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Old 09-10-2005, 04:40 AM
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Went to the web site for fuses....I calculated that if the fuse burns at 25 sec per inch and I can still run the 8 minute mile. Plus the time to dig a 4ft fox hole
...... 8X60=480, divided by 25=19.2in of fuse +approx 3 hrs (fox hole)X60=180X60=10800 sec divided by 25=432+19.2=451.2 inches of fuse for me to successfully protect my feeble ass.......I realize that I could dig the hole first which would be a big cost savings.....But, knowing John, He would drag the cannon next to the hole......Im not as dumb as I look
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Old 09-10-2005, 05:34 AM
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Old 09-10-2005, 10:41 AM
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we put that much fuse on it we will be really drunk about halfway into the burn. At just about the time for it to fire LT will go out to see what is wrong and turn the cannon around to look down the Barrel, moving his head just as it goes off aimed right back at the foxhole.
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Old 09-10-2005, 12:04 PM
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...the fuse should be as short as possible as the attention span of those involved , (esp with beer involved) due to the nature of those that would walk, or you know us, let's play "chicken, (Bob, not your game of chicken either), as in Georgia roulette,...

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Old 09-10-2005, 02:00 PM
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Heres the way I read it.....You put your head in front of the business end of this cannon.....I light the fuse......If it goes "click" then we switch.....Is that Georgia Roulette? If so, you can go first
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Old 09-10-2005, 03:21 PM
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Georgia chicken, Played with a loaded black powder cannon?? Hmmmmm.
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Shouldn't hurt too much

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That's usually what the victim of an armed robbery sees when they're trying to describe the weapon
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Oh my God!!!!!

Sid you gotta give the cannon a name
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