Depression and flying

On 2006-02-09, Jim Macklin p51mustang wrote:
effective if you jump from a 40 foot bridge. If you do it
over a river at full flood, there won't even be a funeral
and the cable won't even be seen for about 6 years since
your head and body will NOT be hanging there to draw
attention.

A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation, so all that'll be
left will be some steel wire and the head/body washed downstream.
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Dylan Smith wrote:
A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation

One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.

Jose

It would make a good movie plot, the full flood was just an
added thought so the parts would be a long way away. If you
had a suit of chain mail or armor on so the body would not
bloat and come to the surface and a steel knights helmet so
the head would also sink...

I guess I've been watching too many episodes of Buffy and
Angel.

A ten foot drop on a rope can cause decapitation, you can
find pictures of the hanging of Black Bart (a white stage
coach robber about 1900) or even recently of a young man
running from the police in Atlanta who jumped over a bridge
rail and had his head caught on a spiked fence (Google
"decapitation Atlanta") brings it up.

When do you expect to see riot control police with Homelite
chain saws instead of clubs?



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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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| On 2006-02-09, Jim Macklin p51mustang wrote:
| effective if you jump from a 40 foot bridge. If you do
it
| over a river at full flood, there won't even be a
funeral
| and the cable won't even be seen for about 6 years since
| your head and body will NOT be hanging there to draw
| attention.
|
| A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood -
a 20 foot drop
| using steel cable will probably cause decapitation, so all
that'll be
| left will be some steel wire and the head/body washed
downstream.
| --
| Dylan Smith, Port St Mary, Isle of Man
| Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
| Oolite-Linux: an Elite tribute:
http://oolite-linux.berlios.de
| Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net

How do you know? Is there any tests that have been done to
verify consciousness after decapatitation, perhaps the Nazi
doctors had some Jews wired up before the final solution or
maybe the current Nazi descendents, the Islamic terrorists
kept good records. But their latest "tests" involved slow
throat, muscle and finally spinal cord cutting, so that pain
would be maximized. But a quick snapping of the spinal cord
as the head and body are jerked apart would be quick. A few
beers or a Valium would probably handle that (just a guess).


"Jose" wrote in message
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| Dylan Smith wrote:
| A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full
flood - a 20 foot drop
| using steel cable will probably cause decapitation
|
| One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.
|
| Jose
|

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Interesting, but a clean cut well below the head by a
guillotine does not damage the brain. And as all pilots
should know from their training in hypoxia, the brain has
about a 10-15 second supply of oxygenated blood between the
heart and brain [time of useful consciousness]. But with
the head jerked off the spine, the brain stem is damaged,
the brain itself is ripped in a manner to cause a hemorrhage
and damage to the brain. Personally, I want to die from
being ravaged by a dozen or so teenage girls when I'm much
older than I am now. I hope my brain stays conscious to the
end.



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Jose wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:

A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation


One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.

Do you have first-hand experience here? You must be a fast typist!

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:

A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation


One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.

Do you have first-hand experience here? You must be a fast typist!

Matt

During the French Revolution there were some experiments done seeing as the
guillotine was in frequent use. One I remember was two fellows set up an
experiment. The deal was he who lost his head was to blink as often as
possible after the blade fell. As I remember he was able to blink 9 times
or so before it was all over.

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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How do you know? Is there any tests that have been done to
verify consciousness after decapatitation, perhaps the Nazi
doctors had some Jews wired up before the final solution or
maybe the current Nazi descendents, the Islamic terrorists
kept good records. But their latest "tests" involved slow
throat, muscle and finally spinal cord cutting, so that pain
would be maximized. But a quick snapping of the spinal cord
as the head and body are jerked apart would be quick. A few
beers or a Valium would probably handle that (just a guess).


The Nazi's killed more than just Jews! The Jews just keep whining about it.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I spent two years without a medical because I took Welbutrin for two
months. Is it any wonder that pilots who suspect that they are
suffering
from depression don't seek treatment?

It truly is a Catch-22 situation, and I'm sure the FAA's current policy
has
made liars out of many hundreds of pilots.

Luckily (for me), flying itself is a catch-all cure for depressions of all
kinds...

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



I am with ya there Jay, I get depressed when I cannot fly hop in an airplane
and all is good. Oh! I may be passing through Iowa City soon with a
Commander I may be ferrying.