The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSome kids jumping out of windows onto mattresses for fun (England, 1980s)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1532arrow-down1imageSome kids jumping out of windows onto mattresses for fun (England, 1980s)lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareconc@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI too was a bay child. We’d use the barnacle covered chains holding the buoys in their place to pull ourselves down to the bottom for whatever reason
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoI have a scar on my left leg from where I slipped on the ladder abd sliced my calf open on barnacles. It bled till it didn’t. And I survived. I’m pretty sure I’d die of some terrible infection if it had happened today.
I too was a bay child. We’d use the barnacle covered chains holding the buoys in their place to pull ourselves down to the bottom for whatever reason
I have a scar on my left leg from where I slipped on the ladder abd sliced my calf open on barnacles.
It bled till it didn’t. And I survived.
I’m pretty sure I’d die of some terrible infection if it had happened today.