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    Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    When you sit on Santa's lap later on this year you can ask for one of these !

    http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-do ... &GT1=10416

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    LGA777

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    Wow, a whoping 30 seconds! You could go JFK-MCO in only 985 stops!
    nwa FOREVER!

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    i think the title is a little off. "how to quintuple your life insurance premium" would have been better.
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    Where's my flying car? I was promised flying cars!

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    Quote Originally Posted by moose135
    Where's my flying car? I was promised flying cars!
    We're covering those too over at Popular Mechanics (the MSN jet packs article was reprinted from us)...

    3 Flying Cars Coming to a Skyway Near You: Progress Report
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    Who recalls the TV show: Space 1999 and movie 2001 A Space Odyssey.

    Boy did mankind fall short of the mark!
    "my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"

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    Re: Just in Time for the Christmas, Jet Packs for Sale !

    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingColors
    Who recalls the TV show: Space 1999 and movie 2001 A Space Odyssey.

    Boy did mankind fall short of the mark!
    Another PM article, by a guy who wrote a book called "Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived".

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/science ... 10553.html
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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