Is this really smart?... really?

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[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

1. The one on the left is asking for some Grey Poupon

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That is damned dangerous as well as stupid...

The picture actually made me gasp.

Yikes.

:scared:

[Major Nikon]

3. I'm thinking someone turned the picture 90 degrees

[ashling]

4. In that event, the question becomes:

Is this really smart? ... really?

[Major Nikon]

6. Was Lindberg stupid for crossing the Atlantic in a single engine plane?

Some people jump off cliffs in batsuits. While that's more risk than I'm willing to take, I wouldn't call it stupid. Those folks live more in the minute or so that it takes them to get on the ground than most do all year. If you do manage to live to see your grandkids, at least you'll have some better stories to tell than 'I sat at a desk for 30 years'.

Just sayin'

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Some of my biggest regrets are the "dangerous" chances that I DIDN'T take...

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... while some of my BEST memories probably deserved a "Here... hold my beer" prelude.
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I HAVE to practice moderation now... but, back in the day, moderation was for monks!!!
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I took big, BIG bites.
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[Major Nikon]

9. My dad died relatively young with cancer and had plenty of regrets for things he hadn't done

Not long after that I started working on my private pilot certificate which I had been dreaming about all my life. 1000 hours later and I've seen just about every corner of the lower 48.

Everyone takes the same dirt nap in the end, and how much you live from start to finish isn't just measured by the number of years you get.

Like Ron Shock says, get stoned, fuck a stranger, eat a twinkie.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Just over a month ago, a wingwalker died in Michigan during a performance...

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...trying to transfer from the wing of a plane to the strut of a helicopter.
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Damn right, it's dangerous -- and I'm wondering from the comments of one of
the spectators, whether or not they violated safety regs about the level of
windspeed at which stunts can be MUCH more dangerous.
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The wingwalker's father had been one for 45 years (the video doesn't say,
but it seems like he survived his whole career).
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Our unit in the 101st flew down for joint maneuvers with our sister unit in
the 82nd Airborne. They scheduled a HUGE jump... inviting the press to cover
it. I was one of the medics covering it on the ground.
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The colonel in charge was advised (I heard this) that the windspeed
was too high for a safe jump. The colonel said the press was there and it
was "only 5 mph too high" and gave a green light.
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We paralleled the guys in our field ambulance as they hit the ground one
after another in succession in a line. Sure enough, one of their chutes
filled with air and started dragging the man along the ground on his back.
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We raced to in front of him and jumped out. I jumped into and collapsed the
chute and the other medic unwrapped the lines which (of course) had managed
to wrap around his throat.
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We never got a word of thanks from that colonel -- in addition to the man's
life, we had saved his ass -- as charges probably would not have been
brought (bad publicity), but his career would have been OVER.
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Asshole.
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There was a video of the wingwalker actually falling. I decided not to post it.
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[Major Nikon]

7. I watched the 82nd jump during an airshow in high winds

It was in Georgia in '87 or so. Almost everyone was drug by their chutes. One guy got a nasty compound fracture. Many more got a trip to the hospital. About 1/3rd of them were fit enough to march back to the crowd, and most of those had torn uniforms and were marching with a limp. At another practice session for a military airshow I saw a female parachutist fall all the way to the ground with her chute never opening.

[Recovered Repug]

10. If people only did smart things;

there wouldn't be any REALLY GOOD stories to tell.