Dumb Ways to Die!  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 03:53:42 pm
content: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/nov/28/dumb-ways-to-die-videoThis appeals to me on so many levels, not the least of which is as the son of an old railroad man and somebody that basically grew up in a rail yard. In a tie between you and a train, the train always wins.Thanks to Melbourne's Metro rail service for this contribution to global culture (which has already been viewed more times than the entire population of Australia).

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 04:31:05 pm
content: Train always wins..... I know a few drivers.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 05:01:55 pm
content: you know i wonder what would happen if held a Olympics on railway tracks ?

author: Dagon
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 08:06:01 pm
content: Well that was amusing.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 09:16:16 pm
content: "Do your own electrical work"

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 09:52:52 pm
content: We in the 120v US do a good bit of our own mains electrical stuff, yes. In the parts of the world dominated by 220-240v, its rather less commonly accepted, from what I gather.

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 09:58:42 pm
content: Here in the US, we used to be tortured with godawful gory drivers education films, such as this jem from 1959 (in use well into the 1980s, at a minimum):Signal 30, Part 1http://www.archive.org/download/http://archive.org/details/Signal301959

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 10:47:48 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on November 28, 2012, 09:16:16 pmI found that to be a rather stupid comment. Obviously someone without the proper knowledge or tools should not attempt it... but it's not difficult to do it right.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 10:58:37 pm
content: It was quoted directly as line from the song...in case that wasn't clear.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 11:09:51 pm
content: Them country folk, and there country waysdrinking the farmers weed killer

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2012, 11:13:34 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on November 28, 2012, 10:58:37 pmYeah, I know -- I was commenting on the video, sorry for any misunderstanding.

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 04:05:23 pm
content: I have eaten a moldy pie before and I was fine lol.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 06:13:09 pm
content: Mouldy milk is very tasty................Of course whether you die does rather depend on the mould. Ergotamine will kill you after it drives you mad.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2012, 06:46:41 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on November 28, 2012, 10:47:48 pmWell, yes, but the people without the proper knowledge and tools are entirely unaware they lack them.

author: ee851
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2012, 09:22:37 pm
content: Try erecting a 50 foot steel mast for your ham radio antennae--just you and a couple of nearby buddies. Don't bother with a crane. Don't bother to call the power company. When the mast leans over toward the power lines, grab hold of it and try to stabilize it.I read about the man in the newspaper the next day. Fried to death. I did not know him. This was about twenty years ago.

author: DenzilPenberthy
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timestamp: December 05, 2012, 12:02:56 pm
content: ...an alternate version with video clips of people doing all of the things in the song

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2012, 01:35:33 pm
content: Quote from: DenzilPenberthy on December 05, 2012, 12:02:56 pmUsing scenes from Mission To Mars is cheating a bit, but as space travel get's cheaper somebody's bound to do it eventually.