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Location: Cicero, NY | philwong - 2014-12-12 2:31 PM
Another Photo. Sorry for the dark photo again 
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Location: NJ | MasterWhitehead was a recent OvernightGuest at OurHouse, and informed me that the Trebuchet has succumbed to th'Elements in Virginia, and is soon destined to be disassembled for Kindling . . . Sad, but it DID Serve Us Well, . . . . |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | For the ADD types, here is the trebuchet in motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMmmMqmQdY&spfreload=10 |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | In the first photo, back about four deep, one step up, far left next to the right elbow of the big guy in the black jacket and orange shirt, white hair and white beard . . . I recognize about half of those present and miss them all. |
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Location: SoCal | cliff d. - 2014-12-12 9:18 PM
MasterWhitehead was a recent OvernightGuest at OurHouse, and informed me that the Trebuchet has succumbed to th'Elements in Virginia, and is soon destined to be disassembled for Kindling . . . Sad, but it DID Serve Us Well, . . . .
You know, we shoulda hauled it down to Pennsylvania and thrown Celebs at the Martin factory. Missed opportunity....... |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Or used it to lay siege to the Fender board of directors... |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Am I a minority of one?? That appears to show disrespect for the instruments being thrown?? Somebody please enlighten me. |
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Location: NJ | We first tried Kittens, but they kept wriggling off th'Hook before th'Thing would "Fire" . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | nerdydave - 2015-01-07 5:41 AM
Am I a minority of one?? That appears to show disrespect for the instruments being thrown?? Somebody please enlighten me.
The "instruments being thrown" was an unrepairable celebrity. No US Ovations were harmed in the filming.
And yah, the kitten thing wasn't working, we couldn't find any puppies, and Moody was just too damn big...
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | cliff d. - 2015-01-07 8:02 AM
We first tried Kittens, but they kept wriggling off th'Hook before th'Thing would "Fire" . . .
Llama's were to big for it too. |
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Location: Colorado | The first slings were the coconut bras from the ukulele band. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Hey Captain,
I have to correct you on one thing. Technically part of you was there. This was the tour that we gave Mr. Whitehead your artwork. I took his picture when he was presented with it. I don't want to post it because those pictures were even darker than the ones that I had posted. I finally figured out / trusted the settings a few weeks after ther tour. When digital photography first started I went to the annual Photo East convention in New York and I had a conversation with a camera company rep. My question was.. How can I be sure that the film speed on a digital camera will be the same as a non digital camera? Result. Dumb look from rep followed by a moment of silence then he finally said UH......... That is why i didn't trust the camera in the beginning and was experimenting with it this time. At the time that I took these photos I only had the camera for a few weeks.
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Location: closely held secret | schroeder - 2015-01-19 7:32 AM
and that's Jerome looking lost and horrified at what is about to happen.
He's probably wondering why we bothered, what with the nearest English castle so far away.
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