That is key
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Right?! I mean whatās the point of an unexploded cow?
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Years back I was in Oklahoma during a heat wave. It was so hot the roads were getting soft.
I was in my hotel room watching the news and a report came on about farmers having problems with exploding cows. The cows would die in the fields from the heat, bake all day and then the methane buildup would cause them to spontaneously (or when forklifted into a burial hole) explode.
I was visiting the client the next day and chatting. The subject of the heat came up and I mentioned the news report I had seen. Then I said ācan you imagine Ma & PA Kettle sitting on the porch as the sun dropped and the sounds of cows exploding - pop, pop, pop? Pa says to Ma, looks like another one gone, gonna be an awful mess to clean up.ā And then I chuckled about cow bits being everywhere.
At which point my client looks at me with an almost malevolent stare and says āit might be funny to you New York suit boys, but out here we take our livestock seriously and donāt think the current tragedy is anything to laugh about.ā
Tragedy? Huh. Thatās when I added exploding cows to religion & politics as something not to be discussed with clients. 
Also learned that when someone elseās cow explodes itās kind of funny, but when itās your cow, itās tragic.
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I had a friend who lost a dozen or so to a lightning strike because theyād all decided to huddle together under a very tall tree. Similar results.
When you think about the value beef is pulling at the market currently (my uncle recently mentioned getting over $2/lb on the hoof), you understand why watching $2k+ explode in your field is probably not that amusing. You gotta figure that lightning strike was basically the equivalent of watching a new car explode in the driveway.
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Though trying to be more conscious of continuing a slightly derailed thread, I cannot help but be reminded of this story in Oregon. News Report from 1970 when an engineer in Oregon decided that the proper way to get rid of an 8 ton dead whale would be to dynamite it. Result? An exploding whale. Not tragic, though not really that amusing, eitherā¦especially if you were a bystander or had your car parked nearby. And most surely, a very poor decision with unintended consequences.
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Iāll admit there could be something(s) wrong with me, but blowing up a dead whale with dynamite resulting in flaming whale blubber denting a bunch of cars, is always humorous.
Whatās a little morbid are the exploding German toads (google exploding toads Germany).
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The puzzle cube reminds me of a Hilbert cube 
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I agreeā¦and thought it funny, as well. But even more soā¦utter disbelief. And because I wasnāt standing around on the beach or didnāt have a car parked there, I can find more humor than some. 
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I took a page from @likeablejerk and made a model of all 3 of my cars on top of the cut files (I liked how he did that).
Here is my final cut file for the 3 cars I made.
Iām releasing the file under the CC BY-NC-SA license (meaning you can share, remix and build upon it, in a non-commercial way)
Iām not sure whatās the best way to add a license to a file. Iāll start a new thread about that.
For this file:
- vector all the BLUE lines so they mark the surface, but donāt cut all the way through (score).
- raster the RED areas.
- vector all the BLACK lines so they cut all the way through.
- use a bunch of glue to glue the parts together.
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Cool!! FYI in the Glowforge ui we refer to low-power vectors as āscoringā.
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does that mean yāall have a lot of points over at glowforge HQ?
Change that a little and it could be a new flexible pattern.
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Score! I like having a word for something I do often. Thanks.
My mini entry. Connect 4. Not really sure this meets the 5th guildline?? It has some parts that moveā¦ (delete if needed)
Itās designed to be cut with 1/4 material. I donāt know how to properly do your fancy 3d visualizationsā¦ So a flat view will have to doā¦ Use your imagination!!
SVG File If you end up printing it (for personal use only. No resale) I didnāt properlly merge lines between peices so you may need to do that.
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Nice, did you see the one on kickstarter a while ago? It used quarters, heads & tails, so you could gamble while playing. My mother would have loved that one, she liked taking our allowances back in a creative way. 
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Oh, thatās genius! Haha! Iāve been staying away from Kickstarter latelyā¦ Itās dangerous for my wallet ha-ha.
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When I click on the SVG File link it gives me a jpg file, not an SVG file. If you send me the SVG, Iāll import it into SketchUp and quickly make you a 3D model if you want.
Pieces are moved by hand and fall by gravity. Youāre all good.
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Okay cool. I thought so but wasnāt sure.