Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 22:59:07 -0700 (PDT)
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From: tfab@netcom.com (thom fitzpatrick)
Subject: Re: Fw: waaay stupid tricks (fwd)
Another X-Posting from PorschePhiles
Bill_Histed.ASM@notes.compuserve.com coughed up:
> From porschephiles-request@tta.com Mon Jun 26 19:06:49 1995
> Date: 26 Jun 95 21:39:06 EDT
> From: <Bill_Histed.ASM@notes.compuserve.com>
> To: <porschephiles@tta.com>
> Cc: <ASM#l#u#r#LN1#l#a#r#ASM@notes.compuserve.com>
> Subject: Re: Fw: waaay stupid tricks
> Message-ID: <950627013906_702420.204300_BHD37-55@CompuServe.COM>
>
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> Author: INTERNET:aek @ netcom.com@CISHUB
> Received: 05/22/95 08:34:00 PM
> Subject: Fw: waaay stupid tricks
>
> I just got this from a friend ... enjoy!
>
>
>
>
> >Stupid Human Trick ...
> >
> >OUCH! don't try this one at home, now, kiddies!
> >
> >"Darwin award" Nominee: You all know about the Darwin awards -- it's
> >an annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest
> >service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way.
> >Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke (tm)
> >machine, which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to tip
> >a free soda out of it.
> >
> >And the nominee is:
> >
> >The Arizona (U.S.) Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal
> >imbedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road, at the apex
> >of a curve.
> >
> >The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a
> >car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The boys in
> >the lab finally figured out what it was, and what had happened.
> >
> >It seems that a guy had somehow got hold of a JATO unit, (Jet Assisted
> >Take Off, actually a solid-fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy
> >military transport planes an extra `push' for taking off from short
> >airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert, and
> >found a long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO
> >unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed, and fired off the
> >JATO!! Best as they could determine, he was doing somewhere between
> >250 and 300 mph (350-420kph) when he came to that curve.... The
> >brakes were completely burned away, apparently from trying to slow the
> >car.
> >
> >(NOTE: Solid-fuel rockets don't have an 'off'... once started, they
> >burn at full thrust 'till the fuel is all gone.)
> >
> >
>
>
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>
Thom
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tfab@netcom.com
'56 VW Sunroof Kombi
'72 Porsche 911T Targa
'78 BMW 530i
Desperately seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project
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