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http://www.e-volo.com/ongoing-developement/vc-200Smivs wrote:I wan't one!
You're asking us to chose between German engineering and English eccentricity? As one of the comments under the video says, the backyarder's machine does not rise higher than the ground effect zone.SteveKing wrote:But which is the more impressive? The one with the budget, or the one on a budget?
Either way they are both impressive in that they are battery powered creations that fly people!
Ah, the KSP motto in action.. "Moar boosters!"Wildeblood wrote:Now imagine what can be done by a large number of big engines.
Couldn't be worse than here, where the mothers all pile into huge Landcruisers to pick up their little darlings from 400m down the road.spud42 wrote:Just imagine, Its 2:30PM on a school day. time to go pick up the kids from school.
100+ mothers flying in to pick up little Johnny and Mary........
ooohhhh the carnage!!!!!!!!!!
Ye what's with the landcruisers? What happened to give the little ba.. darlings a bicycle?Wildeblood wrote:Couldn't be worse than here, where the mothers all pile into huge Landcruisers to pick up their little darlings from 400m down the road.spud42 wrote:Just imagine, Its 2:30PM on a school day. time to go pick up the kids from school.
100+ mothers flying in to pick up little Johnny and Mary........
ooohhhh the carnage!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny? Mary? You mean Zachary and Shakira, don' you?
Warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it?spud42 wrote:Just imagine, Its 2:30PM on a school day. time to go pick up the kids from school.
100+ mothers flying in to pick up little Johnny and Mary........
ooohhhh the carnage!!!!!!!!!!
That's very simple.. 4WDs, SUVs, whatever you want to call them, the chunkier body and higher ride give drivers an exaggerated, albeit illusionary, sense of safety. They feel safer to drive. And since the primary female motivator is security.. well, it attracts them like flies to sh.. err, honey.Alex wrote:Ye what's with the landcruisers?
Can't have that.. the modern idea is to protect, cocoon, and mollycoddle the little creatures from all potential harm and ouchies. In time, this will create a society of gutless wimps and cowards, our males will all be emasculated, and fourth-wave feminism will have triumphed.Alex wrote:What happened to give the little ba.. darlings a bicycle?
To much like common sense?
Kid would get exercise and learn a bit about road rules for future driving.
Quite a lot of schools actually don't allow kids to come to school on bikes. There's a road safety issue for a start, especially for the younger kids.Alex wrote:Ye what's with the landcruisers? What happened to give the little ba.. darlings a bicycle?
To much like common sense?
Kid would get exercise and learn a bit about road rules for future driving.
On the other hand, by the time they're old enough for that, they're smart enough to prefer riding to walking..Selezen wrote:By the time the kids are old enough to be safe on a bike on the roads, they're usually old enough to walk to school.
this is the reason this generation is labeled the ME generation....Diziet Sma wrote:Can't have that.. the modern idea is to protect, cocoon, and mollycoddle the little creatures from all potential harm and ouchies. In time, this will create a society of gutless wimps and cowards, our males will all be emasculated, and fourth-wave feminism will have triumphed.
I had no choice - but I'd have flown the nest soon enough even if I had!spud42 wrote:... i couldnt wait till i could afford to get my own place and move out of home!!!!