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Dave W.
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 Posted - 10/16/2009 : 07:37:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
I hear it was 20' by 6' tall roughly. |
Watching the cops deal with it, it might have been 12' in diameter by 5' tall, which is only 565 cubic feet (if it were a cylinder, which it was not). |
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Fripp
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 07:42:45 [Permalink]
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| Another thing that had my radar pinging was the photo purporting to show the basket falling off - what are the chances that someone would happen to take a photo at the precise instant that the basket/boy dropped from the balloon? |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 10/16/2009 : 07:53:45 [Permalink]
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Uh-huh.
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| Edited by - filthy on 10/16/2009 07:55:29 |
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 10/18/2009 : 10:17:55 [Permalink]
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Well, it's an interesting story, but I'm fully behind Lizz Winstead on this one:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/lizz-winstead-gives-ed-schultz-hard-time-s
Winstead: "Ed, here’s the breaking news—thing floats out of back yard. This is what you’ve promoted for the first ten minutes of your show—thing floats out of back yard. Ed, where’s the TARP money? We don’t have enough troops to go to Afghanistan. Bobby Jindal shut down a mental health facility. We know you. Those are the things you should be talking about. I’m going to—I’m scolding you. I’m going to spank you". |
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Dave W.
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6 year old in helium balloon
