Waterloo or not...

fernando · 3rd July 2019, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

Impressive grouping on a narrow target. I'm surprised it didn't break & collapse.

Is that a selfie stick in the lower left just above the staring guy left of the post?

That i wouldn't know; what i've heard of is that this very dude is anxious waiting for the post to fall ... so that he can escape from it in due time

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kronckew · 3rd July 2019, 12:09 PM

It'd be really neat if that post was still around in the same location.

this iron one in Delhi, India has stood like this, and is corrosion resistant, since around 400 a.d. and was dented by a cannonball in the late 18c. Still there, still hasn't rusted away, tho their is some surface rust in places...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pillar_of_Delhi

fernando · 3rd July 2019, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

It'd be really neat if that post was still around in the same location...]

Those schmucks didn't know the meaning of culture and proudly replaced it with a brand new one. I guess they wouldn't do it nowadays. It would be a double added value for the monument where it stands by; Restoration of Independence.

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3rd July 2019, 12:09 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	It'd be really neat if that post was still around in the same location. this iron one in Delhi, India has stood like this, and is corrosion resistant, since around 400 a.d. and was dented by a cannonball in the late 18c. Still there, still hasn't rusted away, tho their is some surface rust in places... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pillar_of_Delhi Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 3rd July 2019 at 12:31 PM.