Man's leg severed by freight train, drugs were a factor

[uclaLabrat]

Some of you guys who think weed makes you stupid are hanging out with the wrong crowd. Some of the smartest people (and most academically successful) I know have been the biggest potheads. They just don't advertise it like your classic stoner retard.

Hell, one of my friends was the biggest drug dealer in his HS, and also valedictorian. I knew plenty of people in grad school that smoked multiple times per day. If you think weed is making all your friends dumb, trust me, they were dumb to begin with.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Weed relaxes you. Irresponsible, lazy people won't do anything if they are 'relaxed' on weed.

 

[Anubis]

Some of you guys who think weed makes you stupid are hanging out with the wrong crowd. Some of the smartest people (and most academically successful) I know have been the biggest potheads. They just don't advertise it like your classic stoner retard.

Hell, one of my friends was the biggest drug dealer in his HS, and also valedictorian. I knew plenty of people in grad school that smoked multiple times per day. If you think weed is making all your friends dumb, trust me, they were dumb to begin with.

yea pmuch this

 

[preslove]

We don't know how much paint this moran has huffed over the years... :hmm:

 

[MichaelD]

When biological material is present on the tracks, the enormous friction and squeezing forces from the train wheels result in extremely high pressures and temperatures. This is worse if the train is under heavy power, or braking, as the frictions is worse, as liquids/debris tend to cause the wheels to slip.

The very high pressures and temperatures produced render down the material into a glassy substance, which welds to the track making the tracks more slippery than usual.

While the odd track-kill isn't a real problem, it is a huge problem in wooded areas where leaves may get on the line. The leaves are pressed into a glassy surface on the rails, which leaves the trains without grip. Stopping distances may be severely increased, or stopping down grade may be impossible. Similarly climbing grades may become very difficult.

I did not know any of this. Very interesting, actually. :thumbsup:

 

[Viper GTS]

http://www.kgw.com/news/Man-hit-by-train-in-SE-Portland-loses-leg-125411633.html

Surprised to see it here, but he's taking a remarkable amount of responsibility for his dumbass move.

Viper GTS

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

A lot of the dealers around here are dipping their weed in pcp and not telling the people... I know its shocking that drug dealers would be shady

 

[IceBergSLiM]

A lot of the dealers around here are dipping their weed in pcp and not telling the people... I know its shocking that drug dealers would be shady

Do you know this first hand?

This makes little sense because:

1) PCP is additional cost both in acquiring PCP and processing(dipping it)

2) PCP is extremely noticeable to your nose. Opening a laced bag it would immediately smell foul. Smoking it creates an even worse smell.

3) Has extremely undesirable effects that would definitely not get your return customers.

In summary this could be the most ridiculously stupid business decision by a dealer ever. Anyone that falls for it would have to be more retarded than the dealer.

 

[ShawnD1]

When biological material is present on the tracks, the enormous friction and squeezing forces from the train wheels result in extremely high pressures and temperatures. This is worse if the train is under heavy power, or braking, as the frictions is worse, as liquids/debris tend to cause the wheels to slip.

I guess that's pretty bad, but how is that any worse than ice naturally forming on the tracks in winter?

In summary this could be the most ridiculously stupid business decision by a dealer ever. Anyone that falls for it would have to be more retarded than the dealer.

Oh yeah, well I heard they put $60 worth of cocaine on $10 worth of weed. It makes sense in a reaganomics kind of way.

 

[hans030390]

In other news, people still drive drunk, killing or hurting themselves and others in the process.

Next up, People Are Dumb: A Special Report.

 

[preslove]

http://www.kgw.com/news/Man-hit-by-train-in-SE-Portland-loses-leg-125411633.html

Surprised to see it here, but he's taking a remarkable amount of responsibility for his dumbass move.

Viper GTS

Heh, heh he is a ranbow kid.

Man hit by train explains how he survived

by Pat Dooris & Teresa Blackman, KGW Staff
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Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Updated today at 10:39 AM

PORTLAND -- The man who survived getting hit by a train Monday night in Portland said he knows he's lucky to be alive.

"I did a 270 [degree] spin, went under the train, and as I'm crawling out, it took my leg," James Piles told KGW.

Piles, 23, said he was walking very close to the tracks with a friend when a passing train snagged his backpack and slung him head-first under it. The train cut off Piles' left leg just below the knee, and somehow, he remained alert and conscious.

"It scared the beejeezus out of me. I didn't know what to think but it didn't actually hurt all that bad, it did of course - but not as bad as it should have, I guess," Piles recalled.

Nathan Young saw Piles get hit and then rushed over to help.

"I got a towel from my friend's car, called 9-1-1, listened to instructions, applied some pressure, that's pretty much it," the Good Samaritan told KGW.

Piles was carrying his severed leg when medical crews arrived. He was transported to Oregon Health and Science University, where he was recovering in fair condition Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters from a conference room at OHSU, Piles said he felt lucky to be alive.

"It's pretty much like you took a steel rod and wrapped it around it... or like an elephant is standing on your leg. No excruciating pain, just throbbing, just throbbing pains," he said.

He admitted that he smoked marijuana about four hours before the accident, but said that's not why it happened.

"I got hit because I was stupid, not stoned," he said. "I heard it. I was walking right next to it. You can't not hear it. I was just a little too close."

It happened so fast, the conductor didn't even know the train had hit someone. Union Pacific had to alert the operator by phone, in order to stop the train and investigate.

As for Piles, he said this accident won't hold him back.

He had been traveling the country with his friend, Asaiah Andrews. The two men had attended the Rainbow Gathering in the Gifford Pinchot National forest and had just returned to Portland on Friday.

Piles said once he gets a "peg leg," he'll continue to travel again.

Weed doesn't keep you stoned for 4 hours. I concur with his assessment that it was his stupidity that caused the accident.

 

[marvdmartian]

So, well marijuana clearly makes you stupid, it also apparently grants you superhuman pain tolerance.

Only the GOOD SHIT. Back in my *AHEM* "experimental days", I smoked some of what my friends called "home grown" (pretty sure it was sensamilla.....or however you spell that), that would make your entire head NUMB. Like "hit me with a baseball bat, I won't feel it" type of numb, for about 15 minutes. You could have done dental work on me, without novocaine, during that time. :whiste:

 

[tcsenter]

Family acquaintance owns a farm. One day, he was on the back 80, doing farmer stuff. He got his lower pant leg caught either in some sort of drive shaft or gear mechanism (can't remember which), and it twisted his leg off at the knee. He used his shirt or something to create a tourniquet, tried shouting for help for a little but realized nobody would hear him, and he was starting to feel like he might lose consciousness. So he grabbed his leg, climbed back onto the tractor and drove himself (carrying his leg) back to the house, where he was able to summon help. They couldn't re-attach it.