said the old man, and nodded with a peculiar smile. “Yes, my grandfather could!” said one of the boys, “scarcely any one besides has crossed during a hundred years. The cross that is set up over there was placed there by my grandfather. It had been a severe winter, the whole of...
Pallet Pirate Ship: This Instructable will show how I built a small pirate ship out of old pallets and left over material. As always use proper safety precautions and always wear eye protection whenever working with tools. There are no plans or measureme
WHEN NEW PROVIDENCE WAS OLD: MAPPING BAHAMAS HISTORY ‘Exact Draught of the Island of New Providence One of the Bahama Islands in the West Indies’ ORIENTATION Lateral thinking is one thing; topsy-turvy thinking is in another league. The map that graces the top of this page is of New Provi...
Just a few blocks away from the uber-affluent Central District is a very different Hong Kong. The Western District, or Sheung Wan, looks like the set of an old Chinese movie mystery with extras still hanging around. It is the city’s oldest area, where colorful shops are jammed with boxe...
I stood on the corner of Bleeding Heart Yard and Charles Street with a head beating hard and eyes the colour of the stinging sleet, and while old men drank themselves to sleep, I pissed in a beggar’s cup and wept, while he painted me colourful epithets; and thus redressed, out I st...
naval architecture are quickly introduced to the two basic ways of constructing most boats. The shell method involves building the hull and then the supporting rafters and decks inside. The younger method inverts this model, starting with the inner framework and attaching the hull in the final ...