Is it chilly in here, or is it just me?
Brrrr…somebody throw another environmentalist on the fire…!
Posted: November 6th, 2007 under outdoors, personal, science.
Comments: 9
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Comment from Enas Yorl
Time: November 6, 2007, 2:53 pm
Now that should be manditory viewing in every classroom! I had read elsewhere too where one solar science guy was very concerned about a nasty cold snap coming our way soon. Make sure you pack your flannel jammies!
Comment from Mrs. Peel
Time: November 6, 2007, 11:42 pm
btw, Weasel, you should stop by and make fun of my drawings. I name-checked both you and Enas in my post.
Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2007, 12:45 am
Mrs. P,
Ferrous wheel. Heh.
When I saw the castle I automatically looked for the Python (Trojan) Rabbit. Run away!
Comment from Mrs. Peel
Time: November 7, 2007, 8:56 am
The boy asked me if that was a cow in the trebuchet, but I told him that it was just an oddly-shaped rock. Another opportunity lost, I suppose. Alas!
I think Weasel should post the nekkid-guy drawings she said she did in her meeting.
Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2007, 10:08 am
Trebuchets. They are soooo neat. I want one.
That’s what Badger needs, Weas! A trebuchet for the Coastal Estate! A man isn’t complete without a trebuchet!
Comment from Enas Yorl
Time: November 7, 2007, 12:56 pm
McGoo! Here’s a trebuchet for you. I’ve thought about getting one myself actually.
Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2007, 2:01 pm
Yep. Got that one book-marked already, and this one, too (among others):
http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/other/trebuchet.html
and:
http://www.redstoneprojects.com/trebuchetstore/trebuchet_history.html
I have an issue with these models though. No wheels. If you put the whole thing on wheels and provide a short track for it, so it can “rock” back and forth a bit while firing, the range increases noticeably. IIRC, some guy on Nova demonstrated it – first practically, and then mathematically.
Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2007, 2:05 pm
The McGoo Trebuchet is one of the reasons I’m looking for retirement property with acreage. I tell folks I want to target-practice (which is true) and they assume “pistol & rifle” (which is also true) but I never mention the REAL reason. I must have one of these. It is written…and it is my destiny.
Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2007, 2:09 pm
Here’s the Nova special:
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