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Another "Hold My Beer and Watch This" Moment...

03/31/2016 10:42 AM
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Re: Another "Hold my beer and watch this" moment...

03/31/2016 11:02 AM

Three pounds of Tannerite... Yikes!

If the guy had been kneeling instead of standing, the average intelligence of America would have enjoyed a slight increase.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/man-shooting-lawn-mower-loses-leg_us_56f92dd2e4b014d3fe23777c?

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03/31/2016 11:31 AM

43 ft away! He's lucky to be alive.....100 ft per lb is recommended...and then I'm guessing you don't want metal shards flying around to begin with....

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03/31/2016 11:48 AM

I have been using tannerite for a few years on my backyard range.

My targets however, are 130 yards away, and one pound makes about 4 targets.

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03/31/2016 1:12 PM

A Trump suporter, no doubt.

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03/31/2016 2:00 PM

A Clinton supporter, no doubt.

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03/31/2016 3:05 PM

Clinton supporters don't own guns.

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04/01/2016 3:56 AM

I negated one of the OTs for you, I am sure some others here will do the rest!!

I agree with you.

He was also useless at reloading, forgetting to cock the weapon again!

In a war situation, he would have been shot anyway, but at home, a dumb lawnmower managed it!!

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04/02/2016 6:07 PM

I'm with AndyG. Count me for the second GA. I only WISH I knew how to vote for an ON-topic, to offfset the off-topic.

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04/02/2016 6:42 PM

One GA vote offsets one OT vote.

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04/02/2016 10:04 PM

Saw that effect after I recycled, in turn after I sent my message. Glad we got you, so far, up to almost a GA, anyway.

Cause I agree with you.

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04/02/2016 10:50 PM

Thanks.

Opinions are like certain body parts. We all have them. And most of them stink.

This election is very troubling. (I'll leave it at that)

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04/03/2016 12:32 AM

I'm with you. For both Parties, I think, as well as the country we know and, I suspect, both love. And I'LL leave it at THAT!

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04/03/2016 12:32 PM

I'm 70 Y.O. and I can count the number of presidentiol candidates I've voted FOR! Most times it's who is least objectional, not who is best.

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04/03/2016 12:55 PM

It's your duty to vote.

Even if it is for the least objectionable.

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04/03/2016 9:44 PM

Yeah. The problem with NOT voting is that that is to cast a vote FOR the MOST objectionable!

It would be nice, though, if we could find a candidate for whom a vote did not have to be on the basis of "Well, at least he/she is not THAT guy/gal!"

But I think our "Parties" are to busy partying to listen to any of us. If they can't control the candidate for their own ends, WE are somehow to stupid to know for whom WE should vote. I think they've "Lost their first love", assuming they ever, individually or otherwise, had it.

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04/03/2016 4:47 AM

You said fully correctly "This election is very troubling. (I'll leave it at that)"

I could not agree more and I do not even live there........ But the whole world could be affected......

This comment from myself also applies to micahd02

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04/03/2016 9:57 PM

No U.S. presidential candidate has ever attracted this many negative comments from world leaders. They are usually subdued prior to our elections.

The thought of having an unstable egomaniac in control of the world's most powerful military should concern everyone.

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04/03/2016 11:23 PM

It could be a lot worse. Consider the Democratic candidates: A lying incompeternt or an incompetent socialist.

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04/03/2016 11:34 PM

Nothing could be worse than the thought of having an unstable egomaniac in control of the world's most powerful military.

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04/04/2016 6:58 AM

Regardless of the Political Affiliation!

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04/04/2016 6:59 AM

GA....but their body guards do.

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04/04/2016 7:01 AM

That's cause (misquoting Robustly Abominable) "My kids are IMPORTANT!"

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03/31/2016 2:30 PM

A Darwin Award supporter, you betcha.

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04/01/2016 3:57 AM

LOL!!

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04/01/2016 8:07 AM

It seems that ignorance is not always bliss. Always enjoy the Darwin awards.

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03/31/2016 3:58 PM

The lesson here is, if you're gonna do something incredibly dangerous and dumb, be a better shot.

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Re: Another "Hold My Beer and Watch This" Moment...

04/08/2016 8:19 PM

Mythbusters, anyone-they are always blowing something up.

But at least they have the smarts (or is it hard learned lessons) to use some sort of blast shield.

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