Dude climbs tower 1,700 feet in the air

[Football_Bat]

Damn, I go to NHL games and think all the time of swan-diving over the boards and slew-footing Chris Pronger. Glad I'm not alone.

 

[Beef03]

Damn, I go to NHL games and think all the time of swan-diving over the boards and slew-footing Chris Pronger. Glad I'm not alone.

Just make sure you're not wearing your red socks.

 

[T2]

I've imagined driving on a two-lane road, going temporarily insane for just a second, and swerving into the oncoming lane for a head-on collision. Luckily my sanity hasn't shown any propensity for such glitches, at least not yet.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I'd rather take a million complaint calls from JV parents than do that job.

Get pressganged into taking Junior Olympic track agate over the phone, and you'd be up that tower like a forking spidermonkey.

Yeah, but if I fork up Junior Olympic track agate, I'll still get home at night and wake up the next day.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Everytime I get up high and it's exposed, I feel the need to jump over the railing and plummet to my death. The first time I got that feeling was walking across the bridge that connects Kentucky and Cincinnati near the GAB and all I wanted to do was lap over the railing. My legs tense up and I just want to jump. I also feel the need to throw whatever I am holding into the air as well. I almost tossed my wife's iPhone into the river last weekend and had to give it back to her. LOL
Of course, I will never do that...but damn it's a weird feeling to have.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets that feeling. For me, though, it's a fear that I'll temporarily lose my senses and won't be able to help myself from plummeting over the side. It's the same in enclosures too (breaking windows, etc.).

For me, it's the urge to grab a cop's gun out of his holster. Can't explain it. Just want to see if I can do it. Maybe take hostages or something, I dunno.

So I am not the only one?!?!? I am constantly thinking that when I see cops. "How hard would it be to get the gun out of holster before he stopped me?" I wouldn't call it an urge, just a thought, but it's odd, because I have never fired a gun, have no desire to, and don't get people who are all gung ho about them.

 

[doubledown68]

Everytime I get up high and it's exposed, I feel the need to jump over the railing and plummet to my death. The first time I got that feeling was walking across the bridge that connects Kentucky and Cincinnati near the GAB and all I wanted to do was lap over the railing. My legs tense up and I just want to jump. I also feel the need to throw whatever I am holding into the air as well. I almost tossed my wife's iPhone into the river last weekend and had to give it back to her. LOL
Of course, I will never do that...but damn it's a weird feeling to have.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets that feeling. For me, though, it's a fear that I'll temporarily lose my senses and won't be able to help myself from plummeting over the side. It's the same in enclosures too (breaking windows, etc.).

For me, it's the urge to grab a cop's gun out of his holster. Can't explain it. Just want to see if I can do it. Maybe take hostages or something, I dunno.

So I am not the only one?!?!? I am constantly thinking that when I see cops. "How hard would it be to get the gun out of holster before he stopped me?" I wouldn't call it an urge, just a thought, but it's odd, because I have never fired a gun, have no desire to, and don't get people who are all gung ho about them.

I'm not overly gung-ho about them. I've never hunted, never shot anything other than a paper or clay target. I'll never own a gun. But I have fired hand guns, shot guns and rifles, mostly thanks to my experience in Boy Scouts.

Doing it well is a skill, just like anything else. And it's a badass feeling the first time you drill the aluminum can or turn a clay pigeon to dust -- especially if you use a pump-action shotgun.

But I digress. I too have thought about yanking the gun out of an officer's holster. I think most of them anymore have a leather strap that goes over the top of the gun, so if you wanted to test your luck you better be sure to unsnap that first.

 

[JakeandElwood]

How do they not get blown off with a big gust?

 

[three_bags_full]

I'm sure their company has wind limitations. For example, no one climbs above XXX feet when winds are above XX knots.

 

[JakeandElwood]

That makes sense, but can't a gust just kinda pop up?

 

[doubledown68]

I'm sure their company has wind limitations. For example, no one climbs above XXX feet when winds are above XX knots.

Still creeps me out thinking about it. I'm not much for Youtube comments, but there's one in response to the line about there not being a quick way down if a storm blows in "Oh, yes there is."

 

[spikechiquet]

I've imagined driving on a two-lane road, going temporarily insane for just a second, and swerving into the oncoming lane for a head-on collision. Luckily my sanity hasn't shown any propensity for such glitches, at least not yet.

When Grand Theft Auto III first came out, I swore one of my buddies loved that game so much, I was expecting him to go on a rampage in his car at some point.