Start the reactor!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear about your annus. You should really plug that up. You could catch pneumonia.
Definitely has gone over my shoulder and a good deal farther.. only rarely. Awesome when it dos, although the first time totally freaked me out. And yeah, clean-up IS definitely more of a hassle then.
I used to have to point it off to one side to avoid hitting myself in the face, but I'm no kid anymore. These days it doesnt go very far, but what the hell, it still feels just as good.
I think it's true to say that the older you get the shorter trail you blaze so to speak!!.More to the point;-it's not 'how far' but 'who on' that matters!.