[StratoTramp]

Spin launch rockets... 450rpm... 2 km a second. Perhaps not suitable for human cargo

[Spooky]

I can think of a few people I’d volunteer to do it

[OCB]

I can think of a few people I’d volunteer to do it

Depends how thick/dense they were shirley?

[lobstaboy]

Been done before. Well sort of
https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/10958

[StratoTramp]

Ah that's cool.

[TopCat]

I bet they've read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein.

[Big Dex]

Depends how thick/dense they were shirley?

Suspect they’d be both thinner and denser after launch.

[OCB]

Depends how thick/dense they were shirley?

Suspect they’d be both thinner and denser after launch.

Ah, that’s getting far too close to W&B that is…

[eltonioni]

Depends how thick/dense they were shirley?

Suspect they’d be both thinner and denser after launch.

You've been listening to the new Adele album.

[Big Dex]

Nah, far too cynical to listen to the anguished cries of a multi-millionaire cockney. Respect for her success, but I'll stick with Led Zep.

[Mz Hedy]

Been done before. Well sort of
https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/10958

Earlier than that...



Sling use in biblical times. Apparently shepherds were quite accurate with them for chasing predators away from their flocks.

[OCB]

Nah, far too cynical to listen to the anguished cries of a multi-millionaire cockney. Respect for
her success, but I'll stick with Led Zep.

Agree 110% (or up to 11 on the amp, if you know what I mean) - but we’ve been eating stale bread for decades now.

Don’t get me wrong - there is a decent argument that any 70s pub band could musically outplay almost any top line act today.

I can’t also disagree that any Led Zep song/album is a sight lot better than most things I’ve heard since about 95 onward.

Still, other than the Heart tribute to Zeppelin during their induction to the Rock Hall of Fame or wot ever concert - which had Jason Bonham on drums and the original cast in tears - Led Zep are now a historic band, and have been for some time.

[kanga]

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Sling use in biblical times. Apparently shepherds were quite accurate with them for chasing predators away from their flocks.

<classicist nerd >

specialist troops in dedicated units (deployed in clusters to create barrages) in ancient times

Greek: σφενδόνη (used by a σφενδονήτης )
Latin: funda (funditor)

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[lobstaboy]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjT ... wZ3puMWL0-

Here you go...