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One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 15 16:25:50 2025

At a little past 3 this morning, at the 238th St. station on the #1 train, a 30 year old male was found hanging upside down between 2 cars of a local train. It was determined that he was surfing and fell from the roof of one of the cars. At the same time as that incident, a small increase in the Bronx IQ index was noted.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by gbs on Tue Apr 15 19:17:46 2025, in response to One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 15 16:25:50 2025.


If he has no children, he's entitled to a Darwin Award, for removing himself from the human gene pool.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by steamdriven on Tue Apr 15 23:50:39 2025, in response to One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 15 16:25:50 2025.

xBox has lost a future astronaut.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by Jailhousedoc on Thu Apr 17 12:35:50 2025, in response to One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 15 16:25:50 2025.

Years ago I saw a photo of a teenager in Brazil who was riding atop of a passenger train just inches away from the catenary cable and the pantograph ! Who in the world was he trying to impress ? Whatever happened to him is unknown to me - if he is still alive, he is a lucky man for sure.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Fri Apr 18 09:29:26 2025, in response to Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by Jailhousedoc on Thu Apr 17 12:35:50 2025.

Similar to the video of the guy riding the roof of a train in India. He begins waving wildly when the train stops and bursts into flames when he touches the catena. As they say, you can't fix stupid.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by terRAPIN station on Fri Apr 18 15:40:37 2025, in response to Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by gbs on Tue Apr 15 19:17:46 2025.

Debatable. Being hit by a train disqualifies you from winning a Darwin Award. But it’s the circumstances that led to it that may save the day. You’d have to submit it to the judges to get an official ruling.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by steamdriven on Sat Apr 19 19:55:25 2025, in response to One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 15 16:25:50 2025.

OK, maybe this breaks a subchat rule (idk) but ...

there's just straight crossties and a few inches of clearance under the train in that section, right? So how could the remains be upside down? There would many pieces if the train was moving after he fell, which wouldn't be neatly laid out upside or downside. More chop suey than steak, I'd think.

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Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Sat Apr 19 20:36:59 2025, in response to Re: One Small Step for Man but A Giant Leap For Mankind, posted by steamdriven on Sat Apr 19 19:55:25 2025.

Depends! Maybe he got hung up on a pantograph gate or on the draw bar.

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