quantumeffect
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Beagle
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 09:26:07
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 09:32:01
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I always thought Barney was the smart one.
Barneys' car was probably one of them that Fred hit.
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UbiquitousBubba
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 09:57:03
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It's time to thin the herd.
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Beagle
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 10:00:26
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UbiquitousBubba
It's time to thin the herd.
you'd think that "survival of the fittest" would have weeded out the idiots by now...
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 10:18:01
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If he'd have used his head as an anchor he probably would have stopped the truck.
Works for me, although I've never tried it in an emergency.
And what were those guys at intersections thinking?
Anybody that's tried stopping a runaway truck with their own vehicle is bound to end up with bodywork repair bills. You have to just watch from a safe distance and let it roll.
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quantumeffect
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 10:45:44
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My guess is that the guy was having an affair with Betty and was in a rush to get home before Wilma started to suspect something.
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 10:48:01
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Any person with any brain cells would have dangled a carrot off the back of the truck in order to put it in reverse.
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 10:59:04
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Ok. Now I want to know if the stereo in his truck was playing Locomotive Breath at the time. That would have made the moment perfect.
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Beagle
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 11:06:48
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UbiquitousBubba
Ok. Now I want to know if the stereo in his truck was playing Locomotive Breath at the time. That would have made the moment perfect.
Silly Bubba. They only had mono back then... (and no harmonies either...)
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 11:13:16
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I knew something was a little sureal.
I thought it was me.
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 11:18:15
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i remember ONCE having something like that happen up here.
My car's brakes failed me at an intersection of 2 concession roads...I went through that intersection, narrowly missing a van, and aimed the car into a small ditch..it dinged up the car but it did stop it!!
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 11:21:52
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Don't kid yourselves guys - it's their world out there. Technically, they have the numbers, so they are the fittest.
This one is just a bit more prominent than the others - probably a personal guru or a politic leader in his future life.
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 11:41:39
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Rain
Don't kid yourselves guys - it's their world out there. Technically, they have the numbers, so they are the fittest.
This one is just a bit more prominent than the others - probably a personal guru or a politic leader in his future life.
+1 When I go outside, I actually get surprised when I don't see something stupid happening at regular intervals.....especially on the road. Just yesterday, I was on the freeway going 65mph (speed limit) and was passing this guy in a new SUV going about 45 in the middle lane. When I looked at him, he was pre-occupied texting with the phone on top of the steering wheel. You'd be surprised at how many people do this while driving and the cops are never around when needed. Common sense seems to be a gift to some of these people.
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 12:11:20
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When I was younger and stupider(er), our family car was a 1968 Buick Elektra, roughly the size of Manhattan. The defroster didn't work, so the inside of the windshield iced up in the winter. The driver's door had to be held shut. The accelerator stuck and you'd have to stomp on it to jar it free. I drove in the foothills of the Cascade mountains all the time. I remember rocketing down a hill with a stuck accelerator towards a busy intersection. I hit the gas to kick the pedal free, and it stuck all the way down. That car had a 450 that could launch spacecraft, so I shot forward so fast I could see time begin to unravel. With no time to think, I put both feet on the brake, hauled back on the wheel, and locked up the tires. The pedal broke free, the car skidded to a stop and about a week later, we were able to pry my mothers fingers from the dashboard. Within another week, her scream stopped echoing in my head.
Yes. We kept driving the car that way...
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Beagle
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 12:41:36
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I used to have a car when I was very young and very poor that the front brakes did not work without the sound of metal grinding and obviously that won't stop a Ford Escort doing 70 (probably its top speed!). but the rear brakes worked OK, so I used the hand brake which was tied only to the rear brakes to stop. I did this for several months until I saved up enough money to buy new pads and rotors and calipers. (of course saving up for brake parts was SECONDARY between the necessities of life like beer, Jack Daniels, herbs to smoke, white powder to...well...you get the point...)
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:00:27
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(of course saving up for brake parts was SECONDARY between the necessities of life like beer, Jack Daniels, herbs to smoke, white powder to...well...you get the point...)
beer and Jack , ok weed well it was the 70s..
White powder? say it ain't so ... next you'll tell me there were hookers. also .........
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:02:49
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Beagle
(of course saving up for brake parts was SECONDARY between the necessities of life like beer, Jack Daniels, herbs to smoke, white powder to...well...you get the point...)
beer and Jack , ok weed well it was the 70s..
White powder? say it ain't so ... next you'll tell me there were hookers. also .........
of course not! I was POOR remember??? I didn't PAY for it! I was a roadie with a local very popular banned. DUH!!! 
post edited by Beagle - 2011/08/19 13:07:12
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:06:52
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musicman100
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(of course saving up for brake parts was SECONDARY between the necessities of life like beer, Jack Daniels, herbs to smoke, white powder to...well...you get the point...)
beer and Jack , ok weed well it was the 70s..
White powder? say it ain't so ... next you'll tell me there were hookers. also .........
of course not! I was POOR remember??? I didn't PAY for it! I was a roadie with a local very popular banned. DUH!!!
Ahhhh OK!!!! so the hookers were, in reality, Groupies? Of course, you were the guy who they had to go through to get to the bann
Green Acres is the place to be I dont twitter, facebook, snapchat, instagram,linkedin,tumble,pinterest,flick, blah blah,lets have an old fashioned conversation!
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:10:21
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musicman100
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musicman100
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(of course saving up for brake parts was SECONDARY between the necessities of life like beer, Jack Daniels, herbs to smoke, white powder to...well...you get the point...)
beer and Jack , ok weed well it was the 70s..
White powder? say it ain't so ... next you'll tell me there were hookers. also .........
of course not! I was POOR remember??? I didn't PAY for it! I was a roadie with a local very popular banned. DUH!!!
Ahhhh OK!!!! so the hookers were, in reality, Groupies? Of course, you were the guy who they had to go through to get to the bann
NOW you're getting it!!!
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Ham N Egz
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:11:58
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NOOOOOOOO I think you were the one getting it .... 
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:18:57
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Ham N Egz
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Re:Fred Flinstone Lives
2011/08/19 13:23:28
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true that, Beagle, and some memories are best left to rest ......
Green Acres is the place to be I dont twitter, facebook, snapchat, instagram,linkedin,tumble,pinterest,flick, blah blah,lets have an old fashioned conversation!
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