"OooEEEoooEEoooeeOO!"

[tealin]

Mr. Gryle is no Mr. Ixolite.

I dug this up for you, Gabbysun!
He's not tall enough. Oh well. I thought the hat was just ... crying out for a feather.

I want to board the "One Month Prologue." How do semaphore towers work?

I so need to separate my Terra Extra Harry Potter stuff into sub-categories...

... Ankh-Morpork will raise your glass convivial and say, "Cheer! Here looking, you kid! Up, you bottom!"

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[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Once again, my inner Klaus takes over.

From this village [Wellington] supervised the construction of 108 forts in three lines and linked by a Semaphore system. These proved invaluable in 1810 when the French led by Massena threw everything at them in a counter-offensive determined to retake Portugal.

And, earlier,
In
these battles, contemporary paintings of [Napoleon's] headquarters show that he used the world's first telecommunications system, the Chappe semaphore line, first implemented in 1792.

And then there's this little linkie (http://www.napoleonguide.com/semaphore.htm) which has the only picture I can find, and which makes me even more confused. Maybe ... they could put lanterns on the arms?

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

. . .

I THINK YOU ROCK MORE THAN IS LEGAL.

Perhaps Pterry took the semaphore and adapted it to his own means. Who know what goes on in the mind of a madman genius? ;D