Rope Barometer

I have an absolute distrust in weather forecasts, because they are almost always wrong or simply exaggerated. I wonder why people keep listening to the demented words of these charlatans, like they were an oracle: compared to this even a horoscope looks like science. On the other hand, I have recently discovered a serious and well-thought device that can help us against these apostles of the uncertain weather, and I am glad to share it with you. It is an ancient contraption called “Barometro a corda” (Rope Barometer), and you can easily build your own. Rope Barometer Rope dry: sunny Rope wet: rainy Rope stiff: freezing cold Rope moving: windy Can't see the rope: fog or you drank too much Rope gone: somebody stole it

(This is not from Livorno: I found it under the porticoes of Via Saragozza, in Bologna)

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