OT: Dumb Laws....

[pmulcahy11b]

He'll never be found to get shot. He and the Loch Ness Monster are holed up in a polyandrous relationship with the one American woman who has a healthy libido.

Yeah, just go ahead and make me go to Dictionary.com...

[weswood]

Yeah, just go ahead and make me go to Dictionary.com...

I used wikipediea.....

[dragoon500ly]

He'll never be found to get shot. He and the Loch Ness Monster are holed up in a polyandrous relationship with the one American woman who has a healthy libido.

LOL!

You should try the lovely ladies of the Deep South!

[Matt Wiser]

That law against killing Bigfoot was passed in '69, after a number of sightings in the county made the local and national news-and the usual monster hunters showed up-with everything from bows and arrows to BARs. The Sheriff was afraid someone would get shot-hence the ban.

Here's some more:

Fort Madison, IA: the fire department is legally required to practice for 15 min. before responding to a fire.

By Kansas law, restaurants in that state may not serve ice cream on cherry pie.

A dead juror may not serve on a jury in Oregon.

Boston bans anyone from taking a bath without a doctor's prescription. (showers are presumably OK)

In Topeka, KS (again) bathtubs are illegal.

[pmulcahy11b]

I've actually been considering getting a couple of pairs of jump boots again; they might be just as good and more comfortable than these damn ankle braces Dr Gallindro keeps giving me, working up as he goes...I know sooner or later the word "surgery" will come up...such a pain in the...ankle...

[Legbreaker]

Believe me, the surgery is a GOOD THING. Had one of mine reconstructed back around easter and although painful and 7 weeks in a cast wasn't fun, the benefits have been amazing.

[pmulcahy11b]

Believe me, the surgery is a GOOD THING. Had one of mine reconstructed back around easter and although painful and 7 weeks in a cast wasn't fun, the benefits have been amazing.

Oh I know; I had the same ankle cleaned up in 2002. It's amazing what crap Dr Casillas pulled out of there! An X-Ray of my right ankle looked like there was sand in the joint, and he also pulled multiple other large bone fragments, including a sliver nearly an inch long and about an eighth of an inch wide. The problem now is that I have three bone spurs in that ankle and they are impinging on nerves. But, as many of those on this board know, I take care of my elderly mother, she can't see well enough to drive, which means I have to be able to do the driving, and this is my right ankle. I can do housework on crutches, shop on crutches, and even clean up the backyard of my dogs' offerings on crutches or that giant boot they put your foot in after about a a week and a half, but I find that I can't really drive safely with my left foot. I can't reasonably expect my brother or his partner to drive us around; they live downtown and I'm on the outskirts, and they both work heavy hours. My sister is...well basically being a bitch and won't talk to either me or my mother, and we don't even know what the offense is. I guess eventually I'll have to bite the bullet and start teaching myself to drive with my left foot, then go get my ankle done.

[Legbreaker]

My cast left the toes exposed which left me just enough movement to drive. Only did short distances of a few miles but it was enough that I wasn't entirely dependent on others. I had planed to ride during that period but the bike was in the shop (had an automatic scooter with no foot controls), probably a good thing really as to come off while still in a cast could have been less than ideal.

[Targan]

I had planed to ride during that period but the bike was in the shop (had an automatic scooter with no foot controls), probably a good thing really as to come off while still in a cast could have been less than ideal.

Oh, dude. You're breaking my heart. A SCOOTER I'd rather lose a testicle than be seen riding a scooter. For real.

[Legbreaker]

It is the size of a small car and probably more powerful.

[Panther Al]

I wear boots every day as well, but not cowboy boots. Black combat boots (currently waterproof Magnum Interceptors, very comfy). Have done ever since the army. And I wear a hat for sun protection, usually a black baseball cap style hat, no badges, no silly logos. Good, practical wear. I have no problem with cowboy boots, assuming you're on a farm or on the range or maybe even in a rural town. Anyone wearing cowboy boots in a city over here however... well, it just looks hokey. I guess in cities in the US enough people do it that it just blends into the background. Over here it would really stand out, however. People would assume you're a country yokel, or a poser, or maybe a little bit "special needs".

I agree: I have been wearing my old army tanker's boots ever since I got out. The things lasted almost 10 years of almost daily (With the exception of 15m in the sandbox) wear both active duty and civilian before a buckle broke two weeks ago and now I got to break in a new pair.

I've forgotten how much a pain in the rear it was that first week of wearing a new pair.

[dragoon500ly]

Nothing like a good pair of Cochrans....still have a couple of pairs from the old days that see service on the weekends or when I go camping or hunting or an office meeting, especially when Navy types are there!

[ArmySGT.]

with the one American woman who has a healthy libido.

I can guess why this would be a rarity in the Bay area.........

[Sanjuro]

probably a good thing really as to come off while still in a cast could have been less than ideal

My dad broke his leg falling off his bike when he was 16, then rode with the cast on, fell off again, and ended up needing a stainless steel screw to hold that knee together. The damage was bad enough he was exempt from National Service when he turned 18, and the inability to exercise properly probably brought on the angina he developed in his 50s.
On a positive note, two replacement knee joints (I saw the steel screw from his knee- it was about the size of a corkscrew) and a triple bypass (Glasgow- the only city in the world where a triple bypass counts as routine surgery) at age 60 gave him back a lot of what he lost- 15 years on he's stil going strong.

[pmulcahy11b]

I've forgotten how much a pain in the rear it was that first week of wearing a new pair.

I guess I'm weird; I've never needed a break-in period for boots. I also know the trick of wearing knee-high stockings under my socks for long road marches, taught to me by SGM Mills -- no blisters that way. I was the only one in Basic who got no blisters on my feet. (Got a nasty one on my hand at the base of my right index finger from the Bayonet Assault Course, from my hand repeatedly slamming against the forward assist of my M16. CIF didn't have glove shells in my size, and I didn't get any until I was back at my Guard unit, so I did the course bare-handed. I still have the scar from that.)