kingbunky

well, there's that, and the fact that any intelligent race would find it highly illogical to fling one's self (repeatedly) from seemingly functional aircraft, just fo fun. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

maybe the sudden ending of the show was part of the show... i've seen a complete documentary on discovery channel, and i'm pretty convinced that a small team of people with a little surveying knowledge could complete the designs in nacmac's post. hmmmm, we have a big hayfield at the dz, maybe a good project! it would look cool under canopy! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

BLEVE, i like that. i've encountered it without knowing it. many moons ago my buddies and i were camping on a riverbank. we had a spray can of right guard deodorant (can you still buy aerosol deodorant?) that was almost empty and decided to throw it on the fire, because it said not to on the can i suppose. anyway, we all sat there watching it, then the concave bottom of the can became convex and we all backed away form the fire to see what would happen next. luckily the top of the can was facing inland, because when it let go, the can shot across the river at an altitude of about 2 feet with a very flat trajectory. it went a good 150 feet out over the river before it impacted, and for a small object, it made quite a splash! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

eventually! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

anyone remember the Cox model airplanes? they had a little two stroke engine in them that burned some alcohol based fuel (transparent flames, cool, but that's another story). the planes were controlled by a pair of kite-type lines. you stood with the control handle, had a friend stretch out the lines and start the engine (by winding the engine backwards against a spring then releasing it, great fun when it started before you got your fingers out of the way, cool, but again, another story). the pilot slowly turned in circles while the plane whizzed around at the end of it's lines and you could make it go up and down, loop-the-loop etc. anyway, to make a long story longer, my cousin had a 'deluxe' model, a stukka (sp?) i think, that had operating bomb bay doors and a couple of plastic bombs that you could release over a target. of course we thought a real bomb would be better but lacking access to actual fragmentary weapons we substituted firecrackers. one wasn't enough, so we bundled some together with tape, added a fairly long common fuse, lit it and took off. on bomb run we discovered we had overstuffed the bomb bay and jammed the door. nothing to do but watch the plane blow in flaming pieces in mid air. way cool, but remember the transparent flames? fire that you can't see is kinda funny when it lands on your cousin's head! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

how about going back to the old method of creating polls? a lot of people haven't bothered to figure out how to post links, so the previous, more manual process of creating a poll should keep the button clickers at bay... "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

doh!!! same idea, just slower typing! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

i would think it would be more appropriate to jerk, then clean, but that's just me. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

you might want to post this over in the gear and rigging forum. most of what goes on in this one in nonsense and a valuable post might get lost!

well, to be fair it did start off pretty low, but if there's a crew that could drag it lower... "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

"there is a theory which states that if anyone ever figures out what the universe is for, and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replacecd with something even more bizzarre and inexpilicable." "there is another theory which states that this may already have happened." -douglas adams "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

a couple of problems/observations..... wouldn't using lemons give new meaning to the term 'sourpuss'? if a lime was involved, how far away could tequila be? of course, tequila could be the reason you needed a contraceptive in the first place! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

isn't that a capital offence? "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

eventually! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

actually, you have to go up 95... way up, until you see funny flags and french on the signs. keep going north until you see a big highway, then turn right and go until ... wait a minute, you weren't talking to me were you. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

okay, looks like i am going to have to read the books now. my kids have both read them all, so i don't even have to go buy them. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

did his shirt really say that, or did you skip the spell check? "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

...and i thought the joke went "what's grey and comes in quarts?" looks like several gallons there! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

okay, when you put it that way, i'm in!

well, we all know that in clay's case it is an obsession. our pilot actually brought a picture of his sheep to the dz. flew with it on the dash of the plane all day. she's real, she's all sheep, and her name is alice. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

maybe. possibly clay. not too may of us actually have the sheep fetish thing going on...

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

are they regular happy thoughts, or naughty naked happy thoughts? "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

the fucking whore! "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001

what is your fave non-alcoholic beverage? just my contribution to the 'useless poll of the moment' movement. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001