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I'm not sure how to take this. One the one hand, its a really cool picture but on the other, what an amazing waste of cash. Well, it wasn't my money so, who cares? Now if they could put someone IN the chair...
1 posted on 11/16/2009 6:38:50 AM PST by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque

First reports said that a six-year-old boy was sitting on the chair as it ascended, but he was later found in an attic.


2 posted on 11/16/2009 6:41:07 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Reaganesque

I don’t get it. Where’s the camera? And where’s the tether from the chair to the baloon?


3 posted on 11/16/2009 6:42:26 AM PST by Pessimist (u)
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To: Reaganesque
what an amazing waste of cash.

It was for a commercial. That is nothing compared to what some superbowl commercials cost.
4 posted on 11/16/2009 6:43:48 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Reaganesque

Oh, now I see. Watch the video. It’s pretty cool. Looks like monofilament line is the tether to the chair. It’s visible in some of the shots.


7 posted on 11/16/2009 6:45:35 AM PST by Pessimist (u)
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To: Reaganesque
biodegradable balsa wood

As opposed to that non-biodegradable Balsa wood? ALL WOOD IS BIODEGRADABLE!!!

9 posted on 11/16/2009 7:11:02 AM PST by Malsua
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To reach the altitude required and to conform with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the weight of the rig had to be carefully managed to a weight of no more than four pounds

12 posted on 11/16/2009 6:15:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Should have used an old toilet, planted with geraniums.


13 posted on 11/16/2009 6:19:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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