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Re: Dallas home target of apparently random shooting
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:59 pm
by KD5NRH
usa1 wrote:recently at a wedding, this huge balloon was suspended from the ceiling full of confetti .
when it was remotely popped to release the contents , i almost hit the floor
Just after a couple of tech support guys went postal up in the northwest a few years ago, I was working for a tech support company that decided to give out balloons for good QA reports. About once or twice per shift there would be a bang, a collective thump of bodies on the floor with various metallic sounds mixed in, then a repeat of the metallic sounds as knives were folded and safeties reengaged.
I got pretty good at going from sitting in a swivel chair to being one with the carpet before the balloon pieces hit the ground. It took about two weeks before most of us had built up enough of a tolerance to it to stay seated, but we still flinched hard every time.
Re: Dallas home target of apparently random shooting
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:14 pm
by Drewthetexan
The area around Oak Cliff is notoriously dangerous, but it seems anything south of I-30 and north of I-20 is just bad news. Most everyone here knows about "South Dallas". I knew a guy who owned several rent houses out that way; he never went with any less than 3 handguns about his person and never at night. I don't think any were worth more than $20,000, I know that one was only worth $8,000 - but it was so rundown it should have been condemned.
Dallas Morning News has put together a 2009 homicide map
here
Re: Dallas home target of apparently random shooting
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:12 pm
by Fangs
usa1 wrote:before i move to my current house, i lived in houston all my life..so im conditioned to drop to the floor/ground
if anything goes pop..
recently at a wedding, this huge balloon was suspended from the ceiling full of confetti .
when it was remotely popped to release the contents , i almost hit the floor
looking around the room , i expected to see folks drawing their weapons in self defense ....no one did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmTvAZvJ5Mc
I know it's been posted before, but it fits.
Re: Dallas home target of apparently random shooting
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:26 pm
by USA1
Fangs wrote:usa1 wrote:before i move to my current house, i lived in houston all my life..so im conditioned to drop to the floor/ground
if anything goes pop..
recently at a wedding, this huge balloon was suspended from the ceiling full of confetti .
when it was remotely popped to release the contents , i almost hit the floor
looking around the room , i expected to see folks drawing their weapons in self defense ....no one did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmTvAZvJ5Mc
I know it's been posted before, but it fits.
thats great..it really does fit
