Advice from the voice of EXPERIENCE !!

[rswyan]

Repeatedly attempting to light a burn barrel that has no bottom vent with a propane torch that keeps going out when held upside down may not end well since propane is heavier than air ...

 

[oosik]

rswyan - along those lines. Putting any type of pressurized canned product(hair spray, paint, lubricant, Bushes Baked Beans etc) in your burn barrel without puncturing the can first is a good way to see how far the resulting explosion can propel your garbage.

 

[cat fever]

You just really wanted to reblade your driveway, and this was the "excuse" to do it, right?

:laughing:

Well, as it turned out I did have to reblade it.

 

[thepumpguysc]

1>When launching a boat BY YOURSELF.. DONT open the back window of your Bronco & HOLD THE BOW LINE..
The momentum of the boat zooming off the trailer, will pull your arm back & flip you over the drivers seat..

2> when launching a boat FOR THE 2nd TIME by yourself.. and learning a lesson from the 1st time.. and tieing the bow line to the bumper of your truck.. MAKE SURE the rope isn't the "stretchy kind".. the boat WILL come off the trailer, hit the end of said line.. & recoil at Mach 3, back to the CONCRETE landing.. tearing up your shinny jell coat.. OR smashing into your trailer..

 

[cat fever]

1>When launching a boat BY YOURSELF.. DONT open the back window of your Bronco & HOLD THE BOW LINE..
The momentum of the boat zooming off the trailer, will pull your arm back & flip you over the drivers seat..

2> when launching a boat FOR THE 2nd TIME by yourself.. and learning a lesson from the 1st time.. and tieing the bow line to the bumper of your truck.. MAKE SURE the rope isn't the "stretchy kind".. the boat WILL come off the trailer, hit the end of said line.. & recoil at Mach 3, back to the CONCRETE landing.. tearing up your shinny jell coat.. OR smashing into your trailer..

I know it's not funny, but dam that's funny. :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

I know it's not funny, but dam that's funny. :laughing:

I will have to second that motion. I would have liked to have seen a video of that!

 

[thepumpguysc]

When launching your boat for the 3rd time & learning from lessons 1&2..
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS MAKE SURE the straps are UNHOOKED from the back of the boat..
The boat WILL NOT FLOAT when tied to the trailer...
The video plays over & over.. IN MY MIND..

When coming off the lake, after a hard day of consuming adult beverages.. When TRYING to pull the boat out of the ramp.. MAKE SURE the CLUNK you heard was ACTUALLY the emergency brake coming off & not the HOOD popping open.. {pulled the wrong lever} blocked the ramp for over an hour.. getting ready to call a tow truck.. lol

 

[2LaneCruzer]

When transporting a mattress in your truck, make sure that you strap it down securely...DO NOT let your son, daughter or grandchild sit on it to hold it down. They won't. Actually saw this one day; guy in front of me was hauling a mattress, and when it started to rise up, he put his son back there to hold it down. Just took a few seconds and the mattress took off like a kite, dumping the kid on the street at about 30 mph. The ambulance arrived soon after.

I was pretty sure what was going to happen; out neighbor did the same thing, and his daughter ended up with a broken jaw, among other things. I understand this happens a lot; police, I'm told, call it a "mattress incident".

 

[cat fever]

When transporting a mattress in your truck, make sure that you strap it down securely...DO NOT let your son, daughter or grandchild sit on it to hold it down. They won't. Actually saw this one day; guy in front of me was hauling a mattress, and when it started to rise up, he put his son back there to hold it down. Just took a few seconds and the mattress took off like a kite, dumping the kid on the street at about 30 mph. The ambulance arrived soon after.

I was pretty sure what was going to happen; out neighbor did the same thing, and his daughter ended up with a broken jaw, among other things. I understand this happens a lot; police, I'm told, call it a "mattress incident".

I think I would call it "Darwin's theory of Natural Selection".

 

[oosik]

Yes, Natural Selection or thinning of the herd. Never seen a person "ride the mattress" but have seen a few mattresses go flying.