Apple Day festivities....the photographic proof!

Geek Goddess said:
Actually, there are very few barns in Dallas...

My father in law and his four brothers all served in WWII, one of them died in Italy. One of them brought back a machine gun from Germany, with ammo, and they were all out shooting up the garage on their farm with it. Dan says to James "Hey, did anyone take the car out first?"

That would be 'no'.
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So did they paint the target on the garage after making the holes?
 
exarch said:
So did they paint the target on the garage after making the holes?
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oh good one!!!!

trust me, my neighbors have had gunshots through their windows! One mom ran out and yelled, "can't you see the playset and sandbox here! Why are you shooting!" The hunter replied, "There was a turkey in your sandbox."

He still got a stiff fine. Usually though it is newbie hunters that don't follow the rules. NH and Vermont wannabees.

It should also be noted we have a bumper crop of turkies this year. And not only do we have a lot of new hunters, we have an awful lot of gobblers too.
 
I have perfected a simple way to get get the cap on. With the mentos inside. I will bring some supplies to the Newtonmas party. I'm about to go outside in a liitle bit to see if I can get the bottle to explode!
 
I can't say the experiment was a failure, soda still shot up a good 15 feet. But I am now fairly certain that it just doesn't build up enough pressure to burst the bottle. I think the ideal size for the hole in the cap is about 1/8th inch. A smaller hole causes the stream to become more of a spray.
 
Check the link I posted up above. It comes complete with instructions and a belagio style display. =o)

If you want to get the bottles to explode, then dry ice* is the ticket. ;) :whistling

(*notice. Do not try this amusing stunt. Ever! Do not try it on a rainy day. Do not try it on a sunny day. Do not try it with friends. While drinking beer. At shindigs. At parties. Bar Mitvahs. While eating hot dogs or wieners. Do not attempt while driving heavy machinery. Most importantly if you do happen to find yourself inexplicably happening to make a dry ice bomb, wear goggles, ;) )
 
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Yeah, I saw that one awhile back. What I did was come up with a way to get the soda to shoot out a small hole in the cap. That's what they did at the Apple Pie party, but they couldn't get the lid on fast enough. So I devised a way to get the lid on before the mentos drop into the soda. I didn't really expect the bottle to explode... but I was hoping anyway.
 
I wonder what kind of geyser would be produced when dropping a piece of dry ice into a full (warm) bottle of soda with a drilled cap. Maybe add a little weight to the bottom of it so that it sink quickly.

If only I had the space to try it out. =o/
Eh, no big deal, I can always clean the ceiling. :D
 
Maybe we should have a dry ice/liquid nitrogen (daytime) / Sodium (night time) party. They are all kinds of fun little and BIG things to do with the three. =o)
 
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SkepticScott said:
That was a zero-preparation event, so any result was pretty good. IMNSHO. :cool:
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I thought the results were plenty good. Then it got me thinking that I hadn't played with mentos/dietcoke yet. And since I'd already personally witnessed the effect at the party, I had to come up with a "problem" to solve as an excuse to waste food. (assuming that either diet soda or mentos is food)
 
This conversation reminds me of the gem that appeared in a thread about fireworks on the SC forum about styrofoam and terpentine ...
Haven't tried it yet, but I really should some day :D
 
You mean homemade napalm? Styrofoam and gasoline are the way to go. :D

Heh. The disadvantage of living in new york is that there is not enough space to go around blowing things up. =*(
 
Apparently styrofoam and terpentine had more "bounce" to it :D
 
Lighting Iron Oxide w/ Aluminum is fun too. Who wants to volunteer their car for a demonstration? :D :flamed:
 
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