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Just Jack

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  1. Well, fezmid, keep this thread alive.  It's giving me something to think about.  I'm debating these two options:

     

    Sprint pcs--Treo 650, fair and flexible plan @ $35

     

    verizonwireless-- Samsung i600, their $39.99 plan.

     

    I'm sorta hooked on the bluetooth capabilities of the treo, but i just can't decide what i want right now.  Money's not really an issue based on the cost of the phone.

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    Treo 650 review at Mobiledia.com

     

    Samsung SCH-i600 review at CNet.com

  2. I always made mine with straight pipe. I would drill a whole in a cap for the grill ignitor, then use lots of hot glue to secure it in there. So all you would need to do is slap your hand against the end of the pipe.

     

    I even made one for my 4 year old (at the time) nephew. 1' combustion chamber, 1.5' x 1" barrel. We painted it black, then used silver paint to paint "Lil' Spuddy" on the side. He always liked watching us "shoot potatos" so we decided to make him his own.

  3. I made a 6-foot long PVC Potato gun when I was about 16. Thing was so damn cool. I lived in Derby, and had acres of woods behind my house. Without exaggeration, I could shoot a piece of potato 250 yards with a good shot.

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    I made a potato howitzer about 8 years ago. The chamber was about 4 feet long, using 4" pipe. I had interchangeable barrels, a 1/2", 1", and 2", each 6 feet long. I used an air compressor instead of hair spray obviously, which allowed me to use a sprinkler valve for the trigger, hooked to a remote box, with 2 switches for activating it. Load the barrel with whatever, pump it up to about 100psi, stand back and hit the switches. We were putting paintballs through the siding of my parents old barn. I even had made a stand for it so you would need to hold it during firing.

  4. Here you go, this is the part of the article about wanting a coach with NFL experience......

     

    Gross said he is convinced that a coach with NFL experience could do that better than one who lacks it. Pasqualoni, 107-59-1 at SU, never coached in the NFL. Neither did Boise State coach Dan Hawkins, who once coached at Division II University of California-Davis with Gross and is one of the college game's hottest commodities. Ditto Norm Chow, 58, Southern Cal's offensive coordinator and rumored to be a candidate for the SU job.

     

    "Ummm . . . Norm is a great friend and a terrific coach and all those things," Gross said. "We've obviously joked about that in a friendly manner but, hey, Norm is part of the USC family. They're down at the Orange Bowl preparing, and he's going to be a Trojan, and that's where he should be.

     

    "I have no intention of having to go into where I was and pull people out of coaching to come do what we need to do here at Syracuse. There are some great candidates out there, folks, and we can do a lot of great things here at Syracuse, and we're going to get started."

     

    Gross said the process would begin in Miami, where he was headed following Wednesday's news conference to be with the Trojans as they prepare for a Tuesday date vs. Oklahoma in the title game. He refused to speculate on candidates Wednesday and declined to say whether he even had a short list yet.

  5. God people can be so !@#$ing stupid.

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    That's right. That's why when making any backyard weaponary, you need to research it first, before building it. Don't just settle on the first webpage you find that shows how to make something, look for other sites and check out their directions also. For instance, potato guns. I've seen a few sites that do not mention that after glueing the pieces together, you need to wait at least 24 hours before using it. The glue has fumes that can ignite, plus if it's not fully cured, it will come apart on you the first time you try to use it.

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