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High Plains Drifter

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  1. That's probably because a lot of men in prison for violent crimes were themselves abused.
  2. Yeah, that was after my time. I was a guard in 1990 when a guy drowned, but I wasn't working that day, or maybe I had already left for the day-- I don't remember. That was kind of a shit show, and the guard who didn't see the guy go under really fucked up. His brother said Thursday that Guerra was not a fan of swimming and suffered a near-drowning incident as a child. That is some Final Destination shit right there.
  3. Technique, flexibility, and comfort in the water are more important than upper body strength for distance swimming. That guy had none of those things. Add in low body fat (fat floats, muscle sinks) and its no surprise that dude tired out and sank. Also, open water swimming is a hell of a lot harder than lap swimming, because you have to lift your head to see what's in front of you and make sure you are swimming in a straight line. I'm betting what little swim training that guy did was in a lap pool. edit to add: Looking at the video again, the first three out of the water, especially the first guy, had decent technique: Head up every couple of strokes to sight ahead then back down, long strokes, arms out of the water on the recovery part of the stroke, horizontal body position. Drowned dude: vertical body position, head up the entire time, arms dragging through the water on the recovery. Like I said before-- textbook distressed swimmer.
  4. He'll be swimming in pussy soon enough.
  5. I was a lifeguard at Barton Springs and at UT for years. Also trained lifeguards for COA. I probably pulled 15 or 20 people out of the water in my time. That guy was a textbook case of a distressed swimmer/active drowning. Absolutely no reason those "lifeguards" should not have been on that guy like surlyites on South Austin's mom. That video will be used in lifeguard training videos for years to come. And yeah, they probably weren't actual trained and certified lifeguards, or they would have had rescue equipment, as Smuggs pointed out. It takes a specially trained and strong swimmer, even with rescue equipment, to pull a 200 pound slab of beef with no buoyancy off the bottom when they are 10+ feet down. Add in the fact they guy was obviously conscious when he went under, (which means he's going to be grabbing onto you if you let him), and you are in a world of shit if you don't have a rescue can/tube. Which is why you save them BEFORE they go under. Not only should those paddleboarders have been lifeguards, they should have been the best of the best: trained and experienced and certified in open water guarding with competition level swimming abilities. I guarded a few private gigs in my day, (triathlons and open water swims and such), and if the person hiring me had told me I'd be on a paddle board in a fucking lake with no rescue can, I'd have laughed in his face and noped right the fuck out of there. I will say that paddleboards are not a bad idea in that sort of situation-- the guards can be close to the swimmers, and once the victim is saved, the guard can pull him back to the board instead of all the way back to shore. You can even load the victim onto the board if they are too weak to hold on or unconscious. edit to add: Two guys drowned at Balmorhea earlier this summer. Old dude went under, son in law jumped in to save him (I'm guessing no lifeguard training), and he drowned also.
  6. Depends on who is giving them.
  7. That's so you can cauterize the stump of your finger after the door cuts it off.
  8. Isn't Bezos/Blue Origin focused more on "space tourism" than actual space flight? "Space Tourism" meaning "lets take rich people up to a height of 62 miles, or whatever is considered the edge of space, and let them experience free fall for a few minutes and call that 'space flight'"?
  9. Texas A&M Qatar then?
  10. Daughter is starting High School in a week. Getting ready to head over to freshman orientation in an hour. She's trying out for volleyball. I've been driving her to 5am(!) practices all this week. Then driving her again to marching band practice at 10 am (she's already part of the drumline). Then back again for evening vb practice. She finds out Thursday if she made the team. The coach has been having her practice at middle hitter, if that's the right term. Stress levels (her and me) are intensifying. I'm too old for this shit. She is also going out for golf. No stress there, they'll be lucky to have five girls total playing. Plus, that is something we can do (and have done) together. Got her hooked on golf by letting her drive the golf cart when she was little. Finally, also track in the spring. In middle school, she ran the 400, 800, and high jump. We'll see if that lasts or not. She was playing softball in middle school and with a league. Made all stars playing first base, but gave that up.
  11. Ok, I wasn't being hostile, I was just curious. Thanks for responding. My male gaydar is pretty good, imo, not so much with the lesbians. That little clip above was the first time I've ever seen her or knew anything about her.
  12. just asking: would you care to elaborate exactly what you saw in that short clip that set off your gaydar? Was the the baggy jeans and hat?
  13. Also, make them pay for healthcare on the open market. Bolded is probably true. I would gladly pay congressmen more if that meant they weren't allowed to own stocks.
  14. well, now we know how he got brain worms
  15. I should try to remember that. We have a lot of snakes where I am.
  16. This has been the case in a lot of districts for many years.
  17. Bond propositions are always a mandate on the school board or superintendent.
  18. He's shitting his diapers even if he's not watching.
  19. Is it just me, or does she look fine af in that pic? fingered for the cycle. I owe you one.
  20. "Investigators said it was unclear why the driver lost control. The investigation is ongoing." uh huh. Driver was jerking off to anime porn or something and the autonomous driverless software ran them off a bridge. Hey genius- what is "free" in the free market? Freedom from gov regulation?- nope Freedom to do whatever the fuck you want? - nope Freedom to chose who you buy from and sell to based on your own self interest? Ding ding ding. Seems like all your advertisers have decided that buying ad space on your shit platform is not in their best interest. Oh well. ps- go fuck yourself. Ha ha.
  21. In the spirit of the olympics: What is the only sport more boring than Track? Field.
  22. Saw the Dead Milkmen at Liberty Lunch back in the day.
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