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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Procrustes, one more time #69526 05/15/02 12:44 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I always wondered how Procrustes went about stretching wimps six feet tall. I wonder if the mechanics of the rack and pinion were known in his day. I have seen pictures of a mechanical computer of amazing complexity recovered from an ancient wreck. But I have never seen any indication that the Greeks that early having anything with gears or screws. Let's hear some theories. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted procrustean; procrustean bed AphonicRants 05/12/02 01:52 AM Re: procrustean; procrustean bed Father Steve 05/12/02 03:02 AM Re: procrustean; procrustean bed milum 05/12/02 03:41 AM Re: procrustean; procrustean bed wwh 05/12/02 12:36 PM Re: procrustean; procrustean bed Geoff 05/12/02 02:10 PM Variations on a theme Father Steve 05/12/02 02:29 PM Re: Variations on a theme wwh 05/12/02 02:53 PM Crusts of bread Bobyoungbalt 05/13/02 02:54 AM Re: Crustless bread AnnaStrophic 05/13/02 12:16 PM Re: Variations on a theme Geoff 05/12/02 09:30 PM Re: Variations on a theme Father Steve 05/13/02 02:03 AM Upper Crustacea Geoff 05/13/02 04:39 AM Re: Upper Crustacea Bingley 05/13/02 04:58 AM Re: Upper Crustacea Faldage 05/13/02 02:18 PM Re: Upper Crustacea TEd Remington 05/13/02 05:26 PM Apology Father Steve 05/14/02 07:01 PM Re: Apology wwh 05/14/02 07:07 PM no apology needed AphonicRants 05/14/02 09:06 PM Re: Apology Faldage 05/14/02 07:14 PM Re: Apology Geoff 05/15/02 12:38 AM Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 05/13/02 01:22 PM Re: eat it up! of troy 05/13/02 02:13 PM Re: High Volta-age Geoff 05/14/02 01:27 AM Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 05/14/02 07:20 PM Re: High Volta-age wwh 05/14/02 07:24 PM Re: Variations on a theme Wordwind 05/15/02 12:15 AM Re: Variations on a theme Geoff 05/15/02 12:35 AM Re: Procrustes, one more time wwh 05/15/02 12:44 AM Re: Procrustes, one more time Faldage 05/15/02 10:01 AM Re: Procrustes, one more time wwh 05/15/02 01:52 PM Re: Procrustes, one more time Hyla 05/15/02 04:59 PM Re: Procrustes, one more time wwh 05/15/02 06:17 PM Re: Variations on a theme Wordwind 05/15/02 12:45 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 793 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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