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# RPS - Falkirk Wheel

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(I helped save b3ta! Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:11, archived)
# reverse that
and it'd make a good killing machine
(I helped save b3ta! frunt It's been a while..., Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:12, archived)
# The Falkirk Wheel
is one of the most useless tourist attractions ever.
But nice picture.
(I helped save b3ta! Butters and his titanium codsocket, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:15, archived)
# Does it actually do anything useful?
(I helped save b3ta! Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:17, archived)
# it moves boats from the top aquaduct
to the lake below
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:18, archived)
# It's supposed to link up two major canals.
But because noone actually uses canals since the 19th century, it's just for tourists.
(I helped save b3ta! Butters and his titanium codsocket, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:19, archived)
# what like it's basic purpose of acting as a canal lock?
(Mehitabel_Itrang, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:19, archived)
# Yeah
but the drop's a bit big for locks - it would take ages to get through them all!
(I helped save b3ta! thistle, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:21, archived)
# "The Falkirk Wheel takes an astonishing 240 minutes to make a single rotation..."
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:25, archived)
# Okay, I made that up. It's four minutes.
(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:26, archived)
# That wheel/backwards killing machine substitutes 19 locks.
How do I still remember that?
(Fwapper Has just got a new PC =), Sun 5 Mar 2006, 21:55, archived)