Marcus Grant <mty016@coventry.ac.uk> wrote: >Hmmm. I remember seeing some TV program a few years ago about some >guy that decided he was going to walk across the English channel. >Basically he made a giant inflatable `Hamspter wheel' type affair >(obviously no gaps in it though). He stood inside and walked and >walked and walked....and the thing slowly bobbed its way across the >water. (Dunno if he made it though). > >Surely all you need is a scaled up version, and you could *drive* your >bus across??? ;) And if this paddlewheel device was inflatable, then when you got across little puddle, you could fold it up, stash it in the back, and drive straight on to the bigger puddle! Need a few extra gas tanks, though, to get across either puddle. And if you and your friends drove this trip in beetles, you could have your very own own beetle puddle paddle battle muddle! :-) :-) -Rodney
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