No Punkin Chunkin again this year

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Rich Jordan
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No Punkin Chunkin again this year

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Their announcement

There was/is a small one in Aurora CO this weekend, but the big one got cancelled again, apparently they can't find an insurer for the event.

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Sad. Even though the televised version had been degraded to a 'reality personalities' showcase, it was still fun to watch, and more fun just to know it was happening.
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Rich Jordan wrote:There was/is a small one in Aurora CO this weekend, but the big one got cancelled again, apparently they can't find an insurer for the event.
Yeah sad, but hardly surprising - I'm amazed it hasn't happened sooner, as shooting pnuematic artillery in a parabolic trajectory, with less than consistent ammo is a question of "when" not "if" something goes wrong.

And out of curiousity I just looked up the record - it was set in 2011 by "big 10 inch" in Utah, and was over a mile.. :shock:
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And people wonder why I want one of those pneumatic cannons in my back yard, HTRN... one which just kinda sorta happens to be pointed in the same direction as the state capitol building. I mean, who would have thought to put a building filled with politicians within punkin chunkin range?

The biggest challenge will be ensuring any payload of rotten fruit and vegtables makes it to the point of impact.
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Dang. I was looking forward to it again. My cousin is on one of the regular competitor teams with a trebuchet.
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For some reason I keep thinking about how Methyl Ethyl Ketone leaves no residue when it burns.
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