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Operator of Pumpkin Tosser Injured in Freak Accident
The Union Leader ^
| September 24, 2007
| Nancy Foster
Posted on 09/25/2007 4:25:19 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes
GREENFIELD – It was a rough ending to the first weekend of the annual pumpkin flinging season by the Yankee Siege when one of the medieval weapon's main operators was injured in an accident.
Chuck Willard of Hancock, who climbs the 55-foot high boom on the trebuchet dozens of times a day during the fall-flinging season, was knocked unconscious about 2:30 p.m. yesterday when the boom from the trebuchet, a catapult-like device that uses counterweight to hurl pumpkins nearly 300 yards, struck him in the chin.
"He was out for about two minutes," said an employee at the Yankee Siege site
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: pumpkin; trebuchet
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I bet the OSHA trebuchet inspection team has been crawling all over that thing.
To: Past Your Eyes
A “freak” accident? What would a “normal” pumpkin tosser accident be?
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:27:09 AM PDT
by
generally
(Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
To: generally
What would a “normal” pumpkin tosser accident be? Typically the injuries result from the landing.
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:31:59 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Past Your Eyes
"Oh, schnapp!"
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:33:47 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
("German engineering in da house, ja...")
To: Past Your Eyes
Chuck was lucky his head wasn’t deposited 300 yards downrange.
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:34:08 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: Past Your Eyes
Yeah, I’m guessing this could lead to the establishment of new government department.
No doubt, they’ll be charged with sucking all the “fun” out of something which is otherwise,...well,...fun.
To: thackney
Typically the injuries result from the landing.
I thought it was a pumpkin launcher? ;O)
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:40:11 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Past Your Eyes
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:41:05 AM PDT
by
Schnucki
To: RichInOC
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:46:06 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Past Your Eyes
It was a rough ending to the first weekend of the annual pumpkin flinging season by the Yankee Siege when one of the medieval weapon's main operators was injured in an accident. Clearly, this was why after that whole Norman thing, the French were never again successful in invading England. The British had larger and firmer pumpkins.
To: Past Your Eyes
“trebuchet”
Medieval weapon of mass destruction. These things should be banned except for hunting use.
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:53:39 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Reunite Gondwanaland!)
To: generally
What would a “normal” pumpkin tosser accident be?
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posted on
09/25/2007 4:57:04 AM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
To: Past Your Eyes
Especially if it didn’t have a tax stamp.
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: ErnBatavia
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posted on
09/25/2007 5:09:47 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: dragonblustar
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posted on
09/25/2007 5:19:22 AM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
To: Lijahsbubbe; martin_fierro; aculeus; dighton; Tijeras_Slim
Operator of Pumpkin Tosser... Chuck Willard Fateful names ping.
To: Past Your Eyes
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posted on
09/25/2007 5:41:29 AM PDT
by
SouthernBoyupNorth
("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
To: Thinkin' Gal
Forget that catapult stuff, check out the El Launcho Grande from Moriarty, NM!
To: Past Your Eyes
There’s nothing more American than hot dogs, apple pie, Chinese food, and pumpkin tossing.
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posted on
09/25/2007 6:01:22 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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