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    Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights

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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/18/08

    In reply to Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
    Whatever happened to that bike that supposedly exploded when exposed to a light source as a safety measure?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/19/08

    @frigg:
    They tried to take pics of it for eBay, and noone has heard from them since.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/18/08

    In reply to Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
    I'd love it if it wasn't so expensive.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/18/08

    @A/S/L-GitEmSteveDave loves->★: a couple years ago when i worked in a company that had a sign division, I used to get this stuff for free (I still have a ton of red left, if you're interested) and it worked really well on my commuter bike (I hate ugly reflectors). Go to a sign shop and ask if they have any scrap black reflective vinyl, as that's what it's more readily known as. It isn't used a lot, but they have it in pretty much every standard color.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/18/08

    @lpranal: I have flashing red LED reflectors for my bike and myself, a light for my head, and a light for my bike. I am seen. What always makes me laugh are the people who don't see me from five feet away.
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    12/18/08

    In reply to Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
    It would go great for my new ride!


    [www.rei.com]

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/18/08

    In reply to Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
    That's great. So if you're riding your bike at night near the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, your bike will glow white and red.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/08

    In reply to Retroreflective Bright Bike Looks Black, Glows White in Headlights
    Yes please.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution



    + Watch video
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    Image of korybing korybing
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    What the hell is going on in that first picture? Is that baby sucking on some sort of baby-electrocuting device? I can't figure out what that this is supposed to be.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    @korybing: Isn't it obvious? It's vintage electric S&M probes.
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    I envision a FAIL written with every one of those pictures for some reason.


    Too much meme browsing...

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    Image of darway darway
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    Ah... the old placing a lamp above your bath tub so you can read porn while bathing trick. It always comes back to bite you in the end :)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    @DW: I'm more fascinated by the fact that they had cylindrical service droids to fill the tubs for them back then.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/17/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: I am not sure, but I think that is the hot water heater, which in this context I hope is gas powered and not electric. (Maybe coal or wood.)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    @Curves: la la la la la I'm not listening la la la la la
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    That peeing kid looks like he overdosed on Urigro. No way I could "complete that circuit"... from that range... with my stream.
    [www.hulu.com]
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    Image of not a sailor boy not a sailor boy
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
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    not a sailor boy was starred not a sailor boy was unstarred
    Image of not a sailor boy not a sailor boy
    12/17/08

    @not a sailor boy: my apologies to dosthebos2 as this was my intended reply but i messed up...hopefully the video makes up for it.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/17/08

    @not a sailor boy:
    the ends justify the means
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    These are all ugly UGLY people. They deserve to die.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/17/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: I have second thoughts about this comment. Especially given that they are from Austria in the 1930s.


    No one deserves to die ever. Sorry - just feeling sensitive today.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    Dern Fools! You're supposed to pee in a cup/bottle, THEN toss it over the bridge.
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    Image of zchendevlemh **Pacman > Hitman** zchendevlemh **Pacman > Hitman**
    12/17/08

    In reply to Retro Illustrations Show 30 Ways To Die From Electrocution
    at first glance thought the first pic refers

    to an old dude smoking crack :(
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    @zchen ** lawlaw beklog 0o**: I thought it was some newfangled electric hookah.
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