I got to fire a potato gun this past summer and I have to admit, it totally rekindled my childhood fascination with blowing up stuff. : )
---- Dana Paxson <[email protected]> wrote: > Love it, Eric! > > Like my neighbor who trots out his spud gun for picnics in his back > yard. The people living in the subdivision below his house no doubt > wonder where those potato fragments are coming from... > > On 8/27/2010 7:57 AM, Eric Scoles wrote: > > There are few practical limits to the mischief that a person can get > > up to if they apply a bit of ingenuity. Reminds me of a friend who, as > > a boy, built a 3'x3' composite array out of bits of mirror. his father > > confiscated it after he started to burn his initials onto the wall of > > the barn. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Alicia Henn <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solardish/dish23.shtml > > > > At the bottom of the page is what happens when a collector's item > > meets a 12-foot parabola of bright, bright death. > > The 22 preceding pages of photos and videos show the evil inventor > > at work and show how much adversity must be overcome to achieve > > your solar-pyromaniac dreams. Ever wonder what would happen when > > extreme heat hits the masking tape that's holding the can of > > boiling water on a pole high over your head? That's on page 15. > > > > Alicia > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" > > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:r-spec%[email protected]>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
