Old toads never die. They croak. That one did, anyway. (ornery grin)
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Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Model Aircraft and Radio Controlled Vehicles
Hi Charles,
Yeah, sort of like that. Although, unlike the fireworks you can take
some enjoyment out of building the model rocket and there is some
enjoyment of being the guy who launches the rocket. Of course as a kid
I found other ways to amuse myself too.
Not sure if I shared this on list before, but one of the things I
liked doing is capturing frogs, toads, and other little animals and
sending them up in the rockets. Sometimes they survived the experience
but most of the time I scared them to death or smashed them flat due
to the g-forces. Lol!
The funniest case I can remember is this time my dad and I built this
large model rocket, it was almost three feet tall, and I wanted to add
a toad to it as a passenger. So my dad and I padded the inside of the
cockpit with cotton, stuck the little guy in there, and prepared to
launch him into space. Now, keep in mind here this rocket had a D
engine, that's a two-stage engine, with a heck a lot of thrust, and
could do a couple thousand feet easy. Basically, this poor toad was
going where no toad had gone before. :D
Anyway, I launched the rocket, the first stage burned out, and the
rocket was way up in the sky at I'd say a thousand feet.
Unfortunately, the engine must have been defective because it didn't
kick in right away, and the rocket began falling out of the sky. So
here it comes, a huge nose dive straight towards the ground, at maybe
250 feet, when the second stage finally kicks in, driving it straight
into the ground at several hundred miles per hour. It hit the ground
and blows apart on impact. Of course, the chute pops out after it hits
the ground, but by then the poor toad's days were numbered. Not that
the chute would have done any good with the second stage engine adding
that much thrust to the descent. My dad and I went over and looked at
the wreckage, and what to our wondering eyes should we see is the
toad totally squished flat, his eyes were bugged out, and he looked
like he was scared crapless. We laughed so hard I think our sides were
going to burst open. That's the kind of devious and demented uses I
put some of the model rockets to.
Cheers!!
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