Cool Stuff. Have fun "boys"!
1 posted on
08/30/2010 11:57:39 AM PDT by
SZonian
To: SandRat
2 posted on
08/30/2010 11:58:10 AM PDT by
SZonian
(July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
To: SZonian
My scouts would have loved to race on a track that size. Go Scouts!
4 posted on
08/30/2010 12:01:16 PM PDT by
Padams
To: SZonian
I’m waiting for the Federal No Fun Commission to put a stop to this.
5 posted on
08/30/2010 12:01:27 PM PDT by
AU72
To: SZonian
AWESOME. So if the track has no limits, does that mean the cars don’t have weight limits?
Now THAT would be awesome.
6 posted on
08/30/2010 12:07:14 PM PDT by
Ripliancum
("As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free")
To: SZonian; All
8 posted on
08/30/2010 12:17:18 PM PDT by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: SZonian
Ever heard of the Golden Turtle award. Slowest car to make it all the way to the end of the track. Used to be involved with pinewood derby’s through the YMCA Indian Guides. There was one group in Toledo that had a roped off area at the end of the track for Grandparents. They were served hot dogs, chips, and drinks by Dads in Tuxedos. Pretty funny. Lots of good memories.
10 posted on
08/30/2010 12:24:07 PM PDT by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
To: SZonian
My Pinewood Derby car was awesome. My dad did a great job.
11 posted on
08/30/2010 12:26:42 PM PDT by
Minn
To: SZonian
... speed limits “expected” to reach 120 mph!
12 posted on
08/30/2010 12:41:18 PM PDT by
ThePatriotsFlag
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To: SZonian
Hint for all you Dad's out there. It's all about the axles. This year my Cub came won 1st Place winning seven out of seven heats and last year six out of seven for 2nd prize. A Dremel tool is your friend. Polish them until they shine like a mirror. And then polish them again. Youtube has some how too’s
To: SZonian
I love the pine wood derby. I've had a boy in scouts 7 years in a row (older son is working on his eagle in Boy Scouts now, younger is a Bear cub in Cub Scouts). If you've never watched this movie and you're into the derby this will crack you up.
15 posted on
08/30/2010 1:18:25 PM PDT by
Scythian
To: SZonian
Where I come from the Pinewood Derby race is only for cub scouts.
16 posted on
08/30/2010 1:19:10 PM PDT by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: SZonian
WOW! I remember this from 1958!
To: SZonian
My son still has the collection of Pinewood racers on his shelf. The troop had a very fancy track that had electronic timers for the speed (to 1/1000 of a second).
I wrote a software application that kept track of the times, averaged the scores and put the winners in order. Before that we slogged through the scores with calculators, which took a lot of the fun out of it.
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