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Thread #59418   Message #2134204
Posted By: Rapparee
26-Aug-07 - 09:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Inukshuks are used in the Arctic as signposts, religious objects, markers of caches, ways to tell others "I went this-a-way", markers of good hunting areas, etc. etc. There are several entire books on them.

An Inukshuk will be the symbol of the Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia. Go to Canada and you'll find them all over. I, as usual, am simply ahead of the rest of the US.

LH, I thought about computing the distance and trajectory necessary, snakeholing the charge, and sending the rock on its way. However, it is presently located about 50 yards from the door to the police station and THAT presents certain problems. I'll probably just ask Parks and Rec to do it -- besides, the folks that have it will load it into a truck for us with a forklift, and the monument company will take it out and reload with one.

Not at all like the old days, when I had to use a chain hoist to load the stones on the truck or to move them around...and skid boards, rollers, dock trucks older than I was, and similar "old fashioned" equipment. Heck, the chain hoist was probably installed in 1888, when the shop was built.