The PEST project - completed.

I like most people thought this was some form of pest launcher(to remove pests from the garden) out here we have banana slugs which are about 6" long. stepped upon they actually pop, and are everywhere eating flowers. perhaps there is some way of adopting your idea to propel these pests good and far(exploding ammuntion thats free:)) that aside, you've built one awesome launcher, I'm tempted to experiment and see if my 14"dia dust collector impeller could do something similar with golf balls. the boxy shape looks quite interesting.

There are some large yellowish spiders around here called "Banana Spiders". they are strange looking, and build large webs all over the place.

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Are they good eatin'? Imagine! 6" escargot without the bother of shells! ...

It's KEWL, dewd! Like a long Uzi. ;-)

I've heard that there are no spiders that eat bananas that are venomous. ;-D

Where do you find venomous bananas?

Mark L. Fergerson

Lickity split.

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while riding from Washington to Pennsylvania on the back of an envelope?

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Btw, I have made 2 short videos (~300kB each) of the PEST firing. If you go to the

I think that's the joke, but I'm not sure that there aren't varieties of banana that will at least give you a nasty pain.

These yellow things ('figs') are only one of many types that you can get in the Caribbean islands, I believe. Some are inedible until cooked.

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany wrote (in ) about 'The PEST project - completed.', on Fri, 14 Oct 2005:

Well, he was riding post-haste.