Learning from our mistakes OR shit not ta do

SONIC. said:
Anyone who weighs more than the mass of the water they displace will sink, as that's how buoyancy works ;)
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LOL ;)

Bone density, muscle to bone ratio bla bla bla I can't remember or even care. I sink. So what?

I think the funniest thing I heard was around a campfire one night. My same buddy as above randomly said (because we're both sinkers) "I don't know. All I know is that you and I are not fuckin' witches, bro!"

And we toasted to that one! 8)
 
As I said earlier I dated a girl for a few years who taught swimming at the local Y. She tried for a few years to teach me to swim. Never made it. My sister-in-law taught life saving classes and said that some people cannot swim.
 
farmerdl said:
As I said earlier I dated a girl for a few years who taught swimming at the local Y. She tried for a few years to teach me to swim. Never made it. My sister-in-law taught life saving classes and said that some people cannot swim.
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I don't doubt it.
 
HerrDeacon said:
That's quite a visual Hoosier ;D ;D
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Unfortunately I have enough to keep this thead active fo a while, as I am sure we all do... I am just not to proud to share my "dumb-ass attacks" to the entire World Wide Web. ;)
Let's see... I had a car come in with a broken exhaust hanger... Simply enough. Go to th paerts counter and get a "universal Hanger... You know the type. The one with boiler strap, a rubber insulator and a sleeve that a muffler clamp fits through.
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So, I get it all lined up, bent the strap to align with a nice solide piece if sheet metal at the back of the customers car, grab my air drill and begin drilling the hole for the 1/4 -20 mounting bolt. Punch through and fluid starts running out... :eek: ... WTF?
Yep, I drilled a nice big hole right into the gas tank. Fuel was the liquid streaming out.
Spent the next 2 hours and the shops profit pulling the tank and sending it out for repair and reinstalling. Worst part of the whole thing was when I told Shop Foreman. "OK Boss, I have done some stupid shit..." and he said without blinking an eye "I'm sure you have." :-[
 
Hoosier Daddy said:
Unfortunately I have enough to keep this thead active fo a while, as I am sure we all do... I am just not to proud to share my "dumb-ass attacks" to the entire World Wide Web. ;)
Let's see... I had a car come in with a broken exhaust hanger... Simply enough. Go to th paerts counter and get a "universal Hanger... You know the type. The one with boiler strap, a rubber insulator and a sleeve that a muffler clamp fits through.
12201100_primary.jpg


So, I get it all lined up, bent the strap to align with a nice solide piece if sheet metal at the back of the customers car, grab my air drill and begin drilling the hole for the 1/4 -20 mounting bolt. Punch through and fluid starts running out... :eek: ... WTF?
Yep, I drilled a nice big hole right into the gas tank. Fuel was the liquid streaming out.
Spent the next 2 hours and the shops profit pulling the tank and sending it out for repair and reinstalling. Worst part of the whole thing was when I told Shop Foreman. "OK Boss, I have done some stupid shit..." and he said without blinking an eye "I'm sure you have." :-[
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Would rather drill a hole in a gas tank than this!

The friend of a friend took the pic about a week ago at a local shop.

Now THAT will ruin your day.
 

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Re: Re: Learning from our mistakes OR shit not ta do

New2meCB said:
I'm not quite as bad as some others as I can swim and actually enjoy it but I will defend some that claim to "sink" when in water. I too sink.

Some are legitimately constructed physically in such a way that they in fact simply sink if they are not moving: most folks naturally float. Those who naturally float are far more likely to have an easy time at swimming or even learning to swim. Those who sink (like myself) have a far more difficult time at learning and even when you do, swimming is far more of a workout than a typical "floating" person. That, I can assure you. It's the only thing keeping me from triathlons. I've been harassed to no end to get into it (I do other types of racing) but know that I would exhaust myself in the swim so.....

I was forced to learn to swim as a kid because we had a pool, a boat and we live against one of the biggest fresh water lakes in the world. I continue to enjoy life in, on and around water (kayaking, fly fishing etc. etc.) but I NEVER go out in the Kayak without my PFD. If I'm in heavy current and there is any chance of falling when I'm fishing, I have a tiny PFD that you can barely see as well that I wear under my vest. Pull the cord and it inflates.

Not being able to swim is something that I would personally try and correct at this age however ESPECIALLY if you work around water or your hobbies see you near or in the stuff. PFD's PFD's PFD's people!

Living where I do, I have MANY insane/scary/tragic stories involving water.

Some people sink. That's the truth.

When I first met my wife, she totally didn't believe me when I told her I sink. She was convinced she could teach me to float on my back and I told her it wasn't possible. I bet her 20 bucks I could take a huge breath of air and sit cross legged and arms crossed at the bottom of the deep end of the pool.....................nothing weighing me down. Just sit there. She took me up on it and I was 20 bucks richer. I took a breath, stopped moving and sunk right to the bottom. Once there, I sat down cross legged staring at her. She'd never seen it before. I'm relaxed as hell around water and still she could not get me to float. We tried MANY times. Not happening.

This came up in conversation once with some friends and low and behold, another buddy of mine is the exact same way. He thought he was the only one. ;)

Sorry, that was way too long.

Back to the crazy stories............way more fun to read.
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Im the same I can swim and enjoy it but if im not moving im sinking.

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I've had two friends drop trees on their trucks. The first was a very cherry 1951 Ford F1 and the tree crushed the cab. The second was a week old 2002 Dodge Dakota quad cab. Neither are allowed by their wives to use chainsaws any more.

Telling on myself, I decided to load my Buell in the truck one winter morning. I have a wide set of aluminum ramps and "assumed" I could ride it up the ramp and into the back with nor problem. After all, I had done it several times before. However, I didn't factor in the heavy dew on the grass and when I was half up the ramp the now wet rear wheel broke loose sending the bike off one side and me off the other. No major damage except to my pride. It was early in the morning, so no one was really awake, until I picked up the Buell and the horn started beeping and kept beeping until I could get the key turned off.
 
Some folks that sink in freshwater, float in seawater. Some folks sink, that's a fact.
 
farmerdl said:
Yes Bradj, I'm a fish farmer who cannot swim. Get a lot of ribbing about too. My brother can't swim either. Did his tour in Nam on a boat.
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I once used a butane torch to burn the gasoline out of a brass carburetor float that got a hole in it.

I had done it once before and it made a nice little flamethrower... it was fun.

This one exploded... *BANG* like a 12-gauge shell about a foot from my face.

It then fell, on fire, into a pile of sawdust I used earlier that day to clean up an oil spill.

Luckily it didn't catch but that could have been a mess.

Oh, this was all in my basement, too. Don't tell the wife.

-Deek
 
ILoveThumpers said:
I once used a butane torch to burn the gasoline out of a brass carburetor float that got a hole in it.

I had done it once before and it made a nice little flamethrower... it was fun.

This one exploded... *BANG* like a 12-gauge shell about a foot from my face.

It then fell, on fire, into a pile of sawdust I used earlier that day to clean up an oil spill.

Luckily it didn't catch but that could have been a mess.

Oh, this was all in my basement, too. Don't tell the wife.

-Deek
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hahaha

Now that's what I'm talkin' about. 8)
 
A couple months ago I had to discharge a fire extinguisher in my garage after trying to kill a very small spider with a starter fluid blowtorch.
 
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