Totally OT, but frustrated.....

[gordonjcp at gjcp.net]

> It's not entirely out of the question, after all, how many of you have the
> knowledge of metalurgy to make any metal tool from say... the Bronze age,
> or
> Iron, or make gun powder, sure you know what's in it, but can you obtain
> the
> raw materials, and build the contraption that they used to make it?

<raises hand>

That's a silly question to ask on this list, isn't it?

Gordon.