Comments on: I didn’t know it would reach that far http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/12/31/i_didnt_know_it_would_reach_that_far/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:39:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/12/31/i_didnt_know_it_would_reach_that_far/comment-page-1/#comment-11820 tgirsch Mon, 03 Jan 2005 04:50:53 +0000 /?p=4512#comment-11820 Speaking of letting dogs chase laser pointers, my boxer has been banned from the laser pointer game. This is because he got remarkably addicted to that game. He would ask to go out, and then refuse to come inside. When you'd tell him to come in, he would stand there and look back and forth between you and the fireplace mantel (where we keep the laser pointer), as if to say "bring that." My arms get tired from holding the pointer out before the dog gets tired of chasing that damned red dot. He will run after it until he is literally foaming at the mouth if we let him (we don't). If we go a few days without playing the game <i>at all</i> he gets a lot better about coming inside when called, but if we cave in <i>even once</i> he gets nearly impossible. I know what you're thinking: get him to chase the red dot into the house, and then close the door. He's wise to that one. He hits the brakes before he gets within about eight feet of the door. Or of me. So, no red dot for him. Speaking of letting dogs chase laser pointers, my boxer has been banned from the laser pointer game. This is because he got remarkably addicted to that game. He would ask to go out, and then refuse to come inside. When you’d tell him to come in, he would stand there and look back and forth between you and the fireplace mantel (where we keep the laser pointer), as if to say “bring that.”

My arms get tired from holding the pointer out before the dog gets tired of chasing that damned red dot. He will run after it until he is literally foaming at the mouth if we let him (we don’t). If we go a few days without playing the game at all he gets a lot better about coming inside when called, but if we cave in even once he gets nearly impossible.

I know what you’re thinking: get him to chase the red dot into the house, and then close the door. He’s wise to that one. He hits the brakes before he gets within about eight feet of the door. Or of me.

So, no red dot for him.

]]> By: mostly cajun http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/12/31/i_didnt_know_it_would_reach_that_far/comment-page-1/#comment-11812 mostly cajun Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:34:47 +0000 /?p=4512#comment-11812 You see! THAT'S WHY we need to register lasers! Actually, this characteristic is being used in marine safety as an adjunct to the traditional flares carried on boats to signal for assistance. That little battery-powered laser can hit a vessel for a LOOOONG distance and there's no way it can be mistaken for a natural phenomenon. You see!

THAT’S WHY we need to register lasers!

Actually, this characteristic is being used in marine safety as an adjunct to the traditional flares carried on boats to signal for assistance. That little battery-powered laser can hit a vessel for a LOOOONG distance and there’s no way it can be mistaken for a natural phenomenon.

]]> By: Brian A. http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/12/31/i_didnt_know_it_would_reach_that_far/comment-page-1/#comment-11809 Brian A. Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:42:04 +0000 /?p=4512#comment-11809 Gasp. Local terror! Perhaps I should send the TV news investigators after this major story. 8^) Gasp. Local terror!

Perhaps I should send the TV news investigators after this major story. 8^)

]]> By: mike hollihan http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/12/31/i_didnt_know_it_would_reach_that_far/comment-page-1/#comment-11808 mike hollihan Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:20:52 +0000 /?p=4512#comment-11808 Those little hand-helds aren't that powerful, are they? And don't the beams scatter after a relatively small distance. Certainly less than 8000 feet or whatever it is, yes? I wonder just what kind of lasers are being used here. Certainly getting your point to hit the cockpit glass of a jet liner moving at speed has to be a bitch. Even if you mounted a table-top laser )plugged into a wall socket) on a rifle stock, what kind of sight or scope can keep trained on a moving jet liner well enough and long enough for the pilots to notice? Those little hand-helds aren’t that powerful, are they? And don’t the beams scatter after a relatively small distance. Certainly less than 8000 feet or whatever it is, yes? I wonder just what kind of lasers are being used here. Certainly getting your point to hit the cockpit glass of a jet liner moving at speed has to be a bitch. Even if you mounted a table-top laser )plugged into a wall socket) on a rifle stock, what kind of sight or scope can keep trained on a moving jet liner well enough and long enough for the pilots to notice?

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