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Re: The Mill
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Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:15:59 GMT
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Great job Reed! Looks great and accurate. I also like the wing tip pieces
on the windmill blades. Could you put any pics of the inside of the house up?
Hasta La Vista, Sean
In lugnet.castle, Reed Anderson writes:
> The miller was the third most respected person in villages of ancient times,
> below only those of the religious order and the duke of the village.
> Without a mill, the village would go hungry, thus, the owner of the mill
> often was greedy and shrewd. After milling flour, they would often push
> their thumb down on the weighing scale so as to receive more money from the
> unlucky grower of the wheat.
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> My model of the millers shop and windmill is part of a larger village MOC
> I'm working on (currently 96x96 studs). Located on the foothills of the
> Northern Mountains, it receives moderate wind to turn the sails, and is in
> close proximity to a nearby grain barn. Though I didn't install a motor,
> the sails can be hand turned on a simple axle.
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> The Folder:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26043
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> And until moderation, here are the deep links:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gingivere/Windmill/wind01.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gingivere/Windmill/wind02.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gingivere/Windmill/wind03.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gingivere/Windmill/wind04.jpg
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gingivere/Windmill/wind05.jpg
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> Thanks for looking, and PLMKWYT!
>
> Reed
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| The miller was the third most respected person in villages of ancient times, below only those of the religious order and the duke of the village. Without a mill, the village would go hungry, thus, the owner of the mill often was greedy and shrewd. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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