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I just received a political flyer saying our county's budget "has risen quicker than a hot air balloon." which made me wonder...

Posted by howie (aka howie) Aug 8 '20, 15:04

Is there any flying machine that rises *slower" than a hot air balloon? Hot air balloons rise very slowly.

Maybe a blimp, but those usually have engines.

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Bubbles -- nm - David Aug 8, 15:10 4
- Dandelion seeds. Those Charlotte's Web spiders. Pieces of cat fluff! -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:25 3
  - I think the keyword in my question was "machine." None of those things rise under their own power. NM - howie Aug 8, 15:33 2
    - hot air balloons aren't mechanical either! -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:37 1
      - Hot air balloons have a fuel source, a burner with moving parts and employ combustion to generate energy to move... - howie Aug 8, 15:56
a really shitty drone? -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 15:06

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