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Old July 9th 07, 08:53 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Pat
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"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote

| Some guy ... tried to bungee jump *upwards* by anchoring his feet
| and attaching his bungee cord to a crane hook. The crane pulled
| upwards, when the tension got as high as possible he let go the foot
| anchor... the crane block was several hundred pounds of solid steel.

It's good to know there's at least one person dumber than me.



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Old July 9th 07, 10:10 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
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Pat wrote:
"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote

| Some guy ... tried to bungee jump *upwards* by anchoring his feet
| and attaching his bungee cord to a crane hook. The crane pulled
| upwards, when the tension got as high as possible he let go the foot
| anchor... the crane block was several hundred pounds of solid steel.

It's good to know there's at least one person dumber than me.


"WAS" is the operative word, I think - the Darwin Award is
given posthumously. (For the recipient's considerateness in
removing himself from the human gene pool!)



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Old July 9th 07, 10:23 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message
...

"Christina Websell" wrote

"Pat" wrote
Do not pull on an extension cord to unplug it from a distance. I
did it today with a heavy-duty outdoor cord, from about ten feet
away, and the thing snapped back and smacked me right between the
eyes (nearly breaking my nose, from the feel of it).


OUCH! Another lesson learned, I guess.
We women who live alone need to learn to be more careful. I fell
off a high stool at the weekend trying to change a light bulb. I
know I take too many risks, I am impatient to get things done and I
am too proud to ask for help.


I'm not too proud, I just don't know anyone I can ask for help!


If I am absolutely desperate I ask my neighbours. We get on well and
I am sure they wouldn't mind if I asked for help more often. My
pride gets in the way.

Have you developed a relationship with any of your neighbours? You
need to. In the absence of family, a woman on her own needs
neighbours.
I am having an awful time at the moment with a new neighbour who is
bulldozing the house next door and taking the P about the boundaries
and has destroyed all my plants in the my flower border, some of
which had real sentimental value. My neighbour marched round, said "I
hope you are not thinking of thinking of moving in here, we are a
very close community and we could make it very difficult for you."
What love that shows.

Tweed


It sounds like it's time to talk to a solicitor.
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Old July 9th 07, 11:20 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Pat wrote:


"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote


Some guy ... tried to bungee jump *upwards* by anchoring his feet
and attaching his bungee cord to a crane hook. The crane pulled
upwards, when the tension got as high as possible he let go the foot
anchor... the crane block was several hundred pounds of solid steel.


It's good to know there's at least one person dumber than me.


"WAS" is the operative word, I think - the Darwin Award is
given posthumously. (For the recipient's considerateness in
removing himself from the human gene pool!)


There are a few exceptions to that - for example, if some idiot were
to sterilize himself prior to having any kids, he could also be a
contender. (More likely to be a male in this case - it's a lot harder
for a woman to accidentally sterilize herself, not that it couldn't
happen.) But you're right that most of the recipients have removed
themselves in a more complete way.

Now, that said - Jack, could you help a person who has the worst
visual imagination on earth? (That would be me.) I am trying to visualize
your description, and I'm getting nothing. What exactly happened?
Actually, I'm with you until you say "several hundred pounds of solid
steel". I would have thought the weight of the crane was irrelevant -
ie, that what killed him was shooting straight up in the air. But that
might mean I've got it all wrong - a distinct possibility.

Joyce
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Old July 10th 07, 12:59 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Jack Campin - bogus address
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Some guy ... tried to bungee jump *upwards* by anchoring his feet
and attaching his bungee cord to a crane hook. The crane pulled
upwards, when the tension got as high as possible he let go the foot
anchor... the crane block was several hundred pounds of solid steel.

Jack, could you help a person who has the worst visual imagination
on earth? (That would be me.) I am trying to visualize your description,
and I'm getting nothing. What exactly happened?
Actually, I'm with you until you say "several hundred pounds of solid
steel". I would have thought the weight of the crane was irrelevant -
ie, that what killed him was shooting straight up in the air. But that
might mean I've got it all wrong - a distinct possibility.


Consider a very powerful elastic band, attached at one end to a human
and at the other end to a large block of metal. The direction the
human will be propelled in is straight at the block of metal, and given
how much energy a bungee can store, he was going fast enough to fly a
very long way *through* it.

It wasn't shooting up in the air that was the problem, it was what
happened at the top of his flight.

If he'd used *two* cranes with bungees forming a V he'd have been okay,
with nothing but empty air above him all the way.

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Old July 10th 07, 01:46 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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A good friend in high school died doing this. He was up on a ladder
taking down outdoor xmas lights on New Year's Eve day. The end of the
strand of lights got caught up in a branch so he gave it a good tug.
The thing came loose and flung over behind him and onto the power line.
He was electrocuted immediately :-(
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
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http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson


Pat wrote:
Do not pull on an extension cord to unplug it from a distance. I did
it today with a heavy-duty outdoor cord, from about ten feet away,
and the thing snapped back and smacked me right between the eyes
(nearly breaking my nose, from the feel of it).


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Old July 10th 07, 02:49 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Consider a very powerful elastic band, attached at one end to a human
and at the other end to a large block of metal. The direction the
human will be propelled in is straight at the block of metal, and given
how much energy a bungee can store, he was going fast enough to fly a
very long way *through* it.


It wasn't shooting up in the air that was the problem, it was what
happened at the top of his flight.


If he'd used *two* cranes with bungees forming a V he'd have been okay,
with nothing but empty air above him all the way.


Except for the tiny problem of "what goes up must come down".

Joyce

PS - Thanks for the clarification. I can picture it now.
 




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