Probably not. I think the once yearly thing will be enough for us. -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:56 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pinewood Derby
Good for the both of you. Now do the both of you want to get into that sort of racing on a serious basis? larry On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:38:04 -0500, John Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sons pinewood derby was last night. It was our first derby, so I did 99% > of the work on the car because he's only six and you know how that goes. > There were 23 cars in the race and we almost won the whole thing. > > The standings are based on fastest average time for four races per car and > Ben's (my son) car finished 0.021 seconds behind the winner.!! > > The coolest thing about that was the winners car was designed by a GM > engineer with input from his other engineer buddies who spun and polished > the axles and all kind of other stuff. > > We did none of that for Ben's car. I just put the axles in the slots with > glue and graphited the axles like everyone else. > > Anyway it was great to see my son get a trophy and he is so proud of the > thing. He doesnt care that he was so close to winning it all, but the > ultra-competitor in me will always wonder......either way it looks like I > can learn something from him if I choose to, eh? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150851 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
