[CCTALK] pitching stuff off rooftops

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Thu May 16 23:08:41 2002

 I had a friend in the early 60s who lived in a 2 story walk-up and when the
finance man came to repossess his TV tossed it out the window exclaiming
" You want your TV, here's your _at_#!@#$ TV"

Lawrence

> In a message dated 5/16/02 12:22:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> mythtech_at_mac.com writes:
>
>
> > (I am still a little leary to toss a monitor off the top of my office
> > building... I'm afraid I'll damage the asphalt... the landlord would kick my
> > ass if I did that. But it is only 2 stories so I am thinking about it... I
> > don't think a 14" monitor could build up enough energy to damage the parking
> > lot on a 30 foot drop... I just haven't gotten the guts up to try it and find
> > out)
> >
>
> The problem with throwing stuff off rooftops is containing the debris, which,
> with a monitor, is considerable. We have had lots of fun pitching stuff into a
> 30 yard dumpster when we had one delivered. The first time we were in a seven
> story warehouse with stuff on the 7th and 4th floors.
>
> A stereo system dropped from the seventh floor can literally jump out of the
> dumpster upon impact. This was the first we tried. Containment works better when
> there is a little debris in the bottom. The first few items jumped right out of
> the dumpster, bouncing off the metal bottom. Of course they shatter when hitting
> the bottom making a mess to clean up when they jumped into the street.
>
> We did this on a Sunday morning, I recommend checking when your local
> authorities are not available. It makes a lot of noise and can attract
> attention. In NW Portland Oregon no one came by.
>
> After cleaning the street up of the first items we moved to the 4th floor
> where we had 60 Wang Terminal tubes to dispose of. These did not jump out of the
> dumpster. The fall from the 4th floor was not as great. They made a great pop
> when they hit the dumpster. It was a noisy morning.
>
> The Wang 2200 tubes were over 10 years old so it fits the criteria of the
> list, not to mention this was also in 1989, more than 10 years ago. It was
> before we realized the potential toxic hazard we were unleashing.
>
> Another time we had to despool several pallets of spooled wire. We took them up
> to the roof and dropped the spools into the neighboring parking lot. If you
> dropped them just right the spool would come apart and the coil of wire would
> rise up about 6 or 8 feet off the ground. Did not damage the parking lot. Lots
> of fun for work.
>
> A heavy aluminum or steel chassis will make marks in both concrete or
> asphalt. Plastic shatters making a big mess. We preferred to restrain
> ourselves until we had a dumpster to toss things into. Properly contained it can
> be a lot of fun.
>
> Paxton
> Astoria, OR
>


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