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Pure Genius/ World's Biggest Safety Violation

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  1. bert the turtle

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    Using a Chainsaw to Ice Skate Over Lake in Alaska

    Man using chainsaw a tow vehicle to skate across frozen lake. Would probably have been more comfortable with a longer bar.

    My favorite part is when the announcer says "he doesn't seem worried at all about breaking through the ice". I have to say that breaking through the ice took a distant second place to emasculation with a chainsaw on my list of worries.
     
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    Yep, I'da put the helmet somewhere else.LOL pretty ingenious though.
     
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    Are we sure that's not bogeydave?

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    "Hold mah beer & watch this!! :yes: "
     
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    My back got sore watching that. He needs a longer bar and chain, or a pole saw.

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    I vote pure GENIUS!
     
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    I'd sure like to see that lake in person just beautiful.
     
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    I ran into that or one like just the other morning surfing youtube. My luck I'd trip and fall onto the bar:eek:
     
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    At least he put a full face helmet on.
     
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    Just... no.
     
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    That's what I needed to get down my road this morning!

    Gary
     
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    I have seen enough stupidity as it is than to watch these idiots. Remember last year the sofa surfing behind cars; one guy became a grill ornament doing that stupidity. That is one problem with YouTube; however, I guess it does improve the human gene pool.
     
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    HAHAHAHA! Maybe Darwin was more right than I give him credit for.
     
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    Although,...... I did once put a 1/2' belt on my dad's old homey and use it to turn over my 67 cornett..... Boy, that was a long time ago.
     
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    Up here in AK in winter we look at our chainsaw, then look at the frozen lake and go fu*k yeah! Hey we elected Sarah Palin, nobody said we were geniuses.
     
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    I'll just watch from the bank.
     
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    I don't look at it like these people are dumb at all. They both look like adults and I would bet a crisp $100 bill that says they both know the risks of their actions. They choose to take some risk, have a good time and enjoy life. Much the same as people who choose to drag race their cars, people that free climb, sky dive, race motorcycles, etc.

    No big deal from where I stand. Kudos to both for having some spirit for life.
     
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    When the Ice Castles are built here in the Twin Cities, this year in Stillwater. Just up the road from me. The ice is cut with a chainsaw all the time. The big time ice carvers use chainsaws as well. A few years ago I recall a guy on the lake while ice fishing cut his hole in the ice with a chainsaw. Seemed to work ok.
     
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    Hey Latitude59 welcome to the forum.
     
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