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Happy Monkey · 01-15-2019, 04:53 PM

There are two main things I remember about "Twilight" - a hundred-year-old guy stalking a high school girl, and lots of hair.

Between those, I'd say the hair thing is much more appropriate as a commercial tie-in.

Gravdigr · 01-27-2019, 03:54 PM

HoverGlide – The World’s First Floating Backpack

glatt · 01-28-2019, 09:49 AM

Color me skeptical.

How much weight does it add to a standard pack? How much further away from your body is the weight of the pack now going to be, throwing you off balance? How often do you run and do jumping jacks with a pack on? What happens when you lean forward to crawl under a downed tree?

I'll wait until some actual backpackers buy the thing, hike a few days with it, and report back.

Happy Monkey · 01-28-2019, 10:35 AM

I can see it reducing sudden impacts, like when walking on a rough trail, but they would, as I understand it, become oscillations, which might be annoying.

But perhaps if you train yourself to anticipate and counter them it would be less fatiguing than the jolts.

Gravdigr · 01-29-2019, 10:05 AM

Ya learned to use the old ones dintchya?

Happy Monkey · 01-29-2019, 10:33 AM

Eagle Scout here. But that was back in the mid 90's when the external frame packs were just starting to go out of style, so I don't know how much the non-Hoverglide technology has improved in the last 25 years or so.

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2019, 02:07 PM

As someone who handcrafts things, I gotta stick up for them. Either they have a remarkable on-the-fly automation system, the development costs of which they need to pay off, or they're putting a fair bit of work into each item sold.

Or both.

Gravdigr · 02-01-2019, 02:12 PM

Oh, they're cool.

Your isododecahedronal manufacturements are cooler. But I ain't paying $200 for one of those either.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-01-2019, 02:28 PM

Right, a hell of a lot of beautiful work just out of my league.

Gravdigr · 02-02-2019, 02:33 PM

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xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2019, 04:48 AM

Thanks, I just did half my Christmas shopping.

Griff · 02-03-2019, 07:40 AM

Has currency.

glatt · 02-03-2019, 02:50 PM

I guess there are companies out there that can make coins for you.

I got this one taped to some charity solicitation letter I got. If you gave money you were an angel, except they gave you the coin in advance to try to make you feel indebted to them.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2019, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

... except they gave you the coin in advance to try to make you feel indebted to them.

It works or you wouldn't of thought of that. Even if it doesn't persuade you it still brought that up without saying so.

I got a solicitation from some animal charity telling me about starving critters. There was a nickel glued to the material. Well why didn't they feed some critters with all those nickels they bulk mailed? They're betting the nickels would fetch more donations.

Gravdigr · 02-04-2019, 01:53 PM

And they prolly ain't feeding critters anyway.

Popdigr got something the other day that had five (5) nickels taped to the letter.

I don't even watch the commercials on tv trying to guilt you into saving a child, (or a dog, costs the same either way) I change the channel for five minutes.

01-15-2019, 04:53 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	There are two main things I remember about "Twilight" - a hundred-year-old guy stalking a high school girl, and lots of hair. Between those, I'd say the hair thing is much more appropriate as a commercial tie-in. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-27-2019, 03:54 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	HoverGlide – The World’s First Floating Backpack __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-28-2019, 10:35 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I can see it reducing sudden impacts, like when walking on a rough trail, but they would, as I understand it, become oscillations, which might be annoying. But perhaps if you train yourself to anticipate and counter them it would be less fatiguing than the jolts. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-29-2019, 10:05 AM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ya learned to use the old ones dintchya? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-29-2019, 10:33 AM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Eagle Scout here. But that was back in the mid 90's when the external frame packs were just starting to go out of style, so I don't know how much the non-Hoverglide technology has improved in the last 25 years or so. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-28-2019, 09:49 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Color me skeptical. How much weight does it add to a standard pack? How much further away from your body is the weight of the pack now going to be, throwing you off balance? How often do you run and do jumping jacks with a pack on? What happens when you lean forward to crawl under a downed tree? I'll wait until some actual backpackers buy the thing, hike a few days with it, and report back.

02-01-2019, 02:07 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	As someone who handcrafts things, I gotta stick up for them. Either they have a remarkable on-the-fly automation system, the development costs of which they need to pay off, or they're putting a fair bit of work into each item sold. Or both. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-01-2019, 02:12 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Oh, they're cool. Your isododecahedronal manufacturements are cooler. But I ain't paying $200 for one of those either. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-01-2019, 02:28 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Right, a hell of a lot of beautiful work just out of my league. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2019, 02:33 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	from here __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-03-2019, 04:48 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks, I just did half my Christmas shopping. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-03-2019, 07:40 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Has currency. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-03-2019, 02:50 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I guess there are companies out there that can make coins for you. I got this one taped to some charity solicitation letter I got. If you gave money you were an angel, except they gave you the coin in advance to try to make you feel indebted to them.

02-04-2019, 01:53 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And they prolly ain't feeding critters anyway. Popdigr got something the other day that had five (5) nickels taped to the letter. I don't even watch the commercials on tv trying to guilt you into saving a child, (or a dog, costs the same either way) I change the channel for five minutes. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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