Ambulance Chasers... 4

[dik]

Darwin is alive and well and hiding in the US...

Blast from gender reveal party sparks earthquake fears and damages homes across TWO states after family detonate 80lb of explosives to announce baby boy

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[Rabbit12]

Unreal. People are so dumb. From this, to the people that started the huge wildfire in Arizona, to the airplane crash in Mexico that filled two people who were releasing pink....something. When do we stop trying to one-up the last person?

As for damage to foundations? Highly unlikely.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9503111/Gender-reveal-party-explosion-rocks-US-towns.html

 

[JohnRBaker]

Yes, I just read about that. Talk about your stupid people.

Things were so much simpler back when when our sons were born. The first two were born in a Catholic hospital so of course the father was not allowed in the delivery room and the 'reveal' didn't come until the doctor told you in the waiting room. Now nine years later, when out third son was born, things had changed and I was allowed to be there for the birth, but again, the 'reveal' only took place after we all got to see which 'pieces & parts' were there ;-)

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-'Product Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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[RedSnake]

Since you have experienced both the old way and the new way of doing it.
Which one do you prefer?
The sitting outside waiting or being in the the delivery room?

Best Regards A


“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[JohnRBaker]

Mixed emotions, I guess. Note that with our first son, my wife had a fairly long, but not unusual labor and the Nuns allowed me to stay through most of that, so I got to experience what most every father got to experience back then (this was 1970). However, our second son was two months premature and she went right into the delivery room. The doctor almost didn't make it in time, but the Nuns joked that they've done almost as many deliveries as the doctors, so not to worry.

With our third son, my wife had complications from day one. Between our second and third, she had had two miscarriages, one that had almost made it to the second trimester, so it was a nine month long fight just to get to the delivery. And then she was over a week late, and when she did go into labor we had to rush her to the hospital and her doctor never even made it. Our son was delivered by a young resident, his first solo birth. So even when I got to be in the delivery room, it was all so rushed that it was a bit anticlimactic.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-'Product Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[RedSnake]

Thanks for sharing, John

Best Regards Anna

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

We didn't want to know, but during the ultra scan it was pretty obvious what he was.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Our sons were all pre-ultrasound

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-'Product Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

Wonder what it was 80lbs of and what they packed it in.

 

[RedSnake]

Something called Tannerite explosive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannerite

BR A

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

Why on earth would you want to fire 80 lbs of it when the max recommended is 1 lb.

Surrounded by quarry walls I wonder how many at the party are now having hearing issues.

 

[RedSnake]

Maybe the logic was, that we set it of on the quarry it is a "safe" environment.
But if we want it to be seen above the quarry, we better put a lot of explosives in to do the job.
Obviously you can only get it to go off with a high velocity weapon, if they didn't use ignition wire, I guess that would work too.
/A


“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[dik]

Bigger is better, I guess... Our youngest is now about 40 and was born at home. 4 or 5 hours after his birth, I took him for a walk in the neighbourhood. He was in a snuggly that I made and we had an umbrella because it was drizzling... When he was born, we saved the placenta to plant under a tree and kept it in the freezer... our two younger children who were attending grade school at the time, took it to school for 'show and tell'... They were actually present for his birth... got a real interesting phonecall after the show and tell.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[RedSnake]

Hihi.. I am shore you did
I know some have as a tradition to plant a tree fore the one's born, it is a nice tradition.
I can see it has references in many cultures.
The tree of life.

/A

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[dik]

Just glad they didn't detonate it in the backyard... My God does have a sense of humour...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[Pud]

Ive been at the birth of four. Each time it was like watching a favourite pub burn down...


Politicians like to panic, they need activity. It is their substitute for achievement.

 

[RedSnake]

You mean like trying to put water on the flames and nothing helps?
Or..

/A

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[CWB1]

I wish the media would make a point of telling us what the concerned neighbors do for a living, bc I'd really like to know how folks like that survive in the world.

Tannerite is pretty much a big firework - mostly light and noise, not safe by any means but you have to work pretty hard to make it do much damage. In the military our construction engineers spent a lot of time building so the demolition engineers had something to practice blowing up. There was always a call to the USGS prior bc their seismometers were only ~100 miles away and could detect charges fired. In any case, if the ground was shaking you had bigger concerns.

 

[RedSnake]

I am not shore I understand what the neighbors occupation has to do with this.

/A


“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[dik]

80 lbs seems like a lot... I remember as a kid, having a crate of railway torpedos... boy, they make a noise.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik