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Mar
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10th
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2016
04:45 pm
james_davis_nicoll
TFW you discover people still mention a high school project of yours decades later.
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2016-03-10 10:40 pm (UTC)
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That depends on
why
they mention it. Was the bleeding as expected, for instance?
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2016-03-10 10:45 pm (UTC)
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I only used my trebuchet for peaceful purposes.
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2016-03-10 11:32 pm (UTC)
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I was about to ask 'Projectiles, explosion, fire, or some combination?' when I discovered you'd already answered my question nicely.
...how *big* a trebuchet?
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2016-03-10 11:38 pm (UTC)
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james-nicoll.livejournal.com
1/3rd scale.
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2016-03-10 11:57 pm (UTC)
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w. dow rieder
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If you modeled it on one of the large medieval siege trebuchets, I can definitely see it making lasting impressions.
Peaceful. Hmm. Project HARP also used a projectile launcher for peaceful purposes, as I recall.
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Date:
2016-03-11 03:08 am (UTC)
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timill
...and besides, nobody liked the science building anyway.
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Date:
2016-03-11 03:50 pm (UTC)
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neowolf2.livejournal.com
In this thread we learn about the time James went ballistic.
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Date:
2016-03-12 01:35 am (UTC)
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awesomeaud.livejournal.com
**SNORT**
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Date: 2016-03-10 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-03-10 11:32 pm (UTC)...how *big* a trebuchet?
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Date: 2016-03-10 11:57 pm (UTC)Peaceful. Hmm. Project HARP also used a projectile launcher for peaceful purposes, as I recall.
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Date: 2016-03-11 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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