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Ligyron

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5. Don't know jack about jacks really but...

Fri Jan 5, 2024, 08:53 AM

Jan 2024

I'm sure glad it didn't die when you were under it.

I know you're smarter than that but you hear about this happening every once in awhile and it ain't pretty most times. If it doesn't outright crush you and it somehow only traps a limb, better make sure someone else finds you or you face the prospect of hours days of no food or water plus the pain of a crush type injury.

Not a pretty picture and don't know why I'm painting such a morbid picture this early in the morning, sorry. I was encouraged to look for problems at one time back in the military and it became a life long obsession.

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