And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not sure how he ended up like that, but I came over a hill doing maybe 40 mph on a Honda XR200 dirt bike, hit a javelina, flipped, and landed in a large cactus patch. I had my right arm out straight, elbow locked, when I hit and it still gives me trouble almost 35 years later. The cactus was pretty much an afterthought, but damn was I messed up. Managed to pick the bike up, fired off on the first kick. Can't kill a Honda.
Those cholla cactus are nasty. The thorns have barbed tips and they stick in -- and work their way in deeper. There are different varieties of Cylindropuntia and all of them are wicked.
I did something like that up north of Phoenix about 20 years ago. Only about 10% as much, had to have my hunting partner take them out with his Leatherman. Just about made me want to kill myself. That guy is going to hate his life for a while.
Not sure how he ended up like that, but I came over a hill doing maybe 40 mph on a Honda XR200 dirt bike, hit a javelina, flipped, and landed in a large cactus patch. I had my right arm out straight, elbow locked, when I hit and it still gives me trouble almost 35 years later. The cactus was pretty much an afterthought, but damn was I messed up. Managed to pick the bike up, fired off on the first kick. Can't kill a Honda.
ReplyDeleteThose cholla cactus are nasty. The thorns have barbed tips and they stick in -- and work their way in deeper. There are different varieties of Cylindropuntia and all of them are wicked.
ReplyDeleteI did something like that up north of Phoenix about 20 years ago. Only about 10% as much, had to have my hunting partner take them out with his Leatherman. Just about made me want to kill myself. That guy is going to hate his life for a while.
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