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kentauros

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38. I don't know enough about amputations to really say for certain,

Reply to unkachuck (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 02:10 AM

Mar 2012

but I suppose he could have looked up something on "field surgery" and managed. That or a tourniquet. Those are effective if you don't care about what's at the other end.

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I don't know enough about amputations to really say for certain, kentauros Mar 2012 #38

(Maxwell Smart voice) The old foot in the incinerator trick! chrisa Mar 2012 #14

DUzy candidate! rocktivity Mar 2012 #29

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DOUBLE DUzy Candidate! rocktivity Mar 2012 #25

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