A suspected gas thief in Utah was captured on surveillance video catching himself on fire after allegedly using a drill in an attempt to siphon gas from a truck.

Now them is what they call, "flamin' idiots".

Don’t think he has the resolve of a nun carrying a gasoline can and a match.

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Must be a real HOT topic...

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Up, up and away.

Stratolaunch ascends to new heights with successful test of world’s biggest airplane.

Stratolaunch says its mammoth carrier airplane rose to its highest altitude yet during its seventh flight test over California’s Mojave Desert.

The aerospace venture, which was established by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen more than a decade ago but is now owned by a private equity firm, reported a peak altitude of 27,000 feet during today’s test.

If all goes according to plan, the twin-fuselage Roc airplane could begin flying Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic test vehicles for captive-carry and separation testing as early as this year.

One of the prime objectives for today’s three-hour flight at the Mojave Air and Space Port was to gather data on the aerodynamic characteristics of the plane, including a pylon structure from which the Talon-A vehicles will be released. Roc’s seventh flight came a week after the sixth flight test, which couldn’t achieve all of its objectives.

“Today’s flight is a success story of the Stratolaunch team’s ability to increase operational tempo to the pace desired by our customers for performing frequent hypersonic flight test,” Zachary Krevor, Stratolaunch’s CEO and president, said in a news release. “Furthermore, the team reached a new altitude record of 27,000 feet, thereby demonstrating the aircraft performance needed for our Talon hypersonic vehicle to reach its wide design range of hypersonic conditions.”...

It certainly dwarfs Virgin Galactic's White Knight Two.

Cheers.

and the dumb crook of the week award goes to... Texas man asked law for help after not paying for almost 2 pounds of meth, sheriff says

Batman must be missing in action. :-O

Batmobile Mysteriously Found Abandoned In A Field.

Let me know if they find him. ;-)

Cheers.

It could be the Penguin as he wants a bird mobile...

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

It helps to know where the gas pipes are when installing fence posts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-61924994

Certainly when it's a high pressure main and not just a weedy low pressure one.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Kaboom, yep after struggling with the latest waterfox G4.1.3.1 which says addons are corrupt I went back to G4.1.2 and all is well now, I can't contact Alex Kontos at all.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

It helps to know where the gas pipes are when installing fence posts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-61924994

No point in him ever buying a lottery ticket ever again- used up all his luck till his dying day not to be blown apart in a massive fireball.

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Grant
Darwin NT

If he was a cat it would be on life number nine.

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I did not believe how many stupid car drivers, diy and dishonest garages there are. And some just barely miss a Darwin Award.
Just Drove In

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I did not believe how many stupid car drivers, diy and dishonest garages there are. And some just barely miss a Darwin Award.
Just Drove In

It's just amazing there aren't more crashes then there are due to issues with a vehicle.


And that "right indicator doesn't work" problem- i always thought people putting tape over the check engine light was just a lame joke...

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Grant
Darwin NT

He tried for a Darwin Award while trying to escape from police, but he failed on both accounts.

Auto theft suspect tried to escape cops in alligator-infested pond, got caught anyways.

Well that went off with a bigger bang than expected sadly.

Field of Flight air show truck explosion leaves one dead.

Anyone thinking Titanic + Hindenberg + Chernobol?
Inside giant flying luxury hotel that can stay in the air for years

A giant nuclear-powered ‘flying hotel’, complete with a gym and swimming pool is set to carry 5,000 passengers in unparalleled luxury.

A new CGI video details how the AI-piloted Sky Cruise plans to remain airborne for months at a time, while also docking to take on new passengers, or to drop off anyone board.