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29 Jul 2024 18:17:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Stone building, planning  
From: Alain
Date: 28 Jan 2014 00:20:50
Message: <52e73e32$1@news.povray.org>

> On 27/01/14 03:21, StephenS wrote:
>> Musings of a stone mason.
>>
>> Stephen the elder has gone into town to learn more of these rumours of Round
>> Tuits.
>> It has further been suggested that a portable one has been made, one capable
>> of being used on the job site.
>> Such an evil device can only come from the mind of a fermented grain
>> drinker.
>
> Who? Me? I only drink the distilled stuff ;-)
>
>> Fortunatly our patron is of the correct mind, fermented grape, and such
>> heresy has been banded from this work site.
>> Generations of masons could be impoverish, if great stone buildings could be
>> built in tens of years instead of the more sensible hundreds of years.
>>
>
> But think how much money the man who commissioned the work will save.

After a few centuries, and counting 6+ generations per century, that so 
called "saving" becomes meaningless as the one who commissioned the work 
is long gone and probably forgotten.

>
>> Oh.. work will also go better when we can find some horses.
>>
>> Comments welcome:
>>
>
> This looks like the start of a long project. Will we be seeing the all
> the stages of the building work?
>
> John
>


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