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Re: The Mill
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:50:42 GMT
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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
Great work!
I particularly like the way you used the slightly raised baseplate, the
shape of the windmill tower, and the clever construction of the roof on the
miller's shop.
Cheers.
Richie
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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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