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Not really OSHA except the fact this man went back to work as a fire fighter after not sleeping for 2 days and beating a horse in a marathon. Some crazy poo poo. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61773202 Man v horse: Powys race won by runner Ricky Lightfoot By James McCarthy BBC News Trail runner Ricky Lightfoot became only the third person to win the race since it started in 1980. He told the BBC he had woken at 06:00 BST on Friday before catching a flight to Manchester at midnight. Landing at 04:00 he travelled to Wales, arriving at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, at 09:00 for the race start at 11:00. Crossing the line, the 6ft 4in (1.93m) athlete had no idea whether he had won as the people and animals take slightly different routes. After asking around, he discovered he had come out on top against 1,000 runners and 50 horses with a time of 2:22:23. He took home £3,500 after beating the first horse by more than two minutes on the 22.5-mile (36km) course. The 37-year-old Cumbrian said winning was "pretty good, like". "It's great to win the event and beat the horse," he said. "I called my partner and said: 'I beat the horse'. And she said: 'You're joking?'. "And I said: 'No, I did.' She was like, 'oh my God!'" The firefighter said he had been quietly confident. "I thought I could give the horse a good race," he explained. Since his win, he has been asked if he will enter the Grand National next. "It would be great if I could win the Grand National," he said. "I've never rode a horse in my life. I once rode a donkey at Blackpool Pleasure Beach though." After winning, the father of two then made his way home to Maryport, in Cumbria, as he had to be back in work at 07:30 on Sunday. Race director Mike Thomas said Mr Lightfoot, a member of Cumbria running club Ellenborough AC, beat the horses "quite comfortably" on Saturday. The last time a human beat a horse in the race was in 2007, and the first time was in 2004. The jackpot prize for a runner who beats the first horse and rider starts at £500 and increases by £500 each year the event takes place until it is won. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jun 13, 2022 |
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Yeah. But what a loving way to be remembered. People will forget about you dying from covid in a hospital, they won't forget the elephant that killed you coming back to ensure the job was done. An elephant never forgets TO KILL!!!!
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The Man v. Horse marathon is cool, but the only reason that runners have a shot is that the riders have to abide by animal welfare rules. The runners can push themselves as hard as they wish.
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Scratch Monkey posted:'bout to do some sketchy poo poo, doo dah doo dah! Using a photo of an African elephant in a story about an Indian elephant.
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Platystemon posted:The Man v. Horse marathon is cool, but the only reason that runners have a shot is that the riders have to abide by animal welfare rules. I mean it makes sense, beating a dead horse gets old pretty fast
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Platystemon posted:The Man v. Horse marathon is cool, but the only reason that runners have a shot is that the riders have to abide by animal welfare rules. TotalLossBrain posted:An elephant never forgets TO KILL!!!!
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Poor old grandma. Thought of elephants and died.
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El Spamo posted:Hah, I was listening to an episode of Last Podcast on the Left and they were talking about some folks way out on an isolated off-grid farm hearing "phantom hums" when it was very quiet and still. Not sure if the hosts clocked it, but to me I couldn't help but say to myself "you ding dongs, it's so quiet that your brain and ears are picking up and making into sound anything they can possibly can." It's not a secret underground government lab or aliens, it's just so quiet that your body adjusts and gets a little squirrely. In those rooms they use for sound testing that are super soundproof, there is always mention of how people can't be in there for long before their brain goes a little weird from being able to hear things you generally don't.
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CitizenKain posted:In those rooms they use for sound testing that are super soundproof, there is always mention of how people can't be in there for long before their brain goes a little weird from being able to hear things you generally don't. Anechoic chambers. Yeah, you start to hear things like your blood flowing; some people claim they also hear "a high frequency, like my nervous system working" but that's probably just mild tinnitus they didn't know they had, or auditory hallucination. They're creepy spaces to be in, in any case. You can scream your lungs out in one and you'll barely hear yourself.
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drat that dude had 3 saving rolls in a row , and should buy a lotto ticket.
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Not today, Satan!
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"works just fine until it doesn't."
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clearly staged that's impossible E: chairs so tiny
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Glory to Italia!
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Need that guy to play short stop on my softball team. Edit: god drat it's beautiful. He is a graceful swan.
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Mister Speaker posted:Anechoic chambers. Yeah, you start to hear things like your blood flowing; some people claim they also hear "a high frequency, like my nervous system working" but that's probably just mild tinnitus they didn't know they had, or auditory hallucination. They're creepy spaces to be in, in any case. You can scream your lungs out in one and you'll barely hear yourself. At one of my old gigs, you could hear a coworker's artificial heart valve click if you were both in the chamber.
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Who here hasn't been startled by an overly aggressive fart?
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Scratch Monkey posted:'bout to do some sketchy poo poo, doo dah doo dah! Elephants never forget, and they never forgive.
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you may not remember the elephant but the elephant remembers you.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Elephants never forget, and they never forgive. https://y.yarn.co/b308351d-be78-4968-925e-f53b58e2bcbb.mp4
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watching the beginning of this it was clear the pilot was either an expert who knew exactly what he was doing or...
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Any landing you can walk away from ...
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Nenonen posted:how Boats are known to inexplicably beach themselves sometimes, it is theorized to be potentially related to water contamination or other environmental factors but scientists do not currently have a complete explanation.
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"That's illegal. What you're doing is illegal." 
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Computer viking posted:In northern Norway? Haha no. She could easily be hours away from the nearest place selling ... well, anything. Maybe a ferry or two. It's the "pile of supplies" one.
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Can't park there mate.
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The best part was him overcorrecting himself running into the other boats when he could just push himself off with his hands at that speed. But nope gotta push the throttle to the floor.
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JossiRossi posted:INFRA? GotLag posted:INFRA is a very good game A few pages back, but a new free map mod is being promoted on Steam today: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/251110/view/3341121821014610268
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Yeah. But what a loving way to be remembered. People will forget about you dying from covid in a hospital, they won't forget the elephant that killed you coming back to ensure the job was done. Died with elephant trample. 
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There's a drat loving good reason that some cultures used elephants as war animals.
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What you need is a good guy with an elephant.
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toplitzin posted:At one of my old gigs, you could hear a coworker's artificial heart valve click if you were both in the chamber. That’s pretty cool. I found that sharing an anechoic chamber with another person just highlights how much silence makes people absolutely unable to stop talking to fill the void. I’ve spent several hours inside various anechoic rooms on more than one occasion and if anything, I found the whole experience quite pleasant and calming. Except for the time someone forgot I was working in it late, and turned the lights off from outside. The doors on either side of the suspended walkway into the room weren’t locked and there’s an emergency bell cord in one corner, but for some reason my brain completely forgot both of those things exist - let alone where they were in relation to my body. No phone signal inside the Faraday cage, either.
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Please hold in your farts while you're inside the anechoic chamber.
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Cat Hatter posted:"That's illegal. What you're doing is illegal." NICE
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Stick to the road...
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Stay clear of the moors. [edit is not quote] Cable Guy fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Jun 14, 2022 |
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Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.
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