From the builders of this unique offering:
As timber engineers, we do get asked to build a lot of unusual things – things which other framing companies couldn’t even attempt. This was, perhaps, one of the more unusual.
The ballista was successfully built and managed to fire a very heavy stone ball some 127 yards. (Remember, these things used to successfully lay siege to entire cities.)
Also a YouTube video of the Ballista being build and fired:
An Internet friend of mine out in Utah has a scary knack of getting into the same activities I do. We were chatting on Friday evening and she mentioned that she was interested in belly dance. Just so happens a local friend of mine has been teaching belly dance for a year or more. We…
Only Horse People: Believe in the 11th Commandment: Inside leg to outside rein. Know that all topical medications come in either indelible blue or neon yellow. Think nothing of eating a sandwich after mucking out stables. Know why a thermometer has a yard of yarn attached to one end of it. Are banned from Laundromats….
When I drive to work, I normally charge my cell phone using the cigarette lighter port. I was going to swap the charger for the Ming with the Verizon phone (especially when I realized the Verizon phone’s battery is low). The Ming’s charger wouldn’t come out. I had to wait until I was parked at…
My friend Vania Smrkovski passed away at the end of June. His celebration of life/memorial service was Monday, July 19th, in downtown Knoxville. Most of the people knew Vania from his theatre and film work, but some of us knew him from college and work.
The lovely new refrigerator is here! It makes such a huge difference in how the kitchen looks. The house is so much quieter too, without the rattle of the other machine’s motor. It will be interesting to see what happens to the electric bill now. Related Images:
Well not so much. More like a scary outting in which my car dies on the Interstate and then miraculously works long enough to get off of an exit (road where I live) and park the car in a pharmacy parking lot. The car has been running a little higher RPM than normal, but the…