Exception to the rule

1,095 registered users | 0 active users | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User

Welcome to IWETHEY!

Post #198,096 by lincoln 3/11/05 5:32:04 PM Reply	Exception to the rule The block of wood is supposed to be shaped ito something resembling a streamlined, Indy-type car At my son's last Cub Scout derby last month, one of the finalists took the block of wood, rounded all of the edges, polished the nail axles (see Admin's post) and that was it. No cutting, shaping, heavy sanding, weights, etc. He took fourth overall. Go figure. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #198,770 by jb4 3/15/05 12:46:45 PM Reply	Damn! There goes the neighborhood! First, it was form over substance. Now, form's gone, too. Where will it end, I say...Where will it END?!? (IOW...:-\ufffd) jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #198,931 by Ashton 3/16/05 3:28:54 AM Reply	The_____Blob_____returns. RIP Steve McQueen

Anyone here a pinewood derby expert? - (bionerd) - (20) - March 10, 2005, 09:21:44 AM EST

I took mine to a lumber yard - (admin) - March 10, 2005, 10:04:19 AM EST

been there, done that... - (jb4) - (3) - March 10, 2005, 10:14:20 AM EST

Exception to the rule - (lincoln) - (2) - March 11, 2005, 05:32:04 PM EST

Damn! There goes the neighborhood! - (jb4) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 12:46:45 PM EST

The_____Blob_____returns. - (Ashton) - March 16, 2005, 03:28:54 AM EST

How my father did it - (broomberg) - (1) - March 10, 2005, 10:25:19 AM EST

Where's my yellow hankie? :-0 -NT - (jb4) - March 10, 2005, 10:31:35 AM EST

Depends on what you have on hand - (JayMehaffey) - March 10, 2005, 01:54:32 PM EST

Some design tips - (SpiceWare) - (3) - March 10, 2005, 02:10:17 PM EST

Interesting designs, but many are against the rules - (lincoln) - (2) - March 11, 2005, 05:36:19 PM EST

Man, these scouts are picky. - (bionerd) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 10:14:45 AM EST

It keeps going - (lincoln) - March 13, 2005, 03:28:59 PM EST

The best place for a pinewood derby is, of course, - (tonytib) - March 10, 2005, 06:32:12 PM EST

Do you have a Michael's nearby? - (gdaustin) - (2) - March 10, 2005, 11:13:42 PM EST

Ditto on the graphite spray - (bepatient) - (1) - March 11, 2005, 07:59:15 AM EST

graphite powder is the only legal lubricant - (lincoln) - March 11, 2005, 05:37:31 PM EST

This isnt going to be a simple little project, is it? - (bionerd) - (3) - March 11, 2005, 10:49:34 AM EST

Could be - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:15:35 AM EDT

bah, crisco, hammer draw windows on the block - (boxley) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 12:06:37 AM EST

Not in our troop.... - (gdaustin) - March 12, 2005, 09:02:16 AM EST

Spiderman! Spiderman! Does whatever a spider can!
50 ms