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This happened this morning in Columbus, Texas, just down the road from Steve's new place. Now how does one get their car wedged vertically between two freight cars?


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Inertia, timing, gumption and dumb luck.
If I had to guess.

Entry to our development a few years back, sharp R curve off of the arterial, uphill section less than 100 yards long... a younger driver pull off a perfect Grill plant.

All the neighbors were very impressed, no one was injured so a doubly impressive stunt.



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This happened this morning in Columbus, Texas, just down the road from Steve's new place. Now how does one get their car wedged vertically between two freight cars?
Yep, our property butts up against 90 on the north side. That's probably 6-8 miles down from our home. I saw those posted on facebook. That's a long straight road where people are frequently cruising at highway speeds. That must have been an exciting ride.

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What the hell is that? The best theory that I can come up with is that an oyster "swallowed" someone's necklace, and it was there long enough to begin to pearlize.
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What the hell is that? The best theory that I can come up with is that an oyster "swallowed" someone's necklace, and it was there long enough to begin to pearlize.
I thought it look like a little frog standing there with a frying pan.


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Quite the fashion statement At least she's got the chest for it.
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^ that looks rougher than a night in jail.

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Quite the fashion statement At least she's got the chest for it.

plot twist, it's a picture of they own self them printed.


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What the hell is that? The best theory that I can come up with is that an oyster "swallowed" someone's necklace, and it was there long enough to begin to pearlize.
lol its a gold miner pushing a cart.
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Something is fishy about this building.
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Jeez, the physique on this kid

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Jeez, the physique on this kid

gymnastics, all of that flippy, spinny stuff takes strength, especially if you're olympic level. She's a cute kid. The smile comes across as very genuine.

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Ummmmm, I did NOT date her....her loss....
Since you could probably be her grandfather, or maybe great grandfather, that's probably a good thing, assuming you're talking about the gymnast. Or if you were talking about the chick with the whacky bathing suit, that's another story. You could probably be her dad, but she looks like she knows what she'd be getting herself into.
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WTF?!?

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I suspect the image below is not "official" babypod marketing material, but maybe it should be.
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