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Build Your Own Monorail
jpatokal writes "Building your own roller coaster may be fun, but how about something a little more practical -- like a monorail in your back yard? Kim Petersen designed his from scratch, building the elevated track from wood, scavenging the engine from a motorized walker and handcrafting the train from sheet metal. Total cost: $4000! See the photo tour and the construction history."
Monorail...monorail...MONORAIL
Don't let Homer Simpson drive it!
More practical?
More practical for someone who needs a tram in their backyard? K.
What would be more practical for the referenced site is a webserver than handle more than 5 hits per hour.
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(to be sung in the key of C...)
[Lyle Lanley] Well sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail! What'd I say?
[Ned Flanders] Monorail!
[Lyle] What's it called?
[Patty & Selma] Monorail!
[Lyle] That's right, monorail!
[All chant] Monorail, monorail, monorail...
[Ms Hoover] I hear those things are awfully loud!
[Lyle] It glides as softly as a cloud!
[Apu] Is there a chance the track could bend?
[Lyle] Not on your life, my Hindu friend!
[Barney] What about us braindead slobs?
[Lyle] You'll be given cushy jobs!
[Grandpa] Were you sent here by the devil?
[Lyle] No, good sir, I'm on the level.
[Chief Wiggum] The ring came off my pudding can.
[Lyle] Take my pen knife, my good man!
I swear it's Springfield's only choice;
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
Monorail!
What's it called?
Monorail!
Once again!
Monorail!
[Marge] But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
[Bart] Sorry, mom, the mob has spoken!
[All] Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
[Homer] Mono- d'oh!
good ol' /. effect
Mr Snrub votes that we spend our money on the nuclear power plant instead...
Monorail time... just watch the Simpsons quotes roll in!
"Seriously, why in the hell would you want this? "
Rail building materials: $4,000
Roses to sooth diplomatic relations with your wife: $100
Being the coolest dad on your block: Priceless
"Derp de derp."
This is more of a shelbyville.org story
Error: Erection reset by beer.
Hey, check it out! It's their next door neighbor Wilson!:
http://www.monorails.org/webpix%202/nmt10.JPG
"Derp de derp."
Quimby: And now, I'd like to turn things over to our Grand Marshall, Mr. Leonard Nimoy.
Nimoy: I'd say this vessel could do at least Warp Five.
[appreciative laughter from the crowd]
Quimby: And let me say, ``May the Force Be With You!''
Nimoy: [annoyed] Do you even know who I am?
Quimby: [indignant] I think I do. Weren't you one of the Little Rascals?
"I named the big one bitey!" - Homer Simpson
O.K. Someone want to go in with me on a backyard maglev?
This guy lives in the Bay Area (notice the BART train go past his backyard in the pictures?) Now, from my rudimentary knowledge of geology, the Bay Area is susceptible to earthquakes on a regular basis. Could this spell possible trouble for a home-built monorail?
[teacher]: Brian, tell me the plural of ox, and use it in a sentence.
[brian]: Uh, oxen. I saw a herd of oxen.
[teacher]: Good. Now try "box."
[brian]: Boxen. I ate two boxen of doughnuts.
[teacher]: No Brian, it's boxes. Let's try another one. What's the plural of goose?
[brian]: Geese. I saw a flock of geese.
[teacher]: Good. Now how about "moose?"
[brian]: Mee... MOOSEN! I saw a flock of moosen! There were many much moosen! They were in the woodses--woodsen! They were eatinen the foodeninen!
[teacher]: Brian, you're an imbecile.
[brian]: Imbecilen!
(transcribed from memory. probably lots of mistakes)
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It's the Slashdot mentality. Any time anyone does something cool, it automatically 'sucks' and is 'stupid' or 'a waste'.. Probably because the people saying such things would never be able to do something like this.
Although, in the case of this monorail, I agree, it does suck. It's forcing me to rethink plans for my ideal house. (Now with underground server bunker and monorail!)
Try building this in Europe... Let me know how far you get before they tax you for it.