Author: terryterry Date: Jun 1, 2008 04:31
On May 31, 11:39 am, GB kickindanuts.threefiddy.com> wrote:> "Atheist Chaplain" cia.gov> wrote innews:g1q9nb$r5u$1@aioe.org:
>>> "Kwyjibo" ozdebate.remove.com> wrote in message
>>news:nLmdnfOXX8e7aqLVnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@westnet.com.au...>>> WTF? Is that some rehash of an old Darwin awards story?
>> Nope, true, it was all over the news a couple of weeks ago.
>
> It is also a rehash of an old Darwin Awards story in the sense
> that a guy called "Lawn Chair Larry" earned himself an 'honourable
> mention' in the Awards by attempting a similar stunt with a bunch
> of balloons tied to a chair.
>
What aviatior worth his salt hasnt dreamed of doing something like
this?. Hell I even set up an excel spreadsheet to work out how many
balloons I needed. you can buy six foot weather balloons from the
states relatively cheap. From memory I recall it was the cost of the
helium that put me off. I meant to go back and do the numbers with
Hydrogen, and the thought occurred to me that I could probably even
use natural gas from home. Not as much lift of course but pretty ...
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