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There seems to be a great deal of resistance in some areas to the establishment of windfarms, on the grounds that the windmills themselves are unsightly.
However, no-one seems to object to the presence in the landscape of traditional Post or Tower mills; indeed, they are often the subject of preservation
efforts.
Now, architects at BorgCo have designed a wind-powered generator that is not only High Tech but High Gothic. Suitable for attachment to church towers or steeples, or available as a stand-alone installation, the great advantage of this new design is that it looks like it's been there for 500 years.
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Or a steampunk one, and you could have cardboard cut-out of Fred Dibnah next to it. |
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"The Windmills Of Bolton" ... |
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Hmm, doesn't quite work, somehow. |
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Just stay calm, and repeat the names of the firemen under your breath ... |
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Just please, no dark eyeshadow, piles of black and
white paint, or morbid clothing hanging on the
vanes. |
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It might be a nice double use of cemetery space,
though. |
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I'm thinking of a gigantic Michael Jackson wind turbine, with three huge perspex rotors. |
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Inside the rotors are white panels, these flip down to the give the illusion of sleeves on two or the three rotors and while on the third rotor they flip up to let the rotor be see-through. |
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Could also be made to moonwalk by cunning use of pivots and cables, powered by an array of hamster wheels. |
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[+] well, I like the image of Gothic windmills. Add a little Hunchback of Notre Dame to it... |
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What's a Post or Tower mill? Is there a translation into Amerikanski? |
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// Is there a translation// |
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Certainly. A 'post mill' was used for gangling
oasted barley so that it could be pressed into
rattings before being sent to the gelter mill. Post
mills can be recognised by their alming vanes and
circular benting. (As you can see, the word 'mill' is
something of a misnomer in this instance.) |
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A 'tower mill', obviously, was used for milling
spelted whissom to remove the spreck and leave
the kerbel behind. You may know this process as
kipling, I believe. |
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//You may know this process as kipling, |
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Surely you mean flenting? |
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Thank you - I have written this down. Now next time I visit friends in Oxford, I will be able to speak with confidence about these millings. |
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