johnI wrote:
> On May 12, 10:20 pm, Exhibitionist <ro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 12:01:06 -0700 (PDT), johnI
>> <johniwanis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> scribbled the following on a napkin:
>>
>>> On May 12, 1:47 pm, Mark Morrison <bl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08:43 +0200 (CEST), John Iwaniszek
>>
>>>> <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> My life is one failed home-built trebuchet after another. How many
>>>>> Americans can say that?
>>
>>>> Why are you failing when medieval man succeeded ?
>>
>>> my guess is that I am a bit ahead of medieval man
>>
>> http://andypsionfan.users.btopenworld.com/trebindex.html
>
> I think I am ahead of this guy, as well.
>
> One thing I would dispute is that a treb is gravity powered. It is
> really human powered where a team of serfs is hitched to a giant rope
> and lashed in the direction the captain wants the the rope pulled.
> The energy from the turnips, moldy bread, and weak ale the serfs call
> "nouvelle cusine" is then stored in the giant suspended weight by
> taking advantage of the phenomenon of gravity.
Do you have serfs? Perhaps that is where the problem lies.
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