Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

If you missed it live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9uugVWW_XE

ta Greekman, finally found the thread and the post.

as someone who has been hit by a musket ball, you can actually see the damn thing as with nearly all bullets if your line of sight is right ( obviously this infers the risk of taking a bullet in the eye ). luckily i was several hundred yards away, it was a cold day and i was wrapped up warm, so i only suffered minor bruising.

the round i think i would most fear ( other than a salvo from one of those tankbusting machine guns that drop 60,000rounds a second on the same spot ), is one from an armalite rifle. only 0.22 calibre but the velocity causes hydrostatic shock on impact ( virtually turning any part of the body hit to liquid ). any hit on the torso is usually fatal.

I have done a fair bit of shooting (cadet stuff with small- and large-bore rifles) and never caught myself trying to see the bullet. In retrospect, it probably would have been a good idea, since most of the shots were way off target and precipitated an argument as to how best to adjust the sights!


Perhaps they should paint 'em day-glo yellow!

I'm a small bore.
Can I be included in the discussion???

Is it true (or just an urban myth) that the yanks tested a rifle in Vietnam that had such a high velocity it passed through the enemy and cauterised the wound at the same time, meaning that even when shot, many just kept coming???
I always thought it was a bit tall, as a story, but was there any truth in it??
Alan

In all probability Alan the bullets simply missed the enemy and hit a "friendly"! Is it true that all NON Stanelco holders have received a bullet from the company in the post this morning with the instructions "bite at 7am on 21 March"?

Alan,

Don't know anything re the Vietnam story, but many high velocity projectiles will if clean ammo cauterize the flesh on entry to some extent. The exit wound is still bigger than an entry wound even with high velocity, hard nosed ammo although to a lesser extent. High velocity projectiles generate heat and bullet wounds can burn. There are many examples of bullets passing through people who carry on almost normal for several seconds, as long as no vital organs or bone is damaged.

Don't know about a small bore, but did you know ammo is generally tested on pigs as their flesh structure is similar to ours, so the resulting penetration damage is similar.

Superrod,

Hit by a musket ball. Had no idea you were that old. Sorry couldn't resist it. Don't shoot me.

At a risk of becoming a big bore will cease this subject. Apologize to those already bored (get it) to death.

Greek.

Chuckle - Greek, I nearly put in something about Superrod having served in the American Civil War or something :o)

I'm guessing tracer rounds might cauterise as well.

Interesting point about the pig's flesh. Funny, cos we taste the same too . . . .

Kim, I can't take that gybe about SEO lying down ;o) I haven't read the thread since the placing last year, so fill me in: exactly what news are we expecting in the upcoming financials?

ST, I suppose it is more or less the same news that we have been expecting since SEO announced they would have good news soon (now was that pre or post American Civil War, can't remember) only more now along the lines of truth and reality! I am expecting meaningful updates on the micro plants, Greenseal and prospects for firm contracts, if not already in place,and clarification on Adept. IF nothing good comes tomorrow I shall expect the entire board of SEO to make a high velocity trip to the Job Centre!

Of course, if the news is as good or better than expected non holders will be very, very sorry and will need something to ease their pain ;0)

I am expecting roughly the same if you leave out words like "meaningful" "firm contracts" "truth" "reality" and "clarification".
"prospects" and "updates" I can live with, cos they'll be there for sure.

BTW, if anyone is unsure about Hornsea, Try thinking of Cleethorpes with a bit more class.

Kim, for a market cap of 35 mil, they'd better have struck gold! Too risky for me (and it's not often you'll see me write that!), but good luck to the faithful/Riders on the Storm, etc!!

Al, what's the Hornsea reference all about? Is Greekman planning to bomb it?

Kim (again), if the news from SEO is that good, there'll be time to get on board. But I'm not taking out my running spikes just yet . . . .

Your wisdom could become legendary ST, for my sake I hope not!! :0)

ST,
See the SEO thread.
I just thought it deserved a place on these hallowed boards.
There is a creeping anti Yorkshire-ism on these boards and as a paid up member of the flat cap and whippet brigade I feel the need to defend our great heritage and attack Lincolnshire instead.
I would attack Lancashire, but Bos is bigger than me and its too easy anyway.
At Manchester Royal Infirmary, doctors use a notation on patient records; NFL.
This apparantly means "Normal For Lancashire". Say no more.
Alan

LOL, great stuff, Al.

Kim, it's not wisdom - more like instinct. A feeling I get in my water. And when I look at the chart of SEO and imagine being a holder, it's the feeling of that water running down my leg. :o)

Mmm, it's not the water that bothers me ST, that's why I have invested in nappies!

Expecting more "solid" results, Kim?????

LOL! x2

That's biodegradable ones, I hope, Kim?