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  1. 06-10-2009, 11:57 AM #1
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    Default A New Book For Thrillseekers ?

    I haven't read more than the review but for some of us it might be worth the price of admission ? Here is a review for “Absinthe & Flamethrowers”.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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    I lke the sound of it, my kind of guy.
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    Fun! The anarchists' cookbook for a new generation. I'll have to check out his books.
    Potato Cannons were a big source of entertainment for my friends and I in college. As were home made fireworks...though those probably weren't a very good idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    I haven't read more than the review but for some of us it might be worth the price of admission ? Here is a review for “Absinthe & Flamethrowers”.
    Yup. I'll be picking this one up. I need something a little lighter after I finish these two:

    A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking, Book - Barnes & Noble

    People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, Book - Barnes & Noble

    My brain hurts pretty good after a couple chapters in each one.
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    I'd bet dollars against pesos that buying this book puts you on a DHS watchlist somewhere.
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    Several years ago a fellow Railroad Dective worked a case in Birmingham, AL where some juveniles shot a train with a potato cannon.

    They called it a "BAD" , Backyard Artillery Device.

    Juvies - slap on the wrist and sent home and told to be good,

    Yeah right!
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    Quote Originally Posted by d. m. ellington View Post
    Several years ago a fellow Railroad Dective worked a case in Birmingham, AL where some juveniles shot a train with a potato cannon.

    They called it a "BAD" , Backyard Artillery Device.

    Juvies - slap on the wrist and sent home and told to be good,

    Yeah right!

    Man! I bet that train was totally...dirty...or something?
    Should have sent them to jail for the rest of their miserable punk lives!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimR View Post
    Man! I bet that train was totally...dirty...or something?
    Should have sent them to jail for the rest of their miserable punk lives!


    I absolutely loved backyard ballistics. It reminds me of shaving with a straight: you think you're going to save money because the thing itself is inexpensive, but you don't realize that you're going to want to build EVERYTHING in the book (or buy all the soap you can get hold of to lather with). I built a 5 foot long potato canon that can launch the hell out of a spud, all thanks to that book. I think I'm going to order this soon
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