On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 14:35:49 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 13:04:29 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 12:08:54 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXXtvyZaVY


Ha-ha! 'Good one.

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Ed Huntress

This gross misuse of machinery is more relevant to rcm:
http://www.traktorclips.de/liebherr-...ter-turm-hoch/

So what was the point of that stunt? It looks nuts.

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Ed Huntress

The announcer talks fast in an Austrian accent and dialect I had
trouble following. "Wetten, dass" is a TV reality show that translates
to "Wager, that...", though the Liebherr company obviously set up that
stunt for publicity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetten,_dass..%3F

Did you notice the Spice Girl?

Hey, I'm old, but not *that* old. d8-) She decorated the set nicely.


Germans have a strange (to us), absurdist and existential sense of
humor.

I'll say. Man, they went through a lot for a stunt.

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Ed Huntress