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larry8200
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 Posted - 07/18/2010 : 06:23:38
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It's why New Hampshire is called "The Granite State"
Only 1" or so was sticking up.
Do you think the old Simplicity will ever break that chain?
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Edited by - larry8200 on 07/18/2010 13:18:37 |
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ByronC
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 09:10:50
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SAVE THAT!!!! IT COULD BE WORTH BIG MONEY!!!!!
Its a trebuchet projectile from back when the Romans attacked New York.... Or was it when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor...
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Byron---Allis-Chalmers
The Few, The Proud, The Orange.
918H Agco-Allis, and a 928D Grasshopper Diesel.
D-21 Allis-Chalmers
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ATF
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 09:23:35
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| Looks like a Dinosaur egg, or one of the pods from that show "Caccoon". Could be a meteorite, in which case you'd be a millionaire. Personally, I think it's one of General Lees Artillery rounds gone astray |
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 09:40:23
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Originally posted by LordByron444
SAVE THAT!!!! IT COULD BE WORTH BIG MONEY!!!!!
Its a trebuchet projectile from back when the Romans attacked New York.... Or was it when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor...
Someone actually used the word "trebuchet" I'm not even sure how to pronounce that. Of course your picture shows trebuchet's, and not catapults.
Of course my favorite "Catapult" is the one Wile E Coyotey built in his unending hunt for the Roadrunner. 
If I recall, the Romans projectile of choice for their Trebuchet's, was often a dead cow that had been rotting in the sun for a week. Nice gift to have come sailing in over your walls! |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 09:53:56
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"Lawn Hazard"? I thought you were talking about that chain you left laying in the grass.
Here in Louisiana that rock sticking up would be considered a "Hazard to aviation" |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 10:20:47
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| It was only sticking up an inch when I started. |
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ByronC
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 19:04:32
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Originally posted by ATF
Looks like a Dinosaur egg, or one of the pods from that show "Caccoon". Could be a meteorite, in which case you'd be a millionaire. Personally, I think it's one of General Lees Artillery rounds gone astray
WHAT??????????? Please show me a picture of the thing General Lee would have used to launch a "Egg" that big....
Maybe he had a Mortar launcher. But then, maybe...
Larry, did you dig under the rock to see if they might have buried a keg of gun powder under it? That would launch it at something. Just light the fuse and RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha HA HA!!! |
Byron---Allis-Chalmers
The Few, The Proud, The Orange.
918H Agco-Allis, and a 928D Grasshopper Diesel.
D-21 Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Tech for 7 years. |
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ByronC
USA
1604 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 19:08:18
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How much $$$ would it take to buy it?
I would put it at the corner on my yard and paint it with these words......
Larry's Rock |
Byron---Allis-Chalmers
The Few, The Proud, The Orange.
918H Agco-Allis, and a 928D Grasshopper Diesel.
D-21 Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Tech for 7 years. |
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 19:30:00
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Originally posted by LordByron444
How much $$$ would it take to buy it?
I would put it at the corner on my yard and paint it with these words......
Larry's Rock
I started a new stone wall with it, but if you want come and get it! And bring the Family. |
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Richard L.
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 21:31:16
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| Larry, you've got way to much ambition. I've got 3 of those similar to that in my yard that I'm always avoiding when mowing. I'm not sure I'd take the same approach though. I'm thinking to just get it below grade I'll take a 20 lb. sledge to mine and call it a day with a bucket of dirt to smooth over them. |
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 21:53:56
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Originally posted by Richard L.
Larry, you've got way to much ambition. I've got 3 of those similar to that in my yard that I'm always avoiding when mowing. I'm not sure I'd take the same approach though. I'm thinking to just get it below grade I'll take a 20 lb. sledge to mine and call it a day with a bucket of dirt to smooth over them.
That "rock" has been tormenting me and my mowers for 19 years now. You bury it here in NH and the frost has a nasty habit of giving it back next year.
Look at the background in this pic: The farmers here 200 years ago didn't do it for fun...
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oldron
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2010 : 22:09:37
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You fellows sure get excited about a rock,you should come west sometime.
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 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!' |
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 22:18:24
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Originally posted by oldron
You fellows sure get excited about a rock,you should come west sometime.
Ron.
Your right! The largest one I have here is only the size of a bus. |
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ByronC
USA
1604 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 21:46:18
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Ron,
Larry pulled his rock out with a chain and his tractor.
I see that in your pic, your rock is a bit larger. So, are we going to see a pic of your 620 pulling that rock???
Waiting......
Waiting......
Waiting......
Waiting...... :)
Never mind... I'll come and pull it...
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Byron---Allis-Chalmers
The Few, The Proud, The Orange.
918H Agco-Allis, and a 928D Grasshopper Diesel.
D-21 Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Tech for 7 years. |
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skunkhome
USA
12824 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 22:10:56
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No offense Ron, but you don't have to go out west to see big rocks.
These little rocks are in Northeastern Alabama. |
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
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larry8200
USA
3166 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 03:55:47
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| So if a rock 2 feet tall is a "hazard to aviation" what do you call them ? |
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A little "Lawn Hazard"
