Florida Man

[daftandbarmy]

Post your 'Florida Man' style news here...

This qualifies ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2113080397156278653

 

[mariomike]

Florida man meets Florida woman.

Florida woman says hold my beer.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I have climbed Mt Shasta... with several other well trained people, roped together, wearing crampons, carrying an ice axe and a load of warm gear.

The fact that this (Florida Man) idiot is still alive is a miracle...

TRAPPED ON A GLACIER: RESCUE ON MOUNT SHASTA

Shasta-Trinity National Forest climbing rangers, along with local and state cooperating agencies, successfully rescued an injured climber from the upper slopes of Mount Shasta after the climber became stranded for two days on the Whitney Glacier.

In what turned out to be a complicated and difficult operation, the climber, a 39-year-old Florida man, made it off the mountain Tuesday evening after injuring his leg on the glacier while downclimbing the mountain Sunday evening.

The climber ascended the mountain via the Avalanche Gulch route and summited the mountain later in the day Sunday. The climber told climbing rangers that his GPS navigation tool advised him to descend on the north side of the mountain – the opposite side in which he ascended – down the Whitney Glacier.

The climber did not have snow and ice equipment and was dressed in sweatpants and a hoodie. He did have a pair of trekking poles and a small amount of food and water.

While descending the glacier, he stepped through a thin snow bridge that concealed a crevasse, injuring his leg. The injury prevented him from descending further, prompting a call for help.

Due to lateness in the day and poor weather conditions, rescuers were unable to reach the climber Sunday night. The climber was forced to spend the night on Mount Shasta at 12,100 feet in what is known to be the coldest part of the mountain.

U.S. Forest Service - Shasta-Trinity National Forest

TRAPPED ON A GLACIER: RESCUE ON MOUNT SHASTA Shasta-Trinity National Forest climbing rangers, along with local and state cooperating agencies, successfully rescued an injured climber from the upper...

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[daftandbarmy]

Of course …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-police-soccer-game-kid-9.7396158?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_2211473

 

[medicineman]

Of course …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-police-soccer-game-kid-9.7396158?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_2211473

I saw that somewhere else...I always say parents should have a containment area away from gen pop where they can slug it out/yell at the refs/slag the other players down...completely out of contact with the players and the rest of the people trying to watch the game.

 

[PMedMoe]

Of course …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-police-soccer-game-kid-9.7396158?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_2211473

I read that yesterday. Misleading headline: the cops were called because of the parent, not the child.

That said, the kid is really good but I can understand other parents wanting their children to be able to play and develop skills.

Nevada would be better off if his parents put him in a different league.

 

[Haggis]

I saw that somewhere else...I always say parents should have a containment area away from gen pop where they can slug it out/yell at the refs/slag the other players down...completely out of contact with the players and the rest of the people trying to watch the game.

I once broke up a fist fight between two opposing coaches at one of my nine year old's league games. One of the coaches was so loud and disruptive that the parents on both teams had nicknamed her "Shrieky".

 

[daftandbarmy]

I once broke up a fist fight between two opposing coaches at one of my nine year old's league games. One of the coaches was so loud and disruptive that the parents on both teams had nicknamed her "Shrieky".

I decked another kid when I was playing box Lacrosse, which is why I liked playing defence, against Delta many years ago.

His old man tried to punch me as I was leaving the floor after the game, so I decked him too. Cross checked him right in the face and he went down hard.

I miss Lower Mainland junior lacrosse from the 70s some days.

 

[PMedMoe]

Can we include Florida Moms too?

Florida mom arrested after leaving 4 kids home alone during dayslong trip to Vegas

A Florida mom was arrested and charged with child neglect after she left her four kids home alone for nearly three days while she was in Las Vegas, the local sheriff reported Monday.

Irene Miller was busted after a dispatcher received a 911 call on Oct. 21 from one of the kids in the Kissimmee home who reported “that her 9-year-old brother had been injured by a dumbbell that fell on his head,” the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

 

[DeepaMenon]

Credit to the kid who called 911, honestly.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Can we include Florida Moms too?

Florida mom arrested after leaving 4 kids home alone during dayslong trip to Vegas

A Florida mom was arrested and charged with child neglect after she left her four kids home alone for nearly three days while she was in Las Vegas, the local sheriff reported Monday.

Irene Miller was busted after a dispatcher received a 911 call on Oct. 21 from one of the kids in the Kissimmee home who reported “that her 9-year-old brother had been injured by a dumbbell that fell on his head,” the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

What about the babysitter? Came in the morning and evenings; didn't think it was wrong to leave children alone?

 

[PMedMoe]

What about the babysitter? Came in the morning and evenings; didn't think it was wrong to leave children alone?

Was there really a babysitter?? Who drove 70 miles twice a day??

"Miller, according to the statement, told deputies that she had a babysitter coming from Tampa in the mornings to get the children ready for school and to check on them after school.

Kissimmee is near Orlando and about 70 miles east of Tampa."

 

[Halifax Tar]

I decked another kid when I was playing box Lacrosse, which is why I liked playing defence, against Delta many years ago.

His old man tried to punch me as I was leaving the floor after the game, so I decked him too. Cross checked him right in the face and he went down hard.

I miss Lower Mainland junior lacrosse from the 70s some days.

You'd be sued out the wazoo for that these days.

It's funny, I've been playing rugby for a long time, and the number of outright fights I've witnessed is actually quite small. Personally, I've only been involved in two.

Now, what happens at the bottom of a ruck is generally nobody's business except for the players involved.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Can we include Florida Moms too?

Florida mom arrested after leaving 4 kids home alone during dayslong trip to Vegas

A Florida mom was arrested and charged with child neglect after she left her four kids home alone for nearly three days while she was in Las Vegas, the local sheriff reported Monday.

Irene Miller was busted after a dispatcher received a 911 call on Oct. 21 from one of the kids in the Kissimmee home who reported “that her 9-year-old brother had been injured by a dumbbell that fell on his head,” the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

I chalk this up to the "me generation" and influencer culture. Too many people spend excessive time on social media and become deeply envious of the lifestyles they see online. In some cases, that envy becomes so powerful that, when given the chance to experience those lifestyles themselves, they are willing to abandon everything for a taste of it.

Social media and influencer culture may ultimately be one of the most damaging forces of our time.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I chalk this up to the "me generation" and influencer culture. Too many people spend excessive time on social media and become deeply envious of the lifestyles they see online. In some cases, that envy becomes so powerful that, when given the chance to experience those lifestyles themselves, they are willing to abandon everything for a taste of it.

Social media and influencer culture may ultimately be one of the most damaging forces of our time.

Tell me about it... people like this have cost me a fortune, in one way or another

 

[Halifax Tar]

Tell me about it... people like this have cost me a fortune, in one way or another

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[daftandbarmy]

More stuff you can't make up...

An 18-year-old was seriously injured when a pickup truck hit him as he sat in the middle of State Road 200 in Ocala, getting a haircut for a TikTok trend, according to the Ocala Police Department. He was among three people arrested in connection with the stunt.

Florida man hit by truck during roadside haircut stunt for TikTok, 3 arrested

An 18-year-old was seriously injured when a pickup truck hit him as he sat in the middle of State Road 200 in Ocala, getting a haircut for a TikTok trend, according to the Ocala Police Department. He was among three people arrested in connection with the stunt.

www.fox13news.com

 

[Retired AF Guy]

More stuff you can't make up...

An 18-year-old was seriously injured when a pickup truck hit him as he sat in the middle of State Road 200 in Ocala, getting a haircut for a TikTok trend, according to the Ocala Police Department. He was among three people arrested in connection with the stunt.

Florida man hit by truck during roadside haircut stunt for TikTok, 3 arrested

An 18-year-old was seriously injured when a pickup truck hit him as he sat in the middle of State Road 200 in Ocala, getting a haircut for a TikTok trend, according to the Ocala Police Department. He was among three people arrested in connection with the stunt.

www.fox13news.com

Unfortunately Darwin was not in the vicinity!