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Postby expat » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:48 am

Not sure if this is Gerneral or Aviation :-?, but it is certianly barking mad. Still at least he had a parachute and gps :-/

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Re: What

Postby commoner » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:49 am

;D....Got to admire the guy...if only for his guts.....I think his wife has it right..."He's crazy...."

......Just a thought....what if he dropped his BB gun?  :o

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Postby H » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:27 am

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Re: What  ever floats your boat or chair in this case.

Postby Travis » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:43 am

Saw this on the news and instantly thought "Darwin Awards Nominee" . . . ::)
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Re: What  ever floats your boat or chair in this case.

Postby machineman9 » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:28 pm

Didnt he do this a few years ago? My dad told me a story about it quite some time ago. And yeh, one of my friends posed the dropping the BB gun question, but you would probably just release the balloons manually.

Looks like fun though, must try that one day....
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Re: What

Postby TacitBlue » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:35 pm

Well, according to the article he has made a few other attempts. The most famouse person to do this was Lawn Chair Larry, Unfortunatly despite his folk hero fame, Larry had some issues and is no longer with us. :'( I think there is an article about him on the Darwin awards site, either try that or google him if you want to learn more.
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Re: What

Postby Dr.bob7 » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:41 pm

he has a parachute if he dropped his gun he could parachute safetly... although Im sure someone might get hit with the BB gun
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Re: What

Postby Brando14100 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:50 pm

Well, according to the article he has made a few other attempts. The most famouse person to do this was Lawn Chair Larry, Unfortunatly despite his folk hero fame, Larry had some issues and is no longer with us. :'( I think there is an article about him on the Darwin awards site, either try that or google him if you want to learn more.


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Re: What

Postby BFMF » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:17 am

It was on the local news the last couple days. I wonder where in Idaho he landed....?
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Re: What

Postby waspiflab » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:08 pm

[quote] ;D....Got to admire the guy...if only for his guts.....I think his wife has it right..."He's crazy...."

......Just a thought....what if he dropped his BB gun?
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Postby Wii » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:22 pm

;D


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Re: What  ever floats your boat or chair in this case.

Postby RichieB16 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:36 am

It was on the local news the last couple days.

Yeah, same here.   ::)

Some of our locals are a little...different.  But, I'm sure it was fun.
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