[Tamara]

Dateline: Knoxville, TN
February 23

While watching Band Of Brothers on Tuesday night, a Knoxville woman was viciously attacked by her movie-viewing companion. A moment's inattention allowed the cranky geriatric to savagely bite her left thumb. The victim, Tamara K., was heard to exclaim "Ouch!", as well as several less savory things. Bandaids were applied by Kaylee, a fellow movie-watcher and witness to the horrible attack. When the crotchety old veteran was asked for a comment, all he'd say was *BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!PING!*

[ksnecktieman]

I think I would like to hear a transcript of the conversation preceding the attack.:confused: ,,, Maybe she instigated it?

So, if the "geriatric" "crochety old veteran" attempted rape, it would be attack with a dead weapon?

If he was wearing false teeth does it make this "aggravated assault" (legally defined as an assault with a weapon)? If he has his original teeth it should be a "simple assault" (legal definition, assault without a weapon)?

It is great to live in a country so peaceful that this is news worthy. :D

[Harry Tuttle]

i certainly hope there was no denegration of the tactical qualities
of old wood stocked battle rifles as a precourser to the attack

[Dave P]

"to savagely bite her left thumb."

Ya gotta keep those old guys distracted with lots of buttered popcorn, or you never know what might happen!

[Preacherman]

Another "Garand Thumb" joins the millions already bitten! :D

[Ian]

For your own safety, you really ought to send that vet to Ian's Home for Aged and Cranky Weapons. PM me for contact details. :)

[Clemson]

M1 Thumb was the genesis of a whole new vocabulary for GI's, Tamara. Did you invent any new words or just find new ways to apply the old ones?

Clemson:D

[Tamara]

When the old guy was put to bed that night next to his slightly younger Belgian companion, he was heard to snicker "Bet you can't do that!" ;)

[El Tejon]

"Today, on the courthouse steps, the tilecralwer for the geezer, Mr. The Badger of the firm of Billem, Moore & Howe, was quoted as saying, 'the prosecutor knows there's no criminal intent in that this was an accident. My client is merely being persecuted as he is a rifle of colour, wooden brown to be exact!'"

[mete]

I'm 62 and object to the term geriatric. Obviously his mind was clear ,he knew exactly how an M1 works . Garand Thumb ? yes sir !

[Selfdfenz]

M1 thumb......

if done right......

just as you hear the sound and you know you've been had....

but before the pain hits high limit.....

for that rare half an instant.....

replicates the shock and alarm of being born!

S-

[Tamara]

I'm 62 and object to the term geriatric.

Rifle years are different from human years. (A 62 year-old M1 is 84 in people years. :D )

[Sleuth]

Tamara, I'm surprised at you. Handling any firearm without your full attention given to it is negligence! And why were you watching TV, instead of at the range, or at least snapping in? This constitues deriliction of duty as well.
IF, and that is a big IF, you were coming up with stages for your next rifle match, we can drop the deriliction charge.

The penalty for mistreating your M1?
10 pushups, holding your M1 off the deck, on the back of your hands. And a good cleaning of the rifle, and relubrication.

So, drop and give your rifle 10!

(Disrespecting an M1 like that! Terrible, just terrible!)

[Ktulu]

PRICELESS!

[H&Hhunter]

Oh my goodness!!!!It's a conspiracy.........

I was at the local pawn shop last month shaking hands with that veterans brother..

I was in the process of lavishing compliment and praise on the old codger when he vicsiously and with out provocation clamped down and held on to my right thumb..

My wife was dulley impressed.

Even with a liberal coating of pink nail polish the marks from this viscious attack are still evident..:D

[Old Fuff]

You young kids shouldn't be allowed to handle such rifles. We ol' fuffs know just how dangerous they are. I propose a new law to require the actions be locked closed. For the children of course .....

[MeekandMild]

Need to send him to the Veteran-arian for 10 days to observe for signs of rabies. :neener:

[Tamara]

Heh.

For ten years now I've been bragging that I'd never been bit by an M1. All the old guys looked at me and said "There's thems that have, and thems that will."

"Ha!", I'd retort, "Not me!"

Reckon they were right. :)

[sm]

;) Band Of Brothers *snicker* "I are one now" Tamara exclaimed. ;)

[RustyHammer]

:scrutiny:

[Grampa]

Well, at least I know I'm not the only one who has watched Band of Brothers with a vet. I had to take mine out shooting the next day.

Mine is a '42 Winchester action. Can't help but wonder if it was in the hands of some young marine going ashore at some far off Pacific island, or was drug through the sand at Normandy by a young soldier. I've often sat there with my vet and wished he could tell me the stories.

I'm an instructor, and commonly bring the vet and an AR15 to class for show and tell. My dad carried a Garand in WWII Europe, and my son is carrying an M16 in the mountains of Afghanistan. Makes for interesting discussions.

[Badger Arms]

Spunky young bucks can't get the "Blam, Blam, Ping" down so well so they just go, "Pop-SPROOOooinnngggg, Pop-SPROOOooinnngggg, Pop-SPROOOooinnngggg, Pop-SPROOOooinnngggg," etc.

[ksnecktieman]

I would like to apply for the weekly award for gullible. When I read this I could see one of my uncles sitting in the nursing home, and my mother beside him. Watching this movie would have sent her off on an antigun rant. and the uncle (her brother) would not have been able to stop her verbally. I do have faith in him, he WOULD have stopped her!:D

P.S. I use snopes.com so much that the icon on my desktop is beginning to fade out :rolleyes:

[Badger Arms]

A moment's inattention allowed the cranky geriatric to savagely bite her left thumb. The victim, Tamara K., was heard to exclaim "Ouch!", as well as several less savory things.Oh, I'm not believing that for a second. You wanted it. You know you wanted it. I bet you got out the oil and...

(this is just wrong, isn't it?) :uhoh:

[Gewehr98]

But I did have to put mine down on the couch, pause the DVD player, and take a short walk to the back patio for a few minutes of quiet time with #1 dog, when watching a certain DVD of Band of Brothers the other night. Namely, the part where they find the concentration camp and it's survivors. Should be required viewing for all those who would care to rewrite history.

I went back in after a while and finished watching the whole thing, against my wife's wishes. She said she'd never seen me so unnerved. I backed up the DVD to the part where the walking skeletons mob the soldiers for help, and let her watch. Sometimes big-screen TV's and Dolby Surround are just a bit too realistic. :(

[Beetle Bailey]

At least it's understandable that you got bit by an M1 Garand. My SKS bit my left thumb last week (SKS? How did he let an SKS get him?) and while my skin didn't break, I think I have a slightly different fingerprint on that thumb now :rolleyes: . All I remember right before it happened is loading the magazine, putting my right hand on the bolt, and thinking about all the holes I was gonna put into the paper target. . .:rolleyes:

[Mike Irwin]

Lines to the story that the copy editor deleted...

"When asked why he snapped at his companion and bit her finger, the veteran replied "She just wasn't paying attention, and I will not be ignored!"

[ThreadKiller]

Band of Brothers. The best part of the series are the interviews with the survivors of Easy Company.

Best $80 we've spent in years.

Nothing has bitten me while watching it so far. :)

Tim

[Phyphor]

'Least I'm comforted in knowing I'm not the ONLY one to get bit by cranky old Garands....:evil:

[SMLE]

Now you know why I collect ENFIELDS! :neener:

Actually, I own an M1 and, knock wood, my thumb is still intact. I was shown how the handle the rifle by my Father, a WWII USMC Veteran. He qualified Expert in 1943 and carried an M1 til the end of the war without ever getting bitten. On Guam, he fired his rifle until the hand guards burst into flame and it was cooking off as fast as he could aim it. Last time I asked him, he still remembered the serial number.


Wounds heal, pain fades, flesh dies, only glory is immortal.

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[4v50 Gary]

Tamara - next time I swing by Knoxville, I'll be happy to "escort" that snappy old vet off the premises for you. I'm sure it'll enjoy the sunny weather here in CA and the companionship of its siblings. You know they're happier when they're allowed to stack arms, doncha?

[Gewehr98]

:D

http://mauser98.com/stack10.jpg

[Tamara]

One of the ol' vets in that stack looks suspisciously "cranky." ;)

[JShirley]

I still have haven't forgiven a similar vet. Traded him off, pronto.

Once bitten, twice shy.

John

[Khornet]

I thought I was the only one weird enough to watch BoB with my M1 in my lap!

[Houndawg]

As soon as I get mine, I'll probably let it watch BoB with me. It might stir up some old memories for it and get it all riled up so it'll shoot better.

[Sleuth]

Too bad you stack is not all M1's. BTW, the muzzles should all be crossed. Back to study of the FM "Drill and Cerimonies".

[Gewehr98]

The third rifle has a right to be "cranky". It was the church-steeple star in Saving Private Ryan. Then along comes Band of Brothers and it's no longer center stage. ;)


http://mauser98.com/stack9.jpg

My third M1 Garand for the perfect stack is being held hostage by my father. Didn't help that I sent him a set of Band of Brothers, too. He hasn't called about his M1 thumb yet, thank goodness. :D

Sleuth: Noted about the crossed muzzles. I was trying not to garf up either the M1's or the 1903A4. Unfortunately, this is all a learning curve for me, the Air Force hasn't issued me an M16A2 equipped with a stacking swivel yet.

[TooTaxed]

The stody dis say "left thumb"? How did that happen? It was/is normally the RIGHT thumb...:confused:

[Tamara]

The stody dis say "left thumb"? How did that happen? It was/is normally the RIGHT thumb... :confused:

Only when loading and firing the real deal.

When just piddling and dry-firing with the rifle in my lap, I'll often use my left thumb to hit the follower while I... um... err... hold the bolt back with my right.

Or, at least that's the plan, anyway. :uhoh:

[Phyphor]

unfortunately, real life doesn't work out QUITE as we plan...... I gots the thumb scars to prove it.... :D

[BamBam-31]

"The greatest de-digitizing implement ever devised."

[cracked butt]

When just piddling and dry-firing with the rifle in my lap, I'll often use my left thumb to hit the follower while I... um... err... hold the bolt back with my right.

My wife often yells at me for hanging my hand in the front of my pants like Al Bundy while watching TV. Next time I'll have to tell her that its better than fidgeting with my M1 on my lap instead.:evil:

[4v50 Gary]

Gewehr98 - you make you M1903A4 stack arms? Sinner! ;) OK, I've had the M-1D stack arms so I'm guilty too. :o

[Gewehr98]

Trying to figure out how my NoIMkIII* SMLE will work when stacked with either an M1 Garand or M1903A1 or M1903A4. How about two 1903 variants and an M1 Garand? :D



http://mauser98.com/stack4.jpg

[SMLE]

You know of course that you don't "stack" SMLEs, you "pile" them.

I can post the instructions from the Manual if you like.

:neener:

[Gewehr98]

Brought home a nice M47C BSA No4Mk1 today, dated 1945, woohoo! No import stamps. Pictures to come. No stacking/piling swivel, though. :(

[4v50 Gary]

I wonder if I could stack arms with a Moisin-Nagant sniper, SMLE No. 4 (T) and a M-1D. Oleg could take the photo and call it The Allies meet. Place them atop a lazy susan and rotate them like at a car show. :)

Gewehr98's M1903A4 would actually go better than the M-1D which is more Korean War oriented.

[Khornet]

M1 does my talking, but I do the swearing.

[Sleuth]

The object is to own enough M1's to stack them, then add your Enfields/G98's/BAR to the stack.