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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK I know it is evil as all hell, but… I am among friends, all non-judgmental types I do sincerely hope. My dark confession: I have aaaaalllllways wanted to see what would happen… if a wheel got loose somehow, a big one, like on a truck, kiting down a long straight hill for instance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What happened at the local airport was something I never dreamed of in my darkest vision of destruction: a wheel falling off a goddam AIRPLANE! On TAKEOFF! That wheel got loose going faster than any truck tire would likely ever get to, on the steepest hill available.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To partially assuage my guilt for wanting to see this, I am truly TRULY glad… no one was injured or seriously killed when this happened. Had there been injuries or serious fatalities, I would feel rotten as all get out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since no one was harmed, my regret is that there is no video of this marvelous event, the wheel hitting the ground on a murderous rampage:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/FlightEmergency/status/1765859061369639230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1765897499301064713%7Ctwgr%5E62edaccb780353d419a1d6c6b4b1546d067a94c0%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ftire-separates-boeing-777-crushes-cars-san-francisco-parking-lot">https://twitter.com/FlightEmergency/status/1765859061369639230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1765897499301064713%7Ctwgr%5E62edaccb780353d419a1d6c6b4b1546d067a94c0%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ftire-separates-boeing-777-crushes-cars-san-francisco-parking-lot</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja I know I am a total sicko for even wondering about it. But I find this whole thing darkly amusing. I can assure you, I had nossink to do with this failure, NOSSINK!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>