The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhander's nightmare

we have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.

Judging from the on-line discussion of these types of events both before and after, the fat site users aren't just a damp bunch of pasty-skinned computer geeks whose only light is the flicker of their monitors; they're as physically active and bold (and, of course, sometimes as couch-potatoey and mild) as they are online.

JACKRABBIT START ... The sudden acceleration of a motor vehicle from a standing stop. ... The analogy is to a jackrabbit (q.v.) leaping suddenly from cover and bounding quickly away when disturbed by a dog or a hunter.