Interesting graphs and charts department

footfootfoot · 01-29-2015, 12:32 PM

"I'll just reach up into this jointer and clear out the chips... I'll just reach under this mower and clear out the clogged grass... I'll just stick my hand into this snowblower to loosen up the packed snow... Let me look down into this barrel and see why the gun didn't go off..."

There's a youtube video of the last one. The guy won the Bronze medal in the Darwin competition.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2015, 12:59 AM

After you've mangled your hand (or what ever you're clearing the clog with, Studly) be careful driving to the hospital.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highway Loss Data Institute, reports some interesting results. Realize they are recording real world results so it's primarily on vehicles three years old.

In 1989 the reported, A 700% variation between model.(pdf)

In 2011 they reported, "Death rates by model: SUV drivers are among least likely to be killed".

There's a lot of information there. I don't agree with all of their theories or conclusions, but the data charted should be pretty straight foreword.

BigV · 01-30-2015, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

"I'll just reach up into this jointer and clear out the chips... I'll just reach under this mower and clear out the clogged grass... I'll just stick my hand into this snowblower to loosen up the packed snow... Let me look down into this barrel and see why the gun didn't go off..."

There's a youtube video of the last one. The guy won the Bronze medal in the Darwin competition.

didn't the bill of his baseball cap get the gold?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-31-2015, 08:23 PM

Last year the TSA intercepted a record number of guns from carry-on bags. Wapo says 2,212, an average of six per day, with 83% of them loaded. I haven't heard of any of them being terrorist tied, though, and the numbers don't sound so bad when you consider they're frisking an average of1.8 MILLION people every day.

Lamplighter · 02-01-2015, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Last year the TSA intercepted a record number of guns from carry-on bags. Wapo says 2,212, an average of six per day, with 83% of them loaded. I haven't heard of any of them being terrorist tied, though, and the numbers don't sound so bad when you consider they're frisking an average of1.8 MILLION people every day.

However, all is not lost. There are federal surplus (recycling) centers all around the country...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-01-2015, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

However, all is not lost. There are federal surplus (recycling) centers all around the country...

They recycle, others in the same business fence.

orthodoc · 01-31-2015, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

"I'll just reach up into this jointer and clear out the chips... I'll just reach under this mower and clear out the clogged grass... I'll just stick my hand into this snowblower to loosen up the packed snow... Let me look down into this barrel and see why the gun didn't go off..."

"I'll just disable the guard and reach into this machine that spins heavy metal at 2000 rpm so I can make the process go ... arrrrrgggghhh ..."

This is my Monday morning, every Monday. And Tuesday through Friday. I've gotta say, hope reigns eternal - everyone out there thinks he/she can shave a few seconds off of ... what? ... and eventually ends up in my clinic getting xrayed and stitched up, or treated for that third-degree burn from the plasma torch that (oops!) hit the ground and damn-the-switch-turned-on ...

I keep trying to put myself out of business (strange, I know), but these folks keep me in business.

01-29-2015, 12:32 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	"I'll just reach up into this jointer and clear out the chips... I'll just reach under this mower and clear out the clogged grass... I'll just stick my hand into this snowblower to loosen up the packed snow... Let me look down into this barrel and see why the gun didn't go off..." There's a youtube video of the last one. The guy won the Bronze medal in the Darwin competition. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-30-2015, 12:59 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	After you've mangled your hand (or what ever you're clearing the clog with, Studly) be careful driving to the hospital. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highway Loss Data Institute, reports some interesting results. Realize they are recording real world results so it's primarily on vehicles three years old. In 1989 the reported, A 700% variation between model.(pdf) In 2011 they reported, "Death rates by model: SUV drivers are among least likely to be killed". There's a lot of information there. I don't agree with all of their theories or conclusions, but the data charted should be pretty straight foreword. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-31-2015, 08:23 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Last year the TSA intercepted a record number of guns from carry-on bags. Wapo says 2,212, an average of six per day, with 83% of them loaded. I haven't heard of any of them being terrorist tied, though, and the numbers don't sound so bad when you consider they're frisking an average of1.8 MILLION people every day. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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