I'm sure there's an interesting story that will involve LOTS of paperwork for; cops, insurance companies, trucking company, AND one very unemployed driver.
4) Looks a bit like CGD. 7) Railcar axle running straight and true. 8) They say a Pro Hunting Guide can tell the difference between a mock charge and a real charge. I wouldn't try it.
Standing out in the wide open like that, with his rifle slung, I wonder what the expert's idea would be once he decides it's a real charge?? Shoot the other guy in the leg and run, I guess.
#7, Why would you ever pass something like that? Safer to stay behind it. Also more intertaining to stay back and see where it goes and what it eventually hits.
#1, about 50 years ago, my dad was a volunteer firefighter in our small town, less than 1,000 people. He and a couple of other guys went to pick up their new fire truck, from a firm in Iowa, that had built it for them. Kind of a big deal, a huge town project, chicken dinners, bake sales, all kinds of fund raisers, the works. When they got there, the company trained them all on the use of the truck for a few days. This was before firefighters were as well trained as they often are today. So my dad and the other two men learned a LOT, from these guys that built the truck. Of course, they came back and taught the others a lot as well. But the one thing that I remember, being around 10 myself at the time, was my dad telling me that they told them that if they ever got trapped inside of a building and could not make it out, to just wrap their arms and legs around the fire hose, hold on tightly, and hit the nozzle, and the water pressure would literally pull them out of the building. No doubt they would get the snot beat out of them if they did it, and I don't know how it would work, but it sounds plausible, and I do remember distinctly my dad telling me about it. Years later, the steel making shop that I worked for made a large amount of metal for a company called Bete Fognozzle. One of the products they made was for fire suppression equipment, including for fire fighting nozzles. Small world, I guess.
No, fire hoses don’t work that way. 1 - You’re not alone on a hose with that much pressure. What does the other guy(s) do? 2 - The nozzle closes if the ball valve is pushed forward, like what happens if the hose slips backwards.
At the pulp/paper mill I worked at, there were "blow pits" that the digesters were emptied into. Two of them were basketball court-sized, and held 14 tons of pulp.
To hose them out, you had a hose at each end. The hoses had a bit over 100 psi on them, and had to be chained down. The nozzles had handles, and you pushed or pulled on them to direct the hose.
It was very important to chain the hose down properly. I know of one case where a hose slipped out of the chain and beat a guy up enough to send him to the ER.
They're hydraulicking for gold, a practice that is so damaging not only to the mountains they wash away but also to the rivers they slurry up, that it was outlawed in the United States back in the 1800s.
# 7 An Experienced Professional Hunter can read what an animal will do most of the time. Nothing is perfect of course. Notice the position of the ears they are forward to make the elephant look even bigger than it is. If the ears are back against its head then chances are better than even it is a real charge. It looks like it could be a lone bull as there are no other elephants visible and a younger one at that (size of the tusks). A herd of females with calves is a a more dangerous situation. It all boils down to experience with the animal that is why you are paying the Professional Hunter.
ALL good. Train wheel rolling down the road... That's a new one. Came off a semi I suppose.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there's an interesting story that will involve LOTS of paperwork for; cops, insurance companies, trucking company, AND one very unemployed driver.
Delete4) Looks a bit like CGD.
ReplyDelete7) Railcar axle running straight and true.
8) They say a Pro Hunting Guide can tell the difference between a mock charge and a real charge. I wouldn't try it.
Standing out in the wide open like that, with his rifle slung, I wonder what the expert's idea would be once he decides it's a real charge?? Shoot the other guy in the leg and run, I guess.
DeleteWell, it usually works. Usually.
Delete#8 while the elephant is stomping his ass into the dust, his friend can yell "play dead, play dead"
DeleteThe other couldn't run anyway, I would be leaving a slick, brown streak behind me...
Delete#5 just pisses me off to no end! Stay the F*CK out.
ReplyDelete#7 Who lost a wheel set?
#3 i had a malamute that would do the same thing in any source of water, he was a cool dog.
ReplyDelete#7, Why would you ever pass something like that? Safer to stay behind it. Also more intertaining to stay back and see where it goes and what it eventually hits.
ReplyDeleteThose were my thoughts when I saw it. With my luck, I'd get ahead of it only to find traffic stopped just ahead.
Delete#1, about 50 years ago, my dad was a volunteer firefighter in our small town, less than 1,000 people. He and a couple of other guys went to pick up their new fire truck, from a firm in Iowa, that had built it for them. Kind of a big deal, a huge town project, chicken dinners, bake sales, all kinds of fund raisers, the works.
ReplyDeleteWhen they got there, the company trained them all on the use of the truck for a few days. This was before firefighters were as well trained as they often are today. So my dad and the other two men learned a LOT, from these guys that built the truck. Of course, they came back and taught the others a lot as well. But the one thing that I remember, being around 10 myself at the time, was my dad telling me that they told them that if they ever got trapped inside of a building and could not make it out, to just wrap their arms and legs around the fire hose, hold on tightly, and hit the nozzle, and the water pressure would literally pull them out of the building.
No doubt they would get the snot beat out of them if they did it, and I don't know how it would work, but it sounds plausible, and I do remember distinctly my dad telling me about it.
Years later, the steel making shop that I worked for made a large amount of metal for a company called Bete Fognozzle. One of the products they made was for fire suppression equipment, including for fire fighting nozzles. Small world, I guess.
No, fire hoses don’t work that way.
Delete1 - You’re not alone on a hose with that much pressure. What does the other guy(s) do?
2 - The nozzle closes if the ball valve is pushed forward, like what happens if the hose slips backwards.
#9 - "Model A Ford and a tank full of gas ..."
ReplyDeleteAssface can’t throw good but sure excelled at catchin
DeleteBert
Heartbreak Ridge.
Delete#2 .. shitters full
ReplyDelete#2 Hope that wasn't the Honey Dipper's truck.
ReplyDeleteThat's what it looks like.
Delete#1:
ReplyDeleteAt the pulp/paper mill I worked at, there were "blow pits" that the digesters were emptied into. Two of them were basketball court-sized, and held 14 tons of pulp.
To hose them out, you had a hose at each end. The hoses had a bit over 100 psi on them, and had to be chained down. The nozzles had handles, and you pushed or pulled on them to direct the hose.
It was very important to chain the hose down properly. I know of one case where a hose slipped out of the chain and beat a guy up enough to send him to the ER.
#9 He did that deliberately.
ReplyDeleteNotice the way she spread her legs? He's gonna get more of that on his face after practice.
ReplyDelete#1 looks like South America hydraulic gold sluicing. Anybody know what’s going on there?
ReplyDeleteMadMarlin
They're hydraulicking for gold, a practice that is so damaging not only to the mountains they wash away but also to the rivers they slurry up, that it was outlawed in the United States back in the 1800s.
Delete#10 His jacket should read "No living dependents"
ReplyDelete# 7 An Experienced Professional Hunter can read what an animal will do most of the time. Nothing is perfect of course. Notice the position of the ears they are forward to make the elephant look even bigger than it is. If the ears are back against its head then chances are better than even it is a real charge. It looks like it could be a lone bull as there are no other elephants visible and a younger one at that (size of the tusks). A herd of females with calves is a a more dangerous situation. It all boils down to experience with the animal that is why you are paying the Professional Hunter.
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