https://www.louispage.com/blog/bid/11160/worm-fence-what-is-...
Still, this seemed totally unecessary until I realized this mean they dont have to put any posts into the ground. No digging holes, which would be really nice when you're trying to fence up very large acreage.
It only takes a couple minutes to split the log, and would be less tiring than trying to saw the number of boards you’d need for a fence. You can also use smaller logs you’d otherwise ignore or use for firewood due to low yield when sawing.
For that matter, you don’t have to worry about milling, joinery, or bringing enough nails to fasten boards. You can also use green wood without any worries. All you have to do is stack.
In a world without power tools, the split-rail fence really was an ingenious design. It effectively removed the skill requirement altogether, and let you spend your time on more urgent tasks.
Talking about all this again brings back some memories. My hands freezing from digging in the rocky soil. My hands aching from swinging the club hammer I used to compress the stones around the oak post to form a foundation. Trying to start the chainsaw in cold weather. Taking the tools back to the toolshed in a squeeky-wheel wheelbarrow. All good memories. It's been forty years since I made a fence but I could do it tomorrow with no problem, and gladly.
A Serpentine Wall sounds better than a Worm Fence or Snake Fence.
Crinkle Crankle Wall is a bit more fun than ZigZag Fence.
A Ribbon Wall seems like a nice thing to have on your property vs a Battlefield Fence.
Ribbon Wall doesn't sound any more ridiculous than same-shaped Ribbon Candy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_candy) or Ribbon Cables (https://www.fxpstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ribbon-w...), and ribbons don't call to mind atrocities or human suffering. Battlefields are terrible places where horrific things happen. That's not something I'd want associated with my own property.
I agree that it's not a good look to automatically prefer the military term to the "ridiculous" one. It smacks of toxic masculinity.
"Crinkle-crankle" is obviously archaic, and it evokes folk art and (in the US) colonial culture. That is fairly neutral, as placenames go.
And that's jenga.
ribbon sounds ridiculous and serpentine sounds technical? you are not a boomer. "Serpentine, Shel, serpentine!" -- Peter Falk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_w-QCWpS0
Alan Arkin just died recently, RIP
You want a BATTLEFIELD wall. I want a Crinkle Crankle
I don't really see the cause and effect either. Surely the USs love of FORTRESS walls would be a reason they won?
Anyway, you say lost. I say we got rid of the tea wasters. Sounds like a win to me.
I realize some of this is lighthearted banter but sadly Mr. Internet can't really do that for very long.
It just seemed to me a very good example of '2 nations divided by a common language'
But I'm more a celebrate the differences kind of guy.
But point taken about the internet being the internet.
It would be nice if it were otherwise but for that you need a much smaller and more cohesive group. Large internet forums can't work that way - the long tail is too big, and there's always a supply of triggerable commenters.
Although yours are probably highly venomous too.
Not a complicated subject, but somehow seeing it with straight lines made it completely obvious and intuitive vs the wavy wall.
That’s stability