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Apparently, there is a rescue operation going on at the M&M factory in Elizabethtown, PA. Two people fell into a vat of chocolate. No injuries were reported.
Reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Strange Brew, when one of the McKenzie brothers fell into a vat of beer. He was also unharmed.
"Oh, man! I gotta take a leak so bad I can taste it!"
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WOW----they got them out but not sure of their condition. I worked in the plant when they started it. We built a power house with all the bells and whistles. It was a great experience for me.
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Willy Wonka strikes again
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They are probably still alive because the chocolate is heated just enough to be less viscous, but is not overheated enough to ruin the flavor.
Yeah, I'm struggling not to be silly with this one. For, this is one of the times we can celebrate life and not the loss of it.
Hunter
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I just checked and there is still no word on these guys condition. They were only waist deep in chocolate (no---I'm not going there!) but they had to cut a hole in the tank to get them out. Both were taken to hospital, one via ambulance and the other by medivac.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
I worked with Tommy Smothers son back in 1986Originally Posted by Sandman
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Eric,
You have great stories..
I worked with Larry Doby’s daughter..
I have some really good ones but the Statute of Limitations has not run out yet.
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I shared a pit space at Laguna Seca with Tommy in 1965. While we were racing different cars we kinda hit it off and hung out the whole weekend. His wife was especially nice, a real down to earth lady. No airs at all.
Dave
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That would have been about the same time as my mothers friend Estelle Sherman was racing for Austin Healey. Some years later I got to drive her Austin Healy 3000 off track we had a blast. I also knew Linda (blonde) that raced for Ferrari against her.
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I had a 59 Austin Healy 100sixMM, the model just before the 3000. It was my first sports car and the first car I had bought new. It was the 4 seater version since we had a 2year old son. I made a baby bed in the rear seat area.
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Was at Summit Point in the early 70s.. Paul Newman yelled at me.. to get out of the way..
Had a TR-4 back then.. had to manually prime the fuel pump to get it to start in cold weather.. had a surprise snow storm while I was at work, drove home without the top, only the tonneau..
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I had an Uncle who raced/built cars in Sacramento. As a child, I saw Buddy Baker compete and win against him.
It was the 50's, and things were wonderful then.
Sure, we're way off topic - yet here we are, making the most of it. I like it.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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That might have worked to convince your wife it was a good buy----but for those of us that had one of those "4 seaters" (the 3000 was the same) we know better!
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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