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23793
... All good ideas, Doug, except the last one. Once you connect the two sections together, you are back with the original pod and its "red baron" tendency. ...
Steve Humphrey
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23794
I suspect they are looking at someone who is just barely qualified for the job, rather than someone who is overqualified. ... From: dholvrsn...
Switenky, Shawn
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23795
... Oh yeah, life in the good ol' boy Midwest.... You, mentioned Mensa at one time, is it just me or are about two thirds of the group former teachers' pets...
doug holverson
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23796
... I picked up an old cassette player at a thrift shop for $3.00 with the intent of using it for a case for an overgrown dual lantern battery knock-off of the...
doug holverson
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23797
... Welllll, the wind has often been howling through the trees like a jet engine at approximately double that maximum of the NAR safety rules. Maybe if I can...
doug holverson
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Nov 1, 2004
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23798
... It's sad to hear that. I hope that later vets get treated much better! DGH...
doug holverson
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Nov 1, 2004
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23799
... Been there, down that, got the outage T-shirt. Too much travel for too few hours, especially after being burnt in a fry & fly situation. BTW, does...
doug holverson
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23800
You mean the attitude that we Vietnam Vets are some sort of ticking time bombs, trained killers who are just one bad hair day short of morphing into ...
Bill Sullivan
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Nov 1, 2004
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23801
I'm planning on dumping the remaining Fun Rockets inventory on eBay tonight. Any suggestions on how to advertise it or what categories to put it in? Or how to...
doug holverson
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Nov 1, 2004
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23802
And some of us set up BIG tubes ( Dobsonian Telescopes ) on street corners to launch morters from! And that HAS been asked of me when I've had my Babylon 8 Dob...
starlord
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Nov 1, 2004
9:38 pm
23803
You might set it up as packs of rockets, say 5 to 10 a package and give a discount in shipping for multi-orders/auctions I've seen someof the fome gliders...
starlord
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Nov 1, 2004
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23804
... Hmmm...funny you mentioned "sceptre"...my bike is an Interceptor. The name sounds like sceptre, and has the same name as a famous old rocket! :)...
Tim
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Nov 1, 2004
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23805
... Other than the "trained killers" part, a good portion of the population seems have turned into *potential* uncontrolled homicidal maniacs these days. Just...
Tim
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23806
Whatever you do don't show or mention engines- they go insane at e- bay command. I had my stuff knocked off for 5 days because the e-bay person who reviewed my...
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Nov 1, 2004
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23807
There's more in the hills of Iowa Than you got in your.... um... er... ... algebra? Anyway, the pasture on the farm I often launch from: ...
doug holverson
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Nov 2, 2004
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23808
Well doug, I don't have anything around here as green as that, but if I go a few miles to the west, there's lots of open flat land I could fly on. And out here...
starlord
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Nov 2, 2004
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23809
... You can never have a big enough field to fly BGs. Or even RGs.... So does the high heat do weird things to small Reynolds numbered gliders, like make them...
doug holverson
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Nov 2, 2004
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23810
... Yeah, I meant to do that. ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download...
Bill Eichelberger
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Nov 2, 2004
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23811
... I've got an Estes Interceptor still in the bag and the Honda Interceptor in the garage. It can't get much better than that. ...unless I build the Estes...
Tim
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23812
... As opposed to the cold desert summer heat? ... A free piece of advice from one who grew up on 73-74 vintage Mopars. Pick up several of the small ceramic...
Bill Eichelberger
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Nov 2, 2004
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23813
... Ignition Resistors(?) DGH...
doug holverson
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23814
... It's cheaper to buy a set of parts from Moldin' Oldies and fake it. I've had a set for several years. One of these days......... ...
Bill Eichelberger
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Nov 2, 2004
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23815
... <hands on hips in mock exasperation> "*Look,* Larry, if you *really* have to *ask*..." (chuckling) Cheers, --Jay Disclaimer: I'm the only guy in a house...
Jay Goemmer
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Nov 2, 2004
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23816
I've never delt with any kind of numbers, I just build'm and fly'm. Like that Silver Hawk I got off ebay ( Already built Balsa one ) that on a 1/2A turned in a...
starlord
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Nov 2, 2004
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23817
I guess you guys would be as likely to be interested in this as anyone. I'm aiming for a weekend launch for my Centuri Taurus clone, which I've powered up...
Bill Eichelberger
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23818
... 1990. ... what went ... Way OT, but.........in the BRT at Comanche Peak two labor foremen ran prostitution rings for almost a year before they were caught...
Joe Wooten
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Nov 2, 2004
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23819
Hey Bill, Thanks for the compliment on my Taurus clone. You said you might paint the pods first. What I did was paint the whole lower section white then it's...
Adam Palmer
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Nov 2, 2004
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23820
... Almost sound like a premise of a B comedy of that era. 'Making your Westy per diem go not as far..." Didn't they think about how many Old Rockets that they...
doug holverson
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Nov 2, 2004
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23821
... IIRC, the Taurus was recommended for a Magnum D conversion in the early '80s catalogs. It's approximately the same size as the Cherokee-D. Although, I ...
doug holverson
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Nov 2, 2004
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23822
... I don't figure the actual numbers either, but you can sometimes feel them. Such as launching when it's still cool there for better performance. ... What's...
doug holverson
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