# Today, I am ten feet tall. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513 "2009-05-15T11:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/21 "2009-05-15T19:36:53Z")
For the love of god, please tell me you can go in to your kid’s Career Day. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/22 "2009-05-15T20:00:58Z")
Congratulations, Tripler! Now you’ll be known as a man with a keen eye and a cool head, who knows how to defuse (defuze?) a tense situation.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/23 "2009-05-15T20:02:42Z")
Congratulations Trip! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/24 "2009-05-15T21:46:38Z")
Congrats **Tripler**. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/25 "2009-05-15T22:34:39Z")
Congrats man. What’s that Soundgarden song? Oh yeah: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRDjgByyzY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRDjgByyzY) ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/26 "2009-05-15T22:46:26Z")
Congrats!! You da… nevermind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/27 "2009-05-15T23:48:11Z")
Congratulations! That must feel good. Which one of us gets you the T-shirt that says, “If you see me running, try to keep up”? > [@Sailboat](#): > > Now, could I have your professional opinion about something? This Pepsi bottle got a little shaken up; is it safe to opne at my desk? Eat a Mento before drinking it. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you haven’t seen it, you must get hold of the British series _Danger - UXB_. Lots of stuff that blows up, and doesn’t blow up, neither always according to plan. We always watched that on TVOntario when I was in high school. Good series. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/28 "2009-05-15T23:58:49Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Today, I am ten feet tall, _and_ am on pins and needles. 🆒 Yes, that happens when you mix the red mushrooms with the little green pills. Seriously, though, congratulations. I’d raise my glass to you, but it’s already empty. I guess you’ll have to be satisfied with me thinking of you next time I blow something up. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/29 "2009-05-16T02:26:49Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Congratulations and best of luck in your future field! Are you blowing things up or keeping them from blowing up? I will be doing both. The intent is to keep them from detonating when _they_ want to. I want to blow them up when **I** say so. If it’s safe enough to leave it in place and just blow it in place, so be it (like on a bombing range). If not, then I go to work. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you haven’t seen it, you must get hold of the British series _Danger - UXB_. We had a week of short classes, and ended up watching the series. It is a good show, and I like how it started off basically explaining the origins of the EOD field. Stinkin’ Nazis. :mad: > [@Sailboat](#): > > Grats. Now, could I have your professional opinion about something? This Pepsi bottle got a little shaken up; is it safe to opne at my desk? Much obliged! If it’s a little shaken up, I would advise following a ‘cool down’ period of at least two hours. Then, pack it in ice, wrap it in plastic tarps, and send it my way–I’ll make it safe for you. > [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > **Tripler** , at the risk of turning this into an “Ask the Bomb Tech” thread, is LN[sub]2[/sub] a legitimate approach? I suspect it’s _possible_, but haven’t seen it in practice, yet. Couldn’t say . . . but I did see the episode in _Danger UXB_. At the risk of turning it into an “Ask the. . .” thread, I’d really prefer not to go into all that, being a public forum and all. I’m not trying to be an arse, but hey, they’re my magic tricks–I’m not going to show you my David Copperfield stuff. But I will be honest with you when I can, and I just haven’t seen freezing techniques. > [@flyboy](#): > > ETA: speaking of which, what are your follow-on orders? Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on them. It’s been a pain in the arse–I haven’t gotten any base outprocessing or anything done. Hell, I can’t even get to TMO without them. :mad: But thanks for the wellwishes! I now have to get some sleep. I’ve had a far more difficult job today: shepherding 10 relatives around the FWB area. It’s like herding cats, and I’ve finally gotten rid of them. :smack: But I will say, I have been thinking about **Santo Rugger** all day. I hear he’s making some progress, but I sure hope he pulls through soon. Tripler Dangit, I’m all outta catnip. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/30 "2009-05-16T04:14:39Z")
Congratulations. 🙂 > [@Tripler](#): > > I have been thinking about **Santo Rugger** all day. I thought you might. It’s too bad that you couldn’t share this milestone with him. But, look on the bright side - you can tease him about it later. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/31 "2009-05-16T09:18:14Z")
Congratulations! So – if someone says “that blows,” do you say “not unless I say so”? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/32 "2009-05-16T11:29:29Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/33 "2009-05-16T18:56:58Z")
Don’t go about about gittin yerself all blowed up, now, ya hear? Congratulations, man. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/34 "2009-05-16T19:40:57Z")
Congratulations, man! That is, absolutely literally, insanely awesome. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/35 "2009-05-16T19:43:09Z")
**ponders what the literal meaning of “insanely awesome” might be** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513.md?page=1)