We started work on two or three death pixies, Scaredy Rat made a nice nipper out of an old Batmobile bike, Dr. Kludge completed and then wrecked the nearly-unrideable tallchopper Frosty, K-Bunny re-chopped her ex's chopper and thus claimed it for herself, Thunderrat built a tallbike, and Bikefreeek put the finishing touches on the Schwinn Towers: His fancy-pants tallbike with all the snooty-boots accessories like "brakes" and "speeds".
Can you spot the Squeaky in this picture? < / t d > < / t r > < t r > < t d v a l i g n = c e n t e r > < i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 11. j p g " a l i g n = l e f t > Scaredy Rat dropped some slag on her jeans and they caught fire. The sight of her frantic "I'm on fire!" dance gave us all a hearty "Ha ha! You're on fire!" laugh that is becoming the trademark of Rat Patrol activities. Then K-Bunny picked up a glowing red chopper fork straight off the welder and cooked her hand to a nice crisp. Good times! < / t d > < / t r > < t r > < t d v a l i g n = c e n t e r > < i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 12. j p g " a l i g n =right> < i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 1 3 . j p g " a l i g n = left> < / t d > < / t r > < t r > < t d > < i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 14 . j p g " align=left>The second build day was a christening just like the first. This time it was in the 2-car garage of carless J. Stanley Pepper, our Field Medical Officer. We put a couple of tallbikes together and completed the death pixies. < / t d > < / t r > < t r > < t d > < i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 15 . j p g " align=right>< i m g s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . r a t - p a t r o l . o r g / S t R a t r i c k s / 2 0 0 5 s t r a t s 16. j p g " a l i g n =right>Power to the garage was delivered by a single extension cord. The only light we had was an overhead projector.
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