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November 13, 2007 at 10:10 am #1042872
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm
Quote:Man hurt using gun to change tyreA US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.
The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.
Shooting at the wheel from arm’s length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.
The man – who police say was on his own and not intoxicated – was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.
Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.
“He’s bound and determined to get that lug nut off,” said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff’s office.
He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.
November 13, 2007 at 11:11 am #1124691only in america. they serriously have a fucked up population of nationalist thick wankers.
November 13, 2007 at 11:11 am #1145615only in america. they serriously have a fucked up population of nationalist thick wankers.
November 13, 2007 at 12:03 pm #1124674boothy wrote:only in america
they serriously have a fucked up population of nationalist thick wankers.No more than any other country. So let’s please not generalise or make racial slurs! There are idiots everywhere…
November 13, 2007 at 12:03 pm #1145598boothy wrote:only in america
they serriously have a fucked up population of nationalist thick wankers.No more than any other country. So let’s please not generalise or make racial slurs! There are idiots everywhere…
November 13, 2007 at 12:43 pm #1124692Dr Bunsen wrote:No more than any other country. So let’s please not generalise quite so much or make racial slurs. I’ve met idiots in every single one of the several countries I’ve lived in…oh no i aint sayin that they are all like that
but its not really generalising to say americans are extremely patriotic to the point of it bein dangerous nationalism.
November 13, 2007 at 12:43 pm #1145616Dr Bunsen wrote:No more than any other country. So let’s please not generalise quite so much or make racial slurs. I’ve met idiots in every single one of the several countries I’ve lived in…oh no i aint sayin that they are all like that
but its not really generalising to say americans are extremely patriotic to the point of it bein dangerous nationalism.
November 13, 2007 at 12:48 pm #1124675boothy wrote:oh no i aint sayin that they are all like thatbut its not really generalising to say americans are extremely patriotic to the point of it bein dangerous nationalism.
And I’m saying these people are everywhere especially where you’d least expect them. The netherlands and Belgium are particularly well stocked in that department but you’d never suspect it…
November 13, 2007 at 12:48 pm #1145599boothy wrote:oh no i aint sayin that they are all like thatbut its not really generalising to say americans are extremely patriotic to the point of it bein dangerous nationalism.
And I’m saying these people are everywhere especially where you’d least expect them. The netherlands and Belgium are particularly well stocked in that department but you’d never suspect it…
November 13, 2007 at 12:50 pm #1124693fair enough.
just a lot of what’s been goin on in their country and their foreign policy for the past… 40 years… its a bit… well, surely some of it is so ridiculous the people would stop it happenin…
November 13, 2007 at 12:50 pm #1145617fair enough.
just a lot of what’s been goin on in their country and their foreign policy for the past… 40 years… its a bit… well, surely some of it is so ridiculous the people would stop it happenin…
November 13, 2007 at 12:51 pm #1124679Its only about half the Americans who are actually like that.
Especially if you have an interest in alternative technology you will find there are actually loads of decent Americans. A lot of them do stuff “behind the scenes” which helps places like this site, helping create the open source software that keeps sites like this running.
If it wasn’t for young Americans picking up the “crumbs from the table” of the military industrial complex in the 1970s and 1980s we wouldn’t have todays personal computers.
Others today are pioneers in such fields as renewable energy, low-impact living etc.
What is sad is that in recent times the right wing ones have been more and more able to use fear and control (including the use of armed violence) to hold back the voices of the decent Americans – which is why you may not be aware of the good stuff that often happens in that country
November 13, 2007 at 12:51 pm #1145604Its only about half the Americans who are actually like that.
Especially if you have an interest in alternative technology you will find there are actually loads of decent Americans. A lot of them do stuff “behind the scenes” which helps places like this site, helping create the open source software that keeps sites like this running.
If it wasn’t for young Americans picking up the “crumbs from the table” of the military industrial complex in the 1970s and 1980s we wouldn’t have todays personal computers.
Others today are pioneers in such fields as renewable energy, low-impact living etc.
What is sad is that in recent times the right wing ones have been more and more able to use fear and control (including the use of armed violence) to hold back the voices of the decent Americans – which is why you may not be aware of the good stuff that often happens in that country
November 13, 2007 at 1:09 pm #1124676boothy wrote:fair enough.just a lot of what’s been goin on in their country and their foreign policy for the past… 40 years… its a bit… well, surely some of it is so ridiculous the people would stop it happenin…
What politicians have done for the last 5, 40 or even 150 years has very little to do with what the average person wants or believes in that country. The last thing that governement does is reflect public opinion but again that’s no different than most countries really…
November 13, 2007 at 1:09 pm #1145601boothy wrote:fair enough.just a lot of what’s been goin on in their country and their foreign policy for the past… 40 years… its a bit… well, surely some of it is so ridiculous the people would stop it happenin…
What politicians have done for the last 5, 40 or even 150 years has very little to do with what the average person wants or believes in that country. The last thing that governement does is reflect public opinion but again that’s no different than most countries really…
November 13, 2007 at 1:17 pm #1124694alright yeah fair enough it was a bit of a generalistic and predujice thing to say
/mid-week boredom.
November 13, 2007 at 1:17 pm #1145618alright yeah fair enough it was a bit of a generalistic and predujice thing to say
/mid-week boredom.
November 13, 2007 at 2:07 pm #1124680take a read of this site (particularly stuff about the bloke who runs it and his circle of friends) and the stuff linked from it and see if you still have the same views about all Americans….
November 13, 2007 at 2:07 pm #1145605take a read of this site (particularly stuff about the bloke who runs it and his circle of friends) and the stuff linked from it and see if you still have the same views about all Americans….
November 13, 2007 at 4:49 pm #1124696I know an intelligent english bloke that was going to use his shotgun to put holes into a big oil drum so that wood would burn better in it, it was only when i said to him that i dont want to be anywhere near him when he did it that he thought about his stupidity!
November 13, 2007 at 4:49 pm #1145620I know an intelligent english bloke that was going to use his shotgun to put holes into a big oil drum so that wood would burn better in it, it was only when i said to him that i dont want to be anywhere near him when he did it that he thought about his stupidity!
November 13, 2007 at 7:45 pm #1124697Dr Bunsen wrote:And I’m saying these people are everywhere especially where you’d least expect them. The netherlands and Belgium are particularly well stocked in that department but you’d never suspect it…but can the netherlands and belgium buy guns from the supermarket?
November 13, 2007 at 7:45 pm #1145621Dr Bunsen wrote:And I’m saying these people are everywhere especially where you’d least expect them. The netherlands and Belgium are particularly well stocked in that department but you’d never suspect it…but can the netherlands and belgium buy guns from the supermarket?
November 13, 2007 at 8:02 pm #1124677You’re right, you can but there are still lots of them about…
November 13, 2007 at 8:02 pm #1145602You’re right, you can but there are still lots of them about…
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