This is a story that has nothing to do with bicycling and everything to do with the kind of people you might meet when you get on your bike and trust your well-being to complete strangers.
The first trebuchet I saw was slinging a banjo during the Ossippee Valley Bluegrass Festival some years back. So when John Whiting started telling us about how he built a trebuchet as a surprise gift for someone he hardly knew, I had some idea what he was talking about. First used to throw projectiles at an enemy in wartime, its more common use today, at least in the United States, is for throwing pumpkins.
As you watch this video (posted in 2011; less than 4 minutes), notice John's hat. What this dysfunctional veteran really wants is to draw people into his life with kindness and humor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbKV21kyw8&t=7s
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