It only costs that much because it was originally McCain's. He bought it while in Siam for over 5 years.

80k for a stick in the ground?

That's a sound financial investment we can believe in!

how in the HELL does a sundial cost $80,000 dollars!?

Even a broken sundial is right once a day.

Weaver95: how in the HELL does a sundial cost $80,000 dollars!?

It's Swiss...

I bet they'll take delivery, and then notice the logo on the face says "Rolax."

/this post made in Taiwan R.O.C.

Can a mod come along and explain why there have been three Vermont threads in a row. Are you from Vermont of something? Is anyone on the east coast even still awake? Inquiring minds want to know.

At least a lightning strike won't make it non-functional.

Weaver95: how in the HELL does a sundial cost $80,000 dollars!?

Good question.
Vermont is famous for its granite quarries.
/subby.

They could have spent that money more wisely and just bought everyone 20 dollar watches

Well the last one got destroyed by lightning in 1955, and they can't raise the funds to save it!

you don't even get a stick, I guess the person is the gnomon

Personally, the cost on this seems to suggest very shady business practices. I think they are getting burned.

Weaver95: how in the HELL does a sundial cost $80,000 dollars!?

Perhaps because it's made out of some awesome type of metal and it's got like wicked awesome Boba Fett's and lasers and shiat on it! Duh, maybe that's how! RTFA moran!

So, they'll save money on batteries.

The sucky part is where it takes a 5-man crew and a front-end loader to rearrange it for daylight savings time twice a year.

Lemme just check my watch... hey, do you happen to have a compass and a bullseye level?

John Dewey: At least a lightning strike won't make it non-functional.

GREAT SCOTT!!

Oznog: The sucky part is where it takes a 5-man crew and a front-end loader to rearrange it for daylight savings time twice a year.

usually a second calibrated row is made.

approves

Citizens of Redding, Cali with their 23-mill Spanish designed Sundial Bridge unimpressed
Link (new window)

You stupid motherfarker you, what are you gonna do when it's cloudy, huh?

/yeah, I'm plastered, so what?
//It's still a legitimate question. ANSWER ME!
///slashies!

John Dewey: At least a lightning strike won't make it non-functional.

came here for a BTTF reference, wasn't disappointed.

From the article:



It cost $80,000 for that? Holy crap. Someone is getting fleeced here.

That figure better include the cost of land, bribes to the local mayor and construction company, full catered meals for everybody on the project, replanting the forest in the background of the picture, etc.

hyperflame: From the article:



It cost $80,000 for that? Holy crap. Someone is getting fleeced here.

That figure better include the cost of land, bribes to the local mayor and construction company, full catered meals for everybody on the project, replanting the forest in the background of the picture, etc.

From the looks of it the big chunks of rock are the hour markers, the thing in the middle is where the needle will go... it'll probably be pretty big for the shadow to cast that far to hit the bigger rocks.

Still a waste of money... what's next? a $50,000 abacus made out of gold & platinum?

Approves.

/hot

FTA: "I think it's cool," said Joe Handy, a St. Albans student. "I think you can learn a lot from it-- the way it's built, big chunks of rock. "

Destined for a successful career in politics...building roads to nowhere, bailing out dying savings&loans, fighting wars in obscure lands that nobody's ever heard of...with big chunks of rock.

Gyrfalcon: FTA: "I think it's cool," said Joe Handy, a St. Albans student. "I think you can learn a lot from it-- the way it's built, big chunks of rock. "

Destined for a successful career in politics...building roads to nowhere, bailing out dying savings&loans, fighting wars in obscure lands that nobody's ever heard of...with big chunks of rock.

Wait till he hears the Russians have a rock so big it could crush a neighborhood. Then he'll go and design one bigger and get hired to be the Gub'mint Boss of Big Rocks.

Burlington, Vermont...

Hey...isn't that the town where the local teens 'hang out' on the town square ALL NUDE & STUFF?

from Fark 8/22/06: Link

Now the NAKED students are doing what?
Weird town.

Burlington Vermont... One of 2 places in the states I have been. The other was Rayleigh NC.

John Dewey: At least a lightning strike won't make it non-functional.

Just don't use it after dark.

JonnyBGoode: John Dewey: At least a lightning strike won't make it non-functional.

GREAT SCOTT!!

Damn! Damn, Damn! Damn, Damn, Damn!

I can fix it if it breaks.
It is not terribly complicated.

shanrick: Even a broken sundial is right once a day.

not during daylight savings time. then it's never right.


FTA YOU are the stick, the sundial in the plywood you stand on.

It's not just a sundial;
it's a 'public art display.'

aka overpriced, oversized schlock that the self-styled 'creative class' foists upon taxpayers through arts council pork and, in this case, child labor.