OK, my turn. Not electronics but quite noisy. In High School I was in a
welding class. We went out to lunch at Jack in the Box. Back then they always
put a very large balloon in with your order. We adjusted a cutting torch (
acetylene and oxygen) and filled the balloon. Somebody lit the string on the
balloon. The school was evacuated, the fire dept. and the police came. The
blast was heard more than ½ (1.1Km) mile away. Fortunately the people who
were questioned still had eyebrows and hair on their arms. Unlike one of us.
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From: Randy Bock Sr. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, 3 June 2005 10:17 AM
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The next WMD...
Randy Bock Sr.
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Pitney Bowes
AddressRight Printers
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Ah, yes the good ole days! I really enjoy these Friday stories. I have one
to contribute this time.
A few years ago when Doug Pauls and I worked together, he, I and two other
co-workers had decided on a Friday that we were going to manufacture a
potatoe cannon. So we went to Lowes and we bought a 3 ft long, 6 in
diameter piece of PVC, a 3ft long, 3 in diameter piece of PVC, a reducer
to
connect the two pipes and a screw cap for the back. We also bought one
steel
bolt to use as a stop for the potatoe and a gas grill ignitor. Oh, and I
almost forgot the most important ingredient, (1) can of AquaNet hairspray
(very flammable). So we get back to the office and proceed assembling our
potatoe cannon.
Finally, the time came to see if our cannon was going to work (outside).
We
inserted a potatoe and filled the back of the cannon (6 in diameter
portion)
with AquaNet. One of the other co-workers was holding the cannon, just in
case! We pointed it at a stone block wall, the ignitor was depressed and
....nothing. Finally, Doug looks at the gas grill ignitor and says..
"It's
not grounded". Duh, so we ground the ignitor and fill the back of the
cannon with more AquaNet. We attempt again and we nor the potatoe were
prepared for the blast. The force was so great that potatoe was mashed
before it left the cannon and was thus spread over the entire block wall.
Next thing we know the police are running in the neighborhood with sirens
and lights going. We scramble to hide the potatoe cannon in the ceiling
tiles of the office. We must of looked so stupid to some of the other
workers, but boy it was fun. We decided that if the police stopped and
asked
if we heard anything, that we would all play "dumb".
We later learned that a slightly smaller potatoe could handle the blast
and
actually be propelled from the cannon without being mashed. We attempted
another firing at a co-workers home during a company gathering and fired
the
potatoe at a barn half a football field away. The potatoe was completely
smashed against the barn. We retired the cannon after that. Way to
dangerous, especially when you stop to think all that was holding it
together was PVC cement. Have a great Friday!
Best Regards,
Joe Russeau
Process Analyst
Precision Analytical Laboratory, Inc.
4106 Cartwright Dr. Ste. A
Kokomo, IN 46902
P: 765-455-1993
F: 765-455-1996
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From: "Ingemar Hernefjord (KC/EMW)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: electronic jokes
> One of them was modified with a
> spring-loaded plunger that came up through the slot when the seat was
> depressed with a load of about 40 kg or more, purely mechanical.
>
> ....OUUUUUCH!!!...was the thing pointed?...
>
> /Ingemar
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