I have a qestion about a myth on the exploding sea hawks. Its if you feed a sea hark a paracetamol it will explode and if you feed uncooked rice and water to a sea hawk it has the same reaction and the myth that swallowed gum stays in your system for 7 years. An apple is better then brushing your teeth. Also the same with 1 and a half cups of milk. Is 3 minites in a super market is healthier than a 5 minute drive in the truck. Please do more soda myths. Feel free to mention my name. leigh

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Your comments: In reference to that "Lazy Dog", I bought one in 1961, as my
first purchase, ever, at a gun show. The story was that they were
first used in the Korean War and were ejected from low-flying jets.
They had to have some forward velocity to do any good and were used
mainly against vehicles. At least that is what I was told by the
seller.

In reference to that "Lazy Dog", I bought one in 1961, as my first purchase, ever, at a gun show. The story was that they were first used in the Korean War and were ejected from low-flying jets. They had to have some forward velocity to do any good and were used mainly against vehicles. At least that is what I was told by the seller.

While I was working for the DOD in the 70s, I had an example of a weapon that had been used in Vietnam called the "Lazy Dog". It was nothing more than an approx 30 cal steel projectile with some small sheet metal fins on the rear. These things were dropped by the millions and were supposedly pretty effective. A more current example is the concrete filled "bombs" that are being used in Iraq to eliminate "collateral damage".

For the last 5 years, I have suffered with CRPS. As part of the condition, the skin on my left arm and hand is extremely sensitive. The adhesive on "Band-Aids" removes hair and surface skin leaving raw spots. The adhesive can be removed without causing damage by applying a couple of drops of lighter fluid or mineral spirits on top of the adhesive portion of the "Band-Aid" about 30 seconds prior to removal.

You might want to add a note about this the next time you air a show on using "Vodka" or Alcohol to remove adhesive.

On bullets fired vertically, Julian S. Hatcher (Major General, U.S. Army, Retired) published data on the subject in "Hatcher's Notebook" in 1947. The experiments were carried out between WWI and WWII with essentially the same experimental results as you found.
When fired vertically (or near vertically), there is little chance of a bullet causing serious injury or damage on the ground.

I am amazed at how many "Authorities" can ignore empirical evidence to arrive at their own conclusions.

Maybe I misunderstood the filtered-vodka one, but didn't the professional taster basically rank it right next to the best stuff on his scale? And the chemical analysis they did showed that it was identical to the good stuff? And they still busted it? I missed something there.

Re the bullet test; last paragraph from Keith on Thursday evening: My comments on the 3 conclusions.

Confirmed: It might be that there have been cases of high powered [rifle] bullets fired at 40-50 degrees that have resulted in death. But then, that is not a bullet fired "straight up" [90 degrees], which is the issue here, isn't it? So "Confirmed"??? I don't think so.

Plausible: To me the definition of "straight up" is 90 degrees; i.e. perpendicular to the earth surface at that point, from all directions. So I disagree with Keith stating that it IS possible that a bullet fired straight up could have curve (or "trajectory" per Keith) to its path, not considering wind. So "Plausible"??? I don't think so.

Busted: OK, maybe so. But what about a large caliber, very heavy slug fired with a "magnum" type powder load? It would go very high and resist air friction much more [than a .22, e.g.]. So "Busted"??? Maybe not . . . .