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Ben Franklin's Very Strange Architectural Idea javawizard 03-05-2007
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Posted by RicodJour on March 8, 2007, 12:59 pm
Pierre Levesque wrote:
> >
> > I would imagine the sound of the generator required to operate it
> > would scare the critters away.
> >
>
> Yeah you're right... that, and the TV and stereo setup :-P

My favorite - the people that talk about getting away from it all and
take their 40' RV to get there. Thoughfully running their 10K watt
generator all night so they have AC, and the 40" TV on the
undercarriage slideout.

I'm not against hunting. I'm just against hunting animals.

R


Posted by Kris Krieger on March 8, 2007, 1:32 pm

>
>> Pierre Levesque wrote:
>>>
>>> > This is genius.
>>> > http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php
>>> >
>>>
>>> I wouldn't go camping with that thing... unless you like the
>>> sound of
>>> forest creatures sniffing you...
>>
>> I would imagine the sound of the generator required to operate it
>> would scare the critters away.
>>
>> R
>
> Yeah you're right... that, and the TV and stereo setup :-P
>

TV and stereo...?
Good grief...
Remind me to skip the tent and just stay in a hotel =>:-p


Posted by Kris Krieger on March 8, 2007, 1:30 pm

> This is genius.
> http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php
>
> R
>
>

Now *that* IS genius - where do I get one?!?!

Posted by Kris Krieger on March 8, 2007, 1:29 pm

> Kris Krieger wrote:
>>
>> > When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
>> > was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
>> > It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
>> > meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
>> > have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
>> > slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
>> > called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
>> >
>> >
>>
>> That just *proves* he was a genius!
>
> No. That proves he was smart. A genius would have used the gas to
> heat the place instead of throwing it away.
>
> R
>
>

<LOL!>

OK, ya got me on that one ;)

Posted by Warm Worm on March 11, 2007, 10:57 pm
> When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
> was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
> It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
> meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
> have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
> slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
> called "personal odors." - fromwww.odd-info.com

Something tells me that Ben didn't really want a crack at that job.


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