I hope somebody crashes their bi-plane into it, on purpose, with a lady standing on the wing, and chickens get blown out the other end then the lady and pilot run out of the barn and do curtsy bows to applause as the barn explodes into raging flames.
I wonder if the rigging involved with moving such a big floppy* thing would be fascinating to observe. Might be tedious but since I'll never know, I will opt for yes it would.
* Or so I would think, no matter how thick its beams and beautifully strong its joinery.
Rats, that was exactly my thought. The wood is 100 years old, it's settled in nicely into its probably-stone foundation, The beams must be getting a bit dry and crumbly, and someone picks it all up and takes it somewhere. It must also have taken up the whole two lane road.
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I hope somebody crashes their bi-plane into it, on purpose, with a lady standing on the wing, and chickens get blown out the other end then the lady and pilot run out of the barn and do curtsy bows to applause as the barn explodes into raging flames.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the rigging involved with moving such a big floppy* thing would be fascinating to observe. Might be tedious but since I'll never know, I will opt for yes it would.
ReplyDelete* Or so I would think, no matter how thick its beams and beautifully strong its joinery.
MARSHALL: everything except the “explode in to flames!”
ReplyDeleteRats, that was exactly my thought. The wood is 100 years old, it's settled in nicely into its probably-stone foundation, The beams must be getting a bit dry and crumbly, and someone picks it all up and takes it somewhere. It must also have taken up the whole two lane road.
ReplyDeleteOr if you get enough guys together with straw hats you could do it this way.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/hZL7TqSeDus?si=VDzTHcYCnyZYU9eQ
I thought I was seeing galvanised corrugated steel, even the panels starting
ReplyDeleteto rust along the gutter, but I know nothing about barns...
I think it is (unusually) clad in sheetmetal!
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