One of the many helicopter transports from the burn last year was due to a fire drill gone all wrong. The victim in this story was my dear friend and partner in making some of the most safe/dangerous toys anyone could ever play on. Safety Fourth is our rule, but perhaps it should be moved up to third. He instigated a "chinese fire drill" on a friend's mutant vehicle and neglected to inform the driver before jumping from the lead vehicle to start the drill. Landing in front of the trailer, fully laden with lazy burners, he was run over-a logical consiquence but shocking to his leg none-the-less. With both bones crushed in his leg, I am confident that he learned that safety fourth, or third, is only an amusing joke on the stupidity of all alcohol brave humans. Perhaps the gom jibar, or other tests for humanity, should be instigated in our upbringing to remove those that claim to be impervious to pain from those that risk pain with full consciousness of it. Please understand the seriousness of risk, to be fun- it MUST be taken seriously. Thank you for your understanding.
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Re: Fire drills, of the Chinese variety
Mon, June 11, 2007 - 10:55 PMSo let me get this straight.
He Jumped from a mutant vehicle that was in motion, in front of a trailer, landed underneath a load-bearing axle, and broke his fibia and tibula, and had to get airlifted out to washoe county trauma.
It's a good thing I'm not a paramedic, because there are some times I'd just keep driving. "I didn't see him."
So there's probably 3 hours of turbine time, two engines most likely (I think they use aerospatial twin-stars), three-seven pounds of jet-A per minute, pilot copilot and two parameds, bed in a hospital, surgery and repair. I'm estimating that was a 1/3 million dollar fuckup.
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Re: Fire drills, of the Chinese variety
Mon, June 11, 2007 - 11:19 PMSo my camp last year had a bar and we got to meet lots of great people...at the end of the week a guy in his 50s who'd been a medic for the week came by for a drink. We encouraged him to tell us the most ridiculous thing he'd seen all week..the worst, the strangest, whatever...
so he says "well...there was a random brawl at thunderdome, and some Hippy broke another dude's skull when he hit him with a dijeridoo!"
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Re: Fire drills, of the Chinese variety
Tue, June 12, 2007 - 7:41 AMI dont have one of those pain boxes to put peoples hands in. but I do have a torch! Anyone who feels that they would like an introduction to the world of chunky crisp flesh pieces dropping and dripping from the back of their hands should see me at one! I provide this service for free to those in need.