ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) (04/17/85)
How often has this scene happened to you? Your traveling down the highway minding your own business and doing the speed limit or above (I prefer the later!) and all of a sudden you look in your rear view mirror and you can make out every paint chip on the front of some 18-wheeler behind you with some maniac at the wheel. You don't dare slow down because he'll probably drive right over you and there is usually a car next to you so you can't move over, and for some reason or another you can't speed up (or you just want to get even for all the times it's been done to you before.) Well, I found a solution that works! An advanced warning though: Before carrying out this manuver I suggest that you make sure there is ALOT of room (ie. no innocent drivers around that might get hurt). Before you head out on the road, you have to prepare your weapon... Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint). Then seal the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. It helps to keep the box the ornaments came in to hold them in the car. Then, when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first be polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand. If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments, hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up. I don't know of too many people who can see through house paint! It really works, although the consequences can be quite drastic... NOTE: I take no responsibility for those of you who try this!
mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker) (04/18/85)
> Before you head out on the road, you have to prepare your weapon... > Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them > with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint). Then seal > the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. It helps > to keep the box the ornaments came in to hold them in the car. Then, > when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first be > polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand. > If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments, > hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up. I don't > know of too many people who can see through house paint! It really works, > although the consequences can be quite drastic... > > NOTE: I take no responsibility for those of you who try this! I really hope this guy is joking, and yet I can't find any smiley faces. I also hope he talks big and acts small ( actually quite likely ). But, just in case I think I'll send a copy of his posting to the New York State Police, they might just be looking for him. Mike @ AMDCAD
mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski) (04/21/85)
Indented excerpt from: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint). Then seal the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. [...] Then, when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first be polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand. If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments, hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up. I don't know of too many people who can see through house paint! It really works, although the consequences can be quite drastic... I don't quite see how this works. You see, if you throw the ornament straight up, it is still traveling at the same speed as your car. So what exactly makes it slow down in mid space and wait for the truck behind you? Of course air resistance will help this, but this will be minimal on a smooth object like a ball. Further, gravity will also be working hard to pull it down. -- Mike^Z Zaleski@Rutgers [allegrz!, ihnp4!] pegasus!mzal
sompel@hplabsb.UUCP (04/22/85)
This is a response to Adrian Zannin's origional posting on how to stop a rig from tailgating. (via covering their windshield with paint) ***** Flame on ***** Are you an asshole? What you've described could be deadly. If you've done such a thing, the local police could be looking for you. ***** off ***** Acopy of your original posting should go to the local police department, and another copy should go to your neighborhood Teamsters Local Office. I don't think the teamsters would be highly amused. They would probably wa want to have a 'discussion' with you. Probably on a boat in lake Erie. Mark (I used to be a teamster) Sompel
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (04/23/85)
> > Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them > with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint). Then seal > the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. [...] > Then, when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first > be polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand. > If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments, > hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up. I don't > know of too many people who can see through house paint! It really works, > although the consequences can be quite drastic... > >I don't quite see how this works. You see, if you throw the ornament >straight up, it is still traveling at the same speed as your car. >So what exactly makes it slow down in mid space and wait for the truck >behind you? Of course air resistance will help this, but this will be >minimal on a smooth object like a ball. Further, gravity will also be >working hard to pull it down. Just keep working at it until you perfect the throw! -- James C Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid!
blenko@rochester.UUCP (Tom Blenko) (04/24/85)
In article <2892@hplabsb.UUCP> sompel@hplabsb.UUCP writes: >This is a response to Adrian Zannin's origional posting on how to stop >a rig from tailgating. (via covering their windshield with paint) > >***** Flame on ***** > >Are you an asshole? What you've described could be deadly. If you've done >such a thing, the local police could be looking for you. > >***** off ***** > >Acopy of your original posting should go to the local police department, and >another copy should go to your neighborhood Teamsters Local Office. > >I don't think the teamsters would be highly amused. They would probably wa >want to have a 'discussion' with you. Probably on a boat in lake Erie. > >Mark (I used to be a teamster) Sompel I'm charmed by your reply. Perhaps you have another method for stopping these people from tailgateing? Because the suggested stunt wouldn't work unless the driver had already taken it upon himself or herself to risk your life by pulling up close behind (sort of like aiming a loaded gun at your head). The comment about boats and lake Erie reflects the same attitude as the original tailgateing at high speeds. Your apparent identification with that way of doing things does little except to reveal you and your tailgateing friends as the "assholes". Tom
ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) (04/28/85)
> > Before you head out on the road, you have to prepare your weapon... > > Take 3-4 fairly good sized GLASS Christmas tree ornaments and fill them > > with some kind of paint (I like black oil-based house paint). Then seal > > the tops of them with children's Play-doh or something similar. It helps > > to keep the box the ornaments came in to hold them in the car. Then, > > when some jerk in a 18-wheeler pulls up behind you like that, first be > > polite and ask him to move back by waving out the window with your hand. > > If he doesn't back off, simply reach over and pick up one of the ornaments, > > hold it at arm's length out the window, and throw it straight up. I don't > > know of too many people who can see through house paint! It really works, > > although the consequences can be quite drastic... > > > > NOTE: I take no responsibility for those of you who try this! > > I really hope this guy is joking, and yet I can't find any smiley > faces. I also hope he talks big and acts small ( actually quite > likely ). But, just in case I think I'll send a copy of his posting > to the New York State Police, they might just be looking for him. > > Mike @ AMDCAD O.K. now. I have gotten a lot of flames about this one and it's really getting on my nerves. So now I'm going to tell everyone what I have already told about 10 other people: First, yes I am only joking. If people would learn to think about what they read before shooting off their mouths (fingers) they would see that I am not serious. If you still can't see what I mean, let me clear the haze. Remember the last line of my posting? ("NOTE: I take no..."). To most people I know this does indeed imply that I am not serious. If it doesn't think about it a little longer...it might come to you. Second, why don't I see any flames for the guy who mounts a 130 watt lamp on the back of his car? That can cause just as much trouble by causing someone to be blinded so that they swerve off the road. Also, if Mike @ AMDCAD or anyone else wants to blow me in to the NYS Police, go right ahead. Let's see if you just talk big and act small, which is also just as likely. They can't do a thing to me simply because I'm not that stupid to do that kind of thing. So, in the future, I won't post anything that might even remotely resemble that posting so as not to disturb or offend the less mentally agile. -- Adrian G. Zannin SUNY @ Buffalo ..{burdvax,rocksvax,bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath}!sunybcs!ugzannin BITNET: CS24173@SUNYABVA