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July 10th, 2007

They don’t call it a wrecking ball for nothin’

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

ball300.jpgDear Blog Guy,
My silly wife is afraid to walk by construction equipment in the city, for fear of accidents. Will you please tell her there’s not a thing to worry about?
Mr. Confident

I’d like to help you out, but first, have a look at this video report showing a 1,500-pound wrecking ball that broke away from a crane and bounced along for more than half a mile. It caused a chain reaction of collisions before coming to rest in what was once a real automobile. Lindsay Claiborn reports:

3 comments so far

Mr. Confident’s plan to get rid of the old ball and chain backfires spectacularly.

- Posted by John C Abell

Ooops… my bad.

- Posted by Caig

“Honey? Remember how you were telling me that the trunk door stuck and you wanted me to get it fixed?”

- Posted by Charlene

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