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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

The person outside pushed the handicap button, folding the door on the guy inside. :v:

# ? Feb 28, 2017 01:41

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# ? May 17, 2024 19:13

Jack-Off Lantern: Mar 2, 2012

Synthbuttrange posted:

The person outside pushed the handicap button, folding the door on the guy inside.

But it did not handicap him as advertised

# ? Feb 28, 2017 01:49

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Runcible Cat posted:

It can be fatal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV_Gaul

The whole crew died including R. Atkinson, who actually mysteriously escaped and started a new life as a comedian.

Makes u think

# ? Feb 28, 2017 02:12

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

Platystemon posted:

The man is actually standing on the top deck, That window is in the superstructure. Most of the water rolls right back off.

https://giant.gfycat.com/UnderstatedViciousBaboon.mp4

# ? Feb 28, 2017 02:19

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

https://www.cnet.com/news/boat-captain-uses-ipad-as-compass-crashes-uk/

quote:

Last May, Carlin, 34, was at the helm of a 50-foot oak and mahogany boat named Peggotty. It hailed from the days of World War II and Carlin wanted to sell it. So he decided to sail it from Grimsby to Hull for a survey and brought along a representative for the potential buyer.

The Peggotty was, however, blessed with neither a compass, nor fully working navigational equipment.

Still, what could go wrong? The other man in the boat had an iPad.

iPads have apps that can do everything, after all. And, indeed, his passenger -- who had previously worked as the captain of a safety boat -- opened his navigational app and began directing the way across the Humber Estuary, a waterway that enjoys quite some traffic.

Then the Wi-Fi failed.

The mental navigation system in your mind already tells you that the Peggotty was struck by trouble. More precisely, it was struck by the Petunia Seaways, a cargo ship 1,400 times larger than the 50-footer. Indeed, the Petunia Seaways is so big that she felt nothing. She wafted along to Sweden.

Meanwhile, Carlin, who had heard one lone fog signal but wasn't sure where it had come from, had to issue a mayday as his boat began to sink. He and his passenger were rescued by a passing boat. The Peggotty had, indeed, strayed into a shipping lane.

The report says that the master of the Petunia Seaways reacted too late, as the Peggotty was visible. The master should also have sounded his foghorn more than once.

You might imagine that Carlin wasn't an experienced captain. However, even though this was off-duty activity, he's a pilot with Associated British Ports.

PDF of the report:
https://www.iims.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MAIBInvReport04_2017.pdf

# ? Feb 28, 2017 04:17

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

The iPad has a magnetic compass in it, could have used that in combination with paper charts if he really had no reception.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 04:22

Ornamental Dingbat: Feb 26, 2007

haveblue posted:

The iPad has a magnetic compass in it, could have used that in combination with paper charts if he really had no reception.

*Cruises into active shipping lane, gets hit and sinks*

"Goddammit Waze!!!"

Edit: that reminds me of multiple complaints I've seen on the Waze map editor where drivers were directed down restricted roads on military bases and had weapons drawn and pointed at them by the guards.

Ornamental Dingbat fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Feb 28, 2017

# ? Feb 28, 2017 04:40

FuturePastNow: May 19, 2014

https://streamable.com/eum4m :nms:

# ? Feb 28, 2017 05:04

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

Did he stick the landing?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 05:22

Beemo: Feb 20, 2011

As someone who lives near the Humber Estuary, I can certainly say its a body of water you don't want to make skin contact with, I accidentally did once and my skin was horribly itchy until I was able to shower.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 05:23

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

FuturePastNow posted:

https://streamable.com/eum4m

"Ay gonorrhea!"

# ? Feb 28, 2017 05:42

Nissin Cup Nudist: Sep 3, 2011; Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land

exploded mummy posted:

This was JPM smashing into the jet dryer, right?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:09

Spiteski: Aug 27, 2013

Thank goodness he was wearing a life jacket.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:21

DiHK: Feb 4, 2013; by Azathoth

FuturePastNow posted:

https://streamable.com/eum4m

Been there, done that. Albeit not on a skateboard and I'm p sure he got more air.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:23

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

haveblue posted:

The iPad has a magnetic compass in it, could have used that in combination with paper charts if he really had no reception.

GPS doesn't require wifi, though it's possible that out-of-the-box there are no apps that will give you your coordinates.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:31

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

ElectroBOOM decides to encase an air compressor in ~~resin~~ a couple of pounds of hot glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97w8bl3n3eU

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:36

Frinkahedron: Jul 26, 2006; Gobble Gobble

Platystemon posted:

GPS doesn't require wifi, though it's possible that out-of-the-box there are no apps that will give you your coordinates.

The included compass app does!

# ? Feb 28, 2017 06:54

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Mak0rz posted:

ElectroBOOM decides to encase an air compressor in ~~resin~~ a couple of pounds of hot glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97w8bl3n3eU

I love that this dude is making a living out of these videos now.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 07:09

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

GPS probably worked the entire time except it didn't account for the huge commercial shipping lane and neither did the operators.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:08

qkkl: Jul 1, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

To clarify the water on the boat thing, all the holes that are used to let the water back into the ocean are above the water line when the ship is fully upright, correct?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:37

LethalGeek: Nov 4, 2009

I saw a picture earlier of a naked lady on a train track and my immediate thought was this thread. Her and whomever took the picture needs to get the gently caress off the tracks!

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:37

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

Frinkahedron posted:

The included compass app does!

I can't imagine that the guy relying on an iPad app to navigate his boat has any clue of how to find his location on a chart with latitude and longitude coordinates.

Thomamelas posted:

That's racing nightmare fuel.

That's nightmare fuel? Well how about when an alcohol-fueled car catches fire and sets the entire pit crew alight with invisible flames? :unsmigghh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7TdLeEGsQ

p sure this is one of the major reasons that most racing series ban the use of straight methanol/ethanol as a racing fuel.

Thomamelas posted:

Which is a nightmare if there is fire. It doesn't take fire a long time to get out of hand and while Nomex is great, it doesn't buy you forever. Getting a five or six point racing harness undone is designed to be pretty easy. It's a big button in the center for this very reason. But when you're groggy or concussed, and panicking because "Fire, oh god fire, fire, fire" is running through your head, everything gets harder.

See, that's why I ride a motorcycle. In any accident I am thrown safely free of the bike, no chance of being stuck inside while it burns. :smugdog:

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:41

Jack-Off Lantern: Mar 2, 2012

Sagebrush posted:

safely free of the bike

The bike is designed to prevent your precious donatable organs being burned. One day, on a slippery fall road, you won't need those no more.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:45

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Sagebrush posted:

That's nightmare fuel? Well how about when an alcohol-fueled car catches fire and sets the entire pit crew alight with invisible flames?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7TdLeEGsQ

Jesus christ!

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:45

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Decrepus posted:

GPS probably worked the entire time except it didn't account for the huge commercial shipping lane and neither did the operators.

It�s funnier if they had everything they needed to not sink the whole time (except brains), though.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 08:59

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Sagebrush posted:

That's nightmare fuel? Well how about when an alcohol-fueled car catches fire and sets the entire pit crew alight with invisible flames?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7TdLeEGsQ

Pit stop dance party!

# ? Feb 28, 2017 09:02

Thomamelas: Mar 11, 2009

AmmoniumAcetate posted:

I was under the impression that since the suits are fire proof enough to keep you safe, in theory, until you or somebody else could pull you out of the car, the danger was in the fire just eating all of the oxygen while you suffocate.

They are fire resistant up to a point. But one of the issues to keep in mind is that gasoline fires burn at around 1800 degrees. So you may not get fire being applied directly to the skin but at some point the nomex is going to let some of that heat in. At which point you start getting burns just from the heat. Nomex is amazing stuff but it's got limits. And the goal isn't so much to keep the driver alive till someone else gets there, but to give the driver time to extract themselves from the car. If something happens and you get injured enough that you can't extract yourself, in a fire situation then your odds of survival start dropping.

Sagebrush posted:

I can't imagine that the guy relying on an iPad app to navigate his boat has any clue of how to find his location on a chart with latitude and longitude coordinates.

That's nightmare fuel? Well how about when an alcohol-fueled car catches fire and sets the entire pit crew alight with invisible flames?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7TdLeEGsQ

p sure this is one of the major reasons that most racing series ban the use of straight methanol/ethanol as a racing fuel.

See, that's why I ride a motorcycle. In any accident I am thrown safely free of the bike, no chance of being stuck inside while it burns.

Quite a few allow for methanol, but now they add coloring agents so you can tell it's on fire. I'll keep the fire risk if it means continuing to be able to use HANS devices.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:12

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

Isn't methanol horribly toxic to inhale?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:18

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

The Lone Badger posted:

Isn't methanol horribly toxic to inhale?

Not if you chase it with stronge booze.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:21

Skellybones: May 31, 2011; Fun Shoe

That octopus was pretty big, but not big enough to wash Acco out. I think it work as a bodyguard for an even bigger friendly lake monster, that's why it gently removed Enkidel.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:32

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Spiteski posted:

Thank goodness he was wearing a life jacket.

quote:

Video has emerged of an unlucky driver of a jetboat

yes, unlucky rather than an idiot

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:33

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Skellybones posted:

That octopus was pretty big, but not big enough to wash Acco out. I think it work as a bodyguard for an even bigger friendly lake monster, that's why it gently removed Enkidel.

Are you lost, friend?

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:35

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Giant lake monsters are a serious hazard friend.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:37

Skellybones: May 31, 2011; Fun Shoe

It was all handled very safely and responsibly, nobody got hurt. Good example to go by.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 10:48

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

The Lone Badger posted:

Isn't methanol horribly toxic to inhale?

Back in Highschool, a friends dad got a lot of it in a drag racing incident I think. It was something to do with a crash and fire - burnt/damaged the heck out of his lungs. I've only ever seen the guy with an oxygen mask on

# ? Feb 28, 2017 11:12

hanales: Nov 3, 2013

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Pit stop dance party!

With the voiceover it sounds like a Monty python sketch.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 13:30

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

This was JPM smashing into the jet dryer, right?

yes

# ? Feb 28, 2017 13:33

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. is also in repose.

ShineDog posted:

Is he sorting lbait from a tank? He seems to have a cleaver but I don't really see why that would be located there?

Any kind of rough sea fishing is terrifying work though. Watch some of the earlier deadliest catch seasons where people just get creamed.

There is a long, hooked line being pulled up from the water and he's taking fish off. You can see him pull the fish in at the very beginning before the first wave comes in. Probably has something like a small billhook in his hand to help grab the fish.

# ? Feb 28, 2017 19:18