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Drunk bloke invades Polish town driving a Soviet T-55 tank

6/24/2019

 
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A ONE-MAN-ARMY rumbled through the streets of Poland last week invading a small town while hammered — with a Soviet tank.
The 36 tonne T-55 tank barrelled through the streets of Pajęczno at around 10pm last Thursday night. 
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Furious (and possibly terrified) locals called the cops to stop the war machine menacing the roads.
When police did arrive, the 1940s tank parked up on a central street, Twoje Pajęczno reports.
Officers arriving at the bizarre scene on Mickiewicza Street found a man standing next to the tank who had been a passenger.
They also found an intoxicated 49-year-old bloke nearby — who had been driving the T-55 when reports were made to the authorities.
It transpired that the man had been given permission to drive the tank — but he was only supposed to have placed it on and off a trailer for transportation.
But he decided to rag it around a small town in the middle of the night instead.
The drunk driver's situation got even worse when police found the tank wasn't even insured.
Cops couldn't clear the massive machine off the road until 5am when a former soldier who could drive the tank was called in to get it loaded onto a tow truck.
It turns out the whole fiasco started when the trailer the tank was being moved on broke and had to be fixed.
While it was being repaired, the boozed-up driver decided to take the tank for a spin instead of just loading it back onto the trailer as he was supposed to.

Boeing Has So Many Grounded 737 Max Planes Waiting to Be Fixed They're Parking Them in the Employee Parking Lot

6/24/2019

 
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You may recall that, thanks to an issue with faulty sensors in the Boeing 737 Max flight control systems, those planes have been grounded after multiple crashes were found to be related to the issue. Grounded planes are, by definition, not in the air, and as such need to be stored, on the ground, somewhere. In the case of Boeing’s Renton Factory in Washington state, there’s so many grounded planes that some of that ground has to be taken from Boeing’s employee parking lots.
As you can imagine, seeing the planes parking among people’s everyday commuter cars is a strange sight, which has led to pictures like these being posted on Twitter:
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That’s a lot of planes. There’s about 500 grounded 737 Max jets around the world, as Bloomberg notes, with about 100 stuck at Boeing’s Renton factory. Those are the planes we’re seeing here, parked alongside people’s Priuses and Explorers.
I wonder if you can snag a spot under the wings if it’s raining?

2 men killed after trying to jump open drawbridge in car

6/18/2019

 
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A Texas driver and his passenger died Friday when they unsuccessfully tried jumping over an open drawbridge in Louisiana, police said.
Alejandro Cazares, 23, of McAllen, and 32-year-old Roberto Alejandro Moreno of Edinburg were driving when they came upon the Black Bayou Bridge, six miles south of Lake Charles, around 2 a.m., Louisiana State Police said in a news release posted to Facebook.


The bridge was closed to vehicle traffic to let a boat pass by on the Intracoastal Waterway underneath.
“The driver drove under the gate and picked up the passenger before proceeding towards the ramp located at the end of the bridge," the police statement said. “After stopping briefly, the driver placed the vehicle in reverse then accelerated forward in an attempt to “jump” the ramp of the bridge.”
The vehicle fell into the water and sank to the bottom. Cazares was unable to exit the car and Moreno's body was found nearby. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
It was not immediately clear if alcohol or drugs played a factor in their deaths. The 

Two Stroke Tuesday: McGrath's KX500

6/18/2019

 
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He still has a passion for the sport and he still has the style! See Jeremy McGrath ride a 500 two-stroke, an era of racing he just missed during his decorated career

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