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Tony Bev


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Not sure where to put this

For many years, there was a man who believed the earth was flat, and shaped like a Frisbee

He made a steam rocket, to get up high enough, to see the edge of the earth

Alas, on his last attempt, the parachute was damaged, on the way up, so did not open, on the way down

Link to the story below

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/mad-mike-hughes-dies-after-launching-himself-rocket-california/11993112



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Only in Merica!

One would have thought it would have been easier and much more economical to sail around the World: or read about Vasco de Gama and Christopher Columbus.

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This article gave me my morning chuckle.

Charles Darwin hit the nail on the head regarding rocket man and his ilk.biggrin

Rocket man.jpg.jpg

 

 

 



-- Edited by Santa on Monday 24th of February 2020 11:26:52 AM

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He proved the ground was flat when he hit it.

 



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Santa, sorry mate no image attached.


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Possum3 wrote:

Santa, sorry mate no image attached.

 G'day Possum, I see a cartoon image of Trump, Kim Jong-Un and Elton John, perhaps others can comment.smile



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Sphere world confirmed & lives!

Bill Hatfield becomes oldest man to sail around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-22/bill-hatfield-oldest-person-to-sail-solo-around-the-world/11991436?pfmredir=sm



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Santa wrote:
Possum3 wrote:

Santa, sorry mate no image attached.

 G'day Possum, I see a cartoon image of Trump, Kim Jong-Un and Elton John, perhaps others can comment.smile

 I am on a laptop

I can see the image of the three rocket men



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Possum3 wrote:

Santa, sorry mate no image attached.

This is the URL for the image:

https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/download.spark?ID=2304249&aBID=51933



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