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08-18-2008, 06:23 PM
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08-18-2008, 06:31 PM
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Those high voltage lines are deadly. We were at a soccer game that had fields below high voltage transmission lines. One of our U15 players kicked the ball high and it hit one of the wires. Left a large burn mark on the ball. No keep in mind that the ball did not touch two different lines, but just one. (For those of you who know something about electricity) Think about that.
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08-18-2008, 06:45 PM
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08-18-2008, 10:44 PM
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08-19-2008, 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot  Thats shocking | excuse the pun? 
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08-19-2008, 04:40 AM
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Think the crew will celebrate yesterday´s date as their 2nd B´day...
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08-19-2008, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RabidAlien ....ouch. Lotta potential between those lines. | gotto love the pun....again....shocking
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08-20-2008, 07:42 AM
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08-20-2008, 02:13 PM
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#9 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Yeah I was watching this on the news today. I was trying to figure out how they pulled that one off. Good thing they were rescued though.
It took about 2 hours to rescue them because they had to cut off the power and they were afraid of the plane falling, as it was only hanging on by a landing gear strut.
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