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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:03:57 -0700
From: Jiri Mruzek
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology,alt.alien.visitors,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: 200 ton Blocks
 
Rolling Wheeled Stone-blocks

Kevin D. Quitt wrote:
 
> On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 12:21:04 GMT, degrafx@netwrx.net (Gilgamesh) wrote:
 
> >>Kevin D. Quitt (Kevin@Quitt.net) wrote:

> >>: The stone can now be
> >>: rolled, and by wrapping ropes arounf the entire thing, one man, pulling on
> >>: one rope can move a ten-ton block up a slight incline on hard ground.

> >>: I know this works, because I've done it.

> >Yeah right.  We have all tried this in our backyards.

Gilgamesh was right in questioning your unlikely story.
 
> Some of us have actually done physical labor for a living.  And you could
> try it at any quarry.  It's about as hard as pushing a small car.

 Lies have short legs - and never get you very far, as in this case.

1) Lie # 1:

    Pushing a small car (on wheels with steel bearings, and weighing
    a ton at most) is as hard, as rolling a 10-ton wheel!

This claim is an obvious lie. One thing about such 10-ton
wheels - they are not perfectly round, and therefore aren't
well balanced!  This will create problems, when the heaviest half
will be at the low point of rotation.

My expert opinion: You got the idea from the "Flintstones" show!
At any rate, this show abounds in similar cartoon-suitable "ideas".

> Some of us have actually done physical labor for a living.

While this statement is indubitably true, I doubt that you have
worked physically to make your living. Why, last you were talking
to me, (misrepresenting my opinions) you had an account with
none other, but:   @nasa.gov!!!
That makes you a technician, a pen-pusher, etc. Don't pretend to
be a blue-collar..

> And you could  try it at any quarry.

Very realistic - we all have access to quarries in our backyards
just like you! But, I did work in a couple of quarries, and nowhere
have I seen 10-ton rocks, there.
On what occasion did you do this,, yourself ?
What quarry produces 10-ton blocks, which it moves by your method?
Where is this block you spoke about? Perhaps, we can get an
investigator on the site..
What gave you the idea?
Where are the witnesses, etc?

Conclusion: In absence of any evidence whatsoever, we have to
suspect that you Kevin Quitt are an unscrupulous prevaricator.

If you want to make outrageous statements, you have to back
them up. When I want to tell people about something extraordinary
like prehistorical mathematics, I back my words up with a Web-site,
where my proofs are available to everyone to check out. The fact
that there are no skeptical critics (skepto-crits) using my materials from
[ http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5586/index.html ]
proves to you that I have something real there..

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