A commentor on another site said this was the U.S. Army’s M-10 Booker Light Tank firing On-Board Smoke Grenade Launchers. The M-10 is being removed from the Army inventory.
I'm glad to see them get right up although there could still be some serious trauma. Grandma needs to do better looking for traffic when stepping out into ANY roadway even if you have the right-of-way, which she didn't have here.
I've never been on any kind of sailing vessel. Never saw the reason to get on any kind of sailing vessel. Have zero plans to get on any kind of sailing vessel. When I go out on the water, it's to fish or relax, neither of which can be done on a sailing vessel.
Oh hell no. Do you want to go missing. Hanging around creepy ass Easter bunnies is how little kids go missing.
Why would you use a concrete building for a backstop? How do you miss from that distance?
Well ... those dogs will definitely hunt. Even if you don't want them to.
Stupid. I would have never done that from that position. The top of the wall he was leaning against wasn't a better choice? Did he not notice the row of rebar protruding from the top of that concrete wall? Stupid.
Hey, let me show you a neat trick I learned. It's called 'How to cost your employer a lot of money and lose your job while looking like a childish dumbass.'
The kids - I've seen someone get completely run over, like under the car squished, and jump up and start walking around. The immediate shock covers the pain and the instinct is to get up and move away from danger. Just cause they stood up doesn't mean there isn't serious injury like broken bones or internal organs. That's a bad day there for all involved. Even before emotions get involved and people start pointing fingers.
ReplyDeleteThe archer - trust me, you can miss at that range. Shooting instinctive (no sights) requires years of practice and is much better with no concrete backstop. Most young archers start with a bow that is too heavy (too high a pull weight) and they can't hold back long enough to take good aim, often the arrow gets released way too early and yeah, often shoots high like his did. Straight from the "been there, done that" school of experience.
Yeah, if I were that lady with the kids, I would either carry them to get them checked out or I would keep them close and watch them even closer. Shock can do weird things to the 'fight or flight' instinct.
DeleteI have some experience with archery, just enough to have claimed one turkey out of an entire season. But it takes a lot of steadiness which my hyperthyroidism doesn't allow me. But even I do better than that dude. I agree with you, I actually think that huge concrete backstop is interfering with his practice.
DIVE: Got there 90 minutes early to make sure we got the front seats on a boat tour. At boarding time an employee let the last people in line board first. They were three obnoxious, lisping, light in the loafers, limp wristed twitterers. I was pissed until the boat driver did the nose down maneuver, soaking the first row. They were furious. The other passengers knew what they got away with and showed no mercy. The comments were hilarious.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it was a good boat ride after it got off to a 'supposed' bad start. Maybe the captain could judge his customers pretty well and set them up.
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