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Putting On The Sitz

Published on 24 Nov 2008 at 9:07 am. No Comments.
Filed under ancient mysteries, assorted shit, butts, culture, deep thot, do-goodism, dummkopf!, elsewhere, engineering, explosives, ground views, law & order, moronocy, pot, science, shameless opportunism, song, taxes, western civilization.

Better late than never. It was World Toilet Day Nov. 19. I let it go at the time.* But now squatters are back in the news. The la-di-da loos of Times Square. AP via Boston Herald. I’m inspired: 

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Stonehenge Reloaded

Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 9:09 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under engineering, prehistory.

Wally Wallingford, retired construction worker, Flint, Mich., unlocks the secrets of the ancient world: “Gravity is my favorite tool.”  Wally’s also fond of leverage. Combines them to roll, teeter-totter multi-ton objects into place.
Hat tip my old man, himself a great engineer who designed and oversaw construction of projects worthy of the Pharoahs, only a lot more useful.
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