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Building a moat
I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge.
Who to contact, or where do I start? Many thanks |
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I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Who to contact, or where do I start? Many thanks I think the correct term is "dig" a moat, not build one. Having visited many castles, a moat is not just a ditch. Its sides are lined with stone at exact military angles to discourage siege engines and infantry assault. The far side is much steeper than the side closest to the castle. This is to make it more difficult for the invader to enter the moat and, necessarily, more difficult for him to escape. You will need several sally ports on your residence to clean out the dead bodies from the moat. Good luck. Please post pictures of your progress. |
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"Busted Computer" wrote in message
I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Who to contact, or where do I start? Try 'Ye Olde Moat Shop'. They do good work. If you have the coin to do so, you might want to get a bridge that can support 2 carts wide. This way if you have goods coming by wagon, AND have outgoing vendors at the same time; they can both utilize the bridge. You will need a good pulley system, so don't go with the standard version they will try to sell you. That model is so 12th century and they are trying to get rid of existing stock. You don't want to spend too many serf hours on raising and lowering the bridge; best to keep as many serfs in the field breaking their back, not rasising the bridge daily and breaking their backs. :-) |
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wrote: I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Bad neighbors, eh? g ....and they say fences make for good neighbors. Who to contact, or where do I start? Start digging. You may wish to pull a permit before filling the moat. Don't forget the PETA hassles you'll have to contend with when you stock it with Piraña and alligators, not to mention the EPA Environmental Impact Statement. Then there's the Algore factor: You'll have created a wetland so you can forget about using your property for anything else. Good luck! -- JR |
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I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Who to contact, or where do I start? I don't know but once you have it contact me for the requisite alligators -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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"HeyBub" wrote: You will need several sally ports on your residence to clean out the dead bodies from the moat. That's what the turtles and catfish are for Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:36:29 -0500, nick hull wrote:
In article , "HeyBub" wrote: You will need several sally ports on your residence to clean out the dead bodies from the moat. That's what the turtles and catfish are for Free men own guns AND take them on airliners. - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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On 17 Oct, 20:48, "HeyBub" wrote:
Busted Computer wrote: I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Who to contact, or where do I start? Many thanks I think the correct term is "dig" a moat, not build one. Having visited many castles, a moat is not just a ditch. Its sides are lined with stone at exact military angles to discourage siege engines and infantry assault. The far side is much steeper than the side closest to the castle. This is to make it more difficult for the invader to enter the moat and, necessarily, more difficult for him to escape. You will need several sally ports on your residence to clean out the dead bodies from the moat. Good luck. Please post pictures of your progress. "The far side is much steeper than the side closest to the castle. This is to make it more difficult for the invader to enter the moat and, necessarily, more difficult for him to escape." OK, I get the "more difficult to escape" if the far side (when viewed from inside the castle) is steeper, but how does that make it more difficult to *enter* the moat? The word "jump" comes to mind. |
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On Oct 17, 7:24 pm, "Busted Computer" wrote:
I want to build a moat around my house, complete with a draw bridge. Who to contact, or where do I start? Many thanks Start with you local building permit dept, they'll guide you through the process. |
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Building a moat
Moat Depot installs them.
I installed one, and my house hasn't been pillaged in years. Occasionally, someone will catapult a dead cow into the yard, though. |
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On Oct 18, 6:22 pm, "Buck Turgidson" wrote:
Moat Depot installs them. -- I installed one, and my house hasn't been pillaged in years. Occasionally, someone will catapult a dead cow into the yard, though. I live in a cave. Want to pet my bunny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg |
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Buck Turgidson wrote:
Moat Depot installs them. I installed one, and my house hasn't been pillaged in years. Occasionally, someone will catapult a dead cow into the yard, though. Moat Depot probably killed the cows to ensure there's no Lowe's in the vicinity. PB |
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I live in a cave. Want to pet my bunny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg Someone got my reference.... |
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On Oct 19, 6:50 pm, "Buck Turgidson" wrote:
I live in a cave. Want to pet my bunny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg -- Someone got my reference.... Ni |
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