Jace, Well, we couldn't and wouldn't do toy trains and drink. Trains are too precious. So we took some of the sudsy stuff on board with us. It was that famous brand with the green label from Germany. Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > Sorry I missed the festivity--why do I suspect the group had been sampling > the product of a local microbrewery beforehand? > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > Most interesting news from the Pines and Prairies is that last Thursday we > > visited Jim Malone. After a couple minutes reviewing his layout, we > > boarded Jim's pontoon for a cruise on beautiful Rice Lake. Yes, it was one > > of the few weeks we are without ice on Minnesota lakes. We got to the > > middle of the lake and Jim stopped the pontoon and said, I have to show you > > guys something. Under the circumstances, this became an awkward moment, > > watching Jim reach under a tarp for something that looked lethal. We > > breathed easier when Jim announced he was going to fire his potato cannon. > > First he rammed a nice big potato down the 4 foot barrel then he opened the > > breach and shot in about 3 seconds of hair spray. The breach was sealed > > and the igniter fired. The potato shot high into the air and landed about > > 300 feet in front of the boat. While this was fun, lacking any live > > targets we asked Jim how high it would shoot. Well what better way to do > > test this than shoot it straight up. My years of field artillery > > experience suggested to me this idea was not without risk but what the > > heck, no use letting good sense get in the way of a little fun. The weapon > > was loaded, fully charged and the projectile sent rocketing skyward.... and > > out of sight. It was at this point that the inherent danger of this > > experiment became clear to most of the guys and the sky was searched for > > traces of the flying spud. Soon young Ben picked up the plunging > > projectile and noted it was coming down pretty close to the pontoon, > > raising Jim Malone's pucker factor and raising the octave of everyone > > else's laughter. Good fortune was with us, we had been drifting slowly to > > starboard and the spud splashed 3 feet to port but directly midship. Had > > we remained stationary, the nice awning of the pontoon would have taken the > > impact. Dave Jasper was seen at this point calculating the physics of that > > circumstance, I being pretty much directly under the spot where that impact > > would have taken place thanked Saint Barbara, Patron Saint of the Field > > Artillery for watching out for me. > > The Pines and Prairies will be visiting here in two weeks, I have no > > similar activities planned. > > > Ken Zieska > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
