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Awesome, Escape From L.A. is on AMC. -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:28
Found on twitter ... video of the crash. No commentary (pretty much silent, actually). Viewer beware. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:21 30 1
- Yikes. I guess you can't prepare for everything, but those posts without shielding seem...dangerous. - JaxSean Feb 12, 12:30 2
  - Even if it's padded he's still hitting it at highway speeds. Getting ejected from the track at those speeds just isn't something you walk away from. -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 12:32 1
    - Yeah, that was rather brutal. - JaxSean Feb 12, 12:33
- What'd it look like? Handycam or off-the-air recording? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:29 8
  - Like any other skeleton run. Fast, zipping by, hits a corner and loses control - JaxSean Feb 12, 12:32
  - off-air, muted (probably to avoid automated auto filters on youtube) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:31 2
    - no, there was audio on it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:32
    - auto=audio -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:31
  - might have been doctored with video editing software. get on the case. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:31
  - brutal. -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 12:30
  - looked like the regular feed....nm - x Feb 12, 12:30
  - Off air. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:29
- Deadspin comment: "I haven't seen an Eastern European fare that badly against gravity since Vladimir Komarov." -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 12:29
- heck, just the still photo they have on the NYTimes article is quite enough... -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 12:28
- Wow, the metal poles are holding up a canopy. Either sheet off that section so that crashed riders bounce down the track, or install a canopy with - Loyola Feb 12, 12:28 4
  - canopy is probably to stop the rain from affecting the track conditions -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:29 2
    - Sure, but you can still keep the canopy by (for a quick fix) sheeting off the left hand edge of that section of the track, removing the danger of - Loyola Feb 12, 12:32
    - and sun -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:32
  - and Zone temperature control on the track please -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:29
- Already yanked. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:27
- pulled aready -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 12:26
- Gone. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 12:26 2
  - probably just as well, it was nightmarish -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:27 1
    - it was horrible. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 12:29
- yikes....nm - x Feb 12, 12:26
- sweet Zombie Jesus. -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 12:25
- Wow.... No way he was gonna survive that. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:25 1
  - yeah. they were doing cpr on him at the track. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:26
- ow. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:22
- oh, it's a youtube embed. It'll probably be gone soon, too. Dangit! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:22
because I know you are dying to know. - tRuMaN Feb 12, 12:18 7
- The calls are coming from inside the house! -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 12, 12:25
- pheeewww thanks for the update did'nt know i coud hold my breath for so long actuallt -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:21
- sending emails with no message is as weird if not weirder -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:20
- thank goodness you're safe. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:20
- Is she hot though? -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:19 2
  - 300 pound austrian woman from what Tru told me:) -- nm - eag Feb 12, 12:20 1
    - Only average then. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:21
Blown threesomes and other drunken hook-up disasters - NSFW -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 12:18 1
- These are all written by JackDawson? -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 12, 12:27
BBC Sports is confirming the death. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:17 2
- finally, some high quality sourcing. thanks for the investigative work. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:19 1
  - gawddangit -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:22
Plagiarism becomes an art form. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 12, 12:17
bonus v-day hax chat q: they broke up but now she keeps sending him friend requests on Facebook. but then taking them back. then sending them again - poochinski Feb 12, 12:12 17
- The flickering friend request is just a symptom of the FB site redesign. She actually made it weeks ago, and has since forgotten all about you. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:25
- get a life or do some voluntary work to help Haiti -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:17
- Has he tried hitting "ignore"? -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 12:15 1
  - Yeah, assuming he doesn't equally enjoy the drama, someone needs to tell him that's a simple fix on Facebook. -- nm - David Feb 12, 12:17
- Nothing. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:14 3
  - The act of sending the letter in is more thought than he should give it, if what he says is true. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:15 2
    - He probably loves that someone is going crazy over him. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:19 1
      - This is 30 Rock all over! - Spawn Feb 12, 12:23
- poor Truman -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 12:14
- Man up. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:14 1
  - your wife should get you facebook for v-day -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 12:15
- give her tru's email address... -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 12:14
- Can't you just block her and be done with it? Or, I don't know...ignore her? -- nm - Jim Feb 12, 12:14
- sit back and giggle. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:13
- sleep with her, obvie -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:13 1
  - What's the worst that could happen? -- nm - mara Feb 12, 12:29
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Andie would know: can you still find those red Olympics mittens anywhere ? - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 12:12 2
- i think your best bet is to order them online. (HBC store or the official VANOC store) -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 12:16
- you've lost your Olympic mittens? -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 12:12
You gotta be f---ing kidding me! Suspected serial killer/rapist Col. Williams tied to Bernardo?! -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:11 3
- Bernardo's father says Bernardo doesn't recall Williams though. There doesn't seem to be any proof they knew each other. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 12:12
- #SITWAP -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:12 1
  - "nubby became a fan of #SITWAP" -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 12:16
Nancy Greene ! - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 12:11
Blackhawks/Wild cooking up a deal ahead of the Olympic trade freeze. Cam Barker/Kim Johanson expected to be a part of it. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 12:11
For all the people complaining about Google and GMail and privacy, it makes me want to say...well, don't put your shit online? -- (link) - oblique Feb 12, 12:09 20
- all i know is that google is pretty much the most overrated company on the planet....nm - x Feb 12, 12:19 2
  - But they *make* money. That alone should make you appreciate them, unlike TiVo. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 12:23 1
    - they make 90% of revenue off a product developed by someone else in 1998.... - x Feb 12, 12:25
- there was no way to know they wouldn't have you opt-in instead of opting-out. when I saw what was visible to anyone I've ever gmailed with, it was - b. Feb 12, 12:13 8
  - What in the who now? - pmb Feb 12, 12:17 7
    - Are you on twitter? Or familiar with it? Basically, anyone can "follow" anyone (unless you block them implicitly), but anyone can also see *everyone* - JaxSean Feb 12, 12:24
    - upon signing-in to buzz, anyone you've gmailed or gchatted with who has gmail is on a list that's visible to all the others. - b. Feb 12, 12:22 5
      - But they can't see anything in your gmail account right? Just if you post some status or something. -- nm - pmb Feb 12, 12:28 4
        
        right. unless you post status, it's like access to part of your address book. - b. Feb 12, 12:31
        
        of course not. it's just a list of people. it's much ado about silliness. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:29 2
        
        But then you know who I email!?!?! THE HORROR! -- nm - oblique Feb 12, 12:31 1
        
        yah, I'm done. -- nm - b. Feb 12, 12:34
- I don't get the complaints either. Your contact list? Really? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:12 3
  - who I talk/e-mail with is my business, and I should have to opt-in to choose who gets to see that. - b. Feb 12, 12:15 2
    - I can see the principle at play here. I just don't see the 'problem'. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:28 1
      - I don't care if y'all know I talk with y'all, but I do care if you see my non-st friends/family/coworkers. - b. Feb 12, 12:33
- exactly google can use the stuff however they want -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:11
- people love freaking out about shit. they love it so much, they don't even need to understand why they're upset. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:11 2
  - yep, goes back to my personal belief that people need something to bitch about. -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:11 1
    - "We lost entire *crops* ..." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:13
wow i've just found my new car on the net - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:09
I there anything I'm forgetting for my party tomorrow? -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:09
I feel real bad for the guy and his family, but TFox you did make me laugh at the top of B2 -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:06 9
- This definitely seems like an accident but something about this crash...*puts on sunglasses*...leaves me a little cold. - Shaun Feb 12, 12:08 7
  - uh-oh... -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 12:09
  - STOP IT! -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:09 5
    - you see the burn notice promo? sam does it -- nm - remlik Feb 12, 12:18 1
      - I thought that was a great shiv -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:19
    - I want to feel real bad right now that I'm laughing -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:09 2
      - it's a little soon, but He's got me thinking of Caruso lines now -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:10 1
        
        Me too. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 12:14
- sorry. :) (i think it sucks that he's dead too.) -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:08
Revanche is sweet - on Criterion - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 12:06
the luger they're interviewing on ctv now says the course is fine, that people crash all the time, and this was just bad luck. - mafic Feb 12, 12:04 24
- I see it on NBC Olympics. CTV still hasn't reported the death. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:06 4
  - And the source for the Toronto Sun is something called "QMI Agency" ("Quebec Media Inc") WTF is that? -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:13 3
    - Did you break your Google? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:15 2
      - Not a lot of useful information out there. Seems to be a shell for the Toronto Sun family in Quebec, as far as I can tell. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:19
      - definitely not helping -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:15
- They could at least take an angle grinder to the pole. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:06 14
  - to do what, rough it up? -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:06 13
    - To cut it out. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:06 12
      - it's not there for no reason. it's holding things up (and they'd have to take down about 15 of them and a large structure) -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:07
      - well I'm also assuming the poles not there for decoration. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:07 10
        
        It's there to break the fall. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 12:13
        
        It could be anything. -- nm - Loyola Feb 12, 12:08 8
        
        ~Take a look at the photograph...Clearly his teeth were bared. He could have been yawning or snarling.... -- nm - Gord Downie Feb 12, 12:16
        
        it could be, but it isn't. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:09 6
        
        "17 lugers killed after track collapses. Revenge attack on pole blamed" -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:16 4
        
        "NDP MP Libby Davis defended the pole and said that it only acted out for fear the Insite safe injection clinic would be forced to close soon. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 12:19 3
        
        incidentally, I hate Harper for appealing this. tories have totally lost me. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:23 2
        
        I'm torn. I get the idea behind the clinic, but the supporters completely overexaggerate the benefits and just willfully ignore the negatives. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 12:29 1
        
        That's pretty true of supporters of anything :) The IM is more important to me - what are the outcomes? -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 12:32
        
        you guys aren't helping my laughter problem -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 12:12
- (though ctv is also not saying he's dead yet) -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:05
- just some padding even seems logical. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:05 2
  - tv luger seemed to think they didn't already have it because people *never* come off the course when they do crash. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:07
  - yeah. he basically slammed into a metal pole at +100km/h. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 12:06
I love political theatre - meltdown in the New Brunswick legislature -- (link) - Reagen Feb 12, 12:04 [youtube]
Done already? Can we do a V-day poll/suggestion thread? - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:04 17
- That's okay you shouldn't be giving knives for V-day anywho. Can you cook? -- nm - the liioulu with less leggings Feb 12, 12:07 7
  - Yup! - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:10 1
    - Well, darn her for having her birthday so close. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with less leggings Feb 12, 12:14
  - You are wrong, liioulu, -- nm - Jolie Feb 12, 12:09 4
    - I am not. He says he can cook. -- nm - the liioulu with less leggings Feb 12, 12:15 3
      - About the knives. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:16 2
        
        It's about the superstition. - the liioulu with less leggings Feb 12, 12:32 1
        
        And that is doubly why Jolie said it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:35
- nmblink -- (link) - znufrii Feb 12, 12:06
- spa certificate -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:06
- just a superstitious thing about giving knives... - Andie Feb 12, 12:06 4
  - Yep, though I heard you could put a penny in the box. - the liioulu with less leggings Feb 12, 12:11
  - My Irish gradfather said the opposite. - Spawn Feb 12, 12:08 2
    - : ) here's what i googled "If you are given a present of a knife, give a coin in return to avoid 'cutting' the friendship." -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 12:11 1
      - And the Irish have had nothing but luck ever since! -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 12:13
- 1-800-Flowers! -- nm - diva si Feb 12, 12:06 1
  - Don't do it. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 12:08
i believe that it's raining all over the world....nm - x Feb 12, 12:03 5
- neon signs are flashing.. taxis, cabs, and buses passing.. -- nm - b. Feb 12, 12:10
- There's also a kind of hush. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:04
- "My breasts can tell when it's going to rain. Well... they can tell when it's raining." -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:04
- just not at the same time yes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:03 1
  - ~It never rains in Southern California~ -- (link) - CrankYanker Feb 12, 12:07 [youtube]
CT: Then Claudine Longet would be assured of a gold. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 12, 12:03 [Backboard]
Boom! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 12:02

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