To: 2ndDivisionVet
I had a guy do some painting for me a few years ago and his story was...he stepped on a type of land mine that goes off when you lift your foot. He said he stood there while they got a Jeep and tied a shock cord around him and to the Jeep then snatched him off the mine with only minor injury. Would this have been possible? I always thought he was a fake vet...
3 posted on
11/13/2006 11:20:22 PM PST by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
To: tubebender
I highly doubt that he was yanked away faster than 3000 foot per second, the speed of a shock wave and schrapnel from the explosion. If military type explosives were in the mine, it would have been around 5000 fps.
Cute idea and story but absolutely BS.
9 posted on
11/13/2006 11:37:33 PM PST by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: tubebender
I had a guy do some painting for me a few years ago and his story was...he stepped on a type of land mine that goes off when you lift your foot That's from a movie I saw about 15 years ago.
27 posted on
11/14/2006 3:55:20 AM PST by
bad company
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