Quintus 6,494 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Make sure you always check the toilet seat...
Koray Savas 2,260 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 I would be able to stand in that stall recording that.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 I'm not even able to click "play" on that video...Here's something for those afraid of heights: I was trembling when I watched it.
Quintus 6,494 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Fuck, that was freaky. Heights are a state of mind, though - and defeatable - that climb was astonishingly high, but it wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as climbing a mountain, or even a rock face. Still, it takes nerves (and balls) of steel nonetheless.What blows my mind even more is the thought of those who constructed the tower in the first place...
indy4 160 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Awesome (and scary) video, Marian!Fuck, that was freaky. Heights are a state of mind, though - and defeatable - that climb was astonishingly high, but it wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as climbing a mountain, or even a rock face. Still, it takes nerves (and balls) of steel nonetheless.Height is a state of mind when you're in an airplane or ski lift or something, because the chances of crashing are slim. But if you're free climbing something that high I'd say the fear is very rational. Regardless of training, one bad move/stroke of bad luck could end it.
Koray Savas 2,260 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Holy fuck that takes some serious balls. Couldn't pay me a million to climb that. Imagine the climb down! I think it'd be easier to just parachute off.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Why not ask one of our Moderators via a PM?
Richard P 5,302 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I'm not even able to click "play" on that video...Here's something for those afraid of heights:...I was trembling when I watched it.Holy mother of.... wow.My hands are sweating right now after watching that. He passed the point at which I'd have frozen from absolute terror, and went on for several minutes more.That's seriously f*****g high.Without a doubt, a fear of heights is the one fear I really, really wish I didn't have. I must have inherited it from my dad, as my mum is absolutely fine.
Quintus 6,494 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Awesome (and scary) video, Marian!Fuck, that was freaky. Heights are a state of mind, though - and defeatable - that climb was astonishingly high, but it wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as climbing a mountain, or even a rock face. Still, it takes nerves (and balls) of steel nonetheless.Height is a state of mind when you're in an airplane or ski lift or something, because the chances of crashing are slim. But if you're free climbing something that high I'd say the fear is very rational. Regardless of training, one bad move/stroke of bad luck could end it.He wasn't 'free climbing' in the strictest sense, though. He had a ladder and man-made footwells to aid him. Fatigue aside, it was no more dangerous than a climbing a window cleaner's ladder. The view below is the only thing to make that climb any more perilous than it is, but block that shit out and you're good to go.
indy4 160 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Awesome (and scary) video, Marian!Fuck, that was freaky. Heights are a state of mind, though - and defeatable - that climb was astonishingly high, but it wasn't anywhere near as dangerous as climbing a mountain, or even a rock face. Still, it takes nerves (and balls) of steel nonetheless.Height is a state of mind when you're in an airplane or ski lift or something, because the chances of crashing are slim. But if you're free climbing something that high I'd say the fear is very rational. Regardless of training, one bad move/stroke of bad luck could end it.He wasn't 'free climbing' in the strictest sense, though. He had a ladder and man-made footwells to aid him. Fatigue aside, it was no more dangerous than a climbing a window cleaner's ladder. The view below is the only thing to make that climb any more perilous than it is, but block that shit out and you're good to go.Sure, but a rational person would have reason to fear climbing up a window cleaner's ladder without any harnesses.
Quintus 6,494 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I suppose. I dunno, heights just never bothered me. I wouldn't say I'd want to climb that tower, not in a million years. But I like to think I'd be capable.
indy4 160 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Heights don't bother me either, but if the chance of death due to fatigue or carelessness is very high, I would make the logical decision to not put myself in that position.
Wojo 2,458 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Imagine the climb down! I think it'd be easier to just parachute off.I don't. Towers that tall tend to have a lot of cables that keep tension on it so it doesn't lean too much in any one direction and tip. Think about all the microwave towers you may see on the horizon, especially on ridge tops. A parachute could easily get tangled in these cables, killing the jumper, unless he could launch himself far enough horizontally to bypass all of them.I also suspect that if the climber were to jump from the tower while up in the clouds, he would be electrocuted by capacitive discharge through the air. As long as he stays on the tower, he is grounded and safe. It's just a hunch.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 ...which is why we wouldn't climb up in the first place.
Datameister 2,586 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 On the topic of spiders, I killed a massive black widow the other day whilst holding a 50-year-old cuckoo clock that easily could have held four of its siblings.
Luke Skywalker 2,383 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 i killed around a hundred black widows (not counting the eggs and larvae...) when i worked in the field. the damn things loved to make cobwebs on the rabbit facilities.Ours are huge, but then not as deadly. I've been told the bite is nasty enough to give you a real scare for your life though.their webs are fucking strong, i photographed one that was eating a damn mouse dangling from its web!Here it is: (sorry it was captured with a crappy mobile phone)
Trent B 354 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 The house I lived in Vegas before we moved up here to Utah, the back patio would generally be infested with Black Widows during the summer. I always got a chuckle when my brother David went out there and smashed them with his foot (while wearing shoes). There would also be times we sprayed ant stuff on them to watch them try and run away.When my parents worked for my mom's parents in their dental lab, dad told me one time they put a Black Widow and a Praying Mantis in a jar together. The Black Widow looked like it had won as it spun the usual web around pray. Well after a short while, when they thought the Praying Mantis was dead, it cut through the web and killed the Black Widow.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 On the topic of spiders, I killed a massive black widow the other day whilst holding a 50-year-old cuckoo clock that easily could have held four of its siblings.Should've smashed it with the clock.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 A million years from now when human kind is long gone, spiders will still be there.
indy4 160 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 When I was a kid I used to smash ants for fun. Then I realized it was cruel and inhumane...
Quintus 6,494 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah, not to mention boring. You should've tried a magnifying glass. The inhumane part soon goes away!
Wojo 2,458 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 When I was a kid I used to smash ants for fun. Then I realized it was cruel and inhumane...There are one million ants on Earth for every person who has ever lived. Pick your fights carefully.
JoeinAR 1,957 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 the only good spider is a dead spider.I've killed many black widows, gasoline works best.I've killed several tarantulas. I also spared one.The Monkey eating spider I saw at the smithsonian institution moved and I believe my heart stopped. Spiders should never be that large, over a foot in diameter (.3 meters).I'm not a fan of scorpions either, they are best dead.I do not like Fire Ants, but I'm not scared of them directly, but I do not like their stings.I am not terrified of cow killers, but having been stung once, NEVER AGAIN. Sadly they are beautiful creatures that say to the uninitiated pick me up.
Johnnyecks 44 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Ok, so the six hundred mile high stupidly insane climbing video did nothing for me.The four second bathroom spider video, chilled my blood and has me running to put my shoes on.So a fall so high up it would not only be deadly, but they would never find a piece of your shattered body... ever.... does not scare me. But a thing that I outweigh by about seven landmass equivalents of Russia, is enough to chill me to the bone.Thanks for the nightmares.
JoeinAR 1,957 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Johnny you're old enough to know that the size of a spider is quite deceptive. To know the true size of a spider you must close your eyes then you see in your minds eye a beast the size of a hippo or greater. Killing it makes you a warrior.
Quintus 6,494 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Quite house proud that one. Check out that well hoovered carpet.
Johnnyecks 44 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Johnny you're old enough to know that the size of a spider is quite deceptive. To know the true size of a spider you must close your eyes then you see in your minds eye a beast the size of a hippo or greater. Killing it makes you a warrior.Yes! A warrior.Who shits himself while killing it.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Johnny you're old enough to know that the size of a spider is quite deceptive. To know the true size of a spider you must close your eyes then you see in your minds eye a beast the size of a hippo or greater. Killing it makes you a warrior.You better hope Spiders will never unite and destroy the human race.
Incanus 5,890 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Johnny you're old enough to know that the size of a spider is quite deceptive. To know the true size of a spider you must close your eyes then you see in your minds eye a beast the size of a hippo or greater. Killing it makes you a warrior.You better hope Spiders will never unite and destroy the human race.Now we can stop fearing zombie apocalypse. It will be spiders. Big damn eight legged freaks!
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 No, they have a silent guardian, a watchful protector... a Spider Man!
JoeinAR 1,957 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 there isn't a spider alive that is too big to be stomped on.
Brónach 1,330 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Study finds people who fear spiders see the spiders as larger than they actually are.
indy4 160 Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 I don't doubt that study's conclusion, but it should be noted that to figure out how much fear each person had for spiders, they asked the people to rank themselves on a scale of 1 to 100...
Trent B 354 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 I'll kill small to medium spiders with no problem, they don't bother me. It's the big ones I won't touch. I also won't go near black widows or brown recluse' either.One type of spider you shouldn't kill are daddy long legs. They are great to have around as they kill other spiders, even black widows.
Brónach 1,330 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 That's a pretty stupid study.Hey, guys, a study has proved that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Yipee!
Naïve Old Fart 13,020 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 I used to be scared of driving, but I'm learning to overcome this by learning in an automatic car. It's brilliant. I just put my foot on the pedal, and go. There's no mucking about with gears. It's perfect for a technophobe, like me!
Koray Savas 2,260 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 You've just realized this?I drive automatic but I'd love to learn how to drive stick.
Wojo 2,458 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 I drove stick during drivers ed class from the school out to the highway maybe four miles away, and I couldn't believe how relieved the teacher was to take over driving.
Brónach 1,330 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 Automatic cars. Meh.I find pleasure in controlling the gears myself.
indy4 160 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 My dad (whose had some back trouble) had to stop driving stick because it hurt his back somehow.
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