Would you do this to save your friend??

[maple]

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I think you mean Six flags??

Unless theres some kind of "different" theme park out that way...

OH YEAH!!! I bet they have water rides!!!

 

[maple]

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Sure...go ahead and pet one.

I remember this in our local news years ago.

Scuba diver attacked after touching Shark April 17, 1998
MARATHON, Florida (CNN) - A shark bit a teen in waters off the Florida Keys this week and remained clamped to his chest even as the victim was rushed to a hospital.
Kevin Morrison, 16, Rockford, Illinois, was scuba diving with his father near Marathon in the Florida Keys, when he saw a three-foot nurse shark (called a Raggie in South Africa) swimming near him and grabbed its tail.
The shark bit Morrison's chest so tightly he was rushed to Fisherman's Hospital near Marathon with the creature still attached. Doctors were forced to split the sharks' spine to unlock its jaw. The boy was later treated and released.
The Florida Marine Patrol said nurse sharks swim slowly and can appear to be harmless, but they can be dangerous and should be avoided.


It was clamped on to his nipple. tee hee ....get it? And it's a nurse shark?

Only Maple could come up with that story... ONLY our Maple...

I didn't have to come up with that story...it came up with itself.

 

[Me & My Peeps]

Ya know, I see a lot of people here saying that they wouldn't be strong enough to be that committed. Most people dont give themselves enough credit. History is filled with ordinary people, performing unbelievable feats under oppressing odds. But the reality is, that even people highly trained, don't know how they will perform until the situation is presented. I was an Aux police officer years ago, fresh out of the Army and I was obligated to ride the ambulance 2 nights a month and respond to all calls. I absolutely HATED it because I knew that every time I climbed in and flew off down the road doing 60 MPH, I was someones last hope.....someones life just went sideways and they were relying on me to get them going straight again. Sometimes I was too late, sometimes no matter what I did - it didnt matter, it was just a formality and a show for the family so they would think that we did all we could. Sometimes you would really help someone - and they would be so grateful, it was touching.

And yes, there were times that I hesitated. Despite my training, there was a few times I thought "do I really want to do this? My efforts wont matter one bit, ill probably be seriously injured or even killed and nobody will think any less of me". But less then a second later; you react and jump right into what needs to be done. I arrived on scene once to a 8yo girl that was ejected from a car accident, because her father never made her wear a seat belt. My first instinct was to go after him. But I held off, he wasnt going anywhere and there was others that needed help more. I held that little girls hand and reassured her while she cried for her mommy and 3 others worked on her trying to stop the hemorrhaging. She bled out right there, I became "judge & jury" on the father, he ended up going to the hospital for treatment riding right next to his daughter that he had killed because he didnt belt her in. I was sued, the town was sued, the father lost sight of the part he played in the situation, it was all about the beating he took from me and getting a fat check from the town. He'll never walk straight again - even after the new knee and drilled/pinned femur. I hope to this very day - he thinks of me every time it rains and his joints throb.

A little while later I responded 3 times in a week to the same domestic, the same guy thumping up his wife and his kids were terrified to be in the same room as him. He "somehow" lost his footing while going down the staircase handcuffed from the second floor.....punctured lung, broken wrist/ribs, 3 teeth knocked out.....and I realized that the job was just not for me and that I didnt have what it took to continue. I couldn't separate my emotions from the injustice I seen nightly and watching them go free. I left, the lawsuits went away, I started sleeping at night again and I realized that im not one to be relied on, when it comes to making popular choices about administering criminal punishment!
I still know where that little girl is buried though....and ill never forget her

Anyways, I dont know where that rant came from. Im sure its more than anyone wanted to hear. Back to your regularly scheduled program folks! Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[redhen]

Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How are you!!!!
My inbox is very full.(still working on it..). or i'd pm you to see how things are going!
Anyways... hope all is well..

Hows the new house??

 

[redhen]

Me & My Peeps :

Ya know, I see a lot of people here saying that they wouldn't be strong enough to be that committed. Most people dont give themselves enough credit. History is filled with ordinary people, performing unbelievable feats under oppressing odds. But the reality is, that even people highly trained, don't know how they will perform until the situation is presented. I was an Aux police officer years ago, fresh out of the Army and I was obligated to ride the ambulance 2 nights a month and respond to all calls. I absolutely HATED it because I knew that every time I climbed in and flew off down the road doing 60 MPH, I was someones last hope.....someones life just went sideways and they were relying on me to get them going straight again. Sometimes I was too late, sometimes no matter what I did - it didnt matter, it was just a formality and a show for the family so they would think that we did all we could. Sometimes you would really help someone - and they would be so grateful, it was touching.

And yes, there were times that I hesitated. Despite my training, there was a few times I thought "do I really want to do this? My efforts wont matter one bit, ill probably be seriously injured or even killed and nobody will think any less of me". But less then a second later; you react and jump right into what needs to be done. I arrived on scene once to a 8yo girl that was ejected from a car accident, because her father never made her wear a seat belt. My first instinct was to go after him. But I held off, he wasnt going anywhere and there was others that needed help more. I held that little girls hand and reassured her while she cried for her mommy and 3 others worked on her trying to stop the hemorrhaging. She bled out right there, I became "judge & jury" on the father, he ended up going to the hospital for treatment riding right next to his daughter that he had killed because he didnt belt her in. I was sued, the town was sued, the father lost sight of the part he played in the situation, it was all about the beating he took from me and getting a fat check from the town. He'll never walk straight again - even after the new knee and drilled/pinned femur. I hope to this very day - he thinks of me every time it rains and his joints throb.

A little while later I responded 3 times in a week to the same domestic, the same guy thumping up his wife and his kids were terrified to be in the same room as him. He "somehow" lost his footing while going down the staircase handcuffed from the second floor.....punctured lung, broken wrist/ribs, 3 teeth knocked out.....and I realized that the job was just not for me and that I didnt have what it took to continue. I couldn't separate my emotions from the injustice I seen nightly and watching them go free. I left, the lawsuits went away, I started sleeping at night again and I realized that im not one to be relied on, when it comes to making popular choices about administering criminal punishment!
I still know where that little girl is buried though....and ill never forget her

Anyways, I dont know where that rant came from. Im sure its more than anyone wanted to hear. Back to your regularly scheduled program folks! Move along, nothing to see here.

I couldnt do that job either... it would kill me inside.​

 

[Me & My Peeps]

Hey! Yeah, another day above the dirt. PM me when you get your inbox straightened out. I need help with ducks, I want to set up an area - but I don't know anything about them.....I need you and hubby to come over for some burgers, walk the property and get me going in the right direction! Come Feb/Mar im going to get a few cattle in the lower 30 acres. Im still not ready for horses, their just CRAZY money to keep and all you get out of them is next years fertilizer!
Hope all is well with Hubby!!

 

[redhen]

Me & My Peeps :

Hey! Yeah, another day above the dirt. PM me when you get your inbox straightened out. I need help with ducks, I want to set up an area - but I don't know anything about them.....I need you and hubby to come over for some burgers, walk the property and get me going in the right direction! Come Feb/Mar im going to get a few cattle in the lower 30 acres. Im still not ready for horses, their just CRAZY money to keep and all you get out of them is next years fertilizer!
Hope all is well with Hubby!!

Okay! Sounds good!

Hubby is good.. still driving... and of course the union called twice since hes been working.

Now they have work?...

He had to turn them down because he wasnt going to mess up this job...
You'll love ducks! BUt i would suggest to just get like a few of them (like 1 male and 3 girls..or just a few girls ).... so they stay friendly and tame. If you get too many they kinda get this herd mentality and get skittish...

He he... and i'll have Sebastopol geese eggs next spring.... you need a couple of those too....

 

[MeatKing]

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I couldnt do that job either... it would kill me inside.

Ypu, no way I could do this job!!! WAy easier said then done!!!

THank-you for your time, without people like you, no one would make it!!!

 

[MeatKing]

I like to think I would do this to save my friend.. Can't say I would be able too, a wild animal in our area yes.. Would go fight a fox or bear, for a friend.. A shark, I know nothing about

 

[redhen]

The thing that makes sharks soooo scary is they are in water! They are silent and fast...
You really have no defense if they grab you...