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   HGHLNDR to robert_c72athotmail@invalid.net   
   Re: OK someone explain to me the storyli   
   04 Mar 10 19:28:46   
   
   From: dont@even.bother.com   
      
   On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:17:32 -0500, robertva   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 3/4/2010 8:45 AM, clouddreamer wrote:   
   >> rafiki wrote:   
   >>> I just finished watching the last season. This may be the best show   
   >>> I've ever seen. The fact that it never won a major Emmy is a joke.   
   >>> So, did Starbuck start out as a human, then died, and came back as an   
   >>> angel? Is Baltar a Cylon? How is Adama going to make a cabin with no   
   >>> tools?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Starbuck and Baltar and Six were angels (something borrowed from the   
   >> original BSG, so if you watched the episode War of the Gods from 1979,   
   >> it will make sense).   
   >>   
   >> Adama flew there in a raptor. Lots of stuff on that ship to help build a   
   >> cabin. He can do it without using a single nail.   
   >>   
   >> ..   
   >>   
   >Please explain how a tool kit intended for emergency repairs to a   
   >spacecraft could process raw materials like wood, thatch, adobe or stone   
   >to construct a house. Remember that the spacecraft would probably have a   
   >metel or composite structure/pressure vessel with various electrical and   
   >plumbing components. Any tool kit would probably be limited to wrenches,   
   >screwdrivers, some electronic test gear, soldering equipment and some   
   >adhesive patchs for the hull. I doubt it would include house building   
   >tools like a saw large enough to cut roof support beams or chisels to   
   >make log cabin notches or mortise and tenon joints.   
      
      
   You're getting too nit-picky over a cabin..He has a raptor, he can fly   
   it. Go back and get nails and a hammer..jeez. It's an extremely minor   
   detail to the overall story. In other words, who cares how he built   
   it? Use your imagination.   
      
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