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Title: Pa. man fires cannon, hits neighbor's house
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904 ... s_odd_cannonball_through_house
Published: Sep 4, 2009
Author: AP
Post Date: 2009-09-04 14:49:02 by Jethro Tull
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Views: 349
Comments: 11
Pa. man fires cannon, hits neighbor's house
Fri Sep 4, 9:58 am ET
UNIONTOWN, Pa. – A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home.
Fifty-four-year-old William Maser fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away.
The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities say nobody was hurt.
State police charged Maser with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
No one answered the phone Friday at Maser's home. He tells WPXI-TV recreating 19th century cannons is a longtime hobby. He says he is sorry and he will stop shooting them on his property, about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Except for the snow, I love this place
And Obama wants our guns????
We own freaking cannons!!!
Bahaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Good to hear. At least he is practicing using them. Doesn't sound like the neighbor was upset.
That's impressive.
Well, to be fair, how much anger are you going to show towards a guy who can lob random artillery shells at your home? :)
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Good point.
This article makes me green with envy. Now I'm pining for a cannon of my own. : )
Place your order here: www.youtube.com/watch? v=r87EuZqdgY4&feature=related Order now, Christmas is just around the corner.....
_________________________________________________________________________ Crap, there's only one cannon left at $44,0000......I think I need to begin by asking for donations. I know that I can count on you X-15. I'll let you shoot my cannon for an initial $4,400 to get the ball rolling. : ) Remember, Merry Christmas to me.
What do you take me for, the Federal Reserve??? Bah, humbug!! You need to raise that money honestly, apply for a bailout like rest of the banks do.... ;-)
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"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
I did the same thing with a Superball when I was a kid.
We own freaking cannons!!!
"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Fifty-four-year-old William Maser fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away.
#3. To: farmfriend (#1)
Doesn't sound like the neighbor was upset.
#4. To: SonOfLiberty (#3)
Well, to be fair, how much anger are you going to show towards a guy who can lob random artillery shells at your home? :)
"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#6. To: abraxas (#5)
Now I'm pining for a cannon of my own. : )
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
Order now, Christmas is just around the corner.....
#8. To: abraxas (#7)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
There's no place better thanTurtle Island.
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