Marvin Heemeyer spent a year and a half modifying a Komatsu D335A bulldozer into an "armored vehicle of vengeance". On June 4th, 2004, he rampaged through the town of Granby, Colorado, smashing vehicles and buildings, including the homes of those he felt had plotted against him.
Over $7 million in damage was done that day. Read the entire story at Damn Interesting. Link
The overencumbered vehicle was obviously difficult to control, and swerved widely through the streets, but Heemeyer was still able to seek out and and hit his specific targets. The bulldozer effortlessly demolished cars and buildings, including the home of a former mayor, the office of a newspaper that had sided against him in an editorial, the businesses of a former city councilman, and the city hall. Despite the destruction of property, no people had been injured or killed. killdozer_city_hallThe remains of Granby city hallThe Granby Police requisitioned an industrial scraper to pit heavy equipment against heavy equipment, but the Killdozer merely shoved the lighter adversary aside.
Over $7 million in damage was done that day. Read the entire story at Damn Interesting. Link
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He tried to work with them, he tried to fight them legally, he had nothing left to fight with so he used his brains to "win".
I dont totally agree with the methods used but I TOTALLY applaud the effort involved. Hell he should have lived, he probably would be working for a defense contractor now if he had.
- Marvin Heemeyer
This is the best example of what can happen when you back someone into a corner. My favorite aspect of this whole thing is that he put a lot of people that screwed him out of business. I would have liked to have shaken his hand.
Corollary: Except with a homebrew killdozer.
That said, mashing words together is part of almost every language in the world, and many Germanic languages are pretty much built on the concept. Romance languages like Spanish, when spoken in real life, also have tons of dropped syllables and are darn near unintelligible to listen to if all you know is what you learned in a high school text book.
That is how all languages evolve over time. The dictionary is supposed to change. However, lolspeak and lazy sms methods don't belong. :P
However, bad grammar is bad grammar and should be exterminated.
- My mom or my dad does the dishes.
- My sister or my parents do the dishes.
I should really be grading my students' grammar hw instead of doing this.
Oh wow, I just realized it was a pun and I've been coming here for years!
But I'm sure that's part of the joke.
When you are lost, you orient yourself. That way you become oriented. Yes, you can go through orientation, but afterward you are not "orientated". (shakes head in disgust)
Funny that no one ever corrects "sad," "angry," "ecstatic," etc.
ps, hopefully it goes without saying that i don't care to have my grammar errors scrutinized, analyzed and publicized. thank you.
If we're so darned civilized and special, can't we at least take the time out for a complete sentence and proper spelling? Since I've begun losing my hearing I've gotten even less patient with the spoken language.
At least any mistakes I make are legitimate errors and not willful ignorance and laziness.