From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, David Spain pointed out that ...   
   > Snidely  writes:   
   >   
   >> David Spain is guilty of <87lfgw9xw8.fsf@eternal-september.org> as of   
   >> 9/26/2020 11:49:11 AM   
   >>>  posting a question like: "When a rocket takes off why is the bottom   
   >>>  always on fire? Why doesn't it take off without being on fire? Does it   
   >>>  ever take off with fire coming from the side or the top? Isn't this   
   >>>  bad? Where do all the ashes go?   
   >>   
   >> Ask that question after the DIV-H launch.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Hmm. So I'm not alone, eh? Leave it to you people wait until the   
   > opportunity arises just to embarass me....   
      
   Drop into my departing toast thread and offer some more pics.   
      
   > My favorite rocket and it catches fire all over! Reminds me a bit of the   
   > old Flash Gordon or Buck Rodgers reels from the 30's where the   
   > pryotechniques where there for show not thrust....   
   >   
      
   > Still, a jetliner would be more comfortable....   
   >   
      
   Sigh.  PanAm is a distant memory.   
      
   /dps   
      
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