AAarrgh, Matey!!! It's a wonder no one was seriously disabled trying to bull that foolish "Gunnade" out of the shop and into a truck! And there were a couple more of the beasties buried in the snowbank out front, too - along with Cpt. Bunker's personal ANCHOR COLLECTION!!!!

I sincerely wish someone had videotaped the half-dozen or so of us, most (if not all) of whom may well (I know at least one for a fact) qualify as attentionally challenged male adults trying to manually cram this darned cannon (on a Naval carriage, BTW) through a door through which it DID NOT FIT! Oh; that gun had to weigh at least 700 pounds in it's underwear!

It was a classic study in miscommunication, collective confusion while attempting to feign complete control of the situation, and impulsively resisting (if not ignoring altogether) the laws of gravity, physics, and probably several other barriers Mother Nature has set up for us.
Just because something is obviously NOT going to work is no reason not to try it - at least once!

A bunch of middle-aged, clusterblundering men trying to force a 700# rusting iron cannon through a fairly narrow door...

Dr.Freud would have had a blast with that one!

In retrospect (now that the pain has abated somewhat), especially since amazingly enough no one got seriously hurt - it was a hoot!

I don't think that any of the Captain's heavy artillery is in shooting condition (no garuntee, of course, that someone won't try it) but between us you may rest assured that we have plenty of wherewithal with which to disturb the peace for miles around!

This party could be a lot more fun than any of us in our right minds might have anticipated!