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Offline Ramshackle_Curtis

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2009, 09:13:34 AM »
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I know a song about it too

Pray enlighten us.

I was just going to post up the lyyrics, but I found an awesome site that actually has the trevithick engine pictured on it. If you read the introduction at the top of the page, well thats pretty much my story too!

The song is called Cambourne Hill. Named after the hill with South Crofty mine on it. South Crofty is the most profitable mine in history. The Trevithick engine was made there, Trevithick being Cornish.

http://www.brycchancarey.com/places/cornwall/songs.htm

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2009, 09:38:14 AM »
I have a Trivithick engine. The Beam Engines had all sold out though :(
So many projects..... so little time.......

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2009, 11:53:29 AM »
I have a Trivithick engine. The Beam Engines had all sold out though :(

Awesome, I will come round to have a look and be jelous! I might sing the song to you as well.....

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2009, 01:55:27 PM »
Is that a promise or threat  ???


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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 04:57:53 PM »
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I know a song about it too

Pray enlighten us.



maybe too much guitar though ;)

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2009, 05:46:51 PM »
Ahh, Camborne...I was at art college there and drank many a pint of snakebite and black. You can see the pub in some of the shots. WHile I was there it had the nighest rate of unnatural crime in the uk. There were obviously a significant amount of inbred hillbilly wierdos there.

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2009, 06:39:14 PM »
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There were obviously a significant amount of inbred hillbilly wierdos there.

Well, yeah............. it's Cornwall.

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2009, 08:45:10 PM »
WHile I was there it had the nighest rate of unnatural crime in the uk.
And did it go down when you left? lol
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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2009, 09:24:54 PM »
WHile I was there it had the nighest rate of unnatural crime in the uk.
And did it go down when you left? lol

 lol lol lol
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone
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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2009, 09:54:10 PM »
rate of unnatural crime in the uk.

Umm.... I gotta know, what is "unnatural crime" as compared to plain old run of the mill natural crime?
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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2009, 10:07:36 PM »
rate of unnatural crime in the uk.

Umm.... I gotta know, what is "unnatural crime" as compared to plain old run of the mill natural crime?
It's ghost murder and werewolf mugging. :P

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2009, 11:40:40 PM »
Incest and Bestiphilia. In the old days it also included buggery.

Cornwall yes, Im sure is full of this kinf of thing, but Camborne especially so. Camborne was at the time of the Trevithick engine, one of the richest towns in the world. Jump forward 100 years and you have basically the decendents of the people who could not afford to get out when the bottom dropped out of the Tin inustry, who stayed in a basically ruined, post industrial hell hole, with no money and nothing to do. Hence turning inward....

Shit, I need to make some models of Unnatural Criminals in VSF gear dont I?

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #27 on: April 29, 2009, 12:00:20 AM »
Yes you do! :)

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Re: Beam Engine
« Reply #28 on: April 29, 2009, 01:39:01 AM »
Incest and Bestiphilia. In the old days it also included buggery.

Cornwall yes, Im sure is full of this kinf of thing, but Camborne especially so. Camborne was at the time of the Trevithick engine, one of the richest towns in the world. Jump forward 100 years and you have basically the decendents of the people who could not afford to get out when the bottom dropped out of the Tin inustry, who stayed in a basically ruined, post industrial hell hole, with no money and nothing to do. Hence turning inward....

Shit, I need to make some models of Unnatural Criminals in VSF gear dont I?

Incestuous villains and beast-lovers...

I'm sure there's a joke in there about the House of Hanover somewhere;)

But yes, you do indeed need to make such types. Knowing you, they will be suitably disturbing yet amusing...

-Doc


 

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