Lurid Work Stories"I know a railwayman of 40-odd years' service," says Juan Quar, "and he tells me a new gruesome yarn each time we meet. Last week's was of checking the time on the wristwatch of a severed arm he'd just collected after a track fatality."
Tell us the horrible stories you tease the new hires with, or that you've been told.
NB By definition, these are probably all made up. Roll with it
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chthonic, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 17:33)
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A quick google...makes it clear that a catastrophic tyre blowout can certainly kill you, via flying debris or simply pressure-wave damage.
But vapourise? Nah. Not gonna happen without high explosives.
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I said "apparently"what more do you want?
[edit] Having done a bit of googling myself, he must have been talking about something like this - www.vannattabros.com/truck28.html
And I reckon that one of those fuckers bursting would spread you very thinly over a wide area
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 10 Sep 2013, 15:28,
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