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Australian Parachuter Has Grand Mal Epileptic Seizure Falling at 12,000 Feet Above the Earth
The camera is mounted on one guy's helmet, and he largely keeps the camera trained on the other guy.
Keep your eye on that other guy; he's the one who has the seizure.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 02, 2015 01:30 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:30 PM (afQnV)
Last year locally a guy apparently disabled the hydrostatic (?) fail-safe chute-opening device that is now standard on most free falls. Professional/instructor parachutist. Forget what happened, but he failed to open his chute. Died. Sad but simply unbelievable at the same time.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:32 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 02, 2015 01:32 PM (8hctH)
Yikes. After the first attempted grab the seizure guy falls so far away I though camera guy would never reach him.
That was scary.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 02, 2015 01:33 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at March 02, 2015 01:33 PM (Dq8Uc)
Posted by: Heralder at March 02, 2015 01:33 PM (/Mxso)
I wonder if the guy who had the seizure had a history of seizures.
Posted by: Penfold at March 02, 2015 01:34 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Hillary! at March 02, 2015 01:35 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 02, 2015 01:36 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: NCKate at March 02, 2015 01:36 PM (JHNpt)
Posted by: Sphynx at March 02, 2015 01:37 PM (OZmbA)
That was me Hillary. Enough of this stolen valor
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 02, 2015 01:37 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 02, 2015 01:32 PM (8hctH)
Ditto
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:37 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: The Free World, watching with baited breath at March 02, 2015 01:37 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2015 01:38 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:38 PM (J+Qkj)
In many ways, this is the story of America under Obama.
Posted by: The Free World, watching with baited breath
<<
Who's going to pull the rip cord?
Posted by: Sphynx at March 02, 2015 01:38 PM (OZmbA)
So this guy was not using the automatic fail-safe device? Amazing. Navy SEAL friend say they used them always. How recreational parachutists could even imagine jumping without one leaves me wordless.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:38 PM (afQnV)
One Lucky Dude.
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 01:39 PM (rO61x)
In many ways, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Heralder at March 02, 2015 01:33 PM (/Mxso)
Early contender for threadwinner.
Posted by: flounder at March 02, 2015 01:39 PM (FHh8u)
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 01:39 PM (MYCIw)
yes, he did, but he hadn't had one in four years.
I guess the tremendous stimulation of the jump got his brain going.
Although surely he's gotten that a bunch of times before-- no one jumps solo their first time. I bet you have to jump like ten times with that "buddy" configuration before you're rated to jump solo.
Posted by: ace at March 02, 2015 01:40 PM (E+pqw)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 01:40 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 02, 2015 01:40 PM (XO6WW)
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Ahh, this is Australia, Mate. People jump out of planes all the time because of a bar bet.
Posted by: Aussie at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: MTF, High Horsin' at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (FCsIb)
There's a lot I don't understand about human nature, like jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.
Posted by: Boots at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (l9mF2)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:38 PM (afQnV)
Actually I thought I heard he was. Not sure. But the guy just went after him to be sure
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (J+Qkj)
Is it true that once you go skydiving, you get put into a different risk pool for life insurance for life? Someone was telling me that once but I wasn't following. And I cancelled my sky diving lessons.
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (eytER)
Posted by: flounder at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (FHh8u)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (VAsIq)
I have problems believing he could come out of a seizure that quickly and have the whereforeall to be able to land safely. People I see have seizures are out of it.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (iQIUe)
I can't watch the video because I've seen a grand mal seizure up close and ---- nightmares.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 01:42 PM (lHHyw)
Posted by: NCKate at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (JHNpt)
Automatic chute-opener moots all of this. No reason for a disabled parachutist to ever fall to earth without chute opening. Injury on (unconscious) landing is another thing, of course.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (afQnV)
Nobody notices.
I mean, do they? You don't, I'm sure gaa hhkeylasieeeeee....
Posted by: Your Crazy Uncle Joe Biden at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (h6Mpm)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (rO61x)
Posted by: Groupon at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (8ZskC)
Seriously, is there anything there that doesn't want to kill you?
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:43 PM (J+Qkj)
Posted by: Aussie at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (VAsIq)
While holding a live crocodile.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (2Ojst)
Years ago, I went to watch a bunch of friends jump out of a plane. The parachute place was at a small airport in western Mass. They gave them about a half hour course on how the jump would go, they had a static line so there wasn't much for them to do other than try not to "stick" a landing.
They spent about 10 minutes going over how to open the emergency chute that was packed on their belly. They were supposed to recognize that their primary chute didn't open and then place one hand on the emergency chute and use the other to pull out about a half dozen cotter pins, open the bag and throw the chute out.
Yeah. All that was going to happen in about the 20 seconds it would take them to plummet to their deaths. I just smiled and had another beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: joncelli at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (RD7QR)
My mom's last seizure was buying cat food at wal-mart. You never know when they'll hit. At most you get a few seconds warning with some visual disturbances. I can't imagine doing something like jumping out of a plane with that history.
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (MYCIw)
b) did that guy shit his pants? Not to be super judgey here, but it kind of looked like it to me.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Country Singer
This x1000!
Remember class, outside is trying to kill you.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 02, 2015 01:45 PM (eytER)
Posted by: Fritz at March 02, 2015 01:45 PM (dVmLD)
---
The people there are really friendly.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 01:45 PM (VAsIq)
You wouldn't happen to be talking about a place in berkshire county, would you?
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:45 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (Hmawh)
T keeps telling me to start jumping again
I think that's why
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (J+Qkj)
A friend did 80 jumps. She said it was easy at first but towards the end after she broke her ankle and an arm, she got cold feet and gave it up.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (iQIUe)
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Yeah, Lizzy. End of video says he regained consciousness at 3000 feet and landed safely.
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (rO61x)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (S+el1)
b) did that guy shit his pants? Not to be super judgey here, but it kind of looked like it to me.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:44 PM (AkOaV)
Possibly.
I wet mine when I had seizures. Which was great fun right in front of the rest of the seventh grade. They were all wonderfully understanding and supportive, as you can imagine.
Posted by: A dot at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Garrett at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (66Sda)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 01:46 PM (rO61x)
the parachute certainly helped with the "landed safely" part, cuz otherwise regaining consciousness or not, I don't think he was going to be walking away from that one
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (AkOaV)
Remember class, outside is trying to kill you.
I've never been camping without being armed.
Them: fangs, claws, venom.
Me: teeth, fingernails, spit.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (0HooB)
If memory serves it was Orange, MA.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (g1DWB)
What is happening? Brain freeze?
Posted by: navybrat at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (JgC5a)
And giant alien-invasion-fleet hurled asteroids.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (0FSuD)
https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/572280963775909888
If you can deal with giant poisonous spiders, you can live here. #cremorne
Posted by: kbdabear at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: SMOD at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (rDqRv)
I wet mine when I had seizures. Which was great fun right in front of the rest of the seventh grade. They were all wonderfully understanding and supportive, as you can imagine.
Posted by: A dot at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (vgIRn)
Ha, yeah, I can imagine that sucking.
I saw a frat dog get tased by campus cops in college and he pissed his pants.
Pretty hilarious. Even the cop was grinning.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (AkOaV)
One of the soldiers laughing said " why are you so scared about jumping out of a plane ? I thought you Marines were supposed to be the toughest , badass fighters in the world?"
The Marine replied " I know but I've never been ordered to jump out of a plane and it will be my first time'
Still laughing the soldier said " it's nothing . After you pull your chute it like floating "
The Marine looking totally relieved exclaimed " we get to use chutes? "
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (glJL/)
What is happening? Brain freeze?
Overpowered synapse firing.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 01:48 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (iQIUe)
After I have a wife and kids, I guess parachuting is kind of off the table at that point.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Garrett at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (66Sda)
Just don't get it confused with Hans Solo again ok?
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (7ObY1)
https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/572277238302834688
Posted by: kbdabear at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (GrXXa)
Speaking of fatal free-falls, right now Rush is railing on (more or less correctly) about the state of things, noting that the GOP has no real animating or guiding objectives or ideology (using "ideology" as so many do now in its dumbed-down form).
Guess we'll see - in a more or less conclusive way - this week whether things are as bad as they seem (spoiler: they are). Pairingone of the greatest national election victories with their near total collapse"once they have been seated and have their majorities" may be one of the rare moments in public life where things are laid bare. Crystal clear. Common sense, rule of law, and the saner and more productive half of the country have literally no influence over the place any longer.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at March 02, 2015 01:33 PM (Dq8Uc)
Why, hello there!
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 02, 2015 01:49 PM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Neil Disgrace Tyson at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (79ClZ)
Posted by: maddogg at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 01:47 PM (g1DWB)
Ah, k, nevermind.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (glJL/)
Week one separates the men from the boys
Week two separates the men from the fools
Week three, fools jump.
Posted by: Penfold at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (/kI1Q)
I've only had a couple of weeks time in Oz, but I found their customer service to be some of the worst I've seen.
I don't think it's just me, either. When I got back I looked online to see what other people thought and it was a common complaint.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (VAsIq)
Read he had a history of seizures but thought he was ok.
Posted by: NCKate at March 02, 2015 01:36 PM (JHNpt)
I hate to be rude, but THIS is why many states do not let epileptics have drivers licenses.
If they stay on their meds they are usually OK. Most don't
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (0FSuD)
I still cant figure out why people climb Everest. Do they enjoy freezing their ass off? Altitude sickness? Dying?
It all looks the same up there. Just white peaks and clouds. Sounds boring to me. And so so expensive.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)
You're not supposed to touch down face first...
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (2Ojst)
Pick one:
sky diving?
or
Shark diving at the Farallon Islands without a cage?
or
Pissing AtC off?
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (S+el1)
I wish I could listen to Rush during the day... but I can't.
a) because, you know, work
and
b) he has more commercials then a buzzfeed-linked cat video.
I think the podcasts are 32 mins per hour. Thats 28 minutes of commercials. My god.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:51 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 01:52 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)
I thought you were saying it was the third time your nose was broken.... by your wife...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 02, 2015 01:52 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 02, 2015 01:52 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: redsweater at March 02, 2015 01:53 PM (q5JWV)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 02, 2015 01:50 PM (jhqr1)
Cuz they don't do the whole "tips" thing over there.
If you get $12 an hour or whatever to be a waitress, you don't give a shit if the tourists think your service as shitty. You just have to be good enough to not get fired.
That's why american customer service in hospitality industries is usually decent. People gotta hustle and smile for those tips
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:53 PM (AkOaV)
Or you go from petite mal to grand mal
Or the medication ceases to be effective
Or you aren't sleeping
Or drinking too much
Or under stress
Or diabetic
Or stroking
There are a lot of reasons you can have a seizure
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 01:54 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: LIV at March 02, 2015 01:54 PM (a3NCX)
Shark diving (or any sort) at the Farallons? Dry-suit, I assume? No way I'd do wetsuit in that water. Not like my friend who (no s**t) SWIMS in SF Bay - for fun and exercise, just a speedo and goggles. He claims it's mental, not physical. Dunno, at his last little event (in water that was just 59-60) I was hyper-ventilating so much at the start I had to do breast-stroke and back-stroke for a few minutes before I could go head-down into freestyle. Can't figure out how that situation is mental vs. physical.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (afQnV)
That's as close to jumping out a plane I am going to get.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (ODxAs)
What is happening? Brain freeze?
Neurons misfiring. Lots of them.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (jhqr1)
Scuba diving on the other hand.............
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Bruce J.
I think it's because they like shitting in a bag and carrying around with them.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (EwP4K)
Yeah...I'd like to know where it was when its power system started overheating.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Heralder at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (/Mxso)
I had a seizure once, 70 mph in the left lane and my vision got all pixelly so I couldn't see to pull over. Ditched the car in the median strip, got out and passed out. Scary experience.
The Doctors MRIed me and didn't find anything. They said if I had more siezures it's epilepsy and if I don't it's just an event.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (JtwS4)
Got to use the air brakes first. then step right off.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 01:56 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (ODxAs)
In the US, satellites beam shit down down to earth.
In Soviet Russia, earth beams shit to space.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 01:57 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: redsweater at March 02, 2015 01:57 PM (q5JWV)
When I jump I don't even use a chute. I just waft down like a Frisbee.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 02, 2015 01:52 PM (8ZskC)
OK Thread WINNER.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ace at March 02, 2015 01:40 PM (E+pqw)
I don't know what the actual standards are, but yeah, most drop zones will only let you jump if you've had enough training & a couple of static line jumps.
I mean, I'm sure there are still a few out there who'll let you go up with a case of beer & an old military round chute & no idea what you're doing, but those are getting rare. Insurance gets kinda pricey after a few people bounce off the ground. Gets hard to find a pilot willing to fly soon-to-be corpses. All that.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (Q819Q)
They could just walk my dog for me and save the climb.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (g1DWB)
Weasel Zippers
For the record, not that it matters---But the population of Ferguson is not 70% and growing. Who the fuck are the Police suppose to stop?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (rDqRv)
A former SCUBA dive instructor of mine went into Puget Sound and got dragged down 200+ feet by a vertical water column. Poor man didn't make it.
Outside really is trying to kill us.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (jhqr1)
Don't taunt
It's not nice
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:59 PM (J+Qkj)
Interesting (and scary). When I witnessed a loved one having a seizure (not epileptic) he had no awareness or memory of it after he came out of it. Was unconscious for minutes after the seizure part, too.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 01:59 PM (lHHyw)
Scuba diving on the other hand.............
Posted by: Soona
Yeah. Eventually you'll float to the surface........
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 01:59 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: navybrat at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (rDqRv)
That's 70% black
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Waldo Truth aka Drew Thompson at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (fWAjv)
Meanwhile, Jon Corzine orders the Oysters Rockefeller with a bottle of Dom.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (J+Qkj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 02, 2015 01:55 PM (ODxAs)
Space can't melt aluminum!
Posted by: Rosie ODonnell at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (rks47)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (rks47)
Apparently, this had never happened to her before. The absolute terror on her face while it was happening still haunts me to this day.
Posted by: Eisenhorn at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (CrJzY)
Take out the word "racist" and that's pretty much every police department in the country.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (2Ojst)
I spent a year in the Caribbean teaching SCUBA and doing commercial diving, often in San Juan harbor which is chock full of sharks because of all the fishing boats.
I would do it again in a meat suit before I would jump out of a plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (g1DWB)
I came up, opened the door, could tell the dude was
having some problems. I dragged him out of the car, turned off the
engine. EMTs showed up shortly afterward.
Posted by: navybrat at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (JgC5a)
How much cash did he have in his wallet?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (SpnVI)
I still cant figure out why people climb Everest. Do they enjoy freezing their ass off? Altitude sickness? Dying?"
Especially with the bodies of all the dead scattered all up and down the trail to the top. They don't generally recover them so many are still there.
You see death all the way to the top.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:01 PM (DmjB0)
Two words.....shin guards
****runs away****
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 02:00 PM (J+Qkj)
Ankle pads.
I'll be in an undisclosed location.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (659DL)
I read a WWII book when I was a little kid that had a paratroop version of Battle Hymn of the Republic.
"There was blood upon the lanyards
There were brains upon the chutes
When medics finally got to him
They poured him from his boots"
I actually remember a lot more of it. I don't remember yesterday so well, but I know what I read when I was 11.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (JtwS4)
Was it hit by something?
Could it have been targeted by a laser weapon?
SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc Feb 27
20-year-old Military Weather Satellite Apparently Exploded in Orbit http://bit.ly/1ay2G1j
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Think again.
Mt Everest is a giant trash heap.
http://tinyurl.com/m678pn5
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 02:03 PM (rO61x)
Wanna date?
Posted by: Infidel at March 02, 2015 02:03 PM (hzk7S)
WTF?
So is this *actual* racist traffic stops (where they're letting whites off with warnings, or not even stopping them)? Or is it "racist" ("disparate impact") traffic stops?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:03 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (rDqRv)
Honkey ass cracka ass pinkies
Posted by: SJW who hates racism at March 02, 2015 02:04 PM (fWAjv)
You see death all the way to the top.
Motivation.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:05 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (jhqr1)
---------------------------------------
The guy must have panicked. I've been caught in verticle columns too, and just swam out of them. They can take you down some ways, but being alert to your depth, you can make your move quickly to get out of it.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:05 PM (/HX7u)
I'd say one of three things could have happened
1) Global warming. Weather satellite? Temperature spike? This is my most promising theory.
2) someone testing their cool new anti satellite weapons
3) shit just blew up. It's a fucking 20 year old computer floating around in space, dude.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:05 PM (AkOaV)
TRS-80 FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:06 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: redsweater at March 02, 2015 02:06 PM (q5JWV)
Read he had a history of seizures but thought he was ok.
Posted by: NCKate at March 02, 2015 01:36 PM (JHNpt)
I wonder if he told his parachute instructors that little factoid? Because I can pretty much guarantee not one of them would have touched him with a 10-foot pole if he had.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:07 PM (wtvvX)
They could just walk my dog for me and save the climb.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 01:58 PM (g1DWB)
Whoz bitch dis is?
Posted by: Jackstraw's Dog at March 02, 2015 02:07 PM (FHh8u)
Instead of expanding four-member Middle East organization, EU foreign chief says Quartet to meet with Arab League in coming weeks.
Oh Yeah NOW Israel will trust you?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 02:07 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:08 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM
"Blood on the Risers"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 02, 2015 02:08 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (Joseph if you're nasty) at March 02, 2015 01:41 PM (J+Qkj)
I heard it was the same rule for sex, too...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:08 PM (wtvvX)
You can't tell if the guy was really having a seizure or not. It's kinda interesting that he recovered just in time to land.
This is one of those "sure man whatever you say" type stories.
No part of this can truly be corroborated. As the person having the seizure could be part of the scam. I'd feel better about it if he hadn't recovered so quickly.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 02:09 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 02, 2015 01:32 PM (8hctH)
Well, it wasn't a perfectly good good airplane. The carpet was peeling up. I kid a little, but suppose a skydiver got his or her foot snagged on that loose carpet as he/she bailed out? Could be ugly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 02, 2015 02:09 PM (HCEgT)
At best their safety equipment consisted of a motorcycle open face helmet and goggles. He went on the be president of the United States Parachute Organization but my mother never let me go up in the planes, old (even then) Cessna 172's, nor would she let me put on a parachute even though he assured her he'd be right there.
Later, when I was a teen I got back at her by learning to rappel and free climb.
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at March 02, 2015 02:10 PM (74McK)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 02, 2015 02:10 PM (fWAjv)
Was it hit by something?
Could it have been targeted by a laser weapon?
SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc Feb 27
20-year-old Military Weather Satellite Apparently Exploded in Orbit http://bit.ly/1ay2G1j
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (ZPrif)
Tetsuo!!!
Posted by: Kaneda at March 02, 2015 02:10 PM (u9OP6)
They do know there was a temperature spike right before the event. But perhaps a collision would also cause that.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 02, 2015 02:11 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:08 PM (wtvvX)
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Nope. Went solo the first time.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:11 PM (/HX7u)
Who lets an epileptic jump out of airplanes?
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 02, 2015 01:40 PM (XO6WW)
Yeah. Normally you have to push them out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 02, 2015 02:11 PM (HCEgT)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:12 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:11 PM (/HX7u)
Left handed?
or
Right handed??
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:12 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:13 PM (Ae7K+)
I don't know, but something could have leaked in to the battery from the propulsion system or whatever kind of hydraulics they have... or vice versa.
Thing was launched in 1995. 1995! That makes it at least 2 years too old to get an invite to pedo island.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:13 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:13 PM (659DL)
Strobe lights, concert lights, some video games with flashing lights. All can trigger seizure in an epileptic
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (zOTsN)
That happened at a performance of Cats (DON'T MOCK ME) that my wife dragged me to almost 30 years ago. Beginning of the show, all kinds of strobe lights go off. Woman a couple rows away immediately begins freaking out/seizing.I told my wife that was more entertaining than the play...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:13 PM (wtvvX)
They don't store 20 years' worth of energy, they use it like a capacitor, topping it off with solar energy when possible.
Posted by: redsweater at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (q5JWV)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (659DL)
So too old for Epstein and Clinton, but still young enough for Obama.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:12 PM (S+el1)
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Neither. As soon as I gazed upon my naked hands, it was over.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:14 PM (659DL)
Yes, yes, of course.
As a male, it still had a whole lifetime ahead of it at pedo island.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)
Soothie's Daily Tip:
Research shows that people who write down their goals more often achieve them.
Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (omuEe)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Gary Johnston at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 02:02 PM (zOTsN)
Certain autoplay videos . . .
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (h6Mpm)
The same people who let a blind man search for backup tapes in the wrong state.
Posted by: Fritz at March 02, 2015 02:16 PM (dVmLD)
Drive enemies before me.
Listen to lamentations of their women.
Don't throw stupid interceptions against Ohio St. next time.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:17 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:17 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 02:17 PM (zOTsN)
171
Tex Lovera
When is your man card up for review?
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:15 PM (S+el1)
Look, I was newly married and extremely horny, OK? I'd have drunk Bud Light if it got me laid...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:17 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 02, 2015 02:18 PM (XO6WW)
Aussie...is that you?
You disappeared for quite some time, and they were getting concerned about you.
I wasn't, cause...well...guys don't get concerned.
But they were.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 02, 2015 02:18 PM (LQGUr)
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:18 PM (Ae7K+)
Nope. Went solo the first time.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:11 PM (/HX7u)
You're welcome
Posted by: Hans Solo at March 02, 2015 02:19 PM (84oau)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:19 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:20 PM (o90mc)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:21 PM (S+el1)
Does research show that what is written down CAN be used against you?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:21 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: wrg500
If it worked, then he went below and beyond the call of duty.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 02, 2015 02:21 PM (Spluw)
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First time I read that I thought it read, "........learning how to rape".
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:21 PM (/HX7u)
That happened at a performance of Cats that my wife dragged me to
Posted by: Tex Lovera
"Skimbleshanks -- the Railway Cat"
*falls to floor* *convulses*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 02, 2015 02:22 PM (kdS6q)
The jumper has epilepsy but had been cleared by his doctors, since he hadn't had a seizure in several years.
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 02, 2015 02:22 PM (5HBd1)
Heh. heh. heh.
___________________
From what I've heard, that Fort Bragg tower is statistically more dangerous than jumping out of an airplane. Like an L4, it's so safe it can just barely kill you.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:22 PM (xq1UY)
Judge Judy just extended her contract with CBS Television.
Three more years at $47 MILLION per year.
Damn....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (Ae7K+)
Posted by: despair at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (J6suc)
And THAT'S why they call it a "Practice".
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (Hmawh)
Heh. heh. heh.
___________________
From what I've heard, that Fort Bragg tower is statistically more dangerous than jumping out of an airplane. Like an L4, it's so safe it can just barely kill you.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:22 PM (xq1UY)
There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.... Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
Posted by: Hans Solo at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (84oau)
Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (6J/xZ)
A clean whack-out wasn't on my mind. Getting splattered, but surviving ... THAT was on my mind.
Fun fact: you find out what you're afraid of just as you fall asleep, and lose conscious control of your thoughts.
Posted by: William Patrick Hitler at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: DaveA at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (DL2i+)
It's a stupid hobby for anyone but and wonder if he figured we're all stupid for skydiving my extra risk makes me only marginally stupider. No it makes you lots stupider and I think he must be so stupid that he will not only attempt, but be willing to lie and cheat to get the privilege of stupidly falling from great heights again.
Posted by: SarahW at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (Lbv/k)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:25 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (S+el1)
Okay, you've helped me solve it.
The AMERICANS blew it up because it was a weather satellite that was too old to re-program with the new "historical" weather data to hide the decline.
amirite or what?
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (AkOaV)
Does your wife make you watch Judge Judy too? Poor guy.
Man card, now.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 02:24 PM (6J/xZ)
Sorry, that is one red line that I will NEVER cross...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (sH832)
Posted by: wrg500
Original Broadway version please. Don't bitch out with that road show version either.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 02, 2015 02:27 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: SarahW at March 02, 2015 02:27 PM (Lbv/k)
With a diabetic seizure, they'll die on you. I worked as an EMT several years ago with my son. Long story. In the NC Mts you have a lot of Injuins, feather, not dot, that have the "dibettes". Seizures are not uncommon.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (0FSuD)
Who are even now checking to make sure their malpractice insurance is paid up.
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (h6Mpm)
Apparently I have a Kate Upton Phobia.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (81UWZ)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (wtvvX)
Oh, cmon now... Judge Judy isn't all that bad. She's just on when normal people are at work.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: despair at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (J6suc)
I don't like heights either, but the height in the parachute jump didn't bother me, because provision had been made for it (the primary and reserve canopies). Now walking across a skyscraper beam at the same height (where a fall is not planned or provided for), and all I can say is the people below me better had better keep a weather eye out, 'cause I'm gonna mess myself.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (oKE6c)
Know somebody that did that. Don't go jumping out of planes high on funny pills. Or you get to do the "Pike" for the rest of your life.
Bee-eep. Bee-eep.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 02, 2015 02:29 PM (sH832)
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 02:28 PM (h6Mpm)
"Hey Doc, you think its safe if I jump out of a plane, you know, with the seizure thing and all of that?"
"I can't see what could possibly go wrong."
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:29 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: SarahW at March 02, 2015 02:27 PM (Lbv/k)
So now we know chicken soup doesn't prevent epileptic seizures.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:30 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: wrg500
Oh God, now I'm having flashbacks.
Better load up on the Val-U-Rite on the way home...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:30 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: New Phone at March 02, 2015 02:30 PM (urYx/)
That's more than any sitcom star on the highest rated show makes . It really makes no sense. Syndication to local outlets must make the network a fortune.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 02:31 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: New Phone at March 02, 2015 02:30 PM (urYx/)
No humping? count me out...
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (84oau)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 02:31 PM (glJL/)
She has better ratings than Oprah did, brah.
#1 syndicated show in 'Merica.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (AkOaV)
"I can't see what could possibly go wrong."
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:29 PM (AkOaV)
We felt that it was a perfectly sound decision.
Posted by: IPAB at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (FHh8u)
1954 syfi about giant ants that grew because of Nuke tests.
Not bad actually. The 50's pics. Women with hats on!
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: blind investigator at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (2KB+E)
Know somebody that did that. Don't go jumping out of planes high on funny pills. Or you get to do the "Pike" for the rest of your life.
Bee-eep. Bee-eep.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 02, 2015 02:29 PM (sH832)
Yep. The house we lived in in grad school was right next to a center for para- and quadriplegics, who used to rumble out each morning like an armored division mounting out, the quadriplegics steering with sticks on their heads. THAT was the nightmare scenario that troubled me.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:32 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:23 PM (wtvvX)
That's more than any sitcom star on the highest rated show makes .
It really makes no sense. Syndication to local outlets must make the
network a fortune.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 02:31 PM (glJL/)
Yep. I was stunned.
Apparently, pandering to the LIV demographic pays very handsomely...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: despair
I don't like heights either,
I don't mind heights. I have a very, very strong aversion to falling.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (Hmawh)
Had trouble with heights my whole life. Deathly afraid. Those selfie pics those building climbers take of themselves at the tip-top of a sky-scraper bring me to my knees.
Ironically though, don't mind flying. Love it in fact.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (o90mc)
In the beginning, like the original "Thing," there is nice honest snappy dialogue between friends, like people you'd really like to know. We don't have that any more. Of course, there are fewer atomic ants now, too.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:35 PM (xq1UY)
pics those building climbers take of themselves at the tip-top of a
sky-scraper bring me to my knees.
Ironically though, don't mind flying. Love it in fact.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (o90mc)
Same here. Why? Because flying is part of the plan, and has been provided for. That puts it in the parachuting category for me.
Balancing, on my own, where jumping/ falling is NOT provided for, THAT gives me the willies.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:35 PM (oKE6c)
I hate ladders, however.
Oh, and very tall buildings (but that's a building issue, not a height issue. I have no problem standing on cliffs, walking bridges, and the like, or being in those open-air, or glass-walled elevators).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:35 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Bob Belcher
Yep. I was stunned. Apparently, pandering to the LIV demographic pays very handsomely...
Posted by: Tex Lovera
Advertizers in a feeding frenzy for that FSA money.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (0FSuD)
The nightmares could be caused by whatever medication you're taking. Benadryl always gives me scary psycho nightmares.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (6J/xZ)
I don't mind heights. I have a very, very strong aversion to falling.
Posted by: rickb223
It's not the fall, but the sudden stop at the end that's a killer.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (S+el1)
For a little while.
( taken from a Jeff Bridges sing from his movie where he played a down and out country singer)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (wtvvX)
Oh, yes indeed, it does.
Posted by: Jerry Springer at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (/HX7u)
Look for the scene where they knock over the bus.
You can see "Tonka" clearly written on the side.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (659DL)
The AMERICANS blew it up because it was a weather satellite that was too old to re-program with the new "historical" weather data to hide the decline.
amirite or what?
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:26 PM (AkOaV)
Hmmm.... US does not say anything about the loss, until a Civilian discovers it...
Loss after a 'sudden heat event'...
Laser? Ours (test)? or another countries?
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (qh617)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 02, 2015 02:37 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:35 PM (xq1UY)
Except in Russia
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:37 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: The Black Scorpion at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:37 PM (0FSuD)
In Soviet Russia, Atomic ants have you!
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (rks47)
pics those building climbers take of themselves at the tip-top of a
sky-scraper bring me to my knees.
>>Ironically though, don't mind flying. Love it in fact.
Me too. Always hated heights. Had a summer job when I was in school working for a builder and I spend all day every day climbing ladders with stuff in one and sometimes both arms.
Each day was an exercise in terror.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 02, 2015 02:36 PM (6J/xZ)
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LorTab. Never want to be on those again. Horrible nightmares.
Posted by: Jerry Springer at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: IPAB at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (FHh8u)
Better that than Wayne Knight.
Posted by: despair at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (J6suc)
Ever see a body after the chute doesnt open? It looks like a boiled hotdog with splits all over the place. Almost like some one took an axe to you.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (Hmawh)
Ironically though, don't mind flying. Love it in fact.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (o90mc)
I don't do heights either. I used to climb cliff faces and repel when I was younger. Now a 10 foot ladder has me in the fetal position. No clue wtf happened. I shake having to climb the ladder to clean out the gutters and its a 1 floor house.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: Gravity at March 02, 2015 02:40 PM (evdj2)
"Made in China" lound eye.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:38 PM (Hmawh)
Don't buy that.... why signal you have that capability by hitting an American Sat... when the one you choose to hit is not even being used?
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 02:40 PM (qh617)
Posted by: L, Elle
So does that little blue pill.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:40 PM (S+el1)
According to Wikipedia [insert obligatory "I know I know" here], the 2010 Census says the population of Ferguson, Missouri is over 67% African-American.
So statistically, two-thirds of the traffic stops would necessarily involve African-Americans. Unless the DOJ believes African-Americans are better and safer drivers than whites.*
*It is understood, of course, that they're better and safer drivers than Asians. I mean, come ON.
Posted by: jwpaine at March 02, 2015 02:40 PM (a3NCX)
I went through about four of those "uh oh" cycles, braced for impact, nothing, double "uh oh," braced for another impact, etc. before the canopy deployed. I calculated that the fall was about 250 ft., so many times what you'd ever experience (and survive) otherwise.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 02:40 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (evdj2)
Realization you are mortal and you love life?
Welcome to the club. It's called growing up.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (xq1UY)
Cliffs are bad news. A gust of wind could push you over. Cliff could crumble. The person who says they love you could push you. Or you cd be taking a selfy and walk off.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 02:42 PM (iQIUe)
Man I had dreams about spiders the size of footballs crawling across the tops of my curtains on this stuff. I'd rather smoke that take this stuff again.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:42 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: toby928(C)
Sounds great....until the house fall on your ass.
Posted by: zombie Witch of the East at March 02, 2015 02:42 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:43 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:39 PM (Hmawh)
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Chantix constantly made me feel I was just getting over a six-month maddog run. Nasty shit.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:43 PM (/HX7u)
Get a mobility scooter/knee brace/diabeetus supplies at no cost to you!
Posted by: HR hates everyone who advertises on daytime television at March 02, 2015 02:43 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: ToursLepantoVienna at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (F9l4e)
Posted by: Neil Degrasse Tyson at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (2cS/G)
Let's be honest: the runaway llamas was the most exciting story of the year.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (evdj2)
Now... think Destroyer at Sea... in a storm... and you are about to loose a Radar Antenna up top of the mast... someone has to go up and chain the damn thing down so it does not fall off, and hit the ship...
I'd usually only use one safety line going up the stick.... that night???? Three....
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (qh617)
Because no one know WTF happened? No signature trace like gunpowder? Plausible deniability? "So solly lound eye. Clazy little fvck Kim Jong playing with laer pointer".
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (xq1UY)
and Santa from the original "Miracle On 34th Street"
Posted by: MikeH at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (84oau)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:45 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (xq1UY)
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Watching it now. My most favoritist 50's creature-feature. Very well done.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:46 PM (/HX7u)
Get a mobility scooter/knee brace/diabeetus supplies at no cost to you!
Shove straws up your urethra for free! We'll even pay shipping!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:46 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Neil Degrasse Tyson at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (2cS/G)
Now... think Destroyer at Sea... in a storm... and you are about to loose a Radar Antenna up top of the mast... someone has to go up and chain the damn thing down so it does not fall off, and hit the ship...
I'd usually only use one safety line going up the stick.... that night???? Three....
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 02, 2015 02:44 PM (qh617)
I used to feel sorry for you guys.
And, I was at the end of a rope counting airplanes on the flight deck.
Posted by: jwb7605 at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (ZALPg)
I love that shit. Sleeping is like starring in your own movie.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM
You suppose Choom Boy's takin' that shit?
We're all starring in his movie....
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (P8YHq)
Welcome to the club. It's called growing up.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:41 PM (Hmawh)
Must be. Well I think the turning point was Mt Washington. I was climbing a small cliff face there when I was 16, and some dude taking pics in another area got too close to the edge and fell 1500 feet down some ravine near by. I didn't see it, but it happened during my climb. Something switched off after that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:46 PM (Hmawh)
I'll take the pictures!
Posted by: Robert Mapplethorpe's AIDS-ridden corpse at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (2Ojst)
Man I had dreams about spiders the size of footballs crawling across the tops of my curtains on this stuff. I'd rather smoke that take this stuff again.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:42 PM (S+el1)
Former smoker, cigar chewer, nicotine patch, gum & lozenge user. I finally quit using nicotine when I had major surgery in December 2013. It was bad enough being laid up from surgery then go cold turkey. Damn my waist line sure changed.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 02:47 PM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:48 PM (xq1UY)
Never done that but I have been up the rig on sailboat at sea. Not fun but I would imagine not nearly as bad as on a destroyer.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:48 PM (g1DWB)
Apparently, pandering to the LIV demographic pays very handsomely...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 02:33 PM (wtvvX)
Hey guys -- Judy is one of us.
At least, she's not a liberal. She spends about half her show berating people for being slobs on welfare and tells them to stop having kids.
Basically, she acts like I would if I were a 70 year old judge who just doesnt give a shit.
She was a family court judge in NYC for 30 years, she's the real deal...
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at March 02, 2015 02:49 PM (t2lvB)
...some dude taking pics in another area got too close to the edge and fell 1500 feet down some ravine near by
Damn....that's a loooonnnnnng way to die.
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:50 PM (Ae7K+)
Cliffs are bad news. The person who says they love you could push you.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 02, 2015 02:42 PM (iQIUe)
Once again, in many ways, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: Heralder at March 02, 2015 02:50 PM (/Mxso)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:52 PM (0FSuD)
Basically, she acts like I would if I were a 70 year old judge who just doesnt give a shit.
She was a family court judge in NYC for 30 years, she's the real deal...
She's repellant. Guess you get that way when you have to deal with dumb people bullshitting you for 30 years.
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (Ae7K+)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:48 PM (xq1UY)
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The 50's started the depending on government for all things threatening mentality. Almost every creature-feature had the military called out. And if they failed, then a government scientist would step in and solve the problem.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (/HX7u)
Obama "very interested" in raising taxes through executive action.
http://tinyurl.com/o6ko543
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (g1DWB)
Better that than Wayne Knight."
However, if you can work so as to land on Wayne Knight then you might be okay.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (o90mc)
Yeah, that's supposedly happened more than once recently. Are too many people watching bad TV? I'm not laughing at the loss of life, but damn.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 02, 2015 02:54 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (Ae7K+)
Yeah, I mean that's why people watch her. Because she clearly has long since passed the point of giving a shit and is actually pretty funny.
But I would not take a legit small claims dispute to her. She usually has her mind made up just from reading the answers before the show starts.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (AkOaV)
OTOH, since *I* can't afford a main battle tank, I think I'd be okay with calling out the Army to take on Nuclear Ants. Or Godzilla.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (rO61x)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (S+el1)
A headline Goebbels would be proud of.
Posted by: gewa76 at March 02, 2015 02:56 PM (S9rS1)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:56 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:56 PM (0FSuD)
I went so far as to get a script for Chantix one time but the nightmare stories I heard ultimately scared me from filling it.
A friend did it for a while, successfully, but she was chased around her yard by a giant chicken several times in her dreams.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 02:56 PM (o90mc)
*types*
*deletes*
What the actual fuck? Seriously, he *has* to be trolling at this point. He has to be sitting there, laughing like a stupid late-night DJ doing a prank call.
"Okay... after *this line* they'll realize they're being pranked..."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:57 PM (rks47)
http://tinyurl.com/o6ko543
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:53 PM (g1DWB)
Sure, why not?
And President Fuckyouverymuch would be "very interested" in cutting all taxes through executive actions.
Why even have a congress? Like the guys at the Fed were saying... Congress can barely get anything done.
I say we abolish Congress, and elect Kings for 4-year terms to run the country and let them appoint czars to do everything else.
Problem solves.
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 02:57 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:57 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (g1DWB)
"When the Chicken Fvcks Back"
Film at 11.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:55 PM (rks47)
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Oh, Allen. You're so old fashioned. Nowdays we put "coexist" bumper stickers with different creatures making the letters on our cars. You are so creaturist.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (/HX7u)
with calling out the Army to take on Nuclear Ants.>>>
Do the make Terro tank rounds?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (81UWZ)
Right cutting taxes.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (0FSuD)
There was a lot of faith in Civil Defense and the National Guard, though. Maybe because just about everybody was in it?
I only kid a little about the labs. I knew several older guys who had, not just prototyping machine shops, but chemical labs. It was a different world.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (xq1UY)
It's a bitch trying to fight Godzilla with models. Who knew that miniaturzation had a downshide?
Posted by: JDF at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:57 PM (rks47)
Yes. Yes...give in to the dark side. Feel the rage. Give in to the hate.
Posted by: Darth Bannion at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (nAmJp)
Yes. Yes I am.
Now where's my can of Raid?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 03:00 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 03:00 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:00 PM (rks47)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 02, 2015 03:01 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: JDF at March 02, 2015 03:01 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 02:58 PM (S+el1)
Well if Obama can raise 'em by executive orders, I don't see why the next president can't just sign executive orders changing everything I don't like about government and calling it a day.
Flat tax? Executive order.
Regulations? Shut 'em down by executive order
Unionize workforce? Well, they were set up by EO, so this one may actually be legal
Welfare? Shut 'er down by executive order
Congress? Set term limits and give them a huge pay cut by executive order
Size of govt? Cut that bitch by 50% by executive order.
And all of that on day one. Why not, right?
Or does it only work for Dems with a sycophant media?
But at the end of the day... what are they REALLY going to do about it?
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Adam Ant at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: JDF at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 03:03 PM (Hmawh)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 03:04 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 03:04 PM (/HX7u)
older guys who had, not just prototyping machine shops, but chemical
labs. It was a different world.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 02:59 PM (xq1UY)
Hell, as a kiddo you could get CHEMISTRY SETS for your birthday back in the 60's. I think some even back in the 40's had radium...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Adam Ant at March 02, 2015 03:02 PM (MYCIw)
http://youtu.be/h0Pf-TBJFis
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Bug Bustin' Team at March 02, 2015 03:05 PM (Q819Q)
Back in the day, I was perfectly comfortable doing crazy things like working on the whistle of a Knox class Frigate, at sea. Rocking back and forth. Going aloft in the dark to rig Christmas lights topside in port, with no problem.
Had to go topside inport about seven years ago.
Harness, climbing rail, cage, all in use.
Damn rubber kneed, and crazy eyed with a death grip on the ladder by the time I got to the second platform on one of the old Raleigh Class amphibs.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (jVnQ1)
Giant ants?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 02, 2015 03:01 PM (Bn6aD)
Yes.
Yes, we are.
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (h6Mpm)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (wtvvX)
Yeah. Slap the first sob that tried to stop 'em.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (Hmawh)
20 Million Miles to Earth.
Where everyone listens to the tall guy through the whole movie even though every single one of his ideas fails miserably and makes the situation worse at every turn.
I love that flick.
He's tall. We must listen to him!
Posted by: eleven at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (Ae7K+)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (t2lvB)
Wow. Nice cast. The movie sucks
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2015 03:06 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:07 PM (rks47)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:07 PM (rks47)
*reaches for the bottle of Chantix*
Dreamworld, take me away!
Posted by: filbert at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (h6Mpm)
We laugh, but isn't that how Lurch kept getting re-elected to the Senate?
Posted by: HR hates everyone who advertises on daytime television at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
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And all of them had a small container of sodium cyanide in them. Great fun.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (/HX7u)
I'm convinced.
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (TPjwz)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 02, 2015 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
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And all of them had a small container of sodium cyanide in them. Great fun.
Posted by: Soona at March 02, 2015 03:08 PM (/HX7u)
Not to be "that guy" but, Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
Posted by: MikeH at March 02, 2015 03:10 PM (84oau)
Posted by: HR hates everyone who advertises on daytime television at March 02, 2015 03:11 PM (/kI1Q)
Later, when I was a teen I got back at her by learning to rappel
The Aussie Ooh-Ooh-Ooh rappel?
Posted by: rickb223
Funny you mention that... We were at 3 Caves one Saturday being our normal stupid selves getting toasted and backing off the top when these guys came up and started hooking up their ropes. They then proceeded to hook up and put a piece of carpet over their shoulder. When we asked why they said to keep the rope from burning and of course we laughed because no one we knew got rope burns on the shoulder...
They hooked up and proceeded to run face first off the top, diving actually.
When they got back to the top we asked how to do it and found out they were Aussies visiting RSA for training and had heard of 3 Caves. Much fun and hilarity ensued and now its the best way to hop down a cliff for me, running face first.
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at March 02, 2015 03:19 PM (74McK)
Are we *seriously* live blogging "Them"?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 03:00 PM (rks47
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What difference, at this point, does it make?1/1!!!?1!!?!??
Posted by: The Scorpions at March 02, 2015 03:19 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: rex at March 02, 2015 05:05 PM (wH5Tk)
Posted by: PiperPaul at March 02, 2015 09:07 PM (IDsLB)
Come for the Ace, stay for the Resolution.
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