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Old September 8th, 2004, 12:25   #1
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Default All that science, down the drain....

This really STINKS! I hope the payload is not contaminated.

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Old September 8th, 2004, 12:28   #2
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And they said the helicopter crews have been practicing for weeks. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
 
Old September 8th, 2004, 12:37   #3
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It crashed because the chute didn't open, not because the helicopters hadn't practiced enough.
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This really STINKS! I hope the payload is not contaminated.

CNN developing Story

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Just glad it missed the helicopters. Although being "stunt" pilots you'd have thought they could have improvised.
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Old September 8th, 2004, 13:47   #5
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Yeah, and the live mortar the could still be armed is kinda concerning me. If that happend around here, you'd have eight or nine good 'ole boys in their pickup tricks/four wheelers out there poking the thing with sticks.......
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Old September 8th, 2004, 14:22   #6
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Yeah, and the live mortar the could still be armed is kinda concerning me. If that happend around here, you'd have eight or nine good 'ole boys in their pickup tricks/four wheelers out there poking the thing with sticks.......

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"Gone on 'n' poke 'it, Billy.....Durned thing is smokin'....imma pawn that turkey, git some cash."
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Default Re: All that science, down the drain....

Sad thing is we drove by "Bubba's Gun & Pawn" (no kidding, it DOES exist on Hwy 51 in Southaven, MS). Nessa decided we should go in just for laughs. I think I'm scarred for life......
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Old September 8th, 2004, 16:03   #8
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Sad thing is we drove by "Bubba's Gun & Pawn" (no kidding, it DOES exist on Hwy 51 in Southaven, MS). Nessa decided we should go in just for laughs. I think I'm scarred for life......

[/ QUOTE ]get some photos!!!! hahahaha [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I sure hope they didn't lose all the data! all that money and time spent to collect and it would just suck for it all to be gone!
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I sure hope they didn't lose all the data! all that money and time spent to collect and it would just suck for it all to be gone!

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As a taxpayer I find it less upsetting to just consider my money "gone" as soon as the government gets it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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As a taxpayer I find it less upsetting to just consider my money "gone" as soon as the government gets it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Oh, come on....they're wise with our money!!!
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