Terrorists?
Today I messed up. Today my class was scheduled to go on our first fieldtrip. I use to love fieldtrips. On our fieldtrip we were going to Lion's Park to launch our rockets. The park is a big open field about 1800 ft long and pretty wide. It is also where all baseball and softball is played on the island.
So off we went. Parents showed up to drive right on time and we drove out to the park.
Now Lion'a park was probably not the best place on the island for our fieldtrip. We might should have gone to the never used baseball stadium. Unfortunately they don't let anybody on the field, not even baseball teams. So the park was a good option.
Now when we arrived at the park there was a little wind. A little wind never hurt anyone right? So Group 3 took out their emmaculately painted and constructed rocket. They spent a lot of time making it and making it look good. It looked great. But I don't have a picture and this is why.
To launch our rockets we were using C6-5 engines. These are the Tim Taylor engines of small model rockets. So Group 3's rocket took off. Blasted up to the cloud overhead, sliceing through the air. It looked great. Great until the parachute deployed and it started drifting. Now a lost rocket isn't a big deal but these guys put alot of time and effort into it. Worse it was heading toward the adjacent airport. Not good. It continued to drift and narrowly missed some powerlines. It settled gently on the airport. I'm sure this is some sort of Federal offense, launching rockets at an airport with airplanes inbound. Worse, I'm thinking about going and getting it tonight.
Overall we lost two rockets, one of which was the one I built that spun erradicly out of control from take-off. Ooops.
Paul "The terrorist training camp" Murphy
Today I messed up. Today my class was scheduled to go on our first fieldtrip. I use to love fieldtrips. On our fieldtrip we were going to Lion's Park to launch our rockets. The park is a big open field about 1800 ft long and pretty wide. It is also where all baseball and softball is played on the island.
So off we went. Parents showed up to drive right on time and we drove out to the park.
Now Lion'a park was probably not the best place on the island for our fieldtrip. We might should have gone to the never used baseball stadium. Unfortunately they don't let anybody on the field, not even baseball teams. So the park was a good option.
Now when we arrived at the park there was a little wind. A little wind never hurt anyone right? So Group 3 took out their emmaculately painted and constructed rocket. They spent a lot of time making it and making it look good. It looked great. But I don't have a picture and this is why.
To launch our rockets we were using C6-5 engines. These are the Tim Taylor engines of small model rockets. So Group 3's rocket took off. Blasted up to the cloud overhead, sliceing through the air. It looked great. Great until the parachute deployed and it started drifting. Now a lost rocket isn't a big deal but these guys put alot of time and effort into it. Worse it was heading toward the adjacent airport. Not good. It continued to drift and narrowly missed some powerlines. It settled gently on the airport. I'm sure this is some sort of Federal offense, launching rockets at an airport with airplanes inbound. Worse, I'm thinking about going and getting it tonight.
Overall we lost two rockets, one of which was the one I built that spun erradicly out of control from take-off. Ooops.
Paul "The terrorist training camp" Murphy
posted by Paul Murphy at
10:28 PM
2 Comments:
Paul is this a real story or are the rockets an analogy of your life?
Other peoples lives look attractive and well constructed. They seem to slice smoothly through the mists of career and family life. They all seem to have lives full of people and interesting times....depicted by the use of an Airport in your "story".
Your life is not like other peoples. The path does not seem as smooth. Problems like C6-5 starter motors make your life spiral out of control. You feel a little like OJ Simpson and want to commit federal offences ad get away with it.
Sadder than all of that you want to enter the airport of others lives and remove them...trying to bring the chaos and uncertainty of your world into their lives.
All I can suggest is that you immediately undergo serious psychological therapy....oh and you should play tennis every sunday and paddle on Modays and Fridays!
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Anonymous, at 12/02/2006 11:29 AM
Is your lack of posting indicative of your incarceration? Are you now locked in Gitmo as an enemy combatant?
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KStewDawg, at 12/05/2006 3:00 PM
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