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From: S'mee on 25 Oct 2009 21:32 On Oct 25, 3:14 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > > On Oct 25, 3:04 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > >> The Older Gentleman wrote: > >>> Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > >>>> The Older Gentleman wrote: > >>>>> Got some good friends in Albuquerque. And I've crewed twice in the > >>>>> Balloon Fiesta with them. > >>>> There's a lame joke just begging to be told about the benefit of > >>>> having an auxiliary hot air generator on board but I'm not sure > >>>> I can pull it off. > >>> You can't. Trust me ;-) > >>>> Plus I'm still hoping not to be shot on sight > >>>> if I turn up at your place in Chile someday. > >>> Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. > >> That is sooo last century....or the century before that?? :) > > >> Only the lords got to defend their property in that style? The rest got > >> to hide in their mud huts, eating mud?- > > > What they don't know doesn't hurt them...now the lairds otoh expected > > you to kill any invader not of your clan when I was a lad. ;^) > > These days, it's the lords that would end up on the chopping > block.....along with the church leaders. Kill the rich and eat the > poor!! :) Nope the lairds are the ones what calmed down the hot headed, settled disputes and in reality SERVED the people.
From: S'mee on 25 Oct 2009 21:37 On Oct 25, 3:34 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 25, 9:33 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > > Gentleman) wrote: > > > Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. > > Q: Isn't it difficult delivering that boiling oil with a crossbow? Yes but traditionall we keep it posistioned OVER the main entry ways posistioned where you couldn't see the oil. Poured it through holes in the ceiling called...murder holes. > Or mayhap you were thinking of *this* sort of crossbow? > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V... I see a Spitfire tipping a V1 but no crossbows. Maybe you meant one of these... http://www.siege-engine.com/MistaBallista.shtml 8^) Just helping.
From: little man upon the stair on 25 Oct 2009 23:18 On Oct 25, 6:37 pm, "Dipshite" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I see a Spitfire tipping a V1 but no crossbows. Maybe you meant one of > these... Google up "Operation Crossbow", Dipshite.
From: little man upon the stair on 25 Oct 2009 23:20 On Oct 25, 6:32 pm, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Nope the lairds are the ones what calmed down the hot headed, settled > disputes and in reality SERVED the people. Is that why it took 300 years to settle the feud between us Colquhouns and those murdering MacGregors?
From: The Older Gentleman on 26 Oct 2009 04:21
little man upon the stair <macmiled(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 25, 6:37 pm, "Dipshite" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I see a Spitfire tipping a V1 but no crossbows. Maybe you meant one of > > these... > > Google up "Operation Crossbow", Dipshite. Which is what you did, albeit without the 'operation', and thought the famous photo of the Spitfire[1] was something to do with it, which it isn't. [1] I *think* the pilot of that Spit was Beamont, or Beaumont, but I cba to Google let alone swear at someone because they questioned a non-existent connection. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER (currently Beaving) Damn, back to five bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |