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Dave W

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Not exactly rocket science
« on: May 16, 2012, 11:17:10 AM »
"My father needed to test the ability of the black powder charge to eject the back section of the rocket. Needless to say, i think it worked."

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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2012, 11:31:21 AM »
Ay! Carumba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2012, 12:25:34 PM »
I say, I say that boys 'bout as sharp as a bowling ball. It's still rocket science, just rocket scientists are in short supply. ;D
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2012, 12:49:34 PM »
I love that last audio...."I tried to tell you"
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2012, 02:22:35 PM »
There's something highly Darwinian about deciding to crouch next to a black power charge when it's going off...especially when you could just as easily be 20 yards away.  Thanks to good luck, no natural selection took place.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 02:24:48 PM »
yesterday i was watching some video shot in a Germanic/Norwegian country (as i couldn't understand a word they were saying) but essentually they had a rocket off a V-1 mounted in skis but they couldn't keep it fired up. probably just luck on thier part that they couldn't.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 02:31:25 PM »
Quote from: sniper on May 16, 2012, 02:24:48 PM
yesterday i was watching some video shot in a Germanic/Norwegian country (as i couldn't understand a word they were saying) but essentually they had a rocket off a V-1 mounted in skis but they couldn't keep it fired up. probably just luck on thier part that they couldn't.

Oh, lordy.  I'll bet they don't know how lucky they were.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2012, 04:37:04 PM »
Did the cat make it?  I saw it curiously wandering around the front of the rocket early in the clip ....
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2012, 06:00:40 PM »
Quote from: Aussie Mark on May 16, 2012, 04:37:04 PM
Did the cat make it?  I saw it curiously wandering around the front of the rocket early in the clip ....

At least it didn't look like it crossed his path. The cat probably had more smarts than the guy.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 04:33:09 AM »
There are a precious few things that make me feel like I'm a normal guy, and Dave, I would like to thank you for providing one of them ;D.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2012, 12:42:48 PM »
 No hearing protection and regular eyeglasses, he's real prepared.  :rolleyes:
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2012, 12:54:56 PM »
Quote from: godofthunder on May 17, 2012, 12:42:48 PM
No hearing protection and regular eyeglasses, he's real prepared.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2012, 03:09:49 PM »
Quote from: godofthunder on May 17, 2012, 12:42:48 PM
No hearing protection and regular eyeglasses, he's real prepared.  :rolleyes:

I'm thinking that these things were probably the least of this guys problems.
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Re: Not exactly rocket science
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2012, 05:49:45 PM »
You know he starts out saying it has 6 grams of black powder and I'm thinking that doesn't sound like a lot, so I do some research. The M-80s that we had back in the sixties had just under 3 grams of black powder. Now it is illegal to sell, own, use etc. firecrackers with more than 50 milligrams in the U.S. so I guess 6 grams is a lot.

It reminded me of this one day while I was in high school and this guy had a cherry bomb on the school bus. The fuse had broke off so he touched his cigarette to it to ignite it. It was real loud in the back of the bus but nobody was injured.
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