Europe, Boring Until it's Not

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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:37 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:He could mount the trebuchet on an F250, though. Then he can launch projectiles on the run. Hopefully ISIS won't think of this.
Goddammit, that sounds awesome.. Somebody should try this..
Looking at you, Monte
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by TheReal_ND » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:37 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
TheReal_ND wrote:Yes! They sell tow packages too.
I was about to make fun of this, but... apparently people do that...

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It's no different from an f150 if you have the right trim. Plus they don't make f150's with a stick anymore.
turbo charged?
5.4l with a bell blower iirc

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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:00 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:He could mount the trebuchet on an F250, though. Then he can launch projectiles on the run. Hopefully ISIS won't think of this.
Goddammit, that sounds awesome.. Somebody should try this..
Looking at you, Monte
My last trebuchet is mounted on a trailer chassis. If cocked and loaded it would fire forwards over the towing vehicle. I have thought about using it to enforce motorway discipline.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:03 am

Montegriffo wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:He could mount the trebuchet on an F250, though. Then he can launch projectiles on the run. Hopefully ISIS won't think of this.
Goddammit, that sounds awesome.. Somebody should try this..
Looking at you, Monte
My last trebuchet is mounted on a trailer chassis. If cocked and loaded it would fire forwards over the towing vehicle. I have thought about using it to enforce motorway discipline.
I'll help pay your bail. Just get me a video.
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Ex-California » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:16 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Martin Hash wrote:Google is your friend.

VAT is charged at each stage of production on the amount of value added.

VAT is a regressive tax that subsidizes The Rich.
Right, so I'm asking Monte how that impacts the final price. It should be dramatically higher, if it's not being offset somehow.

Also, we still pay 6% tax on anything we buy - food, housing, cars, whatever.
We pay 7.5-9% depending on city and county
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Speaker to Animals » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:19 am

I was paying 10% sales tax in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. If you went to the mall area, I think it might have been even higher.

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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:21 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Montegriffo wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Goddammit, that sounds awesome.. Somebody should try this..
Looking at you, Monte
My last trebuchet is mounted on a trailer chassis. If cocked and loaded it would fire forwards over the towing vehicle. I have thought about using it to enforce motorway discipline.
I'll help pay your bail. Just get me a video.
Trebuchet season is only a month away now. Juggling convention starts on May 19th.
Going to make it taller with a longer beam this year.
Videos will be forthcoming....
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:25 am

Montegriffo wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Montegriffo wrote:
My last trebuchet is mounted on a trailer chassis. If cocked and loaded it would fire forwards over the towing vehicle. I have thought about using it to enforce motorway discipline.
I'll help pay your bail. Just get me a video.
Trebuchet season is only a month away now. Juggling convention starts on May 19th.
Going to make it taller with a longer beam this year.
Videos will be forthcoming....
I'm wet.
SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Montegriffo » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:35 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
Montegriffo wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
I'll help pay your bail. Just get me a video.
Trebuchet season is only a month away now. Juggling convention starts on May 19th.
Going to make it taller with a longer beam this year.
Videos will be forthcoming....
I'm wet.
Just doing my bit to make Europe less boring.....

While you've got the tools out working on your house you should knock up a little one for yourself. They don't need to be 30' tall like mine to have fun with them.
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Re: Europe Boring Until it's Not

Post by Speaker to Animals » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:35 am

You have to mount it in the bed of a 4x4.