On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:06 +0000 (UTC), John Iwaniszek
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> wrote:
>Weirdwolf wrote:
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>> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:Xns9A9D50F4A43C2NDTCM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 85.214.90.236:
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>>> johnI wrote:
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>>>> 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.
Then he's a servant - add la****ng, you get a serf.
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