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Re: Oct 31: Chicago backhoe incident

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Sun Nov 1 03:10:34 1998

Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 02:50:32 -0500
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net>
Cc: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19981031210840.B14835@Denninger.Net>; from Karl Denninger on Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 09:08:40PM -0600

On Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 09:08:40PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
> Yep.
> 
> Early reports are that the backhoe never was closer than 8' from the markers.
> Whether that is accurate, or whether the markers were 8' off (!) is a matter 
> of debate right now.

Was this the story I saw on the news in Cleveland about the gas line explosion
in Chicago? The Chicago incident was blamed on a construction crew.

Amazing. This is now two serious incidents in the space of a couple months.

> I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give
> up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization.

Karl, did you sell MCS?  ;)

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