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gpmcdermott writes "What does a man with too much time, a jet engine, and his mother-in-law's wheelchair, do?
The BBC is reporting on the results on the Beeb."
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I'm not claiming to be psychic but my gut feeling is that Giuseppe Cannella's last words will be "Hey, watch this!"
Trolling is a art,
I know I've considered attaching a jet engine to my mother in law before. Of course she's not in a wheel chair, but moving her a few hundred miles away quickly would be a desireable outcome!
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Christoper Reeves!
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Does Stephen Hawking know about this yet?
This is probably a step down frmo his exeskeleton suit though...
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If the ADA crowd starts getting these en masse, then we should get some of those primo parking spaces back. It's only fair.
If you never make mistakes, it's probably because you're not doing anything.
This is old news. Doesn't anyone watch the AOL commercials? They've already attached the AOL optimizer to a wheelchair, a motorcycle, and a hot rod! The hot rod must have hit 88.8 miles per hour (and 1.21 JIGGAWATTS of electricity!) because it went back in time! ;-)
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Check out THIS baby. 85mph with 300LBS of thrust?!?!?
Really, if he's not careful he's going to wind up in a wheelchair.
What does a man with too much time, a jet engine, and his mother-in-law's wheelchair, do?
He probably wathces a lot of porn.
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A little while ago I was reading some snopes at work (bored) and somehow I managed to surf over to this story. Very long, but incedibly interesting.
...no two people are not on fire.
So, what is the land speed wheelchair record?
I mean, depending on where the engine is mounted relative to the center of mass of the chair/dude combo, it might not be all that dangerous. After all, if the direction of the jet is exactly lined up with the centor of mass, and the rider never moves even at all, why, it could even hit a small bump without becoming airbor...
On second thought, this is as stupid as it appears.
I'd say he's trying to get rid of his Mother-in-Law
Oh, and here I was thinking he was shooting for a Darwin Award.
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I have seen him interviewed on the BBC, and the reason he didn't wear the lid was so he could hear if the jet was going to go wrong and if so abort. This is what racing drivers used to do in the 50s and 60s when engines were prone to seizing mid-race. He's plainly nuts, but I salute his cojones.
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Reading stuff like this brings tears to my eyes. On july 15 I was cut off while riding my 2000 r6. I was wearing a helmet (damn now its all scratched up), but that was all. I didnt get much road rash, so leathers wouldn't have helped much. I spent 2.5 weeks in the hospital (80k in med bills, anyone know of anyway to get help on uninsured med bills?), my pelvis is both shattered and broken, as is my wrist. I have 10 pins, and 2 external fixators. I will be out of work for atleast another 2 or 3 months. Lots of pain and stuff, lots of general badness, and lots of money troubles.
Then i see people riding with out helmets, on tv, on the internet. Soon Virginia will get rid of its helmet law. I am really saddened when i see this kind of thing
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Jet. Powered. Beer. Cooler.
Best quote: " I knew from some long forgotten physics lecture that when a liquid expands into a gas it will draw heat from its surroundings. And I happened to have a source of a suitable liquid right in my shed in the form of a LPG cylinder (liquid petroleum gas). What I needed was a way to use up a lot of fuel very, very quickly. What I needed was a jet engine! "
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http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/visi
an article:
http://www.agunn.com/work/seaweek/sw010215-zoom.h
And there's a pic of a conventional bike with a jet attached here:
http://bikerodnkustom2.homestead.com/rQr2.html
Upon seeing him in a wheelchair, one asks, "What happened to you?"
His answer, "Wheelchair accident"
I could see wheelchair companies selling these to drum up "regular" wheelchair business. Sort of like the funeral home operator that gives away free donuts every day.
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How did a helmet help you there? If you hadn't been wearing a helmet you would have avoided the hospital bill and the recovery time.
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