I only do ~450 pounds, but I'm 42 and don't want to throw out my "everything". No need to impress, just want a strong set of wheels.
"The more artificial taboos and restrictions there are in the world, the more the people are impoverished.... The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be." - Lao Tzu, 6th century BC
There was a picture floating around the internet of a guy who tried to lift too much weight and blew out his ass.
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
For it is not the wolf or any of the other beasts that would join the contest in any noble danger, but rather a good man. Aristotle, Politics, Book IIX
Most of the time it's preceded by "Hold muh beer..."
Area I used to live, one drunk hoosier told his friends at a park, "Hey, everybody, look at this!" and swallowed a live fish. The fish got stuck and the bystanders couldn't get it out. Both hoosier and fish expired.
Another time, a bunch of drunks on an old deserted bridge decided to bungee jump. With a rope. The guy hit the end of the rope and it pulled his foot off. He splashed into the rive and survived, but his foot was never found.
Stupidity and booze do not mix.
For it is not the wolf or any of the other beasts that would join the contest in any noble danger, but rather a good man. Aristotle, Politics, Book IIX