Of Scorpions & Sliders

[P. Clodius Secundus]

I still miss him very much as the other ideas he had on other matters, which I hope one day to continue
Keep up the good work and let your mind wander

Regards Brennivs

I try not to let my mind wander. It's too little to be let out alone. :lol: It gets me in trouble by asking things like "Why?" and "Says who!" a lot. I'd like to think that questioning the existence of "traditional" sliders back into the wood-framer era is merely an extension of his work. Just the next bite at the heresy cupcake. Some would say it's a fools errand to try to impose a linnear model on torsion development. History doesn't necessarily work this way. There are often fits and starts, throwbacks and dead ends, even in weapons development. There are also pitifully few data points to work from. Still, if one general "unified theory" can be developed that doesn't directly contradict the evidence, it's bound to be better than one which defies logic or calls for one to dismiss what few sources we have. I'm glad the field troops has managed to iron out the engineer's errors in making your slider work. That's a grand tradition among the grunts and I've done my share. Unfortunately, that phenomenon often plasters over things that should, or in this instance were done differently.