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pyonir

pyonir

Lifer
Dec 18, 2001
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<< Well if its a repost, in the orignal post did anyone figure out who what where when why or how? >>


nope, never saw. it actually has been posted a few times, i'm really surprised that no one knows what where when why or how...:confused:
 
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thedarkwolf

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Oct 13, 1999
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Dam't I did a search and everything :)

oh and I don't think I will do the pen thing. It would hurt too much. How bout I stubb my toe?
 
pyonir

pyonir

Lifer
Dec 18, 2001
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<< Dam't I did a search and everything :)

oh and I don't think I will do the pen thing. It would hurt too much. How bout I stubb my toe? >>


how about a pen up your nose...like in total recall?
 
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ThaGrandCow

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<< No the only thing I stick in my nose is my finger.

how about I make up for it with this funny yugo review that I swiped from the hardforum

http://www.epinions.com/auto-review-2DFB-4C978F1F-3A4A528A-prod6

That better not be a repost :p >>



<< The 1990 Yugo GV comes standard with four wheels and an engine. Having no glove compartment and no radio to speak of the Yugo GV more than makes up for it inadequacies with it's four cylinder engine capable of reaching 67 horsepower with 74 displaced torque. The Yugo GV is sold as a two-door hatchback capable of seating four midgets. It retails for around $900 on today's market and gets about 24 miles to the gallon. >>

:D
 
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chiwawa626

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<< The Real story......

The bridge is the "Demopolis Rooster Bridge" located some 10 miles west of Demopolis on U.S. Highway 80 and across the Tombigbee River. The incident occurred in the spring of 1979 during a spring flood. Barges has been released to be picked up on the lower side, but the tug ran into trouble and wound up turning over sideways as the pictures indicate, coming out on the other side. The bridge was a draw bridge and has since been replaced by a clear span just North of this location. Funding for the Rooster bridge came in part from an auction of roosters held in Demopolis on August 14 and 15, 1919. Luckily no one was injured and the tub is still in operation on the Tombigbee.

Austin Caldwell, Mayor
City of Demopolis
Box 580
Demopolis, AL 36732

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<< More Information:

There are some things about me that you are just unaware of, and this instance is a fitting example. Please send this to all, my explanation. And as Paul Harvey used to say..." that's the rest of the story..."

It was either late 1978 or early 1979, I have forgotten exactly, but anyway, I am close on either... The river is the Tombigbee River and this happened to be the record high water ever for that area. The towboat you see coming down on the bridge is the Motor Vessel Cahaba owned by Warrior Gulf Navigation out of Mobile, Alabama. Warrior Gulf is a subsidiary of Pittsburg Steel. I know you are familiar with Birmingham's coal mines and steel mills, and this company would haul iron pellets up to Birmingport and off-load to make steel plate. On the return the barges were filled with coal for export at the McDuffie Coal Terminal at the mouth of the Mobile River and at the head of Mobile Bay. The Bridge was the Old Rooster Bridge (since demolished and removed - I saw the explosion to tear it down also) located below Demopolis, Alabama. The land-side highway dead ends at the bluff, and you can still drive to this site and imagine how high the river had to be to get to the bottom of the bridge... The pass or Channel Span of the bridge was located on the far West side of the river, or on the opposite bank from the photographer's standpoint. In normal river flow, we would drop down near the rock bluff and steer through the opening to pass southward with our tows of coal barges. Normal loads were six barges, each measuring 195' X 35' and loaded to a 10' draft. This allowed each barge to carry approximately 2,000 tons of coal (times six = 12,000 tons X 2000 pounds = 24 Million pounds of cargo.) The boat is 1800 Horsepower twin engine diesel built in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is named after one of the eight "friendly" Indian tribes. It is the Motor Vessel Cahaba. At the "sticks" or helm is Captain Jimmie Wilkerson, a long time river pilot and was my personal friend - since deceased. The river current was so very treacherous that we were forced to drop down to the bridge in the slack(er) water on the left descending bank and when we got down to the bridge, we uncoupled the boat from the barges and let the barges drift down under the bridge. The bottom of the bridge would "shave" the coal stacked in the barges off to a level surface. The next step was to back the vessel upriver and then go over to the far West side and traverse the bridge's channel span with the boat, and run down and catch the barges. It was just too dangerous to try to bring the barges through the bridge span in the current. Anyway, Jimmie dropped down properly and with the entire rest of the crew standing on the barges for safety, he began to reverse his engines to back away. His stern would have to be kept directly pointed into the current or the boat would travel sideways like a kite without it's tail. Captain Jim was a fine pilot, but he made a small mistake and his stern was caught in the current, twisted sideways and the river smashed him into the bridge sideways. Notice that the boat re-surfaced right side up on the down stream side. What luck you say? Nope, WGN ballasted all their vessels with three to four feet of cement in the bottom. The boat was like a little yellow rubber duckie, and came back up like a duckie oughta do. The boat suffered major cosmetic damages, but little flooding because of water tight doors, except in the pilothouse. Notice the picture where the boat is not quite righted and you can see water pouring out of the wheelhouse door. The chair washes out, and Jimmie told me he was holding on to the controls with all his might to keep from going out the drain and into the river. He was very shook up and you can see him approach the tow of barges downriver. Well he didn't get it together quite soon enough and he smashed into the barges, causing further damage. I next saw Jimmie about a month after this and we had a cup of coffee together and talked about the incident. He was smoking a Camel Non-filter but didn't even need an ashtray beacuse his hands were still shaking too much for the ash to build up to any degree. How do I know all this? I was on the boat that went through the bridge immediately before the Cahaba. The Motor Vessel James E. Philpott made the bridge and was headed south at close to 15 MPH. For all you who don't understand, that is very fast on a commercial towboat with that much tonnage. Glad to pass this on to everybody... Captain Michael L. Smith"

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