BarneyPiccolo comments on I've bought myself a new toy

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That strategy didn't work out for John Denver. Be careful.

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I am not an adrenaline junkie, but I do take risks. I've flown in an open cockpit plane, done snowmobiles and jet skis, paraglided, and I love scuba.

You ain't getting me within a thousand yards* of one of those.

[914.4 meters for the non-Americans]

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago

Experimental Airships are like Experimental Firearms: They're very interesting when you can watch someone else demonstrate them, at a safe distance.

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