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Dear WW: Your math is not your strongest suit. Try that subtraction again. You subtacted
two hundred, not two thousand. But I love you just the same. Bill
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Try that subtraction again.
And were you subtracting forward or backward, and in cardinal or ordinal?
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I was subtracting poorly, but tswum can't add.
Thanks, wwh!! Heavens, what a week for math!
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Well I learned something from the posts. I had always thought the atlatl was a sturdy
rigid thing. I have an idea that it took a lot of "research and development" plus a lot of
practice to make it work well. Interesting also that it seems to have been limited to Americas.
I don't often get a chance to pretend my math is superior to anybody else's, so forgive my pouncing.
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I'm glad you pounced, wwh. Musick advised me to be thick-skinned a while back, and I must admit swimming among crocodiles has become a pleasure.
Anyway, it gave me a good chuckle at myself and also a heads-up that I better think when subtracting.
I also enjoyed seeing the illustration of how the atlatl worked. It reminded me of the principle for how the catapult worked--and also made the bow seem more kindred to the catapult, too--you know, like a catapult coming from different directions, north and south, in the guise of the bow string. Probably only makes sense to me, but.
How do you pronounce "atlatl"?
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seems to have been limited to Americas.Nuh-uh. http://www.worldatlatl.org/It was found in areas flung as far as Australia, Mexico, the Arctic, and portions of Asia.
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