[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Christopher Wright]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>> I remember one of those idiot "In Search Of..." type shows in the 
>>>>> 70's saying that the fit of stones in South America was so tight 
>>>>> you couldn't  put a knife blade between them. Therefore, the stone 
>>>>> walls must have been made by aliens.
>>>>>
>>>>> Never mind why would aliens with such advanced tech would build a 
>>>>> crooked lumpy stone wall like that anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> But a few years later, some archeologist demonstrated how to make 
>>>>> such a fit by banging a couple stones together. Took him 30 minutes 
>>>>> per surface. No aliens or even tools were required.
>>>>
>>>> I've not heard about that, any good links on the subject?
>>>
>>> Sorry, saw it on TV long ago.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Some of the rocks at Sacsayhuaman were pretty dang huge, though.
>>>
>>> The same principle should work.
>>
>> Probably. But I bet they squished quite a few peasants transporting 
>> them. Off the top of my head, it seems the largest of the stones was 
>> said to weigh around 20 000 tons.
> 
> Let's just say 20 tons.

*My* peasants go up to 20,000!