Habakure Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Doom. Lots and lots of gore. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Somali pirates have no code. "take what you can, give nothing back ransom everybody." Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Somali pirates have no code.Few pirates ever really had a "code" - besides, they're more guidelines than actual rules. Link to post Share on other sites
spetsnazdave87 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Since you mention it, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean has always amused me - pirates were bloodthirsty murderers, by and large, and near-universally despised. Yet today they're seen quite differently. In a few hundred years, will there be a Disney film about comical good natured IRA terrorists or ISIS Jihadis? Actually a lot of pirates didn't kill that many people at all. Murdering was bad for business, and encouraged crews to put up a fight. Link to post Share on other sites
mimesis Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Everything you ever wanted to know about hypocorism (and more) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Sore all over, but by far the best day I've had for over a year, even after accidentally locking myself out of my car. Weather was okay for a day said to have rain, field was not completely flooded, and I got to see old and new folks alike whilst yelling random Russian words and for once actually hitting people. If I find a goofy pic of me taken I will try to post it up with the photographer's permission. Now I need more gear... Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Another fun fact about the jolly rodger, the black version most people know about was usually raised as a warning that if the ship to be attacked surrendered immediately the crew would not be harmed. However if they resisted or tried to escape the black flag would be lowered and replaced by a red one which meant nobody on board would be spared Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Russia's butthurt over Ukraine winning Eurovision lol. Apparently it was due to an 'Information war' against Russia. So not due to the actual war then... Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 THE FIRST RULE OF EUROVISION IS THAT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT EUROVISION. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I'll give you more warning points, shmook. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 But... It's terrible Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Agreed. I think Tink is on his own on here watching it. I just saw it on a news site. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Same, I only watch the novelty acts on YT the following day, you know the ones that realise it is just as pointless as 95% of us do? But they at least have a go of it. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 1st day of a 3 day first aid at work course. Today I am home a full hour earlier than I normally would be. And at the end of it, I'll be getting paid more for being first aider. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Bit it's all on you when a minion chops their arm off through stupidity Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Today I learned how to deal with a sucking chest wound. Apparently the northampton branch of a heating spares merchant is now a high stab risk location. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 A Hello Kitty plaster will be OK for that right? Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 A Hello Kitty plaster will be OK for that right? I was hoping so. We just did traumatic amputations. Honestly. I thought this was first aid at work, not battlefield medicine. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 It's got to cover all kinds of jobs - from office workers to steam-hammer operators (if they still exist) Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore1-6 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Most of modern medicine was born on the battlefield.Are you getting cas-sim out? There's an amazing group of people called 'Amputees in Action' who are all, as the name suggests, amputees of ex-military or civilian (motorbike accidents unfortunately) backgrounds. They do some interesting training with fake limbs and lots of fake blood. Really throws a spanner in the works when your boots stick to the ground due to all the "blood". Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 We just did traumatic amputations. I'm picturing that ankle bomb from Triple 9. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I doubt a regular FAaW course will spring for that sort of thing... Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 No we don't have cas-sim, or ankle explosives or anything like that, it's only the St John ambulance training centre. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 So, a resusci Annie that had been tongued more times than a Preston slapper, and a larger old lady with a box of grey bandages? Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Today I learned how to deal with a sucking chest wound. Apparently the northampton branch of a heating spares merchant is now a high stab risk location. You fall chest-first on a piece of copper pipe and you'll have the suckingest of chest wounds. Asherman chest-seals? Balloon? Packaging from an FFD? Cigarette and a pistol with a single round? Link to post Share on other sites
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