I cannot get one of my wheel nuts off, what should I do?
13 November 2007, 08:57 AM
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I cannot get one of my wheel nuts off, what should I do?
I know, I'll shoot it. That is bound to help 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm
A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun. The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.
Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.
The man - whom police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.
Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.
He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.
Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.
The man - whom police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.
Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.
He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.
13 November 2007, 09:02 AM
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I like the bit in the report where they highlight he was not intoxicated. They must need better detectors, as he must have been on something Poor chap. Still, at least he did not make a Darwin Award.
Poor chap. Still, at least he did not make a Darwin Award.
13 November 2007, 09:37 AM
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Not so... Was with a mate a few years ago playing with an air rifle (as you do) anyhow there was this old scrapper of a car on my land so we started shooting it (as you do). My mate decided to shoot the tyre from about 20ft away, and then fell on the floor as the pellat bounced of the tyre into his leg..
We were slightly intoxicated!
We were slightly intoxicated!
13 November 2007, 09:48 AM
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Not so... Was with a mate a few years ago playing with an air rifle (as you do) anyhow there was this old scrapper of a car on my land so we started shooting it (as you do). My mate decided to shoot the tyre from about 20ft away, and then fell on the floor as the pellat bounced of the tyre into his leg..
We were slightly intoxicated!
We were slightly intoxicated!
At least you had the good sense to only use air rifles, or was that just because you could not get your hands on something bigger? 
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Probably a good idea 
why would you do that anyway???? still 
14 November 2007, 03:18 PM
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botheration...it would appear my thread was moved 
It is Scooby related, honestly. I mean every time I go out to my car I think about shooting its nuts off It was meant to be a warning to all 
It is Scooby related, honestly. I mean every time I go out to my car I think about shooting its nuts off It was meant to be a warning to all
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