Some had a flat base and some were pointy. I guess they used whatever worked depending on the situation.
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I donât know about dirt, but they way the worked on ships is that they had spaced planks that the points fit between. There were of course other containers with feet that you could use on land, but this way they couldnât fall or slide around while you were sailing.
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Ooo, I remember that thread!
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At about 2:35 after a long high speed chase.
Deploy the grappler!
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The doughnut and coffee dashboard decor (?) is a nice touch
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I know the point was the cool use of the grappler, but the whole thing had me seeing red.
Only a few vehicles pulled over to the right-hand lane, and in most cases only when the police were right on their butts in the left lane. No one slowed down, and most vehicles hindered the chase by refusing to pull over. That whole situation could have ended quicker and easier if the grappler could have been safely deployed sooner.
Car chases arenât exciting, theyâre dangerous. Itâs not a video game. Get out of the way!
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The Ancient Egyptians often used pointy-ended jars for water, beer and wine. The sediment from the latter two sank to the bottom, and pretty much stayed put.
They made bases for them, with varied construction methods and materials.
Some are like a collarâŚ
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/132789/jar-stand
âŚand they changed very little from the dawn of Egyptian civilization.
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/139772
Ones of that type were ceramic or stone.
Some are metal, with a round loop to take the jar, and legs underneath. Some are wood, with a round space in the table-like bit on top.
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So is that why they had that shape at the bottom, to collect the sediment? Or were they less prone to tip over if they had a sort of socket to plug into (in which case, how were those bases anchored?)
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Most water jars did have flat bottoms, so that is likely.
I imagine the big ass jars were heavy enough to let gravity keep 'em on their carefully made and balanced stands. Almost imposs precision was their jam throughout most of their long history, after all.
Jarred wines and beers were transferred to smaller decanters for serving - the jars have V narrow mouths and necks, so you couldnât get ladles inside 'em. They musta had one person tilting the jar as another held the decanter near the jarâs mouth, and then the jar was replaced on its stand and re-sealed with a fresh lump of clay.
âI say, waiter! This wine has been clayed!â instead of âcorked.â ??
Some wine jars have notes on, indicating the type of wine, and where the grapes were grown. âFrom the estate ofâŚâ sort of thing.
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19th century âtorpedo bottlesâ had pointy ends for the exact opposite reason- so they could only be stored lying down, which would keep the cork moist to prevent leakage.
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Mix with four year old (if it had been full then maybe this wouldnât happen).
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better late than never 
Hey Charlie for gawdsake if you want to know the truth of it
I donât have a husband he donât play the trombone
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It what now?
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They used to have one of those types of movie theaters a few blocks away from my place. I think it was called The Adonis.
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