XCR1250 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 43 minutes ago, Snake said: About 8 or 9 years ago, he dressed up in his dress uniform, put a gun in his mouth and killed himself. Anyone know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Snake said: About 8 or 9 years ago, he dressed up in his dress uniform, put a gun in his mouth and killed himself. Eeesh. Ceremonial suicides are perplexing to me. 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Anyone know why? This is the real riddle for many suicides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Just now, Zambroski said: Eeesh. Ceremonial suicides are perplexing to me. This is the real riddle for many suicides. Yes, including my wife's oldest son Louis who did the same thing, no one knows why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Yes, including my wife's oldest son Louis who did the same thing, no one knows why. We were friends with a nice family years ago The husband/father had mental issues apparently but nobody realized how bad. One night, after dinner with his family, he took his normal walk out back in the woods along a trail. Daughters found him hanging from a tree hours later. Nobody had a clue that was going to happen. It's just weird...and about as selfish and gross as it gets but, when one's wires are crossed in their brains, they don't think of it like that I think the awareness of hurt to others just disappears all together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag6240 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 It was three years ago I had a sled lock up on me on the north shore state trail up the hill from Silver Bay. It was dark and my buds just kept going (that’s another story). So after about a half hour I started calling other people who I knew were on their way up north to tell them that I was stranded on the trail. During one phone call, the guy on the other end asked what the hell all the noise was as he couldn’t hear me. Turns out it was jets flying over me extremely low! After I figured out what they were apparently doing, probably using my heat as a fly over target, it was quite entertaining. I mean, they were what seemed like a few hundred feet over my head. Zoomed out over Lake Superior, did a 180 and flew right back over my head! It was super cool to watch for about another half hour..... then I decided to pull the rope and the damn thing started and ran on one cylinder and down the hill I went into Silver Bay..... Something you don’t get to experience without some form of a failure on the trail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mag6240 said: It was three years ago I had a sled lock up on me on the north shore state trail up the hill from Silver Bay. It was dark and my buds just kept going (that’s another story). So after about a half hour I started calling other people who I knew were on their way up north to tell them that I was stranded on the trail. During one phone call, the guy on the other end asked what the hell all the noise was as he couldn’t hear me. Turns out it was jets flying over me extremely low! After I figured out what they were apparently doing, probably using my heat as a fly over target, it was quite entertaining. I mean, they were what seemed like a few hundred feet over my head. Zoomed out over Lake Superior, did a 180 and flew right back over my head! It was super cool to watch for about another half hour..... then I decided to pull the rope and the damn thing started and ran on one cylinder and down the hill I went into Silver Bay..... Something you don’t get to experience without some form of a failure on the trail! You sat there for a half hour without him turning back for you? Did they know you were buddies and riding together at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag6240 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Zambroski said: You sat there for a half hour without him turning back for you? Did they know you were buddies and riding together at the time? Yes - They (3 of them) rode 42 miles back to the Two Harbors spur trail before realizing I wasn’t back there - It was only 10 below zero..... Edited April 24, 2021 by Mag6240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 9 hours ago, XCR1250 said: 2nd. largest cargo plane ever built, Russia has the largest one. yup every once in awhile we get an antonov doing a private cargo shipment at Pease and C5's somewhat regular. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 13 hours ago, Snake said: About 8 or 9 years ago, he dressed up in his dress uniform, put a gun in his mouth and killed himself. Jesus Moe. Thats some tragic shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted April 25, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 25, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 12:18 PM, Zambroski said: Flyboys get funny every now and then and go below legal hard deck to blast the civilians. Fuckers. I lived close enough to the ANG in Duluth and every so often one or two of those cocksucker would hit their afterburners below 200 feet and literally shake the ground. They think it's just funny as hell. I bet it scares the fuck out of people that don't know what it is. It sounds and feels like the earth is collapsing in on you. Was riding ny one winter near ft drum. 2 buzzed us at a couple hundred ft. " hey , anyone got a napkin " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, steve from amherst said: Was riding ny one winter near ft drum. 2 buzzed us at a couple hundred ft. " hey , anyone got a napkin " I've never been in an earthquake but, I can assume a couple of fighters hitting their afterburners at a couple hundred feet over your head is as close as I'm gonna get......with A LOT more noise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFM Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 3:56 PM, ckf said: We have them in the White Mountains National Forest quite often. I used to love seeing the A 10's train in the mountains. Happening right now overhead big time ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostynuts Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 hour ago, CFM said: Happening right now overhead big time ! Get the camera out ! We want some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFM Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Frostynuts said: Get the camera out ! We want some pics. I've only seen them a few times and they fly overhead for about 20min-40 minutes once a month. Sometimes they skip a month. We are in deep forest at the base of a mountain. So trying to get a glimpse is standard, getting a glimpse is near impossible. Probably only seen them 2-3 times (for a mini second) in over 20 yrs ? Lolololol If they did it on weekends when we are out in boats on the lake, would be easier, but they don't train on the week-ends. I'm near the water (200yds) and 2 miles from the base of the mtn they keep showing in this vid. Edited April 28, 2021 by CFM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 7:27 AM, XCR1250 said: 2nd. largest cargo plane ever built, Russia has the largest one. No more I guess. https://www.yahoo.com/news/stratolaunch-world-biggest-plane-6-133326067.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted May 1, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted May 1, 2021 10 hours ago, XCR1250 said: No more I guess. https://www.yahoo.com/news/stratolaunch-world-biggest-plane-6-133326067.html Yeah but that's not a cargo aircraft, purpose built launch platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 48 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said: Yeah but that's not a cargo aircraft, purpose built launch platform. True, true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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