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Post by itsmeuidiot1 on Feb 1, 2007 16:30:05 GMT -5
This is a great picture-there is so much going on!! The one guy standing against the garage door-turned to the corner so the nozzle dont hit him in the nuts!! They look like a bunch of sissys-are you sure this aint a tourniment from San francisco?!
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Post by twabster on Feb 1, 2007 23:54:30 GMT -5
LMAO... I gotta agree with idiot. Great pic ! But WTF !? And the one dude's gotta have a really wet pair, if they didn't already get rinsed off. Who was that, getting a free colon cleansing ?
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Post by JIBBACAT on Feb 2, 2007 15:51:31 GMT -5
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Post by JUSMIK on Feb 2, 2007 17:53:10 GMT -5
I thought there was a patent on that type of hydrant hit???
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Post by JIBBACAT on Feb 5, 2007 18:42:04 GMT -5
SHHHH PAUL WILL WANT ROYALITY RIGHTS!!! ;D
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Post by JIBBACAT on Feb 5, 2007 18:53:40 GMT -5
A RARE PIC OF THE WILDCATS FROM 95 TRYING OUT DUAL TIRES IN THE FRONT!!!
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Post by LUNCHBOX on Feb 5, 2007 20:28:53 GMT -5
1972 Labor Day Drill @ Hicksville Port Washington "Rowdys" This guy is a little too high to be on the wrong side of the ladder.
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Post by cbiscuit on Feb 6, 2007 21:32:14 GMT -5
wrong side... climb the other side!!!
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Post by twabster on Feb 6, 2007 23:39:17 GMT -5
From personal experience with serious weight lifting without a spotter, or climbing abandoned structures when no one else is around, all I can say is... this guy probably used up most of his energy to climb that far, plus unfortunately swung around the backside to grab the rungs from the backside just in the nick of time. I can't imagine him being able to climb to safety without legs on the ladder ! If he does climb with just his arms, then guess what, he'll have to have some kind of crazy energy when he reaches the underside of the arch without leg support. My first reaction to this photo is, if he didn't have the energy left to swing his legs back to the ladder, he had to drop to the track. I hope his teammates were quick enough to catch him and break his fall somewhat. That's a bit of a drop for anyones legs to take without some help breaking the fall.
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Post by cbiscuit on Feb 8, 2007 20:17:48 GMT -5
wonder if they had one of those "targets" to fall on,( kind of looks like a trampoline, with no spring to it)
the pic looks old enough...
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Post by Old Fart on Feb 8, 2007 21:12:03 GMT -5
wonder if they had one of those "targets" to fall on,( kind of looks like a trampoline, with no spring to it) I think you mean one of these "thingys" They are called Life Nets, and at one time, just about every department had one, even Lindy's Union Hook and Ladder had one in the rear compartment that run under the back step.
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Post by SplatterLadder on Feb 9, 2007 13:21:44 GMT -5
Note the scoreboard..............
Looks like the Rockville Centre course.
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Post by fdbuster on Feb 9, 2007 19:13:54 GMT -5
Here are two pics from the 1984 NYS Drill @ C.I. West Hempstead "Westerners" engine fire being extinguished during Motor Pump!! daytonadave
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Post by FrogsThrower on Feb 10, 2007 16:00:16 GMT -5
i dont think there could have been more of an ideal spot for that to happen
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Post by cbiscuit on Feb 11, 2007 1:09:34 GMT -5
Good Pic "Old Fart"... that was it!!! the "life net"
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