Members Sheilajeanne Posted June 29, 2023 Members Report Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) When I came back to view this thread, I realized what I wrote yesterday never got posted! Fred, I was thinking of that other post of mine when I mentioned the catapult on his desk! I may give it a try....but there's a LOT of other, more important stuff I SHOULD be doing! There used to be a guy in the Tolkien fandom who had a thing about trebuchets. His screen name was Krispy Kreme, and he used them to propel his favourite donuts! That's where I developed an interest in them. To this day, if you happen to mention the word 'trebuchet' in the Tolkien forum I belong to, you'll get an enthusiastic response! Anyway, here's yesterday's post: Good one about the catalogue and TP, Tugadude. About the nails - one of my uncles used a woodstove to heat his workshop on the farm, which was in the shed that also housed two of their tractors. One day, the woodstove caused the roof to catch fire, and the whole shed went up in flames. My cousin was barely able to save the tractors. The one wouldn't start, so he had to use the other to tow it out. He was shaking like a leaf by the time he got it to safety. Of all the nails and other bits of hardware that were in the workshop, not a single thing could be salvaged. My uncle showed us what had happened. He picked up a nail, and easily bent it double and broke it with very little pressure. The fire had been so hot, all the metal lost its temper. Edited June 29, 2023 by Sheilajeanne Quote
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