catapults on the hudson

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6 total messages Started by Charles Weston Danforth Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:54

#1078

Author: Charles Weston Danforth
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:54

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Hi, 
	A friend of mine an his uncle used to (still might as far as I know)
have a cabin on the Hudson river (down at the southern end where it's almost
a mile wide.)  A slingshot was created by cutting several tractor innertubes
into about five-inch strips about ten feet long and tying them to the
pillars of the cabin's porch (which faced the river from a low bluff).  A
cloth sling was put in the middle with a set of bicycle handle bars to grip
on.  
	A couple of strong folk could pull this thing through the porch door
and clear across the main room of the cabin, load a waterballoon, and let
fly.  It was pretty damn dramatic seeing this thing go hurtling out the
doorway at what must have been a large percentage of Mach 1 and go sailing
off into the distance.  Range was always uncertain though we could usually
get the thing half way across the river or so.  

	A weapons-grade slingshot?  Nahhh.

charles danforth
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Enough with the Omar postings!!!!

#1079

Author: Jason 'KodaK' Balicki
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:11

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Enough with the Omar postings allready!  God, if it bothers you that much just take it to mail or something.  Geesh, you'd figure that some people would figure out what a joke is.                                                                                                                                             --Jason Balicki                                                                 kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu

Re: Enough with the Omar postings!!!!

#1082

Author: Mikey
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:44

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In article <Bz6p6J.FIq@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki) writes...
> 
>Enough with the Omar postings allready!  God, if it bothers you that much just take it to mail or something.  Geesh, you'd figure that some people would figure out what a joke is.                                                                           

Sheesh... we were done! there hadn't been Omar shit for a few weeks already...
read all the way through before posting this shit. Eek. what newsgroup is this
guy reading?
Not that I don't miss the Omar shit, mind you, but It has been laid to rest 
already, pal.
-Mike
(BuffaloChip)

Re: catapults on the hudson

#1087

Author: Cliff Heller
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:39

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In <BDDVBHBB@cc.swarthmore.edu> cdanfor1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Charles Weston Danforth) writes:

>	A couple of strong folk could pull this thing through the porch door
>and clear across the main room of the cabin, load a waterballoon, and let
>fly.  It was pretty damn dramatic seeing this thing go hurtling out the
>doorway at what must have been a large percentage of Mach 1 and go sailing
>off into the distance.  Range was always uncertain though we could usually
>get the thing half way across the river or so.  

Shooting a waterballoon into a river eh?

You should be careful.  Someone could get wet.

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Re: Enough with the Omar postings!!!!

#1085

Author: on
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:40

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In article <Bz7L9r.9Mx@acsu.buffalo.edu> v115maec@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Mikey) writes:

>Sheesh... we were done! there hadn't been Omar shit for a few weeks already...
>read all the way through before posting this shit. Eek. what newsgroup is this
>guy reading?
>Not that I don't miss the Omar shit, mind you, but It has been laid to rest 
>already, pal.
>-Mike
>(BuffaloChip)

Bingo!  We have one... and counting...

Re: catapults on the hudson

#1093

Author: Charles Weston Danforth
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:10

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fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller) writes:

>>off into the distance.  Range was always uncertain though we could usually
>>get the thing half way across the river or so.  

>Shooting a waterballoon into a river eh?

>You should be careful.  Someone could get wet.

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Wet? Hell, someone could get saturated.  Boats were the usual targets.  The
long lobs were the most fun, and the hardest to aim properly.

charles

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