Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Acrylic bubble port construction techniques?

[Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@ebay.sun.com>]

As a youth I was using one for a bola. I goofed and sent through the
neighbors window. I never did get it back.

Regards,
Ray

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 03:36:47 -0600 (CST)
> From: Nathanael Henderson <jude@pconline.com>
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Acrylic bubble port construction techniques?
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> 
> > Hey Nate,
> > Are you old enough to remember this stupid toy we had
> > when I was growing up? It consisted of two acrylic
> > resin balls on strings, which one click-clacked away
> > like some paddle ball. As I remember, some kids would
> > be playing with these things, and they blew up in the
> > kids' face. :{0>
> 
>     Ooooh, yes.   They were highly prized as the 'ultimate marble' after
> liberating them from their strings.  :-)   (My brother has this
> marvelous atrocity of a home decorating piece consisting of a bunch of
> those balls in slightly varying hues arranged as a giant cluster of
> grapes, faux leaves and all.)
>      As far as exploding ones, I'm skeptical--acrylic tends to fail rather
> nicely, in big rough chunks (and then only after considerable impact.)
> The main danger of the 'klackers' seemed to be their enthusiastic use as
> weapons.  :-)
>