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Old May 15, 2008 | 2:59 am
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Originally Posted by Flaflyer
I can blow a sheet of plywood over six feet away with a leaf blower, but a leaf blower inside an airplane lav will do: nothing.
Dang it, Flaflyer! Talk like that is gonna get leaf blowers put on the prohibited list and then I'll have to start checking it…

I thought the test looked very contrived, too. Looked like they wanted those boards to be perceived as some kind of safety structure, but what possible purpose could they serve, other than to fall down?
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