
>> Authorities say the 64-year-old Pond Eddy man was drunk and ignored
>> repeated orders to stay away from the cable.
>>
>> The accident happened in the presence of firefighters who had been
>> guarding the fallen line. The Sullivan County public safety
commissioner
>> says officials chased the man away from the line several times before
he
>> fetched the saw from his house.
>>
>> Authorities say the line fell in a storm Friday and had been down for
>> about seven hours while utility crews tended to damage elsewhere.
>
> I have a hard time seeing this as an "accident".
>

(Sigh)

Why can't these idiots just take some tablets and lay on a bed somewhere
nice and peaceful??

Firefighters go through enough shit without some ****** like this
'offing' himself in front of them.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous