Thoughts on using electric unicycles?

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

In the end, even if the nanny-state pushes for anything to be idiot-proof to some extent, idiots will find a way to make anything dangerous again

Exactly, I figure out how to make absolutely anything unsafe.

Yesterday I took the Segway down 'danger hill', named after a sign that says "danger hill" due to how steep it is. I took my daughter, who stands on my feet, and she wore a helmet. Prior to embarking, I said I might have to toss her off if things get crazy, and she'd have to land on her feet. She accepted that scenario.

I didn't end up having to toss her off, and we managed the sketchy descent on the Segway (I've crashed twice just by myself), and listened to the street music in town.

Also took the canoe out on the lake to enjoy the last day of high 80's temperature.

[freebeard]

Also took the canoe out on the lake to enjoy the last day of high 80's temperature.

I pressure-washed my house. Yay me?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I figure out how to make absolutely anything unsafe.

I see people doing either dangerous (or just plain stupid) things frequently. This is Brazil... No wonder, while inquiring about a pharmaceutical-grade alcohol at a shop, a clerk inquired me if I would drink that pure, just like rednecks ofted do with Everclear.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

I see people doing either dangerous (or just plain stupid) things frequently. This is Brazil... No wonder, while inquiring about a pharmaceutical-grade alcohol at a shop, a clerk inquired me if I would drink that pure, just like rednecks ofted do with Everclear.

I do wonder why we waste ethanol burning it to get lower MPGs in our fuel tanks.

I present myself for entertainment on how to take a normal safe rope swing and take it to the next level, which involves bodily injury, with pain not captured in this video.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nvX...ew?usp=sharing


This is how it's normally meant to go
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bIR...ew?usp=sharing

[Piotrsko]

Can you say tetraethyl lead pollution? My old house in Hawthorne, 200 yards downwind from the 405 if tested, would probably be a superfund site. Had to warn people about possible lead paint inside, nothing about the dirt outside.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I do wonder why we waste ethanol burning it to get lower MPGs in our fuel tanks.

When unleaded fuel became a thing, ethanol was a "cheap" option for the folks looking to prevent knock.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I do wonder why we waste ethanol burning it to get lower MPGs in our fuel tanks.

Bigger fuel lines, bigger jets, and higher compression and the size of the tank isn't a problem.