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A visit to Caernarfon Castle in North Wales. It was here in 1911 and 1969 that the Prince of Wales was inaugurated (Prince Edward later Edward VIII and the current Prince of Wales, Prince Charles).
Caernarfon Castle (Welsh: Castell Caernarfon), often anglicized as Carnarvon Castle, is a medieval fortress in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north-west Wales cared for by Cadw, the Welsh Government's historic environment service. There was a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Caernarfon from the late 11th century until 1283 when King Edward I of England began replacing it with the current stone structure. The Edwardian town and castle acted as the administrative centre of north Wales and as a result the defences were built on a grand scale. There was a deliberate link with Caernarfon's Roman past and the Roman fort of Segontium is nearby.
While the castle was under construction, town walls were built around Caernarfon. The work cost between £20,000 and £25,000 from the start until the end of work in 1330. Despite Caernarfon Castle's external appearance of being mostly complete, the interior buildings no longer survive and many of the building plans were never finished. The town and castle were sacked in 1294 when Madog ap Llywelyn led a rebellion against the English. Caernarfon was recaptured the following year. During the Glyndŵr Rising of 1400–1415, the castle was besieged. When the Tudor dynasty ascended to the English throne in 1485, tensions between the Welsh and English began to diminish and castles were considered less important. As a result, Caernarfon Castle was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair. Despite its dilapidated condition, during the English Civil War Caernarfon Castle was held by Royalists, and was besieged three times by Parliamentarian forces. This was the last time the castle was used in war. Caernarfon Castle was neglected until the 19th century when the state funded repairs. In 1911, Caernarfon Castle was used for the investiture of the Prince of Wales, and again in 1969. It is part of the World Heritage Site "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd".
A Grade I listed building.
History
Begun in 1283 and still incomplete when building work ceased c1330. Built for Edward I of England, it combined the roles of fortification, palace and administrative centre. A motte and bailey castle had been built here in the late C11 by Earl Hugh of Chester, although it became a residence of Welsh princes, including Llewelyn ap Gruffudd, after the Welsh regained control of Gwynedd by 1115. The English conquest of N Wales followed quickly after the death of Llewelyn ap Gruffudd in 1282 and Caernarfon was built to consolidate the English gains. Edward I employed James of St George as his architect, who had previously been employed by Philip of Savoy and had designed for him the fortress-palace of St Georges d'Esperanche. James also directed the building other castles for Edward I, including Harlech, Conwy and Beaumaris, using English craftsmen and labourers. The design of Caernarfon Castle echoed the walls of Emperor Constantine's Roman city of Constantinople, which also has polygonal towers and banded stonework, and was thus intended by Edward to be an expression of imperial power. Edward I and Queen Eleanor visited Caernarfon in 1284 and it was said that their son, Edward, the first English prince of Wales, was born at the castle in 1284.
Construction of the castle was integrated with the construction of town walls protecting the newly established borough, the town being situated on the N side of the castle. By 1292 the southern external façade of the castle was probably complete, while on the N side the castle was protected by a ditch and the walled town. The castle was damaged during an uprising in 1294 led by Madog ap Llewelyn, but Edward I swiftly regained control of Caernarfon and the castle, where restoration work began in 1295. The uprising had demonstrated the need to complete the castle's defences on the town side, which were largely built in the period 1295-1301. Work subsequently continued at a slower pace in the period 1304-30 and included the completion of the towers, including the Eagle Tower which was completed 1316-17 and in 1316 the timber-framed 'Hall of Llewelyn', the Welsh prince's residence at Conwy, was dismantled and shipped to Caernarfon. The upper portion of the King's Gate was constructed in 1321 and included a statue of Edward of Caernarfon, who had been crowned Edward II in 1307.
The castle was garrisoned for nearly 2 centuries but was increasingly neglected as hostilities softened from the C16 onwards. The castle was garrisoned for Charles I during the Civil War but was surrendered to the Parliamentarians in 1646. In the C18 the castle became one of the most celebrated of ruins in Wales, which began its present phase as tourist attraction and ancient monument. Restoration was undertaken in the final quarter of the C19 under the direction of Sir Llewelyn Turner, Deputy Constable. In 1908 ownership passed from the Crown to the Office of Works and restoration work continued. This included the reinstatement of floors in most of the towers and reinstatement of the embattled wall walks by 1911. The castle was the venue for the investiture of both C20 Princes of Wales, in 1911 and 1969.
Exterior
Constructed of coursed limestone with darker stone banding to the S and E external façades between the Eagle Tower and NE Tower. The plan is polygonal, resembling a figure of 8, and constructed around an upper and a lower ward in the form of curtain walls and mainly 3-stage polygonal towers with basements (in contrast to the round towers of the town walls). The structure is in 2 main phases. The earlier is the S side, from and including the Eagle Tower to the NE Tower, was constructed mainly in the period 1283-1292, while the N side facing the walled town was built after the uprising of 1294. The curtain walls are embattled with loops to the merlons and a wall walk. Openings are characterised by the frequent use of shouldered lintels, giving rise to the alternative term 'Caernarfon lintel', and 2-centred arches. The towers have reinstated floors of c1911 on original corbels. The outer walls have arrow loops. Windows are mainly narrow single-light, but some of the mullioned windows incorporate transoms.
The principal entrance is the 3-storey King's Gate on the N side. It is reached across the ditch by a modern segmental-arched stone bridge with stone steps to the outer side, replacing the medieval drawbridge. The King's Gate has polygonal towers with 2-light windows to the outer facets in the middle stage and 2-light windows in the upper stage. The entrance is recessed behind a segmental moulded arch. It has a 2-centred arch beneath string courses and 2-light transomed window. Above the main arch is a statue of Edward II in a canopied niche with flanking attached pinnacles.
To the R is the outer wall of the kitchens and then the Well Tower, of 3 stages with basement. The Well Tower has a higher polygonal turret reinstated in the late C19 and full-height square projection on the W side housing the well shaft. The tower has 2-light windows in the middle and upper stages.
The Eagle Tower at the W end is the largest of the towers, having been designed to accommodate the king's lieutenant. It has 3 stages with basement and 3 higher polygonal turrets. The battlements are enriched by carved heads and eagles, although much weathered. On the N side are 2-light windows and an attached stub wall with drawbridge slot. This is the planned water gate through which water-borne supplies were intended to be conveyed to the basement of the Well Tower at high tide, but it was not completed. It has polygonal responds to the gate, a portcullis slot and 2 superimposed windows between the basement and ground-floor levels. On the N side is a flight of stone steps to an arched doorway at basement level. This postern was the main entrance for those approaching by sea. On the S side the curtain wall is built on exposed bedrock and the Queen's Tower, Chamberlain Tower and the Black Tower each have a single higher polygonal turret. The outer faces have only narrow loops. On the W side of the Chamberlain Tower are stone steps to a doorway under a shouldered lintel that led into the great hall. On the E side of the Black Tower is the shorter polygonal Cistern Tower, with the unfinished Queen's Gate at the SE end. Between the Chamberlain Tower and Black Tower the curtain wall is stepped in, from which point there is a substantial raked stone plinth continuing around to the NE Tower. The Queen's Gate has double polygonal towers linked by a straight wall above the gateway, while the openings are all narrow loops. The gateway is raised above a high basement storey (and would have been reached by the building of a massive stone ramp) and is recessed beneath a segmental arch with murder holes. The Watch Tower to the N is narrower and higher than the remaining towers, beyond which is the 2-stage NE Tower, which has a 2-light window. Returning along the N side, which was built after 1295, the curtain wall and the 4-stage Granary Tower incorporate 2-light windows.
The King's Gate has murder holes to the vault and porters' rooms to the L and R, leading to the interior. Internally the castle is planned around an upper ward on the E side and a lower ward on the W side. Through the entrance passage is a 2-storey projection on the R (now housing a shop), the S side of which retains 2 portcullis slots and a vault springer, indicating that a second entrance was built here, although it no longer survives above the foundations. Above the main gate is a former chapel, which retains its original piscina. The upper storey hall has window seats. On the W side of the King's Gate are the foundations of the kitchens in the lower ward, in which are 2 round foundations for copper cauldrons and springer of a former vault. The Well Tower does not have reinstated floors, but in each storey a fireplace and garderobe are retained and in the second stage is a small kitchen above the well chamber. The fireplaces all differ in detail: in the basement is a segmental arch, the lower storey a tripartite lintel, the second stage a projecting lintel on corbels with raked hood, and chamfered lintel to the upper stage. The tower has a full-height newel stair. The basement is reached by external stone steps. Between the Well Tower and Eagle Tower is a restored fireplace with a raked hood in a chamber whose outline walls are visible.
The Eagle Tower has stone steps to the basement to the L of the main doorway, both lower stage and basement having pointed doorways. The upper stages have 2-light windows similar to the outer faces. The thick walls incorporate mural passages and stairs. In the lower stage is a large fireplace with raked hood and a small octagonal chamber that probably served as a chapel. The great chamber in the second stage also has an octagonal chapel, which retains a stoup or piscina. Between the Eagle Tower and the NE Tower the curtain wall and towers have mural passages in addition to the wall walk and generally have stone steps in either straight flights to the wall walks or newel stairs, and most chambers in the towers have associated garderobes. The Queen's Tower, known as the 'Banner Tower' in the C14, and the Chamberlain Tower have chambers in each storey with small square subsidiary chambers that probably served as chapels, and 2-light windows. The Queen's Tower has 3 octagonal chimney shafts behind the parapet. In the Chamberlain Tower the lower storey retains a fireplace with shouldered lintel. Both towers are occupied by the museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Between Queen's Tower and Chamberlain Tower are the foundations of the great hall, while the 2 superimposed mural passages in the curtain wall have 2-light windows that formerly opened into the hall.
The Black Tower is smaller than the other towers and has only single chambers in each stage, with cambered fireplace in the upper chamber, and 2-light windows. The Cistern Tower has a vaulted hexagonal chamber beneath an open stone-lined rainwater tank visible on the wall walk. In the unfinished Queen's Gate the position of porters' rooms is discernible in the flanking towers of which the S has a lintelled fireplace while both have garderobes. Portcullis slots and murder holes are in the passage. The upper storey over the passage was to have been a hall but was not completed. The Watch Tower is entered by a doorway at the wall walk level only.
The NE Tower is simpler with single chambers in each stage, as is the Granary Tower, which incorporates a well shaft and has a fireplace with raked hood in the upper stage. Between the NE Tower and the King's Gate the curtain wall has corbels representing former buildings built against the curtain, and its mullioned windows incorporate window seats.
Reasons for Listing
Listed grade I as one of the finest medieval castles in Wales, and unique in its royal associations.
Scheduled Ancient Monument CN 079.
World Heritage Site.
The walk over the walls via the towers. Leaving the Eagle Tower, heading via the Well Tower, around and over the King's Gate, up the Granary Tower, then down the North-East Tower.
Well Tower
Has a well 50 feet (15m) deep and remains of medieval plumbing. The castle's kitchens lie between the Well Tower and the King's Gate.
footbridge seen after going up a spiral staircase.
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Miss Violet facing her interviewers, Myrtil, Jimmy, Petra, Becky, Emma and Zaida.
The urchins decided they wanted to hire a grown-up to deal with things they wanted done but couldn't do themselves, because of their child condition.
The interview for Miss Violet Solano was to be set inside the old Imperial Theatre, across from Loki’s Absinthe Café in Babbage Square, to avoid the whole process of blindfolding her before leading her to the hideout.
Becky, Jimmy and Myrtil arrived three minutes before the set time of the interview. Miss Solano was waiting for them, sitting in the front row.
[15:27] Myrtil Igaly: 'ello Miss Vi! You are early!
[15:27] VI : good afternoon Jimmy, Myrtil and Becky
[15:27] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Miss Vi!
[15:27] Becky Blackcinder: Hullo ma'am!
[15:27] Myrtil Igaly: Good afternoon to you too and thank you for coming
[15:28] VI : so do you wish to interview me here? Or up in your rooms in the attic?
[15:28] Myrtil Igaly: Oh, so you know about those...
[15:28] VI : there is little I miss in this town
[15:28] Becky Blackcinder: I was gonna say, I thought that was a secret! But it's not that hard to find if you look.
[15:29] VI : not if you’re used to using the high road
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: I had set up the interview here cause our hideout was to be kept a secret but if you know about it heh
[15:29] Becky Blackcinder: Observant is good.
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: will be quieter up there
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: Please lead the way!
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly grins
All four then took the dangerous way from the Imperial to the hideout and, once there, settled at the long table. Petra was already there, waiting for them.
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Petra!
[15:32] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Petra
[15:32] VI : very nice really reminds of the one you had in the gut
[15:32] Petra Flax : Hello!
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: I don't actually remember that one!
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: But thank you
[15:33] Petra Flax : The one in the gut?
[15:33] VI : hello petra
[15:33] Myrtil Igaly: Alright, so first of all thank you for coming to be interviewed, I know you are a very busy lady.
[15:34] VI : i have my moments of peace
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly: From your note, I gather you understand what we are looking for.
[15:34] Petra Flax lights her pipe
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly: And we will be asking you questions in turn to decide if you would be fit for the job.
[15:34] VI : yes a go between to work with the adults
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly nods
[15:35] Myrtil Igaly: So, if you are ready, I will start.
[15:35] VI : ask away
[15:35] Jimmy Branagh pulls out the notebook, rips a page off and hands to Myrtil
[15:35] Myrtil Igaly grins. "Thanks Jimmy!"
[15:35] Jimmy Branagh then hands blank pages to Petra and Becky
[15:35] Becky Blackcinder peers over the tops of her spectacles, trying to look interrogative.
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly glances seriously at Miss Solano
[15:36] Jimmy Branagh: Welcome!
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly: Miss Violet.
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly: In the note I sent you to ask you to come for an interview, I mentioned that I wanted an information from you, as a show of good will.
[15:37] VI : of course
[15:37] Myrtil Igaly: That would be the name of the urchin from whom you learnt about those interviews.
[15:37] Myrtil Igaly: Could you please provide us with their name?
[15:38] Jimmy Branagh waits, charcoal stick at the ready
[15:38] Myrtil Igaly raises an eyebrow, waiting for the reply
[15:38] VI : I would if I could. But it was Omig who told me about it and he got it from one of our ...... employees, but I’ll look into it
[15:38] Myrtil Igaly nods. "Thank you, that would be most appreciated."
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
Emma arrived, running inside and a little short-breathed.
[15:39] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Emma! Glad you could make it!
[15:39] VI : hello emma
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Emma
[15:39] Emma Walsh : Hello
[15:39] Myrtil Igaly taps on Jimmy's shoulder. "Your turn, Jimmy."
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:40] Jimmy Branagh: Miss VI, ifn we wos awl at a hoity-toity party, an' th' host offered us urchins Wiggyfish gruel, an' you 'ad a big stick in yer hand, wot would ya do?
[15:40] Myrtil Igaly grins
[15:40] Becky Blackcinder stifles a giggle.
[15:40] VI : that would depend
[15:41] Jimmy Branagh raises an eyebrow ominously
[15:41] VI : were you invited?
[15:41] Jimmy Branagh: Let's say we wos.
[15:41] Myrtil Igaly studies Miss Solano closely
[15:41] VI : than i would complain to our host about his ill treatment of you
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:42] Myrtil Igaly nods with a smile
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Now let's say we wosn't invoighted
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Wot would ya do?
[15:42] VI : attacking him would not improve your, or my reputation with the people you wish to deal with
[15:43] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Thet wosn't th' question
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Wot would ya do?
[15:43] VI : i would offer to pay the host for better food for you
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Petra?
[15:43] Becky Blackcinder scribbles too, although she might just be doodling.
[15:44] Emma Walsh doesn't have a paper again...
[15:44] Petra Flax : My turn?
[15:44] Jimmy Branagh makes a paper airship and sails it to Emma
[15:44] Myrtil Igaly: Yes Petra, we're asking questions in turn to Miss Violet
[15:44] Myrtil Igaly: But we can skip you for this round if you don't know!
[15:45] Petra Flax : Well my big question is pretty practical. Alligaters
[15:45] Emma Walsh gets her paper and starts drawing Miss Vi as a stick figure rabbit
[15:45] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:45] Jimmy Branagh looks at Petra
[15:45] Myrtil Igaly leans on the table to take a better glance at Petra
[15:45] Petra Flax : How would you deal with a plague of alligators?
[15:45] Jimmy Branagh: Oh okay ....
[15:46] VI : Alligaters?
[15:46] Becky Blackcinder is also doodling.
[15:46] Myrtil Igaly turns to Miss Vi
[15:46] VI : really?
[15:46] Jimmy Branagh: Aligaters in th' sewers mybee
[15:46] Myrtil Igaly: Anything could happen in New Babbage!
[15:47] Emma Walsh : We had clockwork hippos attack once....
[15:47] Petra Flax : Yep… its happened before in other cities…
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: Yesh
[15:47] VI : well that i think is a matter for public works not public relations
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: They wos 'orrible
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: It wos loike Attack of th' Popplefots
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh laughs
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly scribbles a few words and glances interrogatively at Petra
[15:48] VI : i could go to the city and complain
[15:48] Petra Flax pretends to write
[15:48] VI : but not much else
[15:48] Becky Blackcinder: You made that up!
[15:48] Becky Blackcinder: Popplefots I mean.
And finally the last urchin interviewer, Zaida, arrived.
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Zaida!
[15:48] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Zaida
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly: You're lucky Miss Violet, lots of interviewers for you!
[15:48] Jimmy Branagh sails a piece of paper to Zaida
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): hi jim
[15:48] VI : hello Zaida
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): hi miz vi!
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): me an' miz vi used to be neighbors in wheatstone waterways
[15:48] VI : yes
[15:49] Myrtil Igaly: Alright, try to stay unbiased Zaida!
[15:49] Jimmy Branagh: Nah, Popplefot runs the shoe black factory!
[15:49] Jimmy Branagh: 'ee's fat loike a hippo!
[15:49] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) looks for the piece of paper
[15:49] Myrtil Igaly: Are you satisfied with the answer Petra?
[15:50] Petra Flax : Not really no
[15:50] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:50] Petra Flax : but if that's her answer...
[15:50] Petra Flax : heh
[15:50] VI : i am not exactly a slayer of Alligators
[15:50] Jimmy Branagh: Awlrought then. Becky
[15:50] Myrtil Igaly: Well, we'll discuss about that later, let's hear Becky's question
[15:51] Becky Blackcinder: Hmmmm...
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh scribbles note, adding odd cryptic symbols
[15:51] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i gots a question
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh: Wait yer turn
[15:51] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) sticks tongue out
[15:51] Myrtil Igaly me giggles
[15:51] Petra Flax snickers
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh chuckles
[15:51] Becky Blackcinder: You knew about the hideout. Which is pretty gear. So...d'you know anything else about the city that could be useful to somebody like me? An' will you tell it to us?
[15:52] Myrtil Igaly nods and turns to Miss Violet, interested
[15:52] Petra Flax scribbles loops, impressed that they actually look like writing
[15:53] VI : wouldn't that be beyond the scope of the proffered position?
[15:53] Myrtil Igaly takes a glance at the other urchins' papers and looks impressed at all the writing on there
[15:53] Emma Walsh draws some stick figure alligators underneath Vi and points arrows saying 'not alligator slayer'
[15:53] Jimmy Branagh shrugs
[15:53] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) doodles a bunny with an arrow through its head
[15:53] VI : would be willing to make a full exchange of information?
[15:53] Myrtil Igaly: Yes that's not demanded for the position, but we're not against a few extras!
[15:54] Jimmy Branagh: We're jus' pickin' yer brain, Miss VI. It's perfectly safe!
[15:54] Becky Blackcinder has apparently done the following doodle of Vi:
www.flickr.com/photos/annalisa_shepherd/23449967259/in/da...
[15:54] Petra Flax relights her pipe, looking down at her page, and then to the pages of the others.
[15:54] Becky Blackcinder looks proud
[15:55] Myrtil Igaly: There's no right or wrong answer, Miss Violet, we'll discuss later and decide. We may not even agree with each other ya know
[15:55] VI : true
[15:55] Becky Blackcinder: 'S true. Urchins ain't all that organized.
[15:55] Myrtil Igaly: Your turn Emma!
[15:55] Emma Walsh : Okay, this one should be easy.
[15:56] VI : more here than most
[15:56] Myrtil Igaly smiles at the compliment
[15:56] Emma Walsh : If you weren't a bunny what animal would you be instead? Your inner not bunny?
[15:56] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) rolls eyes and shakes head
[15:56] Myrtil Igaly smirks
[15:57] Becky Blackcinder giggles.
Miss Solano stood up abruptly.
[15:57] VI : well i think we're at an end here
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly looks surprised
[15:57] Becky Blackcinder blinks.
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly: Are we?
[15:57] Jimmy Branagh: Hmm?
[15:57] Petra Flax raises her eyebrows
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly: What do you mean Miss Violet?
[15:57] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): miz vi don't want to work for us?
[15:57] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) offers miz vi a cookie
[15:57] VI : there is nothing better for me to be than a rabbit
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Please don't be offended by the question, it was very innocent.
[15:58] Petra Flax : touch-eeeee
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Shhhh Petra!
[15:58] VI : to say other wise is preposterous, and rude
[15:58] Becky Blackcinder: I wish I was somethin' besides a human sometimes.
[15:58] Petra Flax snaps her mouth shut
[15:58] Becky Blackcinder: An' I do know a surprising number of mad scientists, so...
[15:59] VI : very well
Miss Solano sat back on the bench, facing the urchins.
[15:59] Myrtil Igaly: Very true Miss Violet, please forgive us for even thinking you would think otherwise
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): this is babbage knowing a mad scientist or 10 isn't surprising
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): if i could be a animal i'd be daisy my dog
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): then i could lay around in my bed all day
[15:59] Myrtil Igaly whispers to the others. "Ok, avoid the bunny questions!"
[15:59] Petra Flax nods
[15:59] VI : i suppose it would be a badger
[16:00] Myrtil Igaly blinks
[16:00] Emma Walsh : Badgers are awful buggers...
[16:00] Petra Flax : Badgers are pretty great
[16:00] Jimmy Branagh: Okay Zaida?
[16:00] Myrtil Igaly: They're fierce for sure
[16:00] Becky Blackcinder: Opinion is divided on badgers!
[16:00] VI : the ruling family of my home land are badger
[16:01] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): miz vi - you a boss lady outside of hear, an' you sometimes employ urchins to carry messages an' packages..... how are you goin' to feel about havin' urchins bossin' you instead of you bossin' us
[16:01] Petra Flax : Good question.
[16:01] Myrtil Igaly hides a smile and dives onto her piece of paper, pencil at the ready
[16:02] VI : well that would depend on whether the orders are in conflict with my business
[16:02] Myrtil Igaly nods slowly
[16:03] Myrtil Igaly: Which would come first in that case?
[16:03] VI : that would depend on your requested action
[16:03] VI : it it was not within the scope of the job your offering
[16:04] VI : i would decline
[16:04] Myrtil Igaly: Understood
[16:04] VI : for example
[16:04] Petra Flax : What’s decline mean?
[16:04] VI : if you asked me to talk to tenk about something fine
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly whispers : that she says "no"
[16:05] VI : if you asked me to kill tenk
[16:05] Petra Flax : Oh
[16:05] VI : well that’s different
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly: Oh of course
[16:05] Petra Flax : Well jeez lady
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly: That wouldn't be something we would ask you to do.
[16:06] VI : of course not
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly: We merely need someone to represent us to deal with other grown-ups
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly: without those grown-ups knowing they're actually dealing with urchins
[16:06] Petra Flax : I mean beat in a sack with a hammer, maybe... but kill is kinda extreme
[16:06] Petra Flax : And what Myrtil said
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly rolls her eyes at Petra
[16:06] VI : and in that capacity i would
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly nods
[16:07] Myrtil Igaly: Here's my second question then.
[16:07] Petra Flax readies her pencil
[16:08] Myrtil Igaly: If you were working for us and we asked you to go talk to Miss Book and get an information about some secret Militia documents. How would you do it?
[16:08] VI : with great difficulty
[16:08] Myrtil Igaly laughs
[16:08] VI : we are not on the best of terms
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly: That's why I asked this question
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly smiles
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly starts drawing circles on her paper
[16:10] VI : and as to getting the information by less than honest means
[16:10] VI : your urchins are as capable as me in that regard
[16:11] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers: she paid me a whole dollar to stand around and yell HELLO MIZ BOOK if i seen her once
[16:11] Jimmy Branagh chuckles
[16:11] Myrtil Igaly: Maybe, but I would like to know how you would do it as an indication of what you would be able to do to deal with difficult missions
[16:11] Petra Flax : Depends on the urchin. Tubby ain’t much good at nothin.
[16:12] Jimmy Branagh: 'ee's good at eatin'. Everythin'!
[16:12] Petra Flax : And it was probably him that spilled the beans about this gig
[16:12] Petra Flax : Good point Jimmy.
[16:12] Myrtil Igaly: Tubby you think?
[16:13] Petra Flax nods
[16:13] VI : i would send one of my employees to retrieve the information
[16:13] Myrtil Igaly nods and scribbles
[16:13] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i ain't seen tubby in a long time. i thought creaky got him
[16:14] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:14] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers: she'd pay an urchin to do it
[16:14] Petra Flax : That’d keep him fed for a while.
[16:14] VI : sadly the man that would be best at that retrieval is no longer available
[16:14] Jimmy Branagh: Finished, Myrtil?
[16:14] Myrtil Igaly: Yup, go ahead
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh: Miss VI, wos you in Babbage when the Dark Aether fell?
[16:15] VI : no
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight. Never moind then. Petra?
[16:15] Myrtil Igaly chuckles
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:16] Petra Flax : Well, I guess it’s no secret you’re sort villainy type… what sorta guarantee can we have that you won’t just lie about all this and do something that is to our detri- detrimu- uh… is bad for us?
[16:17] Petra Flax draws out a hangman, then fills in all the spaces with Xs
[16:17] Myrtil Igaly squints at Miss Violet, waiting for her reply
[16:17] VI : hmmmmmm
[16:17] VI : well that’s the rub isn't it
[16:18] Myrtil Igaly: We could write something about it in the contract, but the question is, do you respect contracts...
[16:18] Petra Flax : The rub?
[16:18] VI : since you consider me a villain, would you trust any promises i made anyway
[16:18] Petra Flax : Like for ribs?
[16:18] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): maybe she wants her ears rubbed?
[16:18] Myrtil Igaly smiles at Zaida
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): gilly like him ears scratched
[16:19] Becky Blackcinder: I've known some trustworthy villians an' some good guys who lie a lot.
[16:19] Myrtil Igaly: That was a good question Petra. This is to take into consideration but it could go both directions anyway
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) nods in agreement with Becky
[16:19] VI : like that counterfeit count?
[16:19] Myrtil Igaly: Heh
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): doc O was a villain but him would keep him promises
[16:20] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): 'course him usually promised to do bad things
[16:20] Petra Flax : Baloney? He's crackers.
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly: He is, but who isn't in this town?
[16:20] VI : i am a business woman and i hold to contracts
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly: Oh, that's good to know!
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[16:21] Petra Flax pretends to write again, nodding.
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: Becky, another question?
[16:21] Emma Walsh draws a piece of paper in Vi's hands
[16:21] Becky Blackcinder hmmms. "Okay..."
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: That's if you have one
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: not mandatory
[16:21] Becky Blackcinder: Why d'you wanna work for us? What do you like about us? Or is it just a business thing?
[16:21] Jimmy Branagh: Let's move along folks! Get snappy!
[16:22] VI : mostly?
[16:22] Myrtil Igaly nods and turns her head towards Miss violet
[16:22] VI : because it benefits both of us
[16:23] Myrtil Igaly: The question would then be, how does it benefit you?
[16:23] VI : you get someone who can deal with the adults
[16:23] Myrtil Igaly: Right
[16:24] VI : and i get an alliance with the biggest information gathering force in the city
[16:24] Myrtil Igaly: Oh I see * grins*
[16:24] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[16:25] Jimmy Branagh: Emma
[16:25] Petra Flax nudges Becky to nudge Emma
[16:25] Jimmy Branagh: EMMA!
[16:25] Emma Walsh : Do you have any credi.....proof of your expertise? Things that the adults look for in this town fer respect.
[16:26] Myrtil Igaly glances at Emma
[16:26] Becky Blackcinder scribbles some stuff down.
[16:27] VI : i have a successful business, i have money, i have made considerable donations to the fire brigade, and the militia
[16:27] Myrtil Igaly looks up, wide-eyed
[16:28] Emma Walsh : Errr....I guess that means you look good on paper!
[16:28] VI : yes
[16:28] Emma Walsh guesses that's the right saying and starts doodling dollar signs under her
[16:29] VI : and i helped with the recent Prometheus incident
[16:29] Jimmy Branagh: Zaida has the final question
[16:29] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): you gave money to the militia even though miz book don't like you?
[16:29] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:29] Myrtil Igaly scribbles too and starts to regret drawing circles as she's running out of space
[16:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): ummmmm---- i guess that was my question
[16:30] VI : yes to give to the widows and orphans left by the Militia men that were murdered
[16:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): oh ok
[16:30] Emma Walsh : Ohhhhh...
[16:30] Petra Flax : Huh.
[16:30] VI : i think she declined to pass it on
[16:30] Myrtil Igaly: That was your question Zaida?
[16:31] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): how will you represent us as our embassador
[16:31] VI : well really that depends on what you have in mind
[16:32] VI : have you fully considered what you wish me to do?
[16:32] Petra Flax : Imagine a suit of armor filled with kids
[16:32] Myrtil Igaly starts to wonder what they got themselves into
[16:32] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i mean in helping us with our urchin grow'd up relations
[16:33] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): we need a urchin grow'd ups relations office
[16:33] Myrtil Igaly: Yes, that's what we need, except secret one, not official
[16:33] VI : but are you expecting a person to foster better relations with the adults?
[16:33] VI : or just a bigger urchin?
[16:34] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): isn't that what a embassador does?
[16:34] Jimmy Branagh: You would be representin' our interests.
[16:34] Petra Flax blinks
[16:34] Myrtil Igaly: To deal with adults who don't want to have nothing to do with us
[16:34] Myrtil Igaly: Have them think they're dealing with you except they're dealing with us
[16:35] Petra Flax : Yeah
[16:35] Jimmy Branagh: We figger 'avin' a representative would be better'n burnin' the' city down
[16:35] Myrtil Igaly chuckles
[16:35] VI : and that’s the thing, for me to do that job i'd need to show a proper front
[16:35] VI : so no activity's that could be seen as dishonest
[16:36] Myrtil Igaly: I s'pose we could be having business with both honest and dishonest grown-ups
[16:36] VI : you need what amounts to a business manager
[16:36] Myrtil Igaly: Hmmm
[16:37] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) starts day dreaming about the new buffet at brunel as her tummy rumbles
[16:37] Myrtil Igaly: We're the business managers. What we need is someone willing to do what we tell them to do but also be crafty enough to find how to get the high hand in deals with other people
[16:38] Jimmy Branagh nods
[16:38] Petra Flax nods
[16:38] VI : in short a business manager
[16:38] VI : someone to manage your business with others
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly: Well yes, can call it like that.
[16:38] Myrtil Igaly looks at the other urchins. "Does anyone have another question?"
[16:39] Emma Walsh : Err...no...but I have one for you Myrt when we're done...
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly nods to Emma
[16:38] Petra Flax : Yeah, I got one more… gonna seem silly, but I got my reasons fed asking it. Ok… what’s yer favorite thing about Mayor Tenk?
[16:39] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): is likin' tenk a job requirement?
[16:39] Petra Flax : Nope.
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly: won't be in the contract, but Petra has her reasons
[16:39] Petra Flax : Just a question.
[16:39] VI : my favorite thing about tenk
[16:39] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): my favorite thing about tenk is him don't take no bullpoo
[16:40] VI : he stays out of other people’s business
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly smirks
[16:40] Petra Flax : Not you Zaida, Miss Vi
[16:40] Petra Flax : And thank you
[16:40] Becky Blackcinder: I like how he's not taller'n me.
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly giggles
[16:40] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): imma shorter dan mr. tenk
[16:41] Myrtil Igaly: It's cause you're a shrimp Zaida!
[16:41] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) makes rude gesture at myrtil
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly nods. "Thank you Miss Violet. Now would YOU have questions for us?"
[16:41] VI : well i do wonder if you have thought this position through?
[16:41] Myrtil Igaly: Oh yes, are you concerned about it Miss violet?
[16:41] VI : if you know what you need, over what you think you want
[16:42] Myrtil Igaly: We've talked about it, and will talk some more after the interviews. We'll decide as a group so there's always gonna be someone to say if they don't agree and why
[16:43] Jimmy Branagh writes more, and the number 423 next to it
[16:43] Myrtil Igaly: Which will make us think more and more until it's all good
[16:43] VI : if you hire a Representative to deal with the adults they will need to be very public
[16:43] Myrtil Igaly: Not necessarily.
[16:44] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): we could hire two people
[16:44] Myrtil Igaly: Just have to look respectable enough or know how to make themselves look that way
[16:44] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): someone to be our public face an' someone to be sneaky
[16:44] VI : no they will need to be public any interaction will become known
[16:44] Myrtil Igaly: And yes, we can also do that Zaida
[16:44] Petra Flax : That’s true
[16:45] VI : the action may not be seen to be connected to you but it will be seen by someone
[16:45] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) looks confused
[16:45] Myrtil Igaly: Maybe what we would need is a few agents, or a master of disguise
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly: Or someone who can stay veeery discreet
[16:46] Petra Flax : I think she means the Great Builder....
[16:46] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): can we hire miz book?
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly raises an eyebrow at Petra
[16:46] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): nobody would ever suspect her
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly: Noooo Zaida, she'd never agree
[16:46] VI : take the Count i can see him bragging about every sneaky thing he does for you
[16:46] Emma Walsh laughs
[16:47] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): yeah her all noble an' shi--stuff
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly: Well that's for us to judge Miss Violet.
[16:47] VI : as you wish
[16:47] Jimmy Branagh: We need a person capable of bein' both public, an' subtley behoind the scenes. Our shadow hand, as it were.
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly: I understand your concern and thank you for worrying, but we'll manage.
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly smiles
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: Well I guess we're done if it's good for everyone?
[16:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers, "i think her right about the Count. him not rowin' wid both oars..."
[16:48] Becky Blackcinder smiles and nodnods.
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh nods
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh: Pass yer papers in please
[16:48] Petra Flax : Yep
[16:48] Emma Walsh : Well with Miss Vi yeah
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: Miss Violet, thank you again for your time!
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh: Thenks Miss VI
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh smiles
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: We will let you know our decision after we've made it.
[16:48] Emma Walsh : But need ter talk to you about Mr. Hyde.
[16:48] VI : you’re welcome
[16:48] Becky Blackcinder hands Jimmy her notes, which are mainly doodles.
[16:48] VI : but think well on what you really need
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly nods
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: We will.
[16:49] Jimmy Branagh collects the sheet, wads them in the notebook and shoves the notebook into his coat
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Do you need to be walked back outside?
[16:49] VI : i think i can find my way
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Alright! Take care!
[16:49] Jimmy Branagh: 'Ave a good evenin' Miss!
[16: 49] VI : stands on the boards and waves and the men hiding on the roofs move off
[16: 49] Jimmy Branagh whistles, signalling the armed urchins watching from hidden position to stand down
[16:49] Emma Walsh : Hyde blabbed.
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Hyde?
[16:50] Emma Walsh : Mr. Hyde
[16:50] Emma Walsh : When we had our big meeting
[16:50] Becky Blackcinder: He would, wouldn't he?
[16:50] Emma Walsh : Discussing Creaky
[16:50] Emma Walsh : And the interviews
[16:50] Emma Walsh : He wasn't sworn to secrecy
[16:50] Myrtil Igaly: Oh yes, he totally would
[16:50] Myrtil Igaly: Dang it
[16:51] Emma Walsh : So he probably told his friends, who told everyone
[16:51] Myrtil Igaly: We gotta have a little chat with Mister Hyde...
[16:51] Becky Blackcinder: He has friends?
[16:51] Myrtil Igaly: hehe
[16:51] Emma Walsh : Err....must have some runnin mates
[16:51] Becky Blackcinder: I mostly only see him when he's passed out on Dr. Jekyll's couch.
[16:52] Myrtil Igaly: Yes not sure he's got many friends
[16:52] Emma Walsh : He's got enough drinking buddies
[16:53] Emma Walsh : And he was sharing some stuff when I stopped by the other night.
[16:53] Myrtil Igaly: Hah!
[16:53] Myrtil Igaly: you're probably right Emma
[16:54] Myrtil Igaly: and if that's him, we need to talk with him, for one, and never to allow him to our secret meetings anymore again
[16:54] Emma Walsh nods
And thus ended the third interview the urchins held to find a “grown-up ambassador”.
All you need to make this DIY spot cooler is a bucket, some PVC pipe, a fan, and ice, reusable ice packs, and a frozen gallon jug of water—the homemade air conditioner was able to lower the temperature of a small room by only 2° to 3° F, and within 30 minutes the room temperature began to rise again.
The frozen jug of water was the best for cooling, apparently because it allows enough air to circulate around the jug to sufficiently cool it. And while the ice cubes initially produced the lowest air temperature, once they started melting the temperature measured outside the duct (pipe or cup) wasn’t much different than the room temperature. Again, the room temperature began to rise in 30 minutes.
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Here is a very old Philco unit. i have no idea what the inside of this unit looks like, although i am very curious to know. if you know anything about this style unit, please let us all know.
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