Hi, Lee Lofaso!
I read your message from 11.04.2019 11:46
LL>>> What happens when you put a fire extinguisher inside of an
LL>>> artillery howitzer, and light the fuse?
LL>>> A [not-so-clever] Russian welder found out -
LL>>>
https://git45.rostrud.ru/news/561199.html
LL>>> My Russian language skills are not the best, but I do get the
LL>>> general idea.
LL>>> I do take this is "real news" rather than "fake news". I mean,
LL>>> nobody can make up this kind of stuff. Not even me.
ak>> Well, some climb mountains and tumble down to death. Some other
ak>> make risky experiments. I, personally, like more the latter. Death
ak>> in the process of an experiment is noble. ;=) It was a cool guy.
LL> I saw a Canadian man (born in Czech Republic) who had survived
LL> falling over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel try to duplicate his
LL> feat in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The barrel he was in hit
LL> the side of the water tank on the field, after having been dropped
LL> 180 feet from the top of the Astrodome. He was cut almost in half,
LL> but somehow survived a few hours until expiring the next day.
LL> His last words were reputed to have been -
LL> "There is no heaven or hell; there is no God. It's all myth. You're
LL> born, you live, one day you die and that's it." ~ Karel Soucek
LL> (survived original stunt Niagara Falls July 3, 1984, did not
LL> survive redux stunt Astrodome January 19, 1985}
LL> How to commit suicide before a live audience.
LL> No wonder he insisted on payment in advance.
This kind of adventure gives a lot of adrenaline that becomes a
narcotic. That guy could not stop and he was doomed.
Bye, Lee!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2019
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