AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2014 Last week I stumbled googled on a very old picture of a cow, or bull getting their head blown off still standing on her feet. I know, it was very sad. Seems I recall it was for some company, Kodak? advertising they could capture exact moments in time or something equally strange. 1860-1890 would be my guess. Old black and white. I've googled for 2 straight hours with no luck and have seen things that can never be unseen. Please help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2014 why do you want it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted August 27, 2014 It's one of those things you see, then forget where you saw it, then find it hard to believe you actually saw it. See? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2014 I don't think I even want to google that..... there's a reason I don't eat meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted August 27, 2014 I completely understand. Because it's such an old, black & white photo it's not graphic...... More surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted August 27, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2014 Cheese, if you came across the picture while you were searching and want to find it again, determine the day when you saw the picture. Then go to your browser history for that day. Your browser history will show the link for the last time you accessed the page. This is going to be a time-consuming project, but it's worth a try. That said, I don't know why you want to see such a picture. I know you like a lot of historical things, but this picture sounds downright disturbing, even if it isn't graphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted August 27, 2014 Destination, you're a scholar but that won't work. I was googling at work. This would be say Wednesday and the history doesn't stay I think. I understand what y'all are saying about pic but now it's even more imperative I show you the pic :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted August 27, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 27, 2014 Unless you were in Private Browsing mode or unless you cleared the cache, your browsing history from Wednesday should still be around. If you've lost the history, then it's time for another strategy. What had you wanted to find when you discovered this sad cow? Start there, and then try the word associations which might have resulted in this discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted August 27, 2014 I was searching for oldest known photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #10 Posted August 27, 2014 it was a mule http://www.madsciencemuseum.com/msm/pl/photographing_a_mule_at_the_instant_its_head_is_blown_off_by_dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 27, 2014 Share #11 Posted August 27, 2014 it was a mule http://www.madsciencemuseum.com/msm/pl/photographing_a_mule_at_the_instant_its_head_is_blown_off_by_dynamite What, you just happened to have that page Bookmarked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted August 27, 2014 Oh wow. That page was better than what I originally saw because of the story. Very sad. Amazing, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted August 27, 2014 I think the page I saw listed the mule's name. Would it be too much to ask for you to find this information also? I'd appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #14 Posted August 27, 2014 What, you just happened to have that page Bookmarked? No, not book marked but my Google Fu is strong. Google should give me Google Glass™ just to say Thank You jsharr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #15 Posted August 27, 2014 I think the page I saw listed the mule's name. Would it be too much to ask for you to find this information also? I'd appreciate it. His name was Chilton Bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 27, 2014 Share #16 Posted August 27, 2014 No, not book marked but my Google Fu is strong. Google should give me Google Glass™ just to say Thank You jsharr. And I'm sure you'd look darn good in them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #17 Posted August 27, 2014 And I'm sure you'd look darn good in them as well. I would think that due to my googling prowess, they would have my Google Glass made in RayBan Wayfarer frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #18 Posted August 27, 2014 I need to know this poor mule's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #19 Posted August 27, 2014 I need to know this poor mule's name. It was a condemned military mule, apparently too old to be of further use to military except for being blowed up real good. I would say it's name was GPMM-1845A3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted August 27, 2014 No! He had a name and was loved by somebody. A search of the newspapers from 1877 (?) should reveal his name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #21 Posted August 27, 2014 No! He had a name and was loved by somebody. A search of the newspapers from 1877 (?) should reveal his name I read them all, nothing. He was a worthless mule by all accounts, probably how he ended up working for submarine engineers in the 1860s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #22 Posted August 27, 2014 He was not a worthless mule. He served this country proudly then suffered this indignity. I plan on suing someone somewhere at some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #23 Posted August 27, 2014 He was not a worthless mule. He served this country proudly then suffered this indignity. I plan on suing someone somewhere at some time Well he was in the submarine service. Maybe it had to do with his inability to hold his breath long enough, or not being able to fit on a submarine, or passing really bad gas after eating alfalfa, the grass, not the kid from the Little Rascals, so there only choice was to blow him up real good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #24 Posted August 27, 2014 And I will remind you that you thought he was a cow. How good of a mule could he have been if you mistook him or an entirely different species? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #25 Posted August 27, 2014 Do not use my ignorance as an excuse to besmirch this poor mule's name. I want to know his name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #26 Posted August 27, 2014 Do not use my ignorance as an excuse to besmirch this poor mule's name. I want to know his name His name was Airwick Quentin Mansfield IV, just found it in an old copy of the 1861 Willets Point Tattler Review. He was a highly decorated war veteran with an incurable and very painful case of mule head disease. The cure of the day was often fatal, as it involved strapping 6 ounces of dynamite to the patients head and detonating it using a camera. Sadly, the paper was in such poor condition that it fell apart as I read it, and I did not have a chance to preserve it electronically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted August 27, 2014 Share #27 Posted August 27, 2014 I suggest the members of this fine forum submit possible names for the mule. Cheese will then compile a short list and set up a poll. Democracy is a good way to resolve issues of this sort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #28 Posted August 27, 2014 I suggest the members of this fine forum submit possible names for the mule. Cheese will then compile a short list and set up a poll. Democracy is a good way to resolve issues of this sort. I found the name already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #29 Posted August 27, 2014 Don't you EVER sass Destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Solution Share #30 Posted August 27, 2014 Don't you EVER sass Destination. Stating fact is not sassing sir. Airwick Quentin Mansfield IV was born in Sans Souci, SC in 1834 and ran off the join the army in 1844 at the age of 10. He saw his first action in the Mexican-American War in the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847. He was nicked on the head by a piece of Mexican pinata shrapnel. It is believed by many to be the cause of his late life mule head disease onset. He also picked up a taste for senoritas, tequila and mole during this time. It was not uncommon to find AQ, as his stable mates called him, curled up with a semi clad mole covered senorita and a few dozen empty tequila bottles on a Sunday morning. During the Civil War, he worked behind the lines as a Union spy, pulling a wagon full of whores that followed the army of General Lee. His dispatches were crucial in the defeat of Lee at Gettysburg. However the years of tequila, senoritas and pulling a wagon of whores had worn out AQ's knees and he was retired to Willets Point to help the Engineers Corps advance the art of submarine warfare. Here his mule head disease flared up, and on June 6, 1881, AQ died while being treated for his affliction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share #31 Posted August 27, 2014 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 27, 2014 Share #32 Posted August 27, 2014 Wow No way am I going to be able to find the name, service record and cause of death of that elephant. I suspect his name is Neal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted August 27, 2014 Share #33 Posted August 27, 2014 Again, nominations and a vote would be in order. This forum, as a collective, could come up with fascinating names and stories for all sorts of animals. (Neal is a good nomination for a name.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 28, 2014 Share #34 Posted August 28, 2014 Are you sure it wasn't an exploding whale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted August 28, 2014 Share #35 Posted August 28, 2014 The mules name was Bill. Just plain simple Bill. Not William or Willard or any other fancy schmancy name. Just Bill. Cruel experiment. I know Bill was about to be "put down" anyway, and that 6 oz. of Kid Dynomite would be quick and probably painless, but still, that was cruel. I don't like cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 28, 2014 Share #36 Posted August 28, 2014 The mules name was Bill. Just plain simple Bill. Not William or Willard or any other fancy schmancy name. Just Bill. Cruel experiment. I know Bill was about to be "put down" anyway, and that 6 oz. of Kid Dynomite would be quick and probably painless, but still, that was cruel. I don't like cruel. I like my story better. I agree it was cruel, but mule head disease is cruel too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted August 29, 2014 Share #37 Posted August 29, 2014 I like my story better. I agree it was cruel, but mule head disease is cruel too. Granted, yours is more fun....but Bill was a true blue pack mule for the U. S. Army. It just seems such a callous way to do something. But then...WTF do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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