RE: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-27 Thread Larry Lyons
>> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >HAHAHA! Reminds me of college. I went to Alfred University for undergrad >which is carved into the side of a hill. The gym and football fields are at >the bottom of the hill off in the distance. My freshman dorm sat on the top >of the hill with m

Re: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-26 Thread Tony Weeg
no, i think it would be great comedy :) WATCH OUT FOR THE NAIL HONEY, SHIT WATCH OUT FOR THE FRENCH FR On 5/26/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would that be a drive-by "tubering"? > ~| Discover CFTic

RE: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-26 Thread Rick Eidson
nd your friends. Rick -Original Message- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 25, 2005 12:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: how awesome is this thing? Yea, we do a camping/canoeing trip every year - there is about 20-30 of us that go. This dude brings his two-ma

Re: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-26 Thread Ray Champagne
Would that be a drive-by "tubering"? Michael T. Tangorre wrote: >>From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Well two problems I see for shooting latex water balloons >>with your set up. Imperfections in you barrel will likely >>damage the balloon as well the heat of the explosive force >>

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2005-05-26 Thread Ray Champagne
AWESOME! How did you shoot golf balls out of it? That sounds dangerous - and fun! Michael T. Tangorre wrote: >>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>I had one of those in college. We went to the grocery store, >>bought all kinds of fruits and veggies, then went into the >>basement

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2005-05-26 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I had one of those in college. We went to the grocery store, > bought all kinds of fruits and veggies, then went into the > basement of the house were living in, got stoned, and shot > them at the wall. It was awesome! > We had a huge fruit

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2005-05-26 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well two problems I see for shooting latex water balloons > with your set up. Imperfections in you barrel will likely > damage the balloon as well the heat of the explosive force > provide by you lighter fluid propellant. Ha. put 1/4 of potato i

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2005-05-26 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Alexander Appleton IV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > bah.. waste of money. i'd rather just use my potatogun! Agreed. We built one in college out of $200 worth of PVC and grill parts from Home Depot. We had a single shooter, a 3 cannon tripod gun, and a morter style launcher. Add a couple bag

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2005-05-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
I meant how does a potato(e) gun differ from the late 70's tennis-ball cannon. It looks like power is the main thing (although we shot the tennis balls well over 500 ft.) The ragged bottoms/tops of the can seams would eventually rip the tennis balls apart, so balloons would not be ano option. I d

Re: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Alexander Appleton IV
here's pics of my son holding up my potato gun: http://www.skholla.com/index.cfm?entryID=40085259 On 5/25/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does that differ from a tennis-ball cannon (3 pringles cans, E.B. > Green tape, tennis-ball, lighter fluid) > > On 5/25/05, Alexander Apple

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2005-05-25 Thread Ian Skinner
Jerry Well two problems I see for shooting latex water balloons with your set up. Imperfections in you barrel will likely damage the balloon as well the heat of the explosive force provide by you lighter fluid propellant. -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.o

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2005-05-25 Thread Ray Champagne
http://platinumchromatography.com/potato.htm Ray Champagne wrote: > More power. HairSpray, (or WD40) PVC Pipe, etc. Google it, they are > friggin neat. You can easily shoot a potato 500 yds or so. > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > >>How does that differ from a tennis-ball cannon (3 pringles cans, E

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2005-05-25 Thread Eric Carlisle
I'm hard pressed to think the Bazooka can outshoot surgical tubing... The three-man shooters are quite "da bomb". :-/ Alexander Appleton IV wrote: >bah.. waste of money. i'd rather just use my potatogun! > > > ~| Find out

Re: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Ray Champagne
More power. HairSpray, (or WD40) PVC Pipe, etc. Google it, they are friggin neat. You can easily shoot a potato 500 yds or so. Jerry Johnson wrote: > How does that differ from a tennis-ball cannon (3 pringles cans, E.B. > Green tape, tennis-ball, lighter fluid) > > On 5/25/05, Alexander Apple

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2005-05-25 Thread Ray Champagne
avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>-Original Message- >>>From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:03 PM >>>To: CF-Community >>>Subject: Re: how awesome is this thing? >>> >>>I&#

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2005-05-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
How does that differ from a tennis-ball cannon (3 pringles cans, E.B. Green tape, tennis-ball, lighter fluid) On 5/25/05, Alexander Appleton IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bah.. waste of money. i'd rather just use my potatogun!

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2005-05-25 Thread Alexander Appleton IV
bah.. waste of money. i'd rather just use my potatogun! On 5/25/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:03 PM > > To: CF-Community > &g

RE: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:03 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: how awesome is this thing? > > I'd like to see a benchmark comparison of Bazooka vs. Surgical Tubing > Slingshot.

Re: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Eric Carlisle
I'd like to see a benchmark comparison of Bazooka vs. Surgical Tubing Slingshot. Ray Champagne wrote: >Yea, we do a camping/canoeing trip every year - there is about 20-30 of >us that go. This dude brings his two-man water balloon slingshot every >year and thinks he is the bomb. I may have t

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2005-05-25 Thread Ray Champagne
Yea, we do a camping/canoeing trip every year - there is about 20-30 of us that go. This dude brings his two-man water balloon slingshot every year and thinks he is the bomb. I may have to buy this and show him what "da bomb" is! Eric Carlisle wrote: > At $99.95 a pop, perhaps they're marke

RE: how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Jeff Waris
OTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: how awesome is this thing? > > > At $99.95 a pop, perhaps they're marketing to kids like us. :-) > > Ray Champagne wrote: > > >http://balloonbazooka.com/ > >

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2005-05-25 Thread Chris Tilley
And you still have to supply the air pressure (either foot pump or compressor) On 5/25/05, Eric Carlisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At $99.95 a pop, perhaps they're marketing to kids like us. :-) > > Ray Champagne wrote: > > >http://balloonbazooka.com/ > > > >wish I had access to this kind of

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2005-05-25 Thread Eric Carlisle
At $99.95 a pop, perhaps they're marketing to kids like us. :-) Ray Champagne wrote: >http://balloonbazooka.com/ > >wish I had access to this kind of stuff when I was a kid... > >Ray > > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading Co

how awesome is this thing?

2005-05-25 Thread Ray Champagne
http://balloonbazooka.com/ wish I had access to this kind of stuff when I was a kid... Ray -- = Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services 603.433.9559 www.crystalvision.org