Ontopic Drops was OT: The Drop Squad

At 15:22 30-04-2000 EDT, you wrote: <Drop stories snipped> 'Tis sad, but true, that no matter how hard each of us might try, one cannot save everything. Admittedly, not everything -should- be saved. ;-) If one is in a position where stuff simply -must- be disposed of, then one may as well have some fun with it. You're most welcome. Myself and my buddies have pulled our share of drops as well. The most fun to date has been a couple of superballs down very tall elevator shafts. While not really on-topic for the list, I will say that the first one dropped (from the 22nd floor, as I recall) made no sound at all. We're assuming it fell cleanly to the bottom (we were dropping them through the gap between the car, which we were in at the time, and the floor we were on). The second one was much more satisfying. No more than a second after the drop, it ricocheted off a spring or something that made a deep, resonant 'BONNNNGGGG!!' It continued to ricochet all the way down the shaft, providing us with many amusing noises along the way. Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."