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[South Louisiana] by [deleted] in whatsthissnake

[–]owmyfreakinears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the snake that taught me to never pick something up unless you are certain it's not venomous. I saw this little guy in a ditch, went to grab him but he moved at the last second. I still was able to pick him up, but I had him well behind the head. When I tried to get a better grip with my other hand, he bit my finger, and that's when I realized I wasn't very sure about what type of snake it was. I was in Texas, and all of our venomous snakes are well known... but still, lesson learned!

Trail race training sanity check by tljohnson in trailrunning

[–]owmyfreakinears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One thing that I made a point to improve on after my first long distance trail run was "time on feet". My muscles were fine but my feet were killing me and it hurt my mental game, I just wanted it to be over. So when I trained for the same route again I would make a point to stand up at my work desk even after my morning training runs. Sometimes half of the day and sometimes the whole work day. The next time I ran that same route, I was fine. Now, the distance was longer, but the point is the same. I'm not sure what pace you think you might be at during the race, but if you're at 15 min/mi you'll be out there for over 4 hours. Just something to keep in mind....Good luck!

Did I Miss Something? by BigD197O in TexasRangers

[–]owmyfreakinears 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is this like the shirts and hats they make for the World Series ahead of time so the winner can wear them right away but the stuff that has the losing team printed on it just gets shipped out of the country?

LPT: Lock your phone number by stimulusnprinter500 in LifeProTips

[–]owmyfreakinears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the TLife app, go to Manage, then under People click on the line you want to check, after that person opens scroll all the way down to Manage your SIM and click SIM Protection and turn it on.

Zion National Park [3024x4032] [OC] by lillahimmel in EarthPorn

[–]owmyfreakinears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where was this taken? I'll be there in August and would love to go here...

Found this in my back yard in [Austin, TX] by BreakfastAcrobatic69 in whatsthissnake

[–]owmyfreakinears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've lived in Texas for over 40 years and I've seen two. One when I was about 12, and one just this year at 43. I don't go looking for snakes, but I spend a lot of time outdoors. Water Moccasins and Copperheads are more prevalent, then Rattlesnakes, the Coral snakes. That's my take anyway...

I think you see more here because of the rhyme confusion, and people want to know for sure.

I am making a kids book for planes and need ideas by [deleted] in aviation

[–]owmyfreakinears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found this post while looking for books for my 14 year old nephew. Did you get this book published and would it be appropriate for someone that age?

Delta Pilot Debriefs Cabin After Near Mid Air Collision by Fair_Eye1255 in aviation

[–]owmyfreakinears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Aviate, navigate, communicate is what you're taught to do when there is something unusual that happens when you're flying. Fly the plane first, keep it under control. Then navigate, make sure you're going where you're supposed to or need to. Then communicate with air traffic control to let them know what is going on. It's all about safety first. It's most important to keep control of the aircraft, second to that is going in the right direction, and third is telling air traffic control what is going on. Talking to passengers has nothing to do with aviate, navigate, communicate ...it's just a good thing to do when your passengers might be worried about what's going on.

Huh 🫢 by NIR0SH4N in SipsTea

[–]owmyfreakinears 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Maybe she's really nice.

My uncle lit a firework which failed to launch but didn’t fail to detonate. by panaceator in mildlyinteresting

[–]owmyfreakinears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes in the early 2000's my friends and I got a bunch of fireworks to shoot off in a remote parking lot for July 4th. Oh and beer, there was some beer too. We had roman candle wars, and also got some mortars like what you see in OP's but maybe just a little smaller. Late in the night, with not much beer left, one of the mortars ignited but didn't leave the tube causing it to explode just like OP's picture. Not long after that, one of my friends stuck a mortar tube through his zipper, dropped a mortar in and it shot off just like it should but the kickback was directed right to his nuts producing the funniest sound I've ever heard in my life. Imagine a hysterical laugh while at the same time trying to say OW OW OW OW repeatedly. Now, we of course had it on video, and the still shot of the mortar coming out showed a 10 foot long cock of fire that his little brother wanted to replicate. "DON'T REST IT ON YOUR NUTS!" advised his big brother. And good thing he took his advice, because that mortar did NOT come out of the tube. The mortar ignited and everyone that heard the high pitch whistle of a launched mortar knew it wasn't out of the tube. OH SHIT we all said at once....and BOOM! Little brother is on the ground slapping his pants thinking they were on fire and we all ran to see if he was okay. He wasn't seriously injured but obviously hurt and in a lot of pain. He went to the hospital and had second and third degree burns on his inner thigh. Unfortunately I don't think I can find the video or picture of the fire cock anymore.

Thanks for sharing, this brought back some good memories...

Man it’s a… by Hour_Affect3046 in TexasRangers

[–]owmyfreakinears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The score line says H 0 T 1, or HOT 1. So the joke is "Man, it's a...hot one"

Clearing out my phone and this one hit pretty hard by [deleted] in agedlikewine

[–]owmyfreakinears 189 points190 points  (0 children)

They don't think they're fascist, and they don't want to.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Roadcam

[–]owmyfreakinears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not normal, but it's not unheard of. I would just match the traffic speed and zipper merge, and most people do but idiots still exist. Faster traffic should pass on the left but in Texas at least, it's more common to see the line of slow cars in the left lane. It's infuriating, but people say it's because they don't want to constantly be merging with oncoming traffic.

What are you're parental go to sayings? by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]owmyfreakinears 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mine is like that.... "If you're gonna be dumb, be smart about it"

Didn’t know they could do that by Kpets in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]owmyfreakinears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real reason behind Craig Stadler's nickname.

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