Border Wars

[Sporty]

i remember when my grandfather was telling me about the Nebraska/Iowa border wars when he was a child....how the Iowans would throw dynamite across the river....and the Nebraskans would light it and throw it back.

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

i remember when my grandfather was telling me about the Nebraska/Iowa border wars when he was a child....how the Iowans would throw dynamite across the river....and the Nebraskans would light it and throw it back.

Laughing

 

[barney44]

Do you think it would be easy to pitch a stick of dynamite across that river?

 

[Huskerfan2112]

Do you think it would be easy to pitch a stick of dynamite across that river?

Read it again. Slowly.

 

[barney44]

Read it again. Slowly.

No I get it, just wondering how easy it would be to get a stick of dynamite across.

 

[CC_Lemming]

No I get it, just wondering how easy it would be to get a stick of dynamite across.

Depends on the size of the river. The Rio Grande, sure!

 

[bigboxes]

Depends on the size of the river. The Rio Grande, sure!

Well, when I was in Eagle Pass and later in Laredo this fall, there was no way in hell you could heave a stick of dynamite across the river. Let alone a baseball. Just too wide.

 

[bigboxes]

No I get it, just wondering how easy it would be to get a stick of dynamite across.

You're overthinking it, Sheldon.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

Little bro thread is very little bro.

 

[Headcard]

Little bro thread is very little bro.

There is something ironic about this post, on a Husker message board.

 

[barney44]

You're overthinking it, Sheldon.

I'd still be curious. I'm not sure the weight on a stick of dynamite but we always tried to throw rocks across as kids and maybe got them half way.

 

[barney44]

Well, when I was in Eagle Pass and later in Laredo this fall, there was no way in hell you could heave a stick of dynamite across the river. Let alone a baseball. Just too wide.

If you're familiar with the Missouri in the Omaha area then do you have a comparison in width?

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

We need to take Carter lake away from them.

 

[bigboxes]

If you're familiar with the Missouri in the Omaha area then do you have a comparison in width?

Well, I could see across the Rio. No problem. The Missouri is a lot wider in Omaha.

 

[Cornicator]

We need to take Carter lake away from them.

Does anyone really want to claim Carter Lake?

 

[GeorgeFlippin]

Do you think it would be easy to pitch a stick of dynamite across that river?

Uncle Rico could do it!

 

[bigboxes]

Uncle Rico could do it!

I think we all were thinking that!

 

[dand84]

We need to take Carter lake away from them.

Good lord why? A smaller version of Counciltucky.

 

[Hoosker Du]

No I get it, just wondering how easy it would be to get a stick of dynamite across.

Barney, were you the guy that asked what an anvil was doing in the middle of the woods on the Jay Leno joke I shared? Winking

 

[NU_FTW]

Good lord why? A smaller version of Counciltucky.

It has a lake, demolish all the trailer homes, deport the illegal iowa pplz build up some awesome lakefront properties

There is something ironic about this post, on a Husker message board.

A little toooo Ironic. Dont ya think.

EDIT would have to be mid range awesome, always forget the airport is right there so would have to be poor mans lake front property maybe in the 200k range per house.

 

[barney44]

Barney, were you the guy that asked what an anvil was doing in the middle of the woods on the Jay Leno joke I shared? Winking

No but I probably would ask something like that..

 

[Hoosker Du]

Does Carter lake

No but I probably would ask something like that..

Like someone else said, just enjoy the joke for what it's worth. Don't force a comedic actor to play a dramatic role.

 

[CC_Lemming]

Well, when I was in Eagle Pass and later in Laredo this fall, there was no way in hell you could heave a stick of dynamite across the river. Let alone a baseball. Just too wide.

I thought it was narrow in some parts, but looking at Google and what you said I think I’m just wrong. It’s pretty big. I may have had in mind some side channels or a different river altogether that immigrants cross frequently.

Ok, the San Juan River in Eastern CA—that is one you can definitely throw a stick of dynamite across. And the Upper Owens River. You can walk across that in under 5 steps at many points.

 

[bigboxes]

I thought it was narrow in some parts, but looking at Google and what you said I think I’m just wrong. It’s pretty big. I may have had in mind some side channels or a different river altogether that immigrants cross frequently.

Ok, the San Juan River in Eastern CA—that is one you can definitely throw a stick of dynamite across. And the Upper Owens River. You can walk across that in under 5 steps at many points.

The Rio Grande is flat and wide so it makes it easier to wade/swim across.