L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER There was a pretty good illustrated compilation in the local library when I was a growing lad. Very good illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I think the book I read most fully was Edith Hamilton's Mythology. Approximately no illustrations in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Too racy, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Since this was a textbook in school in the late 1960s, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Aw, poor kids had to find their own entertainment. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, that was back in the days when we were squirt gun fiends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Happy days ... No super soakers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We were into stealth. We had some swivel-nozzle guns that were very concealable, could shoot in unexpected directions, and had pretty good range for the day. Since the buses we rode had openable windows, we did lots of drive-by attacks ... with squirt guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ^^ to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Targeting was an issue, because there could be appreciable air drag on the water drops as they left the bus, if it was moving with any speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My dad says he used to adjust the flush fluid projectors in his first car to spray on pedestrians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My dad mentioned that back in the days before catalytic converters in cars, you could wire a spark plug to the end of your car's exhaust pipe (with an on-off switch on the dashboard). There was enough hydrocarbon in the emissions that you could ignite the stuff. The fuel content was too low for it to show up, really, in daylight, but it apparently could be quite unnervingly spectacular at night to light up a jet of flame (or two of them, if your car had dual exhaust) in front of someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... Batmobil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Illegal as all get-out, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A certain risk of explosive deconstruction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I don't think so unless you are exceedingly stupid or unlucky, but you could in principle cause a fire, or cause a serious accident depending on how the driver behind you reacted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ... I liked my version better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey, go with what you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Great Balls O' Fire! Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbor Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER And there's a popular song about it (said Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35). There's a popular song about stoning? 0.o Yep, maybe not Bob Dylan's most popular song but one of his most enduring...at least within one segment of the population. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpsrM9B_RpE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That would have been a fun gig for the back-up band guys. The trombone in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I got a 1956 dime today in change. 2.2 grams of 90% silver at todays spot silver price of $46.61 per troy ounce is just short of three bucks, if I got enough of them to cash in that way. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A penny saved, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Whenever we get one of those in change we assume some kid plundered their dad's coin collection or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Take a penny, leave a penny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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