Why Yes. . .
Posted by Ken on April 22, 1998 at 11:39:17:
In response to Oh, Ken!!!!!;-), written by Caroline on April 22, 1998 at 08:40:54
] Let's see...the Martello tower was actually invented as a new kind of ice-house? ;-)
The theory was that the invading French army would all be Marseillais, and of course, Boney himself was Corsican. Catapulting really huge chunks of ice at the invaders was supposed to discourage them from advancing any further & they would return to sunny France (-:
] I thought the full moon was last week......
Which is why I didn't cut any wood then.
YHOS,
Snarkhunter
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