And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Hell, I did that in my Tahoe once. Left an opened can of Sprite in the dash cupholder one weekend. When I was driving home from work on the next hot, sunny Monday it exploded. The top bounced off the roof and landed on the center console. Sounded like a gunshot and made quite a mess.
Ya gotta be careful with fresnel lenses. you can cause fires and burn yourself with one. Yeah, find a junk tv on trash day, there's your lens. Be careful.
Fun with fresnel! They make nice solar cookers.
ReplyDeleteHell, I did that in my Tahoe once. Left an opened can of Sprite in the dash cupholder one weekend. When I was driving home from work on the next hot, sunny Monday it exploded. The top bounced off the roof and landed on the center console. Sounded like a gunshot and made quite a mess.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a waste of a can of Coke.
ReplyDeleteStuck the landing !
ReplyDeleteYa gotta be careful with fresnel lenses. you can cause fires and burn yourself with one. Yeah, find a junk tv on trash day, there's your lens. Be careful.
ReplyDeleteyou can melt padlocks with that . some vids on YT.
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