- 1. Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
- Author: RGOLEN@umassd.edu
- Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 10:17 EDT
- BTW, for those of you who watch Northern Exposure and recall the catapult and the piano episode a month or so back, it appears that these "chaps" built the catapult for the Northern Exposure episode.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00090.html (7,488 bytes)
- 2. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
- Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 92 14:22:37 PDT
- BTW, for those of you who watch Northern Exposure and recall the catapult and the piano episode a month or so back, it appears that these "chaps" built the catapult for the Northern Exposure episode.
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00115.html (8,617 bytes)
- 3. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
- Author: tdm@akguc.att.com
- Date: Thu, 7 May 92 14:43 EDT
- A trebuchet is a catapult; it's not a Hillman, it's a Mini. "But on this day, Car and Driver, which has marveled at the wondrousness (SIC) of this torqued-out invention since we first heard of it, ha
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00156.html (7,493 bytes)
- 4. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
- Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 92 13:43:24 PDT
- Scot Fisher writes: it wasn't a mini, it was a hillman... Scott thanks for clearing that up....it sure as hell looked red, I guess what confused me was the "I love my Mini" sticker on the boot.....:-
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00162.html (8,138 bytes)
- 5. Re: Mini Tossing.... (score: 1)
- Author: Captain Capsaicine <sfisher@wsl.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 92 14:05:43 PDT
- A trebuchet is a catapult; it's not a Hillman, it's a Mini. As for the difference between a trebuchet and a catapult, the former uses weight and leverage to hurl very large objects, while the latter
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00164.html (8,282 bytes)
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