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(note to mods: That's the actual title of it. I'm not trying to circumvent anything. Handle that as you see fit.)
Video says it all, really, but the premise is that Arnie is doing a fundraiser for a non-profit called Afterschool All-Stars which aims to make youth groups available for inner city kids. And blowing gak up.
There's a chance to win a trip for you and a friend to go to Cali and blow gak up with him. Donate. Donate now.
daedalus wrote: (note to mods: That's the actual title of it. I'm not trying to circumvent anything. Handle that as you see fit.)
Video says it all, really, but the premise is that Arnie is doing a fundraiser for a non-profit called Afterschool All-Stars which aims to make youth groups available for inner city kids. And blowing gak up.
There's a chance to win a trip for you and a friend to go to Cali and blow gak up with him. Detonate. Detonate now.
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Have to do some research this being I am interested to donating
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I don't know much about them, but it seems like a worthy enough cause. My friend who pointed it out to me tossed this out as well:
"A bit of info: It costs an average of about $7 to put a kid that isn't in an after school program, but wants to be, into one for an entire year. That $7 will on average save over $60 in future prison costs by keeping kids active and off the streets. Donate if able."
I'm not sure where he got those stats from, but he's the kind of person, knowing him, that he probably verified them more soundly than I would have.
I think I see what you're getting at, and I understand (now) that you're making a joke of it, but it raises an interesting point. The truth of it all is that, to a certain extent, we LIKE dangerous stuff. Motorcycles, fireworks, guns, skydiving, etc. The hint of danger, or at least implied danger brings excitement to what is otherwise kind of an amazingly safe world, and being made safer every minute. I don't think our brains are really wired for such a thing. We need some sort of adrenaline provoking situations. We must, otherwise we wouldn't seek them out. If we don't like that stuff, why are horror movies and FPS games so popular?
The difference here is that, in reality there's much more to the world than that, and while those things are good, anyone who wins this will already understand it. For the kids, it's about showing them that there's more before they're in a situation where they feel like that's all there is, and then enabling them to hopefully make the choice for the better.
I am sure they aren't going to give you a loaded rocket launcher and say, have fun pick a direction.
As a prize goes not only is it cool, its fairly cheap.
Arnie donates time, you need safety people, price of a fare and hotel for the winner some old scrap cars towed into the firing zone and some rockets for the launcher.
It's a smart way to raise for charity, an attention grabber which should get donations in. Top marks for whoever thought of this.
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I mean, it's likely the rocket launcher isn't even freemoving. Likely it's bolted into place or something like that.
I bet safety will be their utmost concern here.
daedalus wrote: (note to mods: That's the actual title of it. I'm not trying to circumvent anything. Handle that as you see fit.)
Video says it all, really, but the premise is that Arnie is doing a fundraiser for a non-profit called Afterschool All-Stars which aims to make youth groups available for inner city kids. And blowing gak up.
There's a chance to win a trip for you and a friend to go to Cali and blow gak up with him. Donate. Donate now.
I think it will end up on a technical. someone will drive about the range and they stop where the guest wants, subject to the driver and shoot from there.
You need a mount for the rocket launcher mostly to prevent an inexperienced user from tipping the barrel while firing it. Due to the likelihood of a very remote location the biggest problem will be the rocket accidentally firing down. A swivel mount with negligible depression on a technical, in a scrapheap, in a valley is best. It's less likely for things to go wrong.
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It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
Wait, are you saying it's likely it will be on a car?
if that is true....I'm getting my football gear, adding spikes to it and gonna spout one liners from mad max then.
Is there a swivel mount on a HMMV that will fit an rocket launcher.
It would be nice if there is a selection.
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Hopefully the launcher will be one that doesn't have a back blast. I can just see some idiot somehow sticking their hand in the wrong place (...difficult to do, but there's enough videos out of there of dumbasses trying to open doors with RPGs, whilst standing a few feet away, or point the launcher straight up into the sky with no rear clearance).
..This will all be handled professionally however, so I'm just being a git with my comment.
daedalus wrote: (note to mods: That's the actual title of it. I'm not trying to circumvent anything. Handle that as you see fit.)
Video says it all, really, but the premise is that Arnie is doing a fundraiser for a non-profit called Afterschool All-Stars which aims to make youth groups available for inner city kids. And blowing gak up.
There's a chance to win a trip for you and a friend to go to Cali and blow gak up with him. Donate. Donate now.
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