Re: Freight Australia loses anothe Engine on the Oaklands Track??

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

keith malcolm <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> Rod [comtrain] <Comtrain@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Near Miss??   must of missed getting across safely. Also wonder what the
> > significance of "WHEAT truck"
> > Rod [comtrain]
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> Near miss = almost missed = HIT.
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> Dave Malcolm
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Nope, near miss comes from near = close, as in not much space between..
therefore a near miss is an almost hit...