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« on: July 13, 2008, 01:50:55 pm »
A friend from the West Texas Trans Pecos Big Bend region sent me this and I thought I'd share...

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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2008, 04:11:59 pm »
Snopes says it's true.  What an amazing story. 
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2008, 05:10:42 pm »
Must be your buddies from the other side of the Atlantic, who provided you the story..here is a direct link to YouTube....

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/zVNTdWbVBgc&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/zVNTdWbVBgc&rel=0</a>
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 05:42:17 pm »
Cable had this on either Animal Planet or Discovery several years ago; it's apparently true.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2008, 08:40:57 pm »
yeah, i was wondering what year this took place.  for my money, the guys from air supply never looked happier.

thanks for sharing, that was a really cool video.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2008, 09:12:25 pm »
 rolling Burn Ban, you had me laughing out loud!  Snopes had some more info on the story and it was in the late 70's.  1979, I think. 
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2008, 09:28:16 pm »
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2008, 10:29:41 pm »
Quote from: homerboy2u2 on July 13, 2008, 05:10:42 pm
Must be your buddies from the other side of the Atlantic, who provided you the story..here is a direct link to YouTube....

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