Get rid of Barskey?

[Mike Barskey]

I know someone with a Trebuchet

Me, too. It's even big enough to launch me, I think, though I may weigh too much for it. Besides, I'd have to be launched a couple hundred feet, then someone would have to drag the Trebuchet over and reload and relaunch me, again and again all the way across the country and back. It's not a very efficient way to travel. Maybe if I start the Liberty Trebuchet trip now, I can join the Liberty Caravan 2012 movement.

[shyfrog]

There's a much bigger one in Greenfield
http://yankeesiege.blogspot.com/
and it's for rent 

[Sam A. Robrin]

2012 is coming, start right a-way!
Get yourself a seat upon the tre-bu-chet!
You can travel just about a mile a day!
Liberty Ca-at-a-pu-ult.

[Mike Barskey]

There's a much bigger one in Greenfield

I haven't seen my friend's treb, but her description leads me to believe it's smaller than this one. This one's big enough that if I start now, I'll be able to join the Liberty Caravan 2011, not 2012! Excellent planning!

[shyfrog]

There's a much bigger one in Greenfield

Excellent planning!

It was dalebert's idea. Credit where credit is due.

[Nemi]

There's a much bigger one in Greenfield
http://yankeesiege.blogspot.com/
and it's for rent 

And it's retired.

And it's wheeled.

And the crew is awesome.

And yes, while I have it on (somewhat) good authority than it's larger than the other trebuchet referenced here, I would think the smaller version could be more travel-friendly ... think hand cannon vs. actual cannon.

Speaking of cannons ... those are fun, too. I wonder if everybody's friend has access to one?

[John]

Speaking of cannons ... those are fun, too. I wonder if everybody's friend has access to one?

Don't tell me people are now also wanting to shoot Mike Barskey out of a cannon.

[shyfrog]

Speaking of cannons ... those are fun, too. I wonder if everybody's friend has access to one?

Don't tell me people are now also wanting to shoot Mike Barskey out of a cannon.

Now there's a more practical solution. 

[Nemi]

Don't tell me people are now also wanting to shoot Mike Barskey out of a cannon.

Oh! I wasn't proposing that. I was speaking to the topic of the treb and my train of thought went to cannons.

If Barskey's willing to take a ride on a treb, perhaps he'd be up to launch out of a cannon, too? Instead?

(Barskey?)

It could be a lucrative fund-raiser ...

[KBCraig]

With the overwhelming representation of geeks in the FSP movement, surely we can come up with a way to launch Barskey from a rail gun. "Cannon" is so 14th Century (and I'm an old Redleg, myself).

[dalebert]

The cannon is obviously the more humane solution because you can aim them better.

[Lloyd Danforth]

True. We wouldn't want any innocent people hurt.

[shyfrog]

I don't know why we're wasting time talking about this anymore. Barskey has free-will. The law of gravity has no jurisdiction over him. It's a stupid law anyway.

[John]

I have a poster which says, "Gravity: Its not just a good idea, Its the law."