My dad helped me with my first Pinewood car, and although he is not an engineer, we still had a kickass car that killed everyone. We hollowed out the front of the car and melted a bunch of lead into it. As a 8 or 10 year old, I thought that was so damn clever. I still have the car around somewhere....
At 10:37 AM 3/18/2005, you wrote: >My first Pinewood Derby, my dad helped me. My car sucked. My second >Pinewood Derby, I wouldn't let him help, and I won the local >competition. At the regional comp, I came in second to the guy who came >in second to me locally. > >I'm glad your car did so well. I just find it amusing that dads can be >so different when it comes to engineering. :-) > >--Ben > >John Stanley 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. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150868 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
