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06-20-2004, 09:58 PM

In article <B4tBc.87268$0y.48784@attbi_s03>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Brent P) writes:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that.

I think it was Thad O (re: previous thread titled
'Exercise Part II') :-)

I dunno if Eddie Fayner could break the windshield, but
I bet he could have hit it, throwing backwards while
looking in a hand mirror.

cheers,
Tom

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06-21-2004, 07:09 AM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brent P wrote:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that. Through the rear window and still enough energy to KO the driver.
> Most thrown rocks wouldn't even have enough energy to get through the
> lamenated safety glass.

Only the front windshield of a car is made out of laminated safety glass
(AS-1). All the rest of the glass is tempered (AS-2), which is relatively
easily broken but crumbles safely into "glass popcorn" rather than
splintering into sharp-edged shards.

-DS

06-21-2004, 07:09 AM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brent P wrote:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that. Through the rear window and still enough energy to KO the driver.
> Most thrown rocks wouldn't even have enough energy to get through the
> lamenated safety glass.

Only the front windshield of a car is made out of laminated safety glass
(AS-1). All the rest of the glass is tempered (AS-2), which is relatively
easily broken but crumbles safely into "glass popcorn" rather than
splintering into sharp-edged shards.

-DS

06-21-2004, 07:09 AM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brent P wrote:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that. Through the rear window and still enough energy to KO the driver.
> Most thrown rocks wouldn't even have enough energy to get through the
> lamenated safety glass.

Only the front windshield of a car is made out of laminated safety glass
(AS-1). All the rest of the glass is tempered (AS-2), which is relatively
easily broken but crumbles safely into "glass popcorn" rather than
splintering into sharp-edged shards.

-DS

06-21-2004, 07:09 AM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brent P wrote:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that. Through the rear window and still enough energy to KO the driver.
> Most thrown rocks wouldn't even have enough energy to get through the
> lamenated safety glass.

Only the front windshield of a car is made out of laminated safety glass
(AS-1). All the rest of the glass is tempered (AS-2), which is relatively
easily broken but crumbles safely into "glass popcorn" rather than
splintering into sharp-edged shards.

-DS

06-21-2004, 07:09 AM

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Brent P wrote:

> And man, he should be pitcher in the major leagues with an arm like
> that. Through the rear window and still enough energy to KO the driver.
> Most thrown rocks wouldn't even have enough energy to get through the
> lamenated safety glass.

Only the front windshield of a car is made out of laminated safety glass
(AS-1). All the rest of the glass is tempered (AS-2), which is relatively
easily broken but crumbles safely into "glass popcorn" rather than
splintering into sharp-edged shards.

-DS

06-21-2004, 07:30 AM

In rec.autos.driving, Daniel J. Stern said:

>Pissed off to the max, he spies a large rock in the gutter, picks it up
>and throws it with all his considerable might. It smashes through the rear
>window of the car and whacks the driver on the back of the head, knocking
>him out. The vehicle loses control and eventually smashes into a phone
>pole -- the car is totalled and the driver is put into hospital for
>weeks.
>
>Some time later at his trial, the prosecuting attorney is cross-examining
>the cyclist on the stand and finally just asks "WHY?! Why did you do it?!"
>
>The cyclist thinks for a moment, then starts beaming and says "I didn't
>see him!"

That's totally unrealistic.

Everyone knows that the pedalcyclist would be long gone before the police ever
got there and, since his bike has no license plates, nobody would ever be able
to identify him. Witnesses would give the description of a man wearing tight
black Spandex pants, a brightly colored shirt, and a bike helmet - the
proverbial needle in the haystack.

Like the sloth driver who causes a head-on collision between two normal drivers,
the pedalcyclist will just thread his way through the debris and be on his merry
way, free to kill another day.

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06-21-2004, 07:30 AM

In rec.autos.driving, Daniel J. Stern said:

>Pissed off to the max, he spies a large rock in the gutter, picks it up
>and throws it with all his considerable might. It smashes through the rear
>window of the car and whacks the driver on the back of the head, knocking
>him out. The vehicle loses control and eventually smashes into a phone
>pole -- the car is totalled and the driver is put into hospital for
>weeks.
>
>Some time later at his trial, the prosecuting attorney is cross-examining
>the cyclist on the stand and finally just asks "WHY?! Why did you do it?!"
>
>The cyclist thinks for a moment, then starts beaming and says "I didn't
>see him!"

That's totally unrealistic.

Everyone knows that the pedalcyclist would be long gone before the police ever
got there and, since his bike has no license plates, nobody would ever be able
to identify him. Witnesses would give the description of a man wearing tight
black Spandex pants, a brightly colored shirt, and a bike helmet - the
proverbial needle in the haystack.

Like the sloth driver who causes a head-on collision between two normal drivers,
the pedalcyclist will just thread his way through the debris and be on his merry
way, free to kill another day.

--
Sloth is the first deadly sin.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

06-21-2004, 07:30 AM

In rec.autos.driving, Daniel J. Stern said:

>Pissed off to the max, he spies a large rock in the gutter, picks it up
>and throws it with all his considerable might. It smashes through the rear
>window of the car and whacks the driver on the back of the head, knocking
>him out. The vehicle loses control and eventually smashes into a phone
>pole -- the car is totalled and the driver is put into hospital for
>weeks.
>
>Some time later at his trial, the prosecuting attorney is cross-examining
>the cyclist on the stand and finally just asks "WHY?! Why did you do it?!"
>
>The cyclist thinks for a moment, then starts beaming and says "I didn't
>see him!"

That's totally unrealistic.

Everyone knows that the pedalcyclist would be long gone before the police ever
got there and, since his bike has no license plates, nobody would ever be able
to identify him. Witnesses would give the description of a man wearing tight
black Spandex pants, a brightly colored shirt, and a bike helmet - the
proverbial needle in the haystack.

Like the sloth driver who causes a head-on collision between two normal drivers,
the pedalcyclist will just thread his way through the debris and be on his merry
way, free to kill another day.

--
Sloth is the first deadly sin.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

06-21-2004, 07:30 AM

In rec.autos.driving, Daniel J. Stern said:

>Pissed off to the max, he spies a large rock in the gutter, picks it up
>and throws it with all his considerable might. It smashes through the rear
>window of the car and whacks the driver on the back of the head, knocking
>him out. The vehicle loses control and eventually smashes into a phone
>pole -- the car is totalled and the driver is put into hospital for
>weeks.
>
>Some time later at his trial, the prosecuting attorney is cross-examining
>the cyclist on the stand and finally just asks "WHY?! Why did you do it?!"
>
>The cyclist thinks for a moment, then starts beaming and says "I didn't
>see him!"

That's totally unrealistic.

Everyone knows that the pedalcyclist would be long gone before the police ever
got there and, since his bike has no license plates, nobody would ever be able
to identify him. Witnesses would give the description of a man wearing tight
black Spandex pants, a brightly colored shirt, and a bike helmet - the
proverbial needle in the haystack.

Like the sloth driver who causes a head-on collision between two normal drivers,
the pedalcyclist will just thread his way through the debris and be on his merry
way, free to kill another day.

--
Sloth is the first deadly sin.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]