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tiompan Jul 10, 2007 21:42:04

Replying to Paulus

Paulus wrote:

< What about wen it is marked on both sides ? >

Trust you to be awkward! :-) They'd have simply turned it over once one side was done, then do t'other rested on t' ground...probably... (he says hopefully!)

Cheers - Paul

They wern't averse to using ladders /scaffolding , ropes or whatever .

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Paulus Jul 11, 2007 01:29:27

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

Paulus wrote:

< What about wen it is marked on both sides ? >

Trust you to be awkward! :-) They'd have simply turned it over once one side was done, then do t'other rested on t' ground...probably... (he says hopefully!)

Cheers - Paul

They wern't averse to using ladders /scaffolding , ropes or whatever .

Nay...come on George, they were much more advanced than that in them days. Slide-rules and laser-beams, that's how they did it!
Did you ever come across Robin Collyns' Laser Beams from Star Cities, written sometime in the '70s, where he tried telling us exactly that! Twas awesome stuff!