Maxwell wrote:
"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
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Maxwell wrote:
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I saw a 6' joint of 4" heavy wall pipe launch a dead rat over 1000'.



Now I've heard plenty of gas torch brags, but doesn't this one
just beat the band?

:-)

Brian W

Actually I can't take credit for it, but I did witness it years ago on my
shift. One of the funnier things I have seen. The rat traveled hundreds of
feet through and industrial shop, clearing two overhead bridge cranes and
exiting the building through a crane way door at the end of the building. It
was winter time and the main doors were closed. I think the funniest part
was the vapor trail. He was literally smoking and leaving a faint trail as
he left. He had been caught near the lunch tables on a 480 volt rat trap, so
we actually smoked him twice.


What did you use for a sabot ??---It looks like the aerodynamic drag on a rats
carcass would be pretty high..Jerry