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- From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
- Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
- Subject: Re: Throwing tuning
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 20:39:24 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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- References: <1jn09oINN9vn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <C19uJw.7nw@boi.hp.com> <1993Jan25.005118.2068@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article <1993Jan25.005118.2068@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-) writes:
-
- > >building some of my own as I progress and was thinking of making one out of
- > >some plexiglass I have, just to see how it worked out.
- >
- > If you feel like cutting your fingers of, this might be fun. Plexiglass
- > will do a few things. It will spin very fast but not give you much
- > lift. I doubt it will ever come back, and if you try to catch it, you
- > risk knocking your fingers off.. Although I suspect the most likely
- > outcome is that it just smashes when it hits the ground. Just a couple
- > predictions. I've seen em made from everything from foam to aluminum.
-
- I've seem 'em made from colored plexiglas! B-man used to sell them (assuming
- he doesn't still) that came in cloth cases. Very jewel-like in the air. I've
- never thrown one, though, much less caught one. I imagine it can't be much
- sharper than Jacques Whatsisname's plastic ones from France, though probably
- denser.
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