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New York - a family was traveling to see the eclipse. Mom and a couple kids were riding the travel trailer, illegal in probably every state in the US. Mom noticed the door wasn't shut right so she tried to close it. Air caught the door, swung it open, and threw her out, killing her. Now they're saying that it's a design flaw in the Airstream because the door opens the wrong way. Mom is a doctor so they have some money to pay a good lawyer, but I'm guessing Airstream can afford a pretty good one, too. They'll have a tough go of it trying to get around this NY state statute: § 1228. Riding in house coach trailers. No person shall drive a vehicle on a public highway while drawing a house coach trailer occupied by any person and no person shall occupy a house coach trailer while it is being drawn upon a public highway. AIRSTREAM
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I do agree that suicide doors on any moving object have their risks, but if you're not smart enough to ride in a trailer and open the door going down the road, you get what you get.
Don't just be a survivor, be a competitor.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Darwinism still exists but on a smaller scale.
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Proof once again that brains are not needed for an education!
I know a couple of genius-level folks who don't have enough common sense to half-fill a thimble.
On reflection, that's a common problem in Los Alamos (I worked construction there for a few years).
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire 'Bwana
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My brother Robert is like that Mark. He use to work at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and did so for 20 to 25 years. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is casual reading material for Robert. But I've always said, if common sense was liquid, he couldn't overflow a thimble.
Mentally he's always ready and sooped up ready to go... but he's like a Ferrari with a blown clutch.... Can redline his engine, but can't go nowhere with it.
Kinda sad the said women was a Doctor, but evidently wasn't a real smart one....
but sorry for her family with her loss.
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Proof that education does not equate to intelligence.
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Airstream needs to defend this. They have a legitimate defense but will probably cave.
The way life should be.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Proof that education does not equate to intelligence. Intelligence, education, and common sense are not necessarily mutually inclusive.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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Kinda like looking into the nozzle of the garden hose looking for blockage. Meanwhile, your brother is kicking that same hose...
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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Surprised stroppy isn't in here blaming evil cops for this lol lol
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Campfire Ranger
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Intelligence seems to not play a role in common sense
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The first rule of personal injury law - Regardless of how ignorant, careless, and/or negligent you are, it's always someone else's fault.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
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Campfire Ranger
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Which line doesn't fit with the others?
New York?
Judges?
Democrats
Fair Trial?
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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