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4th December 2009, 04:51 PM #1
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Man moves mountain
Man moves mountain to park truck
From correspondents in Patna, India From: Reuters December 01, 2009 4:48PM
AN Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.
"I could not park my truck near my house since the mountain blocked my path," Ramchandra Das, 53, who lives in eastern Bihar state's Gaya district, said.
Mr Das said fear of thieves stealing his truck prompted him to work on the tunnel all by himself after authorities refused help.
"I had to leave my truck miles away, so I decided to do something about it myself," Mr Das said by telephone.
Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.
"We rarely come across a man who can work so hard to achieve his goal," Prabhat Kumar Jha, a local government official said.
Seemed to funny to be true but apparently it isDave,
hug the tree before you start the chainsaw.
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4th December 2009, 08:48 PM #2
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Originally Posted by Bluegum
The thing that seems funny to me about this is that he was apparently motivated by fear of theives stealing his truck. It took him 14 years, so with the truck is now clapped out and hasn't been stolen in 14 years - if had been stolen they would have said... After 14 years, I'd probbbly not worry any more!
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5th December 2009, 02:57 AM #3
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Wonderful story!!!!
That is the thing about people in these sorts of countries, they WILL do things for themselves.
I see examples of really hard physical labour here every day. The achievements of some of these people are astounding.
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5th December 2009, 10:25 AM #4
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he obviously doesn't have an XBox
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5th December 2009, 02:39 PM #5
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I wonder if any of these villagers actually helped him with the tunnel? Originally Posted by Bluegum
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7th December 2009, 11:07 AM #6
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Or a wife... Originally Posted by snapman007
I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
We live in a free country. We have freedom of choice. You can choose to agree with me, or you can choose to be wrong.
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9th December 2009, 11:28 AM #7
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Maybe he does Originally Posted by damian
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10th December 2009, 11:36 PM #8
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Maybe he has a toll on the tunnel
Reality is no background music.
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