Re: Halfmoon's journal
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:12 pm
I think this is my favorite journal right now. I love hearing your story!
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Shhh...don't leak the ending!Demosthenes wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2017 5:36 pmAhh the cliffhanger! I have no doubts that you two somehow figured out how to erect that sucker.
Is it too late to change my username to BBB?Riggerjack wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2017 7:23 pm60 foot poles, raised by hand? You, halfmoon, have big brass balls.
Visions of the Land Rover being hoisted up a tree, ala The Gods Must Be Crazy, run through my head. Pity you didn't have that happen as it would have made the story so much more entertaininghalfmoon wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 11:22 pmMy role in this drama was to drive the van after that point, despite my kicking and screaming objections. Bad things happen when I have critical duties that require acting quickly under stress (there are stories verifying this, some of which I’ll eventually tell).
Hold your horses, George! It's possible that something (someone) does get inadvertently hoisted up a tree (tower). All in good time...George the original one wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 7:44 pmVisions of the Land Rover being hoisted up a tree, ala The Gods Must Be Crazy, run through my head. Pity you didn't have that happen as it would have made the story so much more entertaining
Blame George. I wasn't going to tease the incident until he suggested that my story wasn't entertaining enough without some gratuitous violence.
Just to clarify: my DH is batshit crazy. He was born without the "That's impossible!" voice in his head that sane people have. His voice says, "Why not? It'll be fun!"
Herzog believed that no one had ever performed a similar feat in history, and likely never will again, calling himself "Conquistador of the Useless".
Yep; sounds like my DH. I was in the barn yesterday and counted 5 come-alongs. That's completely aside from block and tackles setups, snatch blocks and maybe a mile of cable, rope and chains. I don't plan to check if the library has this movie, because he doesn't need the encouragement.After great struggles, they successfully pull the ship over the mountain with a complex system of pulleys...