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16/03/2021 3:26 pm
When I was young I had two bolts and one nut.
Screw the bolt halfway through the nut, fill the nut with powder from a match until it is pretty full.
Then screw the other bolt on until it can go no further.
Then throw it in the air and run....
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16/03/2021 4:41 pm
@john-barry JB; as you know most anvil flight historians are decent enough folks but very fickle about contrary opinions.
16/03/2021 4:43 pm
@joop Joop; I guess if you ran the wrong way you could end up with one embedded bolt and no nuts.
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16/03/2021 4:50 pm
When I was young I had two bolts and one nut.
Screw the bolt halfway through the nut, fill the nut with powder from a match until it is pretty full.
Then screw the other bolt on until it can go no further.
Then throw it in the air and run....
Your minimalist hardware probably proved very helpful on those panic-ed sprints 
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16/03/2021 5:01 pm
@john-barry JB; as you know most anvil flight historians are decent enough folks but very fickle about contrary opinions.
Yes I do Jack ....Of that exclusive clique,it was only Chester E. Macduffee who ventured out. Like a moth to a flame,he traveled to the actual landing sites.All in his efforts to prove his theorems sound
17/03/2021 12:21 am
@john-barry Ah yes indeed....."Hooks" MacDuffee....so misunderstood. Last seen suited up, running after the anvil that arced over that bog; poor soul....never seen again. He lived fast and on the edge. In an odd coincidence; in spite of being surrounded by his iron inventions, "Hooks" also only had one nut.
17/03/2021 12:44 am
@john-barry JB that enthusiastic group of anvil retrievers made good money and before long they traded in that Model T truck for a 2dr. Cadillac! They called it a Coupe D'Anvil.
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17/03/2021 10:32 am
They called it a Coupe D'Anvil.
Pick up your prize money any time after 4 
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