Weirdwolf wrote:
> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:Xns9A9D50F4A43C2NDTCM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 85.214.90.236:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Looking at what he has written it appears that he is sans serfs.
>
>
I have one, but i never lash him.
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