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Default Purpose/History Of A Spiral Staircase???

On May 18, 12:57�am, "h" wrote:
"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message

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On 5/17/2010 1:47 PM keith spake thus:


On May 17, 2:22 pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:


On 5/17/2010 12:27 AM harry spake thus:


On May 17, 1:58 am, David Nebenzahl wrote:


On 5/15/2010 12:26 PM harry spake thus:


Spiral staircases in castles always were a right handed bend making
it
hard to wave a sword about if you were trying to fight your way up..


You must mean a right-handed bend going *down*, correct?


Depends on which way you �consdier to be rght handed. But you know
what I mean.


Yes, I take it to mean that the stairs wind clockwise going down.


Woe betide the left-handed knight defending the castle ...


They would be on the offensive team.


Correct: to amend the old screw-tightening mnemonic: righty-defendy,
lefty-attacky.


Ah, so you've done medieval re-enactment fighting, I see - Hide quoted text -

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I never knew it was popular in the USA. We have quite a bit round
here. There's one place has a trebuchet even.