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Theresa
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 Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:41 am Frozen human waste from jet crashes onto car |
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| Quote: | LEOMINSTER, Mass. - It came from the friendly skies, and caused quite a bit of damage.
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Frozen waste from a jet�s toilet smashed onto a woman�s car last week, crushing part of the roof and shattering the windshield.
A Massachusetts woman says no one is willing to help her pay for the repairs, or take responsibility.
Nina Gambone says federal aviation officials determined the chunk of frozen debris came from a jet�s lavatory. But, a spokesman says they can�t do anything unless it can identify the airline responsible.
Gambone says she called her fire department in Leominster, which says they can�t remove the glob because it is classified as hazardous waste.
The only good news is the woman and her 13-year-old son had just left the car before it was hit.
� 2005 The Associated Press. |
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Hitchhiker
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| Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:20 pm |
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A great example of the bureaucracy working against the people.  Misfortune strikes, and rather than help her, everybody shrugs it off as someone else's responsibility, leading to an inexorable maze of red tape, forms, and long waiting lines. 
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Scapegoat Bob
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| Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:21 pm |
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Sounds like a bunch of crap to us, 
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Solitary Poet
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Kyle Reese
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| Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:28 pm |
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It's an air raid! Ready on the anti-aircraft guns!
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Theresa
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| Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:35 pm |
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Tsss, don't you mean the "anti-aircrap guns?
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Kyle Reese
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| Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:39 pm |
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Oh, of course. But wouldn't you want to shoot down the planes before they drop their "payload"? ... a lot less messier...
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Kyre
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lionhead
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| Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:34 pm |
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That can't be pics from the car that got hit by a piece of poop. Thats too extreme dude!
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Kyre
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WeAz
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| Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:16 pm |
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thats a funny story, like when a pig crashed into a biker after running from a car
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Theresa
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| Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:54 pm |
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Falling from that altitude, it certainly could do that much damage. If you dropped a penny off the top of the Empire State Building, and a man was standing directly underneath, the penny would go straight through him.
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webtaz99
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| Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:58 pm |
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Shouldn't the real point be:
If that material is hazardous waste, why are airlines allowed to just dump it? Shouldn't they process it properly on the ground? With the exception of fuel consumed, planes should land with everything they took off with (especially passengers!).
P.S. The penny thing is an urban legend - watch "Mythbusters". Terminal velocity for a penny is below 65 mph.
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lionhead
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| Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:01 pm |
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I agree with Webtaz99. on both points (I saw that episode of 'Mythbusters' too).
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Theresa
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| Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:13 pm |
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They need to update high school physics books, then, 
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Ziona
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| Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:40 pm |
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Ewwww... that' just.... ewwwwwww
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