Old Scatterbrain Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Seriously? How about you pick a direction and walk for, oh I don't know, 7 to 12 minutes? How helpless have we become as a nation? My (least) favorite part: After police officers arrived with tracker dogs, What, no helo available? ... the 911 operator told the couple to shout "Hello, K-9" to guide the rescuers to their location. "Marco!" Cityslickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 We have a very elaborate corn maze about a mile from our home. After several people got lost and paniced and tore up the maze getting out the first year, they now have a tower in the center of the maze with spotlights and loud speakers so that any paniced ones can be helped out. Happens frequently. Of course the maze monsters with running chainsaws etc don't help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Wait till the zombies show up. Oh wait, they are already here. The further mankind gets away from his agricultural roots, the more trouble he finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Phil Peeno #50923 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I went with my daughter (7), son (11) and his friends (7 and 10) to a corn maze this past weekend on an overcast/drizzly night. Although I was calm and aware of my directions I can see why some folks will get overwhelmed. The best way to find your way out of the maze is follow the kids. It may take time and patience but they know where is the exit and as soon as they get board they will go out and get some food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Either I'm not getting y'all or y'all aren't getting me: forget the maze if you're lost and to the point of needing rescue. Just pick a direction, any direction, and walk in a straight line through the corn. In a couple of minutes or so you'll come to the edge of the field*. Now turn left or right, walking along the edge of the field until you find the entrance. Worst case scenarion, you will walk all the way through the field and then almost all the way round the field. It's Massachusetts, not Iowa or Kansas where individual fields may be hundreds of acres. Plus, it's a cornfield maze; I would imagine those are made in reasonably small stands of corn for just this reason. At least the ones around here are. *Maybe a bit longer with a child and infant in tow, but it'd be better than tying up police and rescue assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Houston # 35508 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 SHEEP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Like all higher animals, people adapt to their usual surroundings, and are often at a loss when transplanted to unfamiliar surroundings. For those of you accustomed to farms, cornfields, and such, this may not seem like a big deal; for city folk, raised inside buildings with no experience in the field, I can understand how they might feel threatened, after dark, with a baby, in such an unfamiliar situation. They're not "sheep" - just not equipped to deal with the challange. If you're a farm boy who never left the country, you might have a similar problem if you were dropped in the middle of Times Square during a blackout, or stuck in a subway system with the lights out. Now, if I was the farmer, I might feel a mite sheepish about opening up such an attraction without any provisions for making sure everyone was out before dark... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 The further mankind gets away from his agricultural roots, the more trouble he finds. I dunno. Man's roots were more hunting and gathering. All that durn trouble started with agriculture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I hope the 911 caller gets charged for the rescue. Oh isn't there a possible prosecution coming here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I hope the 911 caller gets charged for the rescue. Oh isn't there a possible prosecution coming here? [/quote Nope a lawsuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Now, if I was the farmer, I might feel a mite sheepish about opening up such an attraction without any provisions for making sure everyone was out before dark... LL I can agree with your post up to this point. We do adapt to our surroundings. I get turned around in shopping malls, and start feeling really uncomfortable (some of that is the nature of the lighting in them). But: It turns out the family was just 25 feet from the exit when they were found by a police officer. “They were in the heart of the maze,” Connor said of the family’s location. “Bridge, hanging out by bridge, right in the center of the horse.” Connor said the family is the first this year to get stuck in the maze, which features maps and signs along the way to help people find their way. So they had the tools to find their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foothills Drifter Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Howdy...... I live in Lakeside (eastern San Diego County) Could somebody point me in the right direction to the nearest one in my area?? I would love to be lost in one and not have to worry about nothin for ever..... Vern / Foothills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Howdy...... I live in Lakeside (eastern San Diego County) Could somebody point me in the right direction to the nearest one in my area?? I would love to be lost in one and not have to worry about nothin for ever..... Vern / Foothills... Isn't there one in Bonsall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foothills Drifter Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Isn't there one in Bonsall? Howdy...... That's north county....I will check it out.....! Vern / Foothills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodine Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I dunno about that comparison of city folks not being familiar with surroundings, they get around in the closed-in cities and suburbs with forty houses in a row that all look alike. Sounds like simple stupid panic to me. That's the first thing I teach all my kids when faced with a situation; "Don't Panic-THINK!" My personal "Rule #1". I saw this headline on the web-news this morning but I chose to follow-up on the Amish beard-cutter gang instead. Bodine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Howdy...... That's north county....I will check it out.....! Vern / Foothills... LOL, just kidding, Vern. That's around my old stomping grounds, no idea what is there now. But, if you can even find Bonsall, you will have been around enough twists and turns that you'll feel like you have been through a maze anyway. Google "old bonasll bridge pictures" and click on the image tab. Some great old photos of a really nice looking bridge built in 1925. Now abandoned. It was really fun, all the drivers training teachers made sure each student drove over it at least once. The almost 90 degree turns on each end were fun for new drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey, Foothills! Check these: Pumpkin Station Rancho Bernardo 13421 Highland Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92128 858-544-7466 Oct 1 – 31, Mon – Thur 9am – 5pm, Fri – Sun 9am – 6pm Pumpkin Station Rancho Bernardo 13421 Highland Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92128 858-544-7466 Oct 1 – 31, Mon – Thur 9am – 5pm, Fri – Sun 9am – 6pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 This is why I always carry my Hitchhiker's Guide. And my towel. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 And then you have these folks...: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 What a schmuck, he needs to turn in his man card. HELP!!! I'm lost in a field of plants that I can push over and walk through. HELP!!! I think I'd like to add dumbass to my original remark. After hearing some of the 911 call tape I, as a fomer emergency services dispatcher and supervisor, sure hope the pard on the phone who dealt with mr milktoast doesnt catch any flak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Getting out of the maze would be second-nature to those of us in the computer biz. We find our way out of cube farms all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 I dunno about that comparison of city folks not being familiar with surroundings, they get around in the closed-in cities and suburbs with forty houses in a row that all look alike. True enough. I suppose I was making a generalization that urbanites may be less able to function independently when necessary. Sounds like simple stupid panic to me. That's the first thing I teach all my kids when faced with a situation; "Don't Panic-THINK!" My personal "Rule #1". This was my intended point: too many people cannot think on their feet anymore. I saw this headline on the web-news this morning but I chose to follow-up on the Amish beard-cutter gang instead. Funny you should mention that, as it occurred just up the road a piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I saw this headline on the web-news this morning but I chose to follow-up on the Amish beard-cutter gang instead. Bodine I admit, I thought you were making that up. Just goes to show, no matter how weird something seems.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Like all higher animals, people adapt to their usual surroundings, and are often at a loss when transplanted to unfamiliar surroundings. For those of you accustomed to farms, cornfields, and such, this may not seem like a big deal; for city folk, raised inside buildings with no experience in the field, I can understand how they might feel threatened, after dark, with a baby, in such an unfamiliar situation. They're not "sheep" - just not equipped to deal with the challange. If you're a farm boy who never left the country, you might have a similar problem if you were dropped in the middle of Times Square during a blackout, or stuck in a subway system with the lights out. Now, if I was the farmer, I might feel a mite sheepish about opening up such an attraction without any provisions for making sure everyone was out before dark... LL LL, as much as I hate to put it this way: HORSE PUCKY! We have raised an entire generation that has to have everything done for them because they are used to having everything done for them. It doesn't matter WHERE they were raised, but HOW they were raised. I have a 10year old grandson who has been raised to be as independent as a hog on ice.....in the heart of Las Vegas. I'd bet my last sou that he wouldn't get lost in a cornfield, a subway, Grand Canyon, or downtown Chicago. He might ask for directions, but I doubt he'd call for help to anyone but his parents or us, unless he were in imminent danger or injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 This is why I always carry my Hitchhiker's Guide. And my towel. <_< "The secret is to bang the rocks together guys" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Now don't git all up in a tizzy...(what ever da means ! ) I know what will work............... Sit down, yup, right on da dirty ole ground.......... And break open a bottle of Bulliet while thinkin' bout it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 When I moved to CA I bought a GPS. In Springfield, MO being lost meant maybe 45 minutes added to a trip and a lot of cool stuff along my lost little way. Here in CA I found out it could mean hours of driving around the same block.. lol.. After calling my pals here to help me out far too late into the night... I decided either drop the bucks on a GPS, or lose my new pals.. lol I don't panic when I am lost, I take in the sites.. But then being a hick and lost is a lot different than knowing a lot about the big city an being lost I was told.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I told my kids not to get me a GPS because I wouldn't open the box until I needed it and that would probably be 15 minutes too late to do any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 LL, as much as I hate to put it this way: HORSE PUCKY! We have raised an entire generation that has to have everything done for them because they are used to having everything done for them. It doesn't matter WHERE they were raised, but HOW they were raised. I have a 10year old grandson who has been raised to be as independent as a hog on ice.....in the heart of Las Vegas. I'd bet my last sou that he wouldn't get lost in a cornfield, a subway, Grand Canyon, or downtown Chicago. He might ask for directions, but I doubt he'd call for help to anyone but his parents or us, unless he were in imminent danger or injured. 40Rod: I'd expect nothing less from you...you and his folks brought 'em up right. But I expect something totally different from most of the city folks I know. I sincerely doubt that a lot of the folks I work with could find their way out of the woods. But most of them navigate the Boston subway system flawlessly, survive the deadly risks to pedestrians in downtown traffic, and have an intimate understanding of how to constest a $50 parking ticket. It's just a different skill set - that's all. Of course, we know nothing about these particular individuals - they might be clueless urbans, or they might be particularly exciteable rurals; I'm just not willing to call them "sheep" without knowing more facts. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foothills Drifter Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hey, Foothills! Check these: Pumpkin Station Rancho Bernardo 13421 Highland Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92128 858-544-7466 Oct 1 – 31, Mon – Thur 9am – 5pm, Fri – Sun 9am – 6pm Pumpkin Station Rancho Bernardo 13421 Highland Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92128 858-544-7466 Oct 1 – 31, Mon – Thur 9am – 5pm, Fri – Sun 9am – 6pm Howdy...... THANKX! Vern / Foothills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Howdy...... THANKX! Vern / Foothills... DUH - posted the same one twice, sorry. http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/Pumpkin.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fomaspumpkinpatch.com Located at: 14950 El Monte Road Lakeside, CA 92040 Located approximately 35 minutes east of San Diego http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/Pumpkin.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.summerspastfarms.com/ Take I-8 east to Harbison Canyon / Dunbar Lane exit, turn left at stop, go under freeway to Olde Hwy. 80 and make a left. The barn is 1 mile on right. 15602 Olde Highway 80 Flinn Springs, CA 92021 Looks like there are some up around Julian too. And Fallbrook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Of course the maze monsters with running chainsaws etc don't help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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