Mythbusters

[Lord Garth]

"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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"Ken Taylor"
"Poxy"
Clifford Heath wrote:

I used these principles four years ago in a science experiment
with my son where we measured the speed of sound and extrapolated
the temperature of absolute zero using an old fire extinguisher,
a couple of accurate orifices (1mm and 0.6mm), an old brass tap,
a pressure gauge, and a computer for timing. Oh, and a manual
pump. Bloody lot of work, pumping 11 litres of air to 150PSI. My
compressor was broken. Copies of our paper are available on
request, in case anyone cares to reproduce the experiment.

Yes, but did you fire any chickens?


Why the heck would he employ any chickens??




** Cos they work cheep.

I heard that as "... when asked their salary requirements, they replied,
cheep cheep."

 

[dmm]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:53:42 GMT, "Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net> wrote:

"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3bmghcF6jh8hdU1@individual.net...

"Ken Taylor"
"Poxy"
Clifford Heath wrote:

I used these principles four years ago in a science experiment
with my son where we measured the speed of sound and extrapolated
the temperature of absolute zero using an old fire extinguisher,
a couple of accurate orifices (1mm and 0.6mm), an old brass tap,
a pressure gauge, and a computer for timing. Oh, and a manual
pump. Bloody lot of work, pumping 11 litres of air to 150PSI. My
compressor was broken. Copies of our paper are available on
request, in case anyone cares to reproduce the experiment.

Yes, but did you fire any chickens?


Why the heck would he employ any chickens??




** Cos they work cheep.

I heard that as "... when asked their salary requirements, they replied,
cheep cheep."

eggsactly.

 

[Lord Garth]

"dmm" <dmmilne_REMOVE_@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:53:42 GMT, "Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net
wrote:


"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3bmghcF6jh8hdU1@individual.net...

"Ken Taylor"
"Poxy"
Clifford Heath wrote:

I used these principles four years ago in a science experiment
with my son where we measured the speed of sound and extrapolated
the temperature of absolute zero using an old fire extinguisher,
a couple of accurate orifices (1mm and 0.6mm), an old brass tap,
a pressure gauge, and a computer for timing. Oh, and a manual
pump. Bloody lot of work, pumping 11 litres of air to 150PSI. My
compressor was broken. Copies of our paper are available on
request, in case anyone cares to reproduce the experiment.

Yes, but did you fire any chickens?


Why the heck would he employ any chickens??




** Cos they work cheep.

I heard that as "... when asked their salary requirements, they replied,
cheep cheep."



eggsactly.

The yolks on you!

 

[Rotes Sapiens]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:50:14 +1000, dmm
<dmmilne_REMOVE_@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:53:42 GMT, "Lord Garth" <LGarth@Tantalus.net> wrote:

"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3bmghcF6jh8hdU1@individual.net...

"Ken Taylor"
"Poxy"
Clifford Heath wrote:

I used these principles four years ago in a science experiment
with my son where we measured the speed of sound and extrapolated
the temperature of absolute zero using an old fire extinguisher,
a couple of accurate orifices (1mm and 0.6mm), an old brass tap,
a pressure gauge, and a computer for timing. Oh, and a manual
pump. Bloody lot of work, pumping 11 litres of air to 150PSI. My
compressor was broken. Copies of our paper are available on
request, in case anyone cares to reproduce the experiment.

Yes, but did you fire any chickens?

Why the heck would he employ any chickens??

** Cos they work cheep.

I heard that as "... when asked their salary requirements, they replied,
cheep cheep."

eggsactly.

They'll work for a paltry sum.


Sig:
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. -Voltaire,
philosopher (1694-1778)

 

[Clifford Heath]

I absolutely cacked myself laughing at last night's show.
What a lot of fun! First it was the toy soldiers tromping
on the bridge, then they actually got to waterski behind
a rowing eight. Fantastic!

 

[Martin, VK2UMJ]

"Clifford Heath" <no@spam.please> wrote in message
news:1113305563.a4dae9a975cc4b0736032db7aa98ad5a@teranews...

I absolutely cacked myself laughing at last night's show.
What a lot of fun! First it was the toy soldiers tromping
on the bridge, then they actually got to waterski behind
a rowing eight. Fantastic!

Not to mention the fact that you will never look at a toothbrush the same
ever again!!

Definately good entertainment!

 

[Phil Allison]

"Martin, VK2UMJ"

"Clifford Heath

I absolutely cacked myself laughing at last night's show.
What a lot of fun! First it was the toy soldiers tromping
on the bridge, then they actually got to waterski behind
a rowing eight. Fantastic!

Not to mention the fact that you will never look at a toothbrush the same
ever again!!

Definately good entertainment!

** What is not so well know is that "Mythbusters" is made by
ustralians - ie " Beyond Productions " ( remember Beyond 2000 ?? )

http://www.beyond.com.au/television/catalogue/science_n_technology/3.html#mythbusters_new_series

Jamie and Adam are just about the only Americans involved - the film crew
are mainly Aussies. Even the guy who did the voice over for the US market
( plus Monday's show on SBS ) lives in Sydney !!

http://www.listenerguide.com/


Goes a long way to explaining why the show's style appeals to folk here so
much.




.............. Phil

 

[David L. Jones]

Phil Allison wrote:

"Martin, VK2UMJ"
"Clifford Heath

I absolutely cacked myself laughing at last night's show.
What a lot of fun! First it was the toy soldiers tromping
on the bridge, then they actually got to waterski behind
a rowing eight. Fantastic!

Not to mention the fact that you will never look at a toothbrush
the same
ever again!!

Definately good entertainment!


** What is not so well know is that "Mythbusters" is made by
ustralians - ie " Beyond Productions " ( remember Beyond 2000 ??
)


http://www.beyond.com.au/television/catalogue/science_n_technology/3.html#mythbusters_new_series

Jamie and Adam are just about the only Americans involved - the
film crew
are mainly Aussies. Even the guy who did the voice over for the US
market
( plus Monday's show on SBS ) lives in Sydney !!

Did anyone else find the voice over really annoying on the last
episode?, the guys hardly said anything at all compared to previous
episodes I thought.

Dave

 

[Dave Goldfinch]

-0700, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:

Phil Allison wrote:
"Martin, VK2UMJ"
"Clifford Heath

I absolutely cacked myself laughing at last night's show.
What a lot of fun! First it was the toy soldiers tromping
on the bridge, then they actually got to waterski behind
a rowing eight. Fantastic!

Not to mention the fact that you will never look at a toothbrush
the same
ever again!!

Definately good entertainment!


** What is not so well know is that "Mythbusters" is made by
ustralians - ie " Beyond Productions " ( remember Beyond 2000 ??
)


http://www.beyond.com.au/television/catalogue/science_n_technology/3.html#mythbusters_new_series

Jamie and Adam are just about the only Americans involved - the
film crew
are mainly Aussies. Even the guy who did the voice over for the US
market
( plus Monday's show on SBS ) lives in Sydney !!

Did anyone else find the voice over really annoying on the last
episode?, the guys hardly said anything at all compared to previous
episodes I thought.

Dave

Yes, I had wondered if it was my imagination but I have found the
voice over really annoying in the last few episodes, far more
intrusive than in previous ones.

It also seems as if it is being produced with ad breaks in mind with
lots of repetitive crap in the voice overs.

Oh well, at least we get it on SBS without ads in the program.

Dave Goldfinch

 

[David L. Jones]

Dave Goldfinch wrote:

-0700, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
Did anyone else find the voice over really annoying on the last
episode?, the guys hardly said anything at all compared to previous
episodes I thought.

Dave

Yes, I had wondered if it was my imagination but I have found the
voice over really annoying in the last few episodes, far more
intrusive than in previous ones.

I got the impression that this was perhaps an early episode before the
show got more polished?
It just had a different feel to previous episodes.

Dave