Man, 71, successfully floated across the Atlantic in a motorless metal capsule

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I read that headline as a guy floating across the Atlantic in a motorless mental capsule.

Just waiting now for James Randi to explain the trick…

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@pesco
Why does it say metal in the title?

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But you score the world’s largest toilet and bathtub.

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Nope. “I should buy a motorless metal capsule” just doesn’t work.

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totally

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Skimming the final quotation hastily, i misread “…before heading home in his barrel”. Now that would be a trick.

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It would be in impeccable classical tradition though…

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I’m such an alcoholic that this doesn’t compute; how do you save booze for a later date?

Future drinking is a crazy concept!

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You store it with your cake.

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I don’t see a reason why not. A conducting metal container is the safest spot to be in during a lightning storm.

faraday cage.

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Fair play to him. Think the biggest thing to overcome here is going to be boredom…

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