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Shawnee123 · 07-14-2009, 10:55 AM

I'm not surprised, I see people trying to walk and text all the time, every day, by the hundreds.

Great lesson for the kid: if you're stupid, blame someone else and try to get some money out of it. Behold the next generation of entitlement mentality.

spudcon · 07-14-2009, 08:11 PM

The barriers may have been there, but texting teens seem oblivious to reality.

ZenGum · 07-14-2009, 09:56 PM

I saw a short blurb in New Scientist about an app for your phone that uses the camera to capture where you are walking and displaying to you on the screen so you can keep an eye on it while texting. I don't know if it helps with oncoming buses, though.

Someone texting and walking carelessly in my vicinity is liable to receive a gentle bump on their elbow from my bag.

TheMercenary · 07-15-2009, 07:21 AM

Funny. We have a 3 person Sea-doo Jet Ski. Goes about 70mph. To fast for me on the water. Anyway we got this notice yesterday and I found it kind of funny. They updated their safety video.

" This updated version reflects the most recent safety information available to BRP in relation to the use of its SEA-DOO personal watercrafts. Among other subjects, it emphasizes on what riders must wear to protect themselves against what has been known as "the water skier hazard", i.e. forceful water entry into the lower body opening(s) of males or females."

WTF?

www.sea-doo.com/safety-video

Crimson Ghost · 07-15-2009, 05:16 PM

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Aliantha · 07-15-2009, 05:22 PM

Same thing should apply to waterskiiers. If you don't employ your sphincter muscles at the time of takeoff, you're gonna get cleaned out.

TheMercenary · 07-17-2009, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Huge blob of Arctic goo floats past Slope communities
IT'S NOT OIL: No one in the area can recall seeing anything like it before.

http://www.adn.com/2835/story/864687.html

TheMercenary · 07-17-2009, 08:32 AM

Big Balls...

Man uses chain saw in Wyo. mountain lion attack

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=0

Griff · 07-17-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Big Balls...

Man uses chain saw in Wyo. mountain lion attack

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=0

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the 100-pound lion staring at him from some bushes.
There is your explanation. I always thought a chainsaw would be your best bet against a bear or lion.

TheMercenary · 07-17-2009, 01:56 PM

Ummm... yea, I read it.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2009, 01:17 AM

Quote:

The wounded animal retreated after Britton inflicted a six- to eight-inch gash on the lion's shoulder, leaving him with only a small puncture wound on his forearm.

"You would think if you hit an animal with a chain saw it would dig right in," he said. "I might as well have hit it with a hockey stick."

This is surprising, to me. I guess he hit the lion with a glancing blow on the shoulder, rather that a straight shot to soft tissue.

Crimson Ghost · 07-18-2009, 07:42 AM

Fought a mountain lion with a chainsaw?

Groovy.

/obscure...?

capnhowdy · 07-18-2009, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the 100-pound lion staring at him from some bushes.
There is your explanation. I always thought a chainsaw would be your best bet against a bear or lion.

OOO RAH!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2009, 09:05 PM

Another ex-marine kills a bear by throwing a log at it.

Quote:

“Chris Everhart just had a Father’s Day he’ll never forget. The ex-Marine saved the lives of his three young sons when a 300-pound bear attacked their Georgia campsite last weekend.

link

ZenGum · 07-19-2009, 03:03 AM

Holy shit. He killed a bear by throwing a log at it.

Even Rambo would have used a knife.

I think "do not mess with ex-marines" sounds like a good rule for life.

07-14-2009, 10:55 AM	#526
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm not surprised, I see people trying to walk and text all the time, every day, by the hundreds. Great lesson for the kid: if you're stupid, blame someone else and try to get some money out of it. Behold the next generation of entitlement mentality. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-14-2009, 08:11 PM	#527
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	The barriers may have been there, but texting teens seem oblivious to reality. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-14-2009, 09:56 PM	#528
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I saw a short blurb in New Scientist about an app for your phone that uses the camera to capture where you are walking and displaying to you on the screen so you can keep an eye on it while texting. I don't know if it helps with oncoming buses, though. Someone texting and walking carelessly in my vicinity is liable to receive a gentle bump on their elbow from my bag. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-15-2009, 07:21 AM	#529
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Funny. We have a 3 person Sea-doo Jet Ski. Goes about 70mph. To fast for me on the water. Anyway we got this notice yesterday and I found it kind of funny. They updated their safety video. " This updated version reflects the most recent safety information available to BRP in relation to the use of its SEA-DOO personal watercrafts. Among other subjects, it emphasizes on what riders must wear to protect themselves against what has been known as "the water skier hazard", i.e. forceful water entry into the lower body opening(s) of males or females." WTF? www.sea-doo.com/safety-video __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-15-2009, 05:16 PM	#530
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	SeeDoo Enema Kits Available Here __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

07-15-2009, 05:22 PM	#531
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Same thing should apply to waterskiiers. If you don't employ your sphincter muscles at the time of takeoff, you're gonna get cleaned out. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-17-2009, 08:32 AM	#533
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Big Balls... Man uses chain saw in Wyo. mountain lion attack http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=0 __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-17-2009, 01:56 PM	#535
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ummm... yea, I read it. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-18-2009, 07:42 AM	#537
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Fought a mountain lion with a chainsaw? Groovy. /obscure...? __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

07-19-2009, 03:03 AM	#540
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Holy shit. He killed a bear by throwing a log at it. Even Rambo would have used a knife. I think "do not mess with ex-marines" sounds like a good rule for life. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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