fisherKings
Registered Geocacher
(5/24/02 3:06:54 pm)
BookCrossing

I just read about this...

web page

does it sound familiar to you guys?

Sushi of the fisherKings

Edited by: fisherKings at: 5/27/02 2:38:11 pm

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Da Rebel
Magnificent Poster
(5/24/02 3:42:31 pm)
Re: BookCrossing

Yep, sure does.

Another variation on a theme:


act of kindness

Looks like imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain

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AllenLacy
Registered Geocacher
(5/24/02 5:57:40 pm)
Re: BookCrossing

I noticed this before when it was mentioned on groundspeak forums back on March 12 in topic Book Tracking! and it is on the geocaching link page.

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fisherKings
Registered Geocacher
(5/24/02 7:45:32 pm)
bookcrossing

I bet if I mention any topic...ANY topic ...someone here on the GGA site would know something about it....I should not be surprised at the knowledge locked up in the minds of the GGA membership...

Let's see...what can I think up?

Sushi of the fisherKings

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the mtn man
and puppymonster
(5/24/02 11:19:36 pm)
Re: bookcrossing

BRIDGEKEEPER:
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

ARTHUR:
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

BRIDGEKEEPER:
Huh? I-- I don't know that. Auuuuuuuugh!

BEDEVERE:
How do know so much about swallows?

ARTHUR:
Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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Da Rebel
Magnificent Poster
(5/25/02 12:01:26 am)
Monty time!

We require - - -


A shrubbery!
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain

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fisherKings
Registered Geocacher
(5/29/02 2:39:27 pm)
okay..here's my trivia question

A little quiz...I am sure it won't take long for someone to answer. Refer to my post above.

What were Lewis and Clark talking about when they mentioned the "Experiment"?

-Sushi of the fisherKings

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AllenLacy
Registered Geocacher
(5/29/02 2:53:38 pm)
okay..here's my trivia answer

A collapsible iron-framed boat of Lewis' design. It was comprised of an iron frame which came apart in sections, over which was stretched a covering of hide.

It did not work out as planned. When the expedition reached the Great Falls of the Missouri in July 1805, Lewis was unable to obtain suitable pitch with which to caulk the seams of the leather skins stretched over the framework. After spending nearly two weeks assembling and covering the boat, Lewis wrote on July 9, 1805:

quote:

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She leaked in such manner that she would not answer.

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Question posted at 2:39 answered at 2:53

Edited by: AllenLacy at: 5/29/02 3:02:45 pm

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the mtn man
and puppymonster
(5/29/02 3:04:28 pm)
Re: okay..here's my trivia question

Lewis devised a collapsible canoe in Harpers Ferry. It was comprised of an iron frame which came apart in sections, over which was stretched a covering of hide. He conducted a "full experiment" on the unusual canoe. To his satisfaction, he found the craft could carry a load of 1,770 pounds. Better yet, since the collapsible frame weighed just 99 pounds, he could transport the disassembled boat with relative ease.

Lewis and Clark came to a point on their journey where they got to the Great Falls on the Missouri River. The big white boat they were in, too heavy to be portaged, was left behind as they came to a section of the river that had five falls where they thought there was only one waterfall. The portage would have been 18 miles. Anticipating this circumstance, Lewis had brought along the portable strap-iron framework for the collapsible boat that could be covered with animal hides and sealed with pine pitch. Unfortunately, there were no pine trees in the vicinity of the White Bear Islands below the Falls, and the improvised caulking of pounded charcoal and buffalo tallow didn't work. The boat sank; Lewis's "experiment" was a failure, and another five days were spent hewing two cottonwood dugouts to replace it. After digging several caches to conceal some excess baggage (worked caches in there too!), including specimens of the new plants Lewis had found along the Missouri, the Corps of Discovery got underway again.

"It's good to be the king." -- Mel Brooks

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the mtn man
and puppymonster
(5/29/02 3:06:29 pm)
Re: BookCrossing

Hmmmm... I am a little slow I guess.

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AllenLacy
Registered Geocacher
(5/29/02 3:59:03 pm)
Answers

Two independent answers in less than a half hour, not bad.

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fisherKings
Registered Geocacher
(5/29/02 6:31:16 pm)
big brains

Like I said....ask it and someone will know...(and in such detail too.) When I need to know something important...guess where I will go.

Sushi of the fisherKings

Edited by: fisherKings at: 5/29/02 6:32:35 pm

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AllenLacy
Registered Geocacher
(5/29/02 7:54:19 pm)
Answers

As I found out a long, long time ago. It isn't what you know but what you can find out.