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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 10:07:33 AM » |
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every time i think of taking a chance, i think of his ladder on the cab of his truck  wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree?? |
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 10:12:54 AM » |
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Thats a shame. That was one of the reasons I left the swarm I saw yesterday right where the were
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 11:53:40 AM » |
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i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love. we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in hospital somewhere. it's the family that i feel for. at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever. they will miss out.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 12:01:42 PM » |
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i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love. we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in hospital somewhere. it's the family that i feel for. at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever. they will miss out.
Good point Kathy. I would rather die collecting a swarm than sitting behind a desk at work Keith |
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 12:23:22 PM » |
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every time i think of taking a chance, i think of his ladder on the cab of his truck wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree?? That age is somewhere around 15 years old. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2009, 12:14:34 AM » |
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Next to the top step of a 5 ft. ladder is as high as I will go.
With my joints the way they are, at 67 yrs. of age, well, you all get the pic. :roll:doak
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2009, 10:23:08 AM » |
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I have heard of people dieing from falls of less than 2 feet.
Shame it happen I really don't think a swarm is worth climbing 25 feet in the air to get
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 02:11:52 PM » |
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wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??...
Yes, the day when you fail to consider your balance and what a safe approach is. I doubt there is a cut off age but people who live to it would have the sense to stop cimbing in dangerous situations on their own recognition. give the rest to 'darwin' |
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