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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:44 am    Post subject: Thermal twister Reply with quote #1   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxRT60-kw78

pretty cool footage
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #2   
Awesome!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #3   
Very cool thumbsup
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #4   
So... it's true...
It's turning CLOCKWISE!
Shocked
(If the video is not inverted)
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #5   

Link


Oldy but goody! popcorn @1:46 the kid CORES it!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #6   
That was some cool footage. thumbsup
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #7   
where is "Pupping"?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #8   
I'm sure the hay farmer was pleased when he saw his field... cuss

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #9   
wow, the lift looked really smooth
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:00 pm    Post subject: Just one little problem with this... Reply with quote #10   
HEY KIDS, DON'T LOOK NOW...

but, you probably got one seeeee-vere case of chigger-roids!

Playing in the hay is always fun... till someone gets eat-up or pregnant or both!

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #11   
it's like mother nature is playing games in the fields. drool
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #12   
peanuts wrote:
where is "Pupping"?


Its in Austria, 20km west of Linz. The area is known for growing asparagus...

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #13   
That 'Splains the clockwise direction.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #14   
theayeinthesky wrote:
That 'Splains the clockwise direction.



no. he said "austria", the one without the "L". my thoughts also.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #15   
Found it:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=48.3395,+13.9971&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=48.342559,14.016495&spn=0.169551,0.305214&z=12
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #16   
first video shows a clockwise rotation but towards the ending of the second video (with the kids) shows counter clockwise. Anyone care to express their thoughts about these two different rotations?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #17   
HangDog wrote:
first video shows a clockwise rotation but towards the ending of the second video (with the kids) shows counter clockwise. Anyone care to express their thoughts about these two different rotations?
popcorn
The second video must have been in the Southern hemisphere or the video maker used a mirror image flip during the edit. Of course I may just be making sh*t up up. ROFL ROFL
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #18   
peanuts wrote:
theayeinthesky wrote:
That 'Splains the clockwise direction.



no. he said "austria", the one without the "L". my thoughts also.
ROFL ROFL Pray tell, WHERE is this mythical land called "austria". ROFL
Do they have unicorns there? ROFL Some people believe
anything they see on Google earth!!! ROFL
Oh! F*CK me!! There it is!! Shocked
Now, who are the REAL Aussies??
Those thieving, southern hemis!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #19   
a thinking. air ain't as thick as a solid or liquid, so macro-ly speaking, a dusty may take a few minutes for to be corrioliuseded by the frictionation with the earth.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #20   
Hey! Kiddies, dare ya ta play in this one in yer shorts!


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And this one is in AustraLia.CCW
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