Where Did All The Old Timers Go, A Public Meeting Place For Open Discussion

Lol; don't get it wet Geoff. Or isn't the water that high yet! ;-)

 

Just been for a drink in town...didn't expect the same view here...

ukkkkk...

anyroad..

 

Much nicer. Thanks Jan

lol

 

FOR THE GALS THAT LIKE BIG GUYS FOR CHRISTMAS

 

@ireland,
PLEASE STOP.....you win the gross out contest........LMAO.

@Janrocks,
Thanks for the nice Christmas wish and viewable pic. lol.

@all,
Good afternoon!!

........c

 

greensman NOW FOR SURE I AM A WINNER

What happens when you are executed by electrocution?

Asked by Ron Talbot of Tyler, Texas

In the late 19th century, it was widely believed that a more modern method of execution was needed to replace the three most commonly used execution methods at that time (hanging, firing squad, and, in France, beheading).

The first practical electric chair was invented by Harold P Brown who worked for Thomas Edison. The first person to die in the electric chair was executed in 1890. A parallel occurrence at around the same time was the scientific discovery of the precise effects upon the body of high voltages of electricity.

For example, according to Dr T Bernstein of the Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute at Wright State University, writing in Medical Instrumentation in 1975, two doctors by the name of Prevost and Battelli demonstrated in 1899 that death from electrocution was caused, not by damaging the brain, but by high voltages of electricity causing very rapid irregular contractions of the heart (ventricular fibrillation) eventuating in the heart stopping.

As for the execution itself, the prisoner must first be prepared for execution by shaving the head and the calf of one leg. This permits better contact between the skin and the electrodes which must be attached to the body. The prisoner is strapped into the electric chair at the wrists, waist, and ankles. An electrode is attached to the head and another to the leg. At least two jolts of an electrical current are applied for several minutes. An initial voltage of about 2,000 volts stops the heart and induces unconsciousness. The voltage is then lowered somewhat.

In one US state, the protocol calls for a jolt of 2,450 volts that lasts for 15 seconds. After a 15 minute wait, the prisoner is then examined by a coroner. After 20 seconds, the cycle is repeated. It is repeated three more times. The body may heat up to approximately 100°C (210°F), which causes severe damage to internal organs. Often the eyeballs melt.
Taping the eyes closed is often part of the preparation for execution by electrocution. The effects of the electricity often cause the body to twitch and gyrate uncontrollably and bodily functions may "let go". Prisoners are sometimes offered diapers.

Although death is supposedly instantaneous, some prisoners have been known to shriek and even shout while being executed in this way. There have been reports of a prisoner's head bursting into flames. There have been reports too of a prisoner being removed from an electric chair that has malfunctioned part way through the electrocution and then being placed back in the chair once it is fixed in order for the job to be finished. Some skin is burned off the prisoner. The burned off skin must then be scrapped off the seat and straps of the electric chair before it may be used again.
Interesting facts

* In 1991, a recommendation was made by two Polish doctors that the thighs also be strapped in. Warsaw Drs L Zynda and K Skiba reported in the Chirurgia Narzadow Ruchu I Ortopedia Poska on the case of a 58-year-old executed male who whose legs were broken by the intense twitching of the legs due to the force of the deadly electric current passing through his body.
* In 1946, an electric chair malfunctioned and failed to execute the prisoner who reported shrieked "Stop it! Let me breathe!" as he was being executed. Having survived, lawyers for the prisoners argued that, although he did not die, he had been executed as defined by the law. In 1947, in the case of Francis vs Resweber, the US Supreme Court ruled against the prisoner. He was returned to the electric chair and successfully executed later that year.

 

That's vile ireland.. I really didn't need to see the neighbours..

My christmas desktop, on a festive theme, and much better to look at....



sorry about censoring it, but photobucket have rules........ :-(

 

Now that's a great background!

LOL

 

Afternoon all..

 

good morning all and a warm christmas eve day here,like its 50f



To convert Fahrenheit temperatures into Celsius:

* Begin by subtracting 32 from the Fahrenheit number.
* Divide the answer by 9.
* Then multiply that answer by 5.


To convert Celsius temperatures into Fahrenheit:

* Begin by multiplying the Celsius temperature by 9.
* Divide the answer by 5.
* Now add 32.

 

10 degrees C is hardly warm! ;-)

 

Ripper
the christmas past were like 25f or below with snow..

todays 50f is a heat wave and its raining

 

I iwsh that we'd get snow here in the UK some time. Neevr happens though

Where abouts in the USA are you Ireland?

 

Ripper
i live in Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh...and i spend my summers in the summerset pa. mountains.and there is no snow there.today..
normally there is up to 4 feet of snow there..each years the snow gets less and less..

 

Ah right, cool

That's what global warming does for ya!

 

Ooo, you hoping for a white christmas ddp?

Lol, I gave up on that a few years ago

 

Lol, wet christmas! Well, I remeber about an inch of snow a long time ago, but nothing for a while :-(

Maybe it'll snow overnight, LOL. We've had lots of fog if that counts

X)

 

Lol, I think a few Christmas's ago it was hot & sunny for us here.