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Old 13 August 2009, 15:31   #1
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This will make you think .......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8199397.stm?ls

Must have been very very very close .......
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Bet you the water was a different colour!! Hope he is band for life.
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What a nob - deserved it!!!

People like that just do not deserve that much luck - then you get some poor kid who falls out of a boat and gets killed.
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Jesus he swam after the thing as well! It looks like it may have actually gone over him when it hit the back of the cruiser.

The actual SIB and engine is exactly the same as one I have recently brought, I have a funny feeling it is the actual SIB in the video, the engine has no kill cord on it. One is being fitted before the SIB is used.
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Déjà Vu .. Now imagine if it was a 5.8 with a 135 on it
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The actual SIB and engine is exactly the same as one I have recently brought, I have a funny feeling it is the actual SIB in the video, the engine has no kill cord on it. One is being fitted before the SIB is used.
Maybe he was so scared after this he sold it ! Maybe the coppers will be after you !
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Maybe he was so scared after this he sold it ! Maybe the coppers will be after you !
The date on the film shows I already had it! I had wondered why the wife was a bit sheepish in late June
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Another video showing why you use should allways wear the KILL CORD could of been another death.
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Very very lucky!
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I think this guy should be entered for this years Darwin Award.

Need to get his sort out of the gene pool!
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