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Old 12-30-2013, 10:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 12-30-2013, 11:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Brute Force & Ignorance to the rescure.
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Old 12-31-2013, 05:40 AM   #3 (permalink)
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What are you talking about? The video shows the exact opposite of brute force and ignorance!
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Old 12-31-2013, 06:21 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Well that novel way of getting car out lake. beats taking more cars or truck on to weaken ice.
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Thats 4 minutes Ill never get back.
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Old 12-31-2013, 07:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I like this one better...



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Old 12-31-2013, 07:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 01-01-2014, 07:07 AM   #8 (permalink)
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that shows " nessiaty is mother of all invention"
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Old 01-02-2014, 05:00 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I loved that video, DIMS. Even if the car is ruined.

I'd seen it before, and I knew exactly what you were referring to by your thread title.
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