Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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Archive for October 1st, 2008
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Meet the true test of geekdom. The item in the back is a floating arm trebuchet. Yes, a siege engine (albeit a modern design). You can click on the thumbnail to open a larger version of the picture.
Just in case we ever need to wage war on the neighbors, lol.
Mr. Maura is on the left and the Morganator on the right. They have dubbed the trebuchet “The Maltby Flinger.” It’s actually been living in the garage for several years but Mr. Maura took it out in the last few weeks after hearing about a pumpkin tossing contest not far from us. He stole the 550 line I had bought in Ft. Benning for the Joes to make a sling with and bought it a few new accessories since it was not originally designed to hurl an 8lb pumpkin.
The mad scientist expression is, I believe, deliberate. Either that or the help of the seven year old Morganator has finally stolen any brain cells remaining.
Come on, doesn’t everyone have a siege engine in their garage? Or driveway?
I will point out that I have so far managed to convince Mr. Maura that using it to launch fireworks would be a Very Bad Idea. Whether that continues to be the case, I cannot promise.
Mr. Maura insists I put up a picture of the sling he made as well.
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