One of those stupid things that happens to other people...

[CosmicCowboy]

Happened to me last weekend...

I was out on a 25,000 acre ranch in West Texas doing manlyman things with a bunch of my friends over the memorial day weekend...shooting prairie dogs, climbing mountains, BBQing lots of red meat, exploring the back canyons on ATV's and UTV's we hauled out there, and consuming large quantities of alcohol.

Basically just an above average cosmiccowboy weekend with 4 saturdays. (we left on Thursday)

Anyway, Sunday morning I was waiting on my buddies to shake off their hangovers and saw the rancher working over at his barn...

I went over there and he was fixing a broken bracket on his tractor and I started to help him...At one point a piece needed to be ground to a bevel so it could be welded and I went over to a bench grinder to prep it...

I didn't know he had some greasy parts soaking in some gasoline in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket near there...

oops

I assume a grinding spark set off the fumes and fortunately I sensed it before I heard the KAWHOOM! and had just started to turn and jerk back when the fireball hit me right in the chest...

luckily I remembered to hit the ground and belly flopped to put my flaming shirt out really quick...I basically just ended up with second and second plus burns in a triangle shaped area from my chin down and the area outlined by my shirt collar...plus one slightly charred ear and a tiny burned place on my lip and the end of my nose...I was EXTREMELY lucky...if I hadn't started to jerk back it would have hit me right in the face...

Anyway...drove back Monday and went to the doc-in-the-box Monday night...since then I've had the pleasure of scrubbing the wound with soap and water 4 times a day and then reapplying the antibacterial cream...It's actually healing pretty fast and I might even have enough skin grown back by Monday to go to work...Tuesday it was just a bloody mess so I couldn't really wear a shirt because it would bleed through...I've been stylin stretched out wife beaters all week...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's not gonna scar or if it does that it's not too bad...I don't need some big ropey white scar on my throat detracting from my movie star good looks :lmao

[BacktoBasics]

Even your burns look rich.

[BacktoBasics]

P.S.

I'm glad you're ok.

[Spur-Addict]

Damn, that sucks. It's a good thing you understood what was happening.

[BacktoBasics]

...and what the hell is that guy doing soaking parts in gas. Ever hears of WD-40 or PB blaster....carb cleaner works pretty good too. Hell liquid dawn is better than gasoline.

[CosmicCowboy]

P.S.

I'm glad you're ok.

Same to you. Just make sure when that guy has your nutsack in one hand and a scalpel in the other that he cuts where he is supposed to.

[mrsmaalox]

How's the 'stache?

[BacktoBasics]

How's the 'stache?Its been de-pornoized.

[CosmicCowboy]

How's the 'stache?

LOL

The stache, hair, and eyebrows are fine...all the upper chest hair burned off though...when that forest caught fire I think thats what made the burn worse...it sure stunk in that barn for a little bit...:lol

[Kori Ellis]

WTF? Cosmic Cowboy catches on fire, Back to Basics has nutsack issues, who's next?

Wow, I'm glad you are okay and here's to fast healing/no scarring :toast

[duncan228]

Wow. Glad you're okay, it sounds like it could have gone really bad really fast.

[chreph]

...and what the hell is that guy doing soaking parts in gas. Ever hears of WD-40 or PB blaster....carb cleaner works pretty good too. Hell liquid dawn is better than gasoline.

Richer using gasoline because HE CAN... probably lights his cigars with $20 bills too :lol j/k

Glad the damage was minimal

[word]

Happened to me last weekend...

I was out on a 25,000 acre ranch in West Texas doing manlyman things with a bunch of my friends over the memorial day weekend...shooting prairie dogs, climbing mountains.....

scuse me...?

[baseline bum]

Glad it didn't turn out nearly as bad as it could have. What are some good mountains to climb in West Texas?

[CosmicCowboy]

scuse me...?

It's was a big ranch in west Texas. It has a 6000' mountain on it that is shown on state maps plus several others.

You need to get out more.

[Tree hugger]

WTF? Cosmic Cowboy catches on fire, Back to Basics has nutsack issues, who's next?



I don't consider animal abuse to be that heinous of a crime. I wouldn't do it myself, but I think it was ridiculous that Vick was put away for 2 years. Humans are the apex predators on Earth so we get to do pretty much whatever we want.

I knew TlongII was an ass but now I know why. Anyone who defends Vick and says it's ridiculous has no heart. It makes sense now why TlongII never post any pictures of his kids, he has none, that is why he so callus about life.

In a way its a good thing, who wants to have a father that thinks drowning an animal is ok? If only it was TlongII's chest that caught fire and his balls were removed this word would be a better place.

[CosmicCowboy]

Glad it didn't turn out nearly as bad as it could have. What are some good mountains to climb in West Texas?

Most of them are in private property but Big Bend and Davis Mountains State Park have some good ones.

[mrsmaalox]

Most of them are in private property but Big Bend and Davis Mountains State Park have some good ones.

Love that area! I was born in Alpine, went to school at Sul Ross :)

[baseline bum]

Most of them are in private property but Big Bend and Davis Mountains State Park have some good ones.

Any specific ones in Big Bend that are amazing? About the only thing I like more than mountains is pussy.

[CosmicCowboy]

Any specific ones in Big Bend that are amazing? About the only thing I like more than mountains is pussy.

Heres some choices in Big Bend

http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/170882/big-bend-national-park.html

This ones a little further west...

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150689/guadalupe-peak.html

[Sportcamper]

I hate stuff like that...I was walking at the mall looking for a new man-bag & I was wearing some uncomfortable shoes & got a blister…I had to apply ointment & apply a band aid for a week…Forget about getting a pedicure while that thing was healing…

[CosmicCowboy]

Heres a pic I took this weekend of one of the mountains on the ranch I've climbed...(taken from several miles away on the ranch)...It's 5900...
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8062/1011166d.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011166d.jpg)

Heres a pic I took this weekend off of another mountain on the ranch...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6637/1011188.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011188.jpg)

[CosmicCowboy]

Same place a few steps back...a "horse gap" in the fence at the top of the draw...
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9758/1011192.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011192.jpg)

[CosmicCowboy]

A storm coming in...
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7311/1011175.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011175.jpg)

[BacktoBasics]

You could have saved a ton of time by just posting mountains of

http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss83/bryhardin2009/money.jpg

[CosmicCowboy]

The cactus was blooming everywhere...
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6325/1011212.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011212.jpg)
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6294/1011215.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011215.jpg)
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8370/1011223u.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1011223u.jpg)

[BacktoBasics]

That last one is pretty fucking sweet. I'd like to crack that bad boy open and rub its juices all over my swollen testicle.

[marini martini]

How's the 'stache?

Oh Gawd!!! Forget the 'stache, how's the package????:lol




That last one is pretty fucking sweet. I'd like to crack that bad boy open and rub its juices all over my swollen testicle.


Don't worry, during you're surgery you will fly with Carlos Cataneda like a black bird to those mountains, buddy!!!:downspin:

[IronMexican]

I hate stuff like that...I was walking at the mall looking for a new man-bag & I was wearing some uncomfortable shoes & got a blister…I had to apply ointment & apply a band aid for a week…Forget about getting a pedicure while that thing was healing…

:lol:lol

[CosmicCowboy]

Love that area! I was born in Alpine, went to school at Sul Ross :)

In the second picture I posted you can see Marathon about 8 miles away in the distance...

[CosmicCowboy]

Oh Gawd!!! Forget the 'stache, how's the package????:lol








LOL...still hangin right, thanks for asking..

I'm a guy. That's the first thing I checked.:lol

[mrsmaalox]

Oh Gawd!!! Forget the 'stache, how's the package????:lol


Hey! That 'stache is hot! But not as hot as it was on Sunday :lol

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/uu-1.jpg

[marini martini]

Hey! That 'stache is hot! But not as hot as it was on Sunday :lol

*clink* :toast


I'm just thanking Goddess, the package is unscathed!:lol

[1369]

Hey! That 'stache is hot! But not as hot as it was on Sunday :lol


*clink* :toast


I'm just thanking Goddess, the package is unscathed!:lol

Don't you girls realize that all that sweet talk is going to have his neck all swelled up and screw up all that healing?

[Blue Jew]

You ever see Mexicans sneaking in?

[mrsmaalox]

*clink* :toast


I'm just thanking Goddess, the package is unscathed!:lol

Yea really. I just couldn't fathom having CC and B2B out of commission simultaneously :wow

[CosmicCowboy]

Fucking A!:toast

I was just self flagellating my wound (cleaning it) and re-doctoring it and realized that the worst area (there is still a pretty good sized area that is puffy swollen and "white" which ain't good) is starting to get a little hair stubble so the hair follicles didn't get burned off...

:toast:toast:toast

life is good!

[marini martini]

Don't you girls realize that all that sweet talk is going to have his neck all swelled up and screw up all that healing?

You my friend, apparently have not been privy to the package!!!:toast

Mrs.M.............send our friend the pics!!!:rollin

[CosmicCowboy]

You my friend, apparently have not been privy to the package!!!:toast

Mrs.M.............send our friend the pics!!!:rollin

she had a hidden camera?:wow

:lmao

[marini martini]

Fucking A!:toast

I was just self flagellating my wound (cleaning it) and re-doctoring it and realized that the worst area (there is still a pretty good sized area that is puffy swollen and "white" which ain't good) is starting to get a little hair stubble so the hair follicles didn't get burned off...

:toast:toast:toast

life is good!

Yes, yes, it is!!!:toast

:cry:cry:cry


:ttiwwp:




:lmao

[Dex]

Sounds like you had a blast on your trip.

[Summers]

Glad you're okay, CC, and nice pics. :)

[1369]

Hey! That 'stache is hot! But not as hot as it was on Sunday :lol


*clink* :toast


I'm just thanking Goddess, the package is unscathed!:lol


Yea really. I just couldn't fathom having CC and B2B out of commission simultaneously :wow


I was just self flagellating my wound that is puffy swollen and "white"...

In the bunk were you?

[CosmicCowboy]

In the bunk were you?

LOL

puffy swollen and white?

no, the adjective descriptions I have heard from that particular item have ranged more from "oh my god!" to "allllllllright!" to "oh wow!"

my personal favorite (we had just met) was (unsolicited and unprovoked) "you aren't putting that THING in MY ass!"

[Frenzy]

maaaaaaannnn!

why couldn't some have recorded that?!

[E20]

Why would you try to shoot prairie dogs? Pretty fucked up.

I bet the prairie dogs were laughing their ass of when you got hit by that Hadouken.

[baseline bum]

Heres some choices in Big Bend

http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/170882/big-bend-national-park.html

This ones a little further west...

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150689/guadalupe-peak.html

Thanks for the recommendations. Guadalupe has always been on my list, and Casa Grande is going to have to go there too. I can't believe I haven't been to either of those parks since I was a kid.

[Desert Plains]

CC Cool photos you have any more?

[EricB]

...and what the hell is that guy doing soaking parts in gas. Ever hears of WD-40 or PB blaster....carb cleaner works pretty good too. Hell liquid dawn is better than gasoline.


WD 40 nor PB Blaster "cleans" parts.

Gas cleans grease and oil off of parts.

All the above stuff does is add more oil, and grease.

[Daniel Plainview]

My son and I would like to hunt on your land!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/cosmic-land.jpg