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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hold on, the dog is muzzled? Or the potato?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Speaking from extensive experience, I can tell you that the ideal width of barrel for a potato gun is one and a quarter inches. That's if you're buying American PVC of course.

This is a wide as possible while still allowing for the use of the largest number of potatoes. As larger potatoes do not tend toward a sphere, but instead toward ovoid, the potatoes can be cored down the barrel lengthwise, thus resulting in both a large slug and a tight seal.

For greater distances, lubricate the barrel of your potato gun. be sure to use strictly non-flammable lubrication.

For a real challenge, rifle the barrel. The 1.25" barrel.

Never ever, ever aim the potato gun at another person or bombard a populated area. you do not want to explain yourself, and you do not want to deal with the consequences.

Never use a potato gun except in the manner legally allowable in your area.

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[ September 10, 2003, 17:47: Message edited by: Loser ]

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fps doesn't matter for speed.

how about 5 feet per frame at 100 fps? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ September 10, 2003, 19:44: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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feet per second...

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i know. that's why i had http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

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Well, in the ad, I saw that you could get a pistol grip. And as we all know, the pistol grip and the ability to attach a bayonet will cause it to be classified as an assault weapon. That is assuming that duct (duck) tape meets the definition of attachment. But it could also be classified as a mussel loader. But then again there is the problem of the 2.5 to 4 inch barrel. I think anything in the muzzle loading 4 inch range would be called cannon.

I wonder how lethal a 4 inch spud would be when launched at over 100fps. Anyone want to do the math?

I guess we should also talk about nail guns too. And let’s not forget that old stand by, the zip gun.

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Butter vs. Margarine --- Wow, the Last line really says it all.

Both have the same amount of calories

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter according to a recent Harvard Medical Study

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods

Butter has many nutritional benefits, whereas margarine has a few only because they are added

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods

Butter has been around for centuries whereas margarine has been around for less then 100 years

Now for Margarine...

Very high in Trans Fatty Acids

Triple risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Increases total and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol)

Lowers HDL cholesterol (and this is the good one)

Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold

Lowers quality of breast milk

Decreases immune response

Decreases insulin response

And here is the most disturbing fact....

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE from being PLASTIC (this fact alone should be enough to have you avoiding margarine for life - and anything else that is hydrogenated [this means hydrogen is added changing the molecular structure of the food].

YOU can try this yourself: Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or a shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things - no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it, (that should tell you something) it does not rot, or smell differently.

Because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it, even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow on. Why? Because it is nearly pLastic.

Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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Wardad, what is the source of that?

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in chemistry, one atom can change anything about a molecules effects.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">EMAIL GIGO

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What is "EMAIL GIGO"? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Garbage In Garbage Out?

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{quote}
Lowers quality of breast milk
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Ok I'm a ban the fake butter fan boy from here on out!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It confirms everything I always suspect about Margarin. I need no other proofs. It' just sound right !

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What planet are you from, anyway? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Well I am sorry I don't keep up on the trendy lingo... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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i try not to.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Was it, perchance, the American Butter Producers Association? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Just a guess...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL! I don't know why this struck me as funny, it's just the wording I guess... somehow it conjures up images (in my head it does, anyway) of ppl flicking through "what Milk" magazine, or in a restaurant perusing the Milk list: "I'll have a bottle of the 1997 Jennifer Smith, please."

[ September 12, 2003, 09:29: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

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Damn, you got me with that post.
I got coffee coming out of my nose.

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There is a plan afoot from those Aussies to take over Europe. They are sneaking in, using the problems within EU as cover.
The latest intrusion is a kangaroo running loose in Belgium. Cops had to use helicopters to find it and get it into a zoo.
This is the second attack using kangaroos. There is one running loose in Sweden too. It has never been seen, but it is out there somewhere, just waiting to attack.
Strange how such an animal can travel 600 km in 12 hours. That´s as far apart as it has been observed.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A friend of mine said that he accidentally dropped a Macdonald's hamburger on the ground and he left it there. A couple of weeks later, it was still sitting there intact.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's only about 30 mph or so - there are several animals that can manage that - shucks, modern olympic sprinters routinely break 60 mph (for less than a minute, but still...)- why not kangaroos?

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60 mph? you sure?

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Kangaroo endurance.

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"Bed good. World bad."
- Me, this morning.

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Umm... modern olympists might go 20-25 MPH, certainly not 60... it is impossible for a human being to run anywhere near 60 MPH for any period of time (unless you do silly things like have them run on a fast moving automated sidewalk thingie)...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Current World record for 100m ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whenever I see two of those people conveyer things side by side in opposite dierction,( ie in airports) I always want to get a friend and go jousting on them. On bikes=-)

I guess I 've been watching to much jackass.

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In crowded areas, it's faster to walk on the ground than to go on those conveyer things. A bunch of people jam onto the conveyer and once you get on, you can't move. If you just walk at a normal pace beside the converyer, you can go faster than those things.

You can usually get upstairs faster by using the stairs than using the escalator or elevator, too. Also, you get some exercise.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Current World record for 100m ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm 100m in 9.79s = 36.7km/hr ??

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Current World record for 100m ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm 100m in 9.79s = 36.7km/hr ??</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And that is 23 mph http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Source of that... umm... go look on google? I don't have a source on-hand and do not care to find one. I just know that humans can not run anywhere near 60 mph (or 30 mph for that matter)... (and assuming what others posted about the world record for 100m dash is accurate, there is some supporting evidence http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ).

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Actually, the best mark for human speed are the Last 100m of 200m sprint. Classic 100m results are compromised by the acceleration phase. Still, 25 mph is an upper limit for us.

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Here's some insanity for you:

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/19...veraward030919

I think Canada must have the most f-up legal system in the world. Some cases that come to mind.

- Gang rape a 12 year old. convicted and sentanced. NO jail time.
- Build the bomb that blows up an airliner. Jail time 5 years.
- Help abduct rape and kill 3 girls - 12 years

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I checked; it seems I was remembering falsely with the 60 mph statement; I'd remembered reading about a person breaking the minute mile barrier, but it had actually been the four minute mile barrier (in 1995 by Roger Bannister, specifically). My mistake. 25 mph isn't quite the current upper limit, but it's close to it.

[ September 19, 2003, 23:24: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I checked; it seems I was remembering falsely with the 60 mph statement; I'd remembered reading about a person breaking the minute mile barrier, but it had actually been the four minute mile barrier (in 1995 by Roger Bannister, specifically). My mistake. 25 mph isn't quite the current upper limit, but it's close to it.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wow not bad for a 66 yr old guy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (hehe just kidding he actually did it in 1954)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gah! Confusing bibliography section; the article the article got it's information was from was from 1995, not the run; I read it wrong. Oh well. Happens.