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What I don't understand is this. They said it was assembled in NJ. Wouldn't that mean they already broke the world record, they just didn't get their spectacular presentation of it in NY.

jon
 
iJon said:
What I don't understand is this. They said it was assembled in NJ. Wouldn't that mean they already broke the world record, they just didn't get their spectacular presentation of it in NY.
Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.
 
MongoTheGeek said:
Not to be a pedantic ass. 194.5K
;)

"Of or like a pedant" says Dictionary.
"Someone obsessed with minor details" says Dictionary.

Ah-ha! I'm not alone! At least you didn't try to stick the degree symbol in there-- someone in my chem class did that.... :eek: our teacher was nice and didn't take the points off though.
 
iMeowbot said:
Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.
I would assume that's the catch.

jon
 
SpaceMagic said:
Not to get technical... butt dry ICE wouldn't thaw, it'd sublime, turning into gas as soon as the sun shines on it. Plus.. it sublimes at -78.5 ;)

Wow... don't you love a little GCSE knowledge + the Wikipedia widget ;)

Anyway :) ciao

Sorry , I didn't mean make it out of dry ice. Pack/transport it in dry ice, so when they take it out of the wrapper, its very cold.
Don't put your tongue on it :D
 
iMeowbot said:
And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.
puckhead193 said:
Us new yorkers don't think...we just do it... like crossing the street, we don't look we just walk.... :D
You think that doesn't happen in Boston? :rolleyes: Granted, New York pedestrians usually have a large advantage in numbers.
 
Counterfit said:
And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.
Oh, but there were standards. That's why USIA were found guilty, no inspections. The company played the system, avoiding tank inspections by asserting that it was a building, and avoiding building inspections by asserting that it was a tank. Nice bunch, they were!
 
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