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This aspiring member of Mensa put about 3 Lbs of tannerite in a lawnmower and mag dumped into it from less than 50 feet away. I am sure we all know what happened next.
He is now minus one leg and I am sure this pushed at least a couple fence sitters the other way..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6V0S1m5a7U
SomeOtherGuy
03-25-16, 09:12
This is more of a stupid issue than a gun issue. But I agree it's stupid. I've never used Tannerite. Always viewed it as a bad idea, for the bad-idea / "hey y'all watch this" crowd.
Holy **** blood splatter on camera man and the words "it blew my leg off" that's insane.
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donlapalma
03-25-16, 09:18
What gets me about things like this is that there wasn't one voice of reason amongst this group of friends?? He's obviously not alone as stated also in the news report. Nobody to think or say "wait we shouldn't do this we are way too close"? Just stupid.
I was about to say that I hope he had a TQ...but on second thought, it's obvious Bubba doesn't think that far ahead :alcoholic:
Life is hard. It's a whole lot harder when you're dumb.
That barn going up was epic!
As to the lawn mower, I wonder if he caught a fly mower blade? From his instantaneous acknowledgement of losing his leg it would seem it was severed by a large piece of flaying shrapnel. The tactical vest really fit into the whole scenario.
Stupid games and stupid prizes and all that.
Averageman
03-25-16, 10:01
He just didn't do the Math;
3 pounds of Tannerite plus 1 old riding Lawnmower x 43 yards squared = a lifetime on one leg. The great thing about America is you have a right to be that stupid and in some parts of the country, those with the more rural and inbred populations you have a damn near obligation to.
What a Mope. Those five toes being missing are going to make balancing his checkbook much harder.
Whiskey_Bravo
03-25-16, 10:51
Wow is all I can say. It looks like if he planned to walk closer too if that hadn't happened. Amazing that it severed his leg clean enough that he knew it right away.
I have played with tannerite a few times, but we have just used it to make shooting at the range a little more fun and interesting.
Why does it always have to be Georgia?
Flankenstein
03-25-16, 11:14
No. We can't have nice things because our once great republic is gone and we now live in a full on nanny state.
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 11:21
This is more of a stupid issue than a gun issue. But I agree it's stupid. I've never used Tannerite. Always viewed it as a bad idea, for the bad-idea / "hey y'all watch this" crowd.
The problem is that you know it's not a gun issue; I know it's not a gun issue, the OP knows it and I'd even say the the collective mind at M4C realize that truth. We aren't the ones I'm worried about. I'm worried about the one changes their job title to POTUS and the person who replaces Chief Justice Scalia (RIP sir). Those are the morons who will, in their ever increasing socialistic minds blame the "tool" rather than the "mechanic" (no disrespect intended to that honorable profession).
Blame the bread rather than the baker, blame the car rather than the driver. Those are the nefarious DRB's I'm most worried about.
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FromMyColdDeadHand
03-25-16, 11:21
How Tannerite is legal is beyond me. I'm not saying that it should be illegal, but the visuals on that- in light of terrorism- is really hard to explain. That you have to shoot it with a rifle to get it to trigger almost makes it seem like an assault rifle is part of the kit.
Put that guys face on the front of tannerite containers, or his leg on the back of milk boxes. Due to his age and injury, I'm sure that most people will think that he is a vet. Actually, that is kind of good. When people ask him about it, he has to explain that it was stupidity and a lawn mower.
We are going on about the law or this doofus, but nobody has mentioned that poor lawnmower that likely had a more purposeful and eventful life than pegleg
Averageman
03-25-16, 11:27
Society as a whole would be much safer had he kept the leg and lost his "Wedding Tackle" in that "accident".
Breeding more of this shouldn't be on any young Ladies "To Do" List.
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 11:29
We are going on about the law or this doofus, but nobody has mentioned that poor lawnmower that likely had a more purposeful and eventful life than pegleg
You mean the lawnmower that was rent in twain? LOL well it did look like a rust bucket to begin with. Wonders if the young fool was up on his tetanus... Although I do home his unintended sacrifice can tale wast save some other idiot from injuring others or himself.
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RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 11:30
Society as a whole would be much safer had he kept the leg and lost his "Wedding Tackle" in that "accident".
Breeding more of this shouldn't be on any young Ladies "To Do" List.
There just isn't much more a man can say after that statement Avg. well said.
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Why does it always have to be Georgia?
What are you talking about? Its usually Florida!
No.
Redneck blows himself up, some hick sheriff runs his loudmouth, some body contracts some bizarre creek disease, or some rapper gets hemmed up: Georgia
Weird new VD, bath salt zombie attack, Vanilla Ice types getting into disturbing domestic altercations with some stripper and their mom: Florida
I mean....Alabama has far worse people who never make news. Either because people are so used to it being Alabama or what I dunno.
Transparency Moment - I once put .5 pounds inside an old PC. Screwed the side panel back on, made a black dot on where the tannerite was and backed up to 35 yards. I thought surely that would be sufficient. Long story short, my nephew almost lost his head when the side panel came boomeranging back in our direction and by the grace of His Almighty, caught wind and shot upward into a the top of an oak tree. Its still there. I went from compliant family firearm resource to complete douche in about 7 seconds. Careful out there kids, Murphy is alive and well.
FromMyColdDeadHand
03-25-16, 11:54
Life is hard. It's a whole lot harder when you're dumb.
And compounded when you are missing a leg.
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 11:56
Transparency Moment - I once put .5 pounds inside an old PC. Screwed the side panel back on, made a black dot on where the tannerite was and backed up to 35 yards. I thought surely that would be sufficient. Long story short, my nephew almost lost his head when the side panel came boomeranging back in our direction and by the grace of His Almighty, caught wind and shot upward into a the top of an oak tree. Its still there. I went from compliant family firearm resource to complete douche in about 7 seconds. Careful out there kids, Murphy is alive and well.
I don't know if it was where I grew up in Texas or spending 15 years in the Army, or both, but I've always had an aversion to putting something explosive inside of something metal and blowing it up. There is an "unless of course" to that, but that's classified.
Glad you and the nephew are safe.
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ramairthree
03-25-16, 12:10
How Tannerite is legal is beyond me. I'm not saying that it should be illegal, but the visuals on that- in light of terrorism- is really hard to explain. That you have to shoot it with a rifle to get it to trigger almost makes it seem like an assault rifle is part of the kit.
Put that guys face on the front of tannerite containers, or his leg on the back of milk boxes. Due to his age and injury, I'm sure that most people will think that he is a vet. Actually, that is kind of good. When people ask him about it, he has to explain that it was stupidity and a lawn mower.
The list of dangerous things people can kill or blow themselves up with is quite long.
If I showed videos of FARC dudes launching or blowing themselves up with propane tank mortars,
People would want to make propane tanks illegal.
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 12:12
Wonders if he's an M4C member.... Probably not, probably belongs to the "other" forums. [emoji33] DGYPIK
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and reckon with one leg going to be even harder !
Life is hard. It's a whole lot harder when you're dumb.
wilson1911
03-25-16, 12:19
Wow, can't believe these guys. I have shot 1 can of tannerite 1 time. I see it as something that has the same effect as an explosive. The general public has no idea of just how powerful explosives are in general, or working with compressed charges. I work with explosives for a living and do not consider them, or even tannerite a toy to be played with. This is why they make elec dets.
Society as a whole would be much safer had he kept the leg and lost his "Wedding Tackle" in that "accident".
Breeding more of this shouldn't be on any young Ladies "To Do" List.
There is a lot of truth to this.
He just didn't do the Math;
3 pounds of Tannerite plus 1 old riding Lawnmower x 43 yards squared = a lifetime on one leg. The great thing about America is you have a right to be that stupid and in some parts of the country, those with the more rural and inbred populations you have a damn near obligation to.
What a Mope. Those five toes being missing are going to make balancing his checkbook much harder.
If you're lucky and it seems he was. Could have been a whole lot worse all things considered, like missing both legs, or his eyes, etc. As kids left without supervision will do dumb things, I shot at a commercial sized propane tank once with my .22, but even as a dumb ass kid, I was probably 100 yards or so away and behind a sand burm. The tank didn't explode and just vented the gas, which in retrospect was a good thing. Point is, even at that age at peak stupid age, I had some sense of common sense and self preservation when shooting at something that can go boom and send metal fragments out at high speed.
Averageman
03-25-16, 12:49
If you're lucky and it seems he was. Could have been a whole lot worse all things considered, like missing both legs, or his eyes, etc. As kids left without supervision will do dumb things, I shot at a commercial sized propane tank once with my .22, but even as a dumb ass kid, I was probably 100 yards or so away and behind a sand burm. The tank didn't explode and just vented the gas, which in retrospect was a good thing. Point is, even at that age at peak stupid age, I had some sense of common sense and self preservation when shooting at something that can go boom and send metal fragments out at high speed.
Tannerite + Commercial sized propane tank? Priceless of course, or maybe even dead?
I wouldn't want to encourage anyone to do that, but dayum I bet that's a hell of a FOOOM!
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 13:33
He is lucky he didn't lose a friend rather than his leg. They all must be cut from the same mold. It seems none of his friends has
had warning bells and red lights flashing over that DAI.
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daddyusmaximus
03-25-16, 14:38
Society as a whole would be much safer had he kept the leg and lost his "Wedding Tackle" in that "accident".
Breeding more of this shouldn't be on any young Ladies "To Do" List.
You forgot to drop the mike and walk off stage...
PatrioticDisorder
03-25-16, 18:08
How Tannerite is legal is beyond me. I'm not saying that it should be illegal, but the visuals on that- in light of terrorism- is really hard to explain. That you have to shoot it with a rifle to get it to trigger almost makes it seem like an assault rifle is part of the kit.
Put that guys face on the front of tannerite containers, or his leg on the back of milk boxes. Due to his age and injury, I'm sure that most people will think that he is a vet. Actually, that is kind of good. When people ask him about it, he has to explain that it was stupidity and a lawn mower.
These were my first thoughts. I'd bet it was under jihadi radar, but let a couple catch wind of this idiot blowing his leg off and the thoughts of IED's with tannerite will be churning in their heads.
WickedWillis
03-25-16, 18:23
He sprayed his friend, that's for sure. I have friends that **** with Tannerite, I have done it once, but figured out It's something that I don't have the clearance for.
No. We can't have nice things because our once great republic is gone and we now live in a full on nanny state.
Precisely this. I fully support the right of people to be idiots and a danger to themselves, as long as they aren't harming others without their consent.
How Tannerite is legal is beyond me. I'm not saying that it should be illegal, but the visuals on that- in light of terrorism- is really hard to explain. That you have to shoot it with a rifle to get it to trigger almost makes it seem like an assault rifle is part of the kit.
Put that guys face on the front of tannerite containers, or his leg on the back of milk boxes. Due to his age and injury, I'm sure that most people will think that he is a vet. Actually, that is kind of good. When people ask him about it, he has to explain that it was stupidity and a lawn mower.
This guy self-selected (well, almost - he's still breathing). It would be great if non-gun owners were subject to the same evolutionary stresses (e.g. Libtards being denied the protection of the military that they so despise, Libtards being forced to live with and house the Muslims that they love so very dearly, etc.)
Didn't some dumbass Russian guy almost kill himself by blowing up a car or something with Tannerite? Maybe this guy was trying to get his 15 minutes of YouTube fame and got more than he bargained for.
Eurodriver
03-25-16, 21:18
These were my first thoughts. I'd bet it was under jihadi radar, but let a couple catch wind of this idiot blowing his leg off and the thoughts of IED's with tannerite will be churning in their heads.
Not really. I mean you've gotta shoot that stuff with a rifle. Not exactly dump and go...can you ignite that with det cord or anything of that nature?
AFAIK, even a handgun won't ignite it.
Not really. I mean you've gotta shoot that stuff with a rifle. Not exactly dump and go...can you ignite that with det cord or anything of that nature?
AFAIK, even a handgun won't ignite it.
It can be detonated like most HE. It's a binary explosive of (NH4)(NO3) + Al
Miners use ANFO quite a bit, which is fuel oil instead of aluminum. The aluminum is less powerful but more visual, iirc.
I've used it before, by itself as intended. 1lb at 50-60 yd. Putting it in something metal and not being FAR away is retaded. You've just created a large frag grenade and are 15yd away... REALLY?
.46caliber
03-25-16, 21:55
AFAIK, even a handgun won't ignite it.
Correct. Not enough umph. Maybe a handgun would touch off the rimfire formula, but the regular stuff needs more.
titsonritz
03-25-16, 23:28
Play with fire, get burned...play with explosives, get blown up. Not a difficult concept.
RobertTheTexan
03-25-16, 23:31
Play with fire, get burned...play with explosives, get blown up. Not a difficult concept.
I hear ya but there must be something about that concept that those Georgians must have missed. Must not be part of common core in GA. [emoji33]
Why does it always have to be Georgia?
Because the cannibal homeless people are always from Florida.
Seriously though, any metal + explosives = shrapnel. I thought everyone knew this already.
I can understand shooting plastic bottles of tannerite for the novelty of doing it one or two times. But packing old dryers and cars is just retarded. When I was in 6th grade, nearly every kid could have told you that flying sharp pieces of exploded metal is probably a bad idea.
These were my first thoughts. I'd bet it was under jihadi radar, but let a couple catch wind of this idiot blowing his leg off and the thoughts of IED's with tannerite will be churning in their heads.
Propane tanks and pressure cookers are so much easier. Anyone going through the trouble to make a tannerite "bomb" is really doing it the hard way. I won't even get into gunpowder for reloading.
sounds like they need a friend who comes from a logic thinking background
Moose-Knuckle
03-26-16, 03:01
I wished we could see that in slow motion.
It appears that a large piece of metal from underneath the mower (presumably a mower blade) shot out at him nano seconds after detonation.
And he was actually moving closer to the target, had he not set off the Tannerite when he did and moved even closer inorder to detonate it in all probabilities he would have been killed along with his "cameraman".
He is lucky he didn't lose a friend rather than his leg. They all must be cut from the same mold. It seems none of his friends has
had warning bells and red lights flashing over that DAI.
This is phenomenon all in its own. Another symptom of the same disease I guess. Not only was this guy not exercising a millimeter of common sense, his buddy with the camera followed him right in. Probably the same character that was down range with a camera at Tactical Response not too long ago. "He gets the pic that no one else will."
RobertTheTexan
03-26-16, 07:00
This is phenomenon all in its own. Another symptom of the same disease I guess. Not only was this guy not exercising a millimeter of common sense, his buddy with the camera followed him right in. Probably the same character that was down range with a camera at Tactical Response not too long ago. "He gets the pic that no one else will."
The blind leading the blind. I still struggle with the whole "let's put an explosive material inside this metal "container" full of sharp metal parts. And blow it up." Guessing the tooth fairy hasn't explained the concept of the hand grenade. But something tells me they understand that full well now. A very unfortunate incident and part of me feels sorry for the guy in spite of his obvious piss-poor judgement. No telling how this will impact his life. Hopefully he can recover and move on.
.46caliber
03-26-16, 07:41
I think my favorite phrase to sum this type of event up is "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
The exploding targets are fun to add to a range day, though I'm not nuts over them. I can't fathom the level of stupid it takes to accomplish something like this.
Darwin approves of these antics...
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/bbossman1/darwinday%201_zpsjraimu8f.jpg
Moose-Knuckle
03-27-16, 02:15
No telling how this will impact his life.
I got the sneaky suspicion that he will a.) be a burden upon tax payers via disability and b.) file a law suit against Tannerite Sports LLC. cause you know the manufacture of the binary substance he used is somehow liable for him being so close to it and setting if off inside a couple hundred pounds of metallic shrapnel.
I think that Moose-Knuckle has this one dialed...
disability claim + lawyer = Moron Payday
I don't think people are dumb to what may happen. I think they don't believe it'll actually happen to them.
FromMyColdDeadHand
03-27-16, 06:51
I think that Moose-Knuckle has this one dialed...
disability claim + lawyer = Moron Payday
Yeah! More stupid warnings on the lawn mower.
RobertTheTexan
03-27-16, 08:06
I got the sneaky suspicion that he will a.) be a burden upon tax payers via disability and b.) file a law suit against Tannerite Sports LLC. cause you know the manufacture of the binary substance he used is somehow liable for him being so close to it and setting if off inside a couple hundred pounds of metallic shrapnel.
It's possible that he can fall into a heap of self-pitying, blame everything and everybody except himself kind of wasted life, it it's also possible this sent a wake-up call to him to pull his head out of his 6 o'clock position and be a man who contributes to those around him. Granted it's easier to write someone off after seeing what we all saw, but also that "significant emotional (& physical) experience" to change someone's core values a core thinking'. Chances are you're right but hey it's Easter so I'm probably just trying to have a little hope. [emoji51]
SeriousStudent
03-27-16, 15:08
I think that Moose-Knuckle has this one dialed...
disability claim + lawyer = Moron Payday
More Tannerite + Fewer Lawyers = Cleaner Gene Pool.
More Tannerite + Fewer Lawyers = Cleaner Gene Pool.
BRAVO!
.46caliber
03-27-16, 18:58
More Tannerite + Fewer Lawyers = Cleaner Gene Pool.
Here frickin' here!
The Dumb Gun Collector
03-27-16, 19:45
Every one of us has done something this dumb. Most of the time you get lucky. Personally, I feel bad for the guy.
Every one of us has done something this dumb. Most of the time you get lucky. Personally, I feel bad for the guy.
I thought that also, I usually learn from my experiences. Somehow I think if you bring a cameraman along to record your escapades, well maybe you are not open to learning.
Still this probably applies to all of us: 'There, but for the Grace of God, go I.'
Yeah! More stupid warnings on the lawn mower. :lol:
Payback's a B**ch! The guy probably abused that lawnmower for years. Never changed the oil, used shitty gas, kept the tires under inflated, let it rust, etc., etc., etc.. Treated it like a POS. Well, the lawnmower had enough. It patiently waited for the right moment and WHAMO! It knew it was going down for the final count, the ultimate sacrifice, but the satisfaction of wreaking vengeance upon it's abuser was for that split second before the lights went out, pure nirvana. Let lawnmower abusers everywhere heed the warning of abused lawnmowers. "You mess with Tannerite, you mess with me!"
See. I giggled
#lawnmowerlivesmatter
I've seen the stuff for sale but with the number of Youtube videos already featuring Tannerite demolishing cars/barns/etc, I've never felt the need to try it firsthand. Maybe if I was half my age...
Well this Georgian put one pound (was a present) into a beat up 'Walmart quality' 2 drawer file cabinet. Opened it up like a banana, turned the drawers inside out, and sent the top cover about 50 feet in the air. We were 100 yards away and perfectly safe.
This guy must have placed the 'charge' in a way that it directed stuff right back at him.
The .gov frowns upon filming explosions and putting the videos on YouTube without an explosives licence. Ask FPS Russia about that... Who is from Georgia also... They shoot at spray paint cans now unless an actual explosives handler is present.
IIRC, tannerite is legal without an explosives license up to 50lbs.
Some friends and I have shot it a couple times, but we kept our distance, and didn't put it into anything to make shrapnel.
But, a lawnmower at just under 15yds.........
Not to mention, steadily getting closer.........
Just because it doesn't use a fuse and blasting cap doesn't mean it's not dangerous.
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I've seen the stuff for sale but with the number of Youtube videos already featuring Tannerite demolishing cars/barns/etc, I've never felt the need to try it firsthand. Maybe if I was half my age...
I hope I never get that old...:D
Averageman
04-01-16, 13:56
rural areas?
At least people in rural areas are not punk-ass cockbreaths like you love you meet you in person and show you what a inbreed can do how bout tough guy know it all
I found the above this morning in my Notifications.
I think it proves my point. Please don't sell this guy Tannerite.
CIA leaves their toys on a school bus... (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/01/feds-left-explosives-material-aboard-school-bus-after-training-exercises-parents-told.html)
Kids in a northern Virginia public school district unknowingly rode a school bus this week that was also carrying “explosives training materials” left behind by the CIA after it conducted exercises with local law enforcement agencies, officials acknowledged Thursday.
The materials were packed in a container and placed in the engine compartment of a bus at Briar Woods High School in Loudoun County on March 24, officials said. It was discovered nearly a week later during a maintenance check of the bus – which by then had carried dozens of kids, including elementary school students, for at least two days.
“During the exercise, explosive training material was inadvertently left by the CIA K-9 unit in one of the buses used in the exercise,” the CIA said in a statement, which also stated the materials did not pose a danger to anyone riding the bus...
Moose-Knuckle
04-01-16, 15:37
CIA leaves their toys on a school bus... (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/01/feds-left-explosives-material-aboard-school-bus-after-training-exercises-parents-told.html)
See more "training" . . . I guess if we start seeing school buses full of kids blown up we'll know something is a foul.
https://youtu.be/LU79WBBn37I?t=4m56s
Demolition Ranch and a whole lot of Tannerite
https://youtu.be/LU79WBBn37I?t=4m56s
Demolition Ranch and a whole lot of Tannerite
That boy gonna die one day.
He's up there with the kid who makes crudely fabricated shotguns and .50s out of metal tubing he finds at junkyards. No I won't post a link.
RobertTheTexan
04-01-16, 16:17
rural areas?
At least people in rural areas are not punk-ass cockbreaths like you love you meet you in person and show you what a inbreed can do how bout tough guy know it all
I found the above this morning in my Notifications.
I think it proves my point. Please don't sell this guy Tannerite.
Whooaaaaa.....whoever wrote that has some serious anger issues...it also sounds like someone may have struck a nerve with the whole inbreeding thing. Touchy! Touchy! Touchy!
Averageman
04-01-16, 21:23
Whooaaaaa.....whoever wrote that has some serious anger issues...it also sounds like someone may have struck a nerve with the whole inbreeding thing. Touchy! Touchy! Touchy!
Yeah well; I have a knack for bringing out the best in people.
Who doesn't love cowards with a keyboard?
Averageman
04-01-16, 22:59
Who doesn't love cowards with a keyboard?
Well apparently their First Cousins, Sisters and the Occasional younger hot Aunts do, with some regular frequency and with a reproductive vigor found only in remote rural area's.
Yeah, at some point you know I just, well, can't stop poking the tiger.
Well apparently their First Cousins, Sisters and the Occasional younger hot Aunts do, with some regular frequency and with a reproductive vigor found only in remote rural area's.
Yeah, at some point you know I just, well, can't stop poking the tiger.
Poke-a-way my friend, life needs a little excitement. HA
Heavy Metal
04-01-16, 23:09
How Tannerite is legal is beyond me. I'm not saying that it should be illegal, but the visuals on that- in light of terrorism- is really hard to explain. That you have to shoot it with a rifle to get it to trigger almost makes it seem like an assault rifle is part of the kit.
Put that guys face on the front of tannerite containers, or his leg on the back of milk boxes. Due to his age and injury, I'm sure that most people will think that he is a vet. Actually, that is kind of good. When people ask him about it, he has to explain that it was stupidity and a lawn mower.
Because it is not an explosive till you mix it and then the illegality is transporting it without a license. Blow it in place, no problem.
Rural Areas to me are like...ya know like out in the country. Like just away from it all.
Redneckery well....if you spend enough time in certain places, you may well never be a redneck but you can develop some redneck habits of which I am guilty of at times.
But I don't mess with hillbillies because they will kill you.
Anyways incest is gross unless she's a third cousin and hot (jooooke)
Averageman
04-01-16, 23:28
Well being the Sophisticated guy I am, I have a picture of me standing in front of the Effile Tower in Bib Overalls with a dip of Skoal in my mouth, but what can I say, I was quiet debonair in my youth.
RobertTheTexan
04-01-16, 23:32
Well being the Sophisticated guy I am, I have a picture of me standing in front of the Effile Tower in Bib Overalls with a dip of Skoal in my mouth, but what can I say, I was quiet debonair in my youth.
I never stood in front of the Eiffel in overalls but I did have a pic standing in front of it with a pair of Tony Lama boots and a fine Resitol hat.
I think I even had a glass of wine in my hand because I wanted to appear all sophisticated. Wine makes everything fancy. Even the Mad Dog I was drinking. Lol
Well being the Sophisticated guy I am, I have a picture of me standing in front of the Effile Tower in Bib Overalls with a dip of Skoal in my mouth, but what can I say, I was quiet debonair in my youth.
Scandalous. I hope you were barefoot.
ETA I have no reason to go to France but should I go, I plan to look like a redneck ghetto Sid Vicious from Hell
RobertTheTexan
04-01-16, 23:36
Scandalous. I hope you were barefoot.
ETA I have no reason to go to France but should I go, I plan to look like a redneck ghetto Sid Vicious from Hell
Firefly don't you know it's the women we like to keep barefoot, barefeeteded, barefooteded. Bare feetses (Detroit version)
REAL hillbillies don't wear shoes except for church, court, and weddings.
Occasionally for going to town if'n we needed a new TV which we'd put on top of the busted one
RobertTheTexan
04-01-16, 23:48
REAL hillbillies don't wear shoes except for church, court, and weddings.
Occasionally for going to town if'n we needed a new TV which we'd put on top of the busted one
Court?? We ain't never going to court lessen your talking about a courtin' and I always wored my boots fer courtin' an switched mah drawers round jess in case.
Pa'tank! Mmmmhmmm I uhhreckon' (in Sling Blade voice).
Averageman
04-01-16, 23:58
There is quiet a story behind that picture and it was a hell of a four day pass.
Lets cover the highlights.
Beer was dirt cheap and twenty dollars was a hundred Franc's. You can hurt yourself in Paris trying to drink a hundred Franc's worth of beer on Tap.
If you're twenty one years old and partying in Paris and you happen to run in to several WWII Army Air Corps Pilots, one of whom is also from Texas, the Bar Tender just needs to tap another keg.
If you meet some very attractive and somewhat horny French Girls and your buddy is from East Texas, there is nothing but hilarity going to happen.
Poussee in French means "Push", This can be confusing after many beers and when trying to get these same girls in to your Hotel room. Once everyone is naked and stuff though it kind of oddly works out.
Biboveralls might be the handiest wardrobe to wear while escorting some semi attractive French Girls while on a four day pass in Paris.
RobertTheTexan
04-02-16, 00:04
There is quiet a story behind that picture and it was a hell of a four day pass.
Lets cover the highlights.
Beer was dirt cheap and twenty dollars was a hundred Franc's. You can hurt yourself in Paris trying to drink a hundred Franc's worth of beer on Tap.
If you're twenty one years old and partying in Paris and you happen to run in to several WWII Army Air Corps Pilots, one of whom is also from Texas, the Bar Tender just needs to tap another keg.
If you meet some very attractive and somewhat horny French Girls and your buddy is from East Texas, there is nothing but hilarity going to happen.
Poussee in French means "Push", This can be confusing after many beers and when trying to get these same girls in to your Hotel room. Once everyone is naked and stuff though it kind of oddly works out.
Hmmm being from East Texas myself and having laid some pipe in Paris on top of that while "drankin' all the beer y'all got in this damn country", (or was that in England?) doesn't matter, I tried to drain the kegs dry everywhere I traveled. But that sounds not like a good story but practically a memory. Yep, nothing like a 4 day pass, a strong dollar, and a train ticket in Europe.
Averageman
04-02-16, 00:06
Hmmm being from East Texas myself and having laid some pipe in Paris on top of that while "drankin' all the beer y'all got in this damn country", (or was that in England?) doesn't matter, I tried to drain the kegs dry everywhere I traveled. But that sounds not like a good story but practically a memory. Yep, nothing like a 4 day pass, a strong dollar, and a train ticket in Europe.
I don't think he knew it, but Ronald Reagan helped get me laid, God Bless him.
RobertTheTexan
04-02-16, 00:09
I don't think he knew it, but Ronald Reagan helped get me laid, God Bless him.
And everybody said.....Amen!!
Indeed he did. More than a few times and helped me drink more good beer than any 10 men ought to lay claim to.
Those were gooooood days brother. Good days.
Well, this went south pretty quick.
Still entertaining, though.
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RobertTheTexan
04-02-16, 10:32
Well, this went south pretty quick.
Still entertaining, though.
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I confess Averageman took me down memory lane... But there is only so much you can say about exploding lawnmowers.. [emoji12]
What gets me about things like this is that there wasn't one voice of reason amongst this group of friends?? He's obviously not alone as stated also in the news report. Nobody to think or say "wait we shouldn't do this we are way too close"? Just stupid.
How many safety investigations have cited "group think?"
It's possible that he can fall into a heap of self-pitying, blame everything and everybody except himself kind of wasted life, it it's also possible this sent a wake-up call to him to pull his head out of his 6 o'clock position and be a man who contributes to those around him. Granted it's easier to write someone off after seeing what we all saw, but also that "significant emotional (& physical) experience" to change someone's core values a core thinking'. Chances are you're right but hey it's Easter so I'm probably just trying to have a little hope. [emoji51]
An acquaintance of mine lost his right leg above the knee on a Saturday afternoon, he was at work Monday morning.
RobertTheTexan
04-02-16, 14:13
An acquaintance of mine lost his right leg above the knee on a Saturday afternoon, he was at work Monday morning.
Sorry to hear that but it sounds like your friend isn't one to wallow. Thats just hardcore.
Averageman
04-02-16, 17:36
An acquaintance of mine lost his right leg above the knee on a Saturday afternoon, he was at work Monday morning.
That's a Man right there.
Tell him I said good luck.
An acquaintance of mine lost his right leg above the knee on a Saturday afternoon, he was at work Monday morning.
Sorry to hear that but it sounds like your friend isn't one to wallow. Thats just hardcore.
He lost it in an accident at a motorcycle track day, his fault, but is an architect with a family so was back at work. I'd probably wallow for a while. LOL.
BuzzinSATX
04-03-16, 14:38
No.
Redneck blows himself up, some hick sheriff runs his loudmouth, some body contracts some bizarre creek disease, or some rapper gets hemmed up: Georgia
Weird new VD, bath salt zombie attack, Vanilla Ice types getting into disturbing domestic altercations with some stripper and their mom: Florida
I mean....Alabama has far worse people who never make news. Either because people are so used to it being Alabama or what I dunno.
A joke from the late, great Lewis Grizzard....
One day a man walks into a store in Georgia and orders an RC Cola and a Moon Pie. The guy behind the counter says, "You must be from Alabama." The customer replied angrily, "Just because I ordered an RC Cola and a Moon Pie, how come you think I must be from Alabama?" He continued, "If I ordered spaghetti, would you think I was from Italy? If I ordered sausage, would you say I was from Poland?" The man at the counter says, "Well, I can't say. It's never happened." So the customer asks, "Then how come when I come in here and order an RC Cola and a Moon Pie, you just automatically assume I'm from Alabama?"
And the man calmly replies, "'Cause this is a hardware store."
In a zen sort of way.....Lewis Grizzard is spot on. In a few instances of creeping behind enemy lines in Alabamistan they sell all kinds of stuff at off the way hardware stores.
I think the best BBQ sandwich I ever had was bought next door to a really run down general store.
To this day.....I've not had one as good. Either the pig was fresh slaughtered and cornfed or someone "went missing" one night but dammit....
I want another one.
someone "went missing" one night
secret's in the sauce...
In a zen sort of way.....Lewis Grizzard is spot on. In a few instances of creeping behind enemy lines in Alabamistan they sell all kinds of stuff at off the way hardware stores.
I think the best BBQ sandwich I ever had was bought next door to a really run down general store.
To this day.....I've not had one as good. Either the pig was fresh slaughtered and cornfed or someone "went missing" one night but dammit....
I want another one.
Count me in for one as well.
Explosives and steel do not mix. I have some Tannerite have never tried it, but it's going to be water balloons, water melon etc, not hard parts....I am from the South...but still... :)
Some of us are just luckier than others and got away with it. I can end this thread with one sentence..
"If you've never done anything really, realllly stupid in your past, keep talking"....
...Drops mic and walks away...
RobertTheTexan
04-05-16, 11:31
In a zen sort of way.....Lewis Grizzard is spot on. In a few instances of creeping behind enemy lines in Alabamistan they sell all kinds of stuff at off the way hardware stores.
I think the best BBQ sandwich I ever had was bought next door to a really run down general store.
To this day.....I've not had one as good. Either the pig was fresh slaughtered and cornfed or someone "went missing" one night but dammit....
I want another one.
Not sure where your from, sounds north of the M-D, but down South, at least in Alajabama, LA, and East Texas, some of the best eats you can find are in gas stations. I did an implementation in LA, not far from Avery Island (where they make Tabasco sauce) and the IT Directors brother-in-law owned a gas station there in Church Point, and we had breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner out of tat gas station/diner. Amazing food, fried boudin balls, fried gator, fried crawdad cakes.... He'd mix it up every now and again and send us a nice salad, with fried green 'maters. Lol, but generally it was fried. Not nasty fast food fried, but "good home-cooking yes your butt is bigger now fried". I'm from Texas an used to enjoy fried much more than I do now, but I gained like 10 lbs there, had to buy new pants lol. But back home in Texas, some of the very best 'Que came from either a gas station or a roadside stand. The absolute best BBQ sauce recipe in the universe came from a roadside stand where I watched this old black man make his sauce while I waited to eat or while I helped split hickory or ran to the store for "The Recipe". The old man never gave me the recipe, but I watched him long enough and made enough errand runs to the store to figure it out. It is hands down THE BEST SAUCE that has ever been licked off my fingers. When my ex called and told me she was leaving me, while I was deployed, I told her, fine, take what you want, but leave the The Recipe. When I finally got home there in the bar/counter was a spoon, dish towel, and The Recipe. I have never given that recipe out to a soul. I told my ex if I ever smelled it cooking or heard of folk dying and going to heaven while eating it that I would visit her in the dark of the night with fierce and mighty vengeance.
But yeah, gas stations can whip up some good eats down south.
I happen to be Confederate American. I just like to rag on Alabama. It's mostly peer pressure though :p
RobertTheTexan
04-05-16, 13:08
I happen to be Confederate American. I just like to rag on Alabama. It's mostly peer pressure though :p
Well forgive me then brother! And honestly, the ragging is well deserved. LOL I've got a good friend near Dothan and he and I harassed each other every possible chance. Great fishing though...
Dammit why did you have to mention gator! I miss Texas gator dammit. Hell, I miss Texas. Beautiful women, great food, great weather, great landscape....
RobertTheTexan
04-06-16, 23:01
Dammit why did you have to mention gator! I miss Texas gator dammit. Hell, I miss Texas. Beautiful women, great food, great weather, great landscape....
Indeed it is all of that and more. IMNSHO What's keeping you? Come on back, we still have a lil space. Not to mention brisket and ribs n' all you already mentioned.
Indeed it is all of that and more. IMNSHO What's keeping you? Come on back, we still have a lil space. Not to mention brisket and ribs n' all you already mentioned.
My son and school. I do plan to move to Texas or Arizona down the road. I was at Hood from '08-'12.
RobertTheTexan
04-07-16, 00:16
My son and school. I do plan to move to Texas or Arizona down the road. I was at Hood from '08-'12.
I've lived in both states (Obviously longer in Texas) and in many ways they are very similar. In fact when I was stationed In Huachuca I thought, now if there's another state that's like a Republic that I could live in, it would be Arizona. Besides being beautiful country, there's plenty of open land where you can just find you a nice berm and plink away. The people are nice, at least in the area I lived in (4 Corners), good people, not a drama-around-every-corner kind of folk, the ones I knew appreciated and honored military men and women and to cap it off, they do love their Second Amendment. Geez I'm starting to miss the place! Lol
I'd agree with what you already know - can't go wrong either way.
Of course Texas is better.
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