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Stone shifting 5

GordonP Sep 17, 2003 17:34:03

Replying to GordonP

I,m gonna be a bad boy now, so don't take this as a suggestion.

I'm actually on strike at the moment, (a one man strike over a matter of principal) so I'm at this computor pretty well all day. (opened the bar pretty early as well)

Anyway I just thought, instead of trying to show what we think stoneage man may have done, why not show what he should have done?

That is erect the whole bloody trilithon to 90 degrees in one go, lintel included. It is possible.

Steve Gray Sep 17, 2003 19:14:29

Replying to GordonP

Mmm, that thought has been running through my mind too (and I haven't had a drink yet).

Anyway, I'm going to watch a movie now, so I'll catch up later.

jimit Sep 17, 2003 19:29:33

Replying to GordonP

F*****G HELL!! That would be impressive! Mind you, perhaps that is why the uprights and lintels have matching posts and sockets to stop the lintel slipping off during the lift.

Wotan Sep 17, 2003 21:06:29

Replying to GordonP

perhaps thats what he did - remember we're really giving the idea loads of thought, but we're at the other end of the evolutionary scale and we've seen so many commonplace feats of engineering that we can conceive of immensley technical practicalities easily. Your average Stone age chappy would be at the bleeding edge of simple mechanics in his day, he wouldnt be on the shoulders of giants as we are, but faced with the practicality of inventing engineering from scratch! Look at a kid building stuff with Lego, they dont understand how to build a wall with a flemish bond so it doesnt topple, they take the shortest route to the biggest model - surely S.A.M would do the same (at least with the early monuments) ? Maybe we cant see the monument for the megaliths?