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Originally posted by Gryphin:
:: Using my best lecture voice ::
2nd) True, the books talk about the Battle of Bunker Hill, we even have a "Bunker Hill Monument" here in Boston. The truth is, the battle was fought across the estuary from Boston on Breeds Hill in what is now Chealsie.

Gryphin - given that I reside about 3,500 miles away, I will let you argue with the powers that be about Breeds/Bunker Hill


Hoe down? More like a turkey shoot, (as in the Marianas)

Noted - I can see that I have to learn new parlance

I don't line dance, (cause I can't keep up), but I love CW, Folk (including Irish), and Clasical

Glad about that - I could not play a game with a line dancer. Save for the classical, can we draw a veil over the rest?


I am not surprised to hear that about the Zulus, but what you are saying is that the square was broken by a bunch of drugged guys carrying spears.

Basically yes, 'guys with spears' so hyped up that pain, fear, realisation of heavy losses, superior British hand to hand combat skills (see later) didn't mean diddly - think about it - a man with even the best machine gun going is going to have problems taking out 50 guys with spears on his own, especially if tghose 50 blokes are doped to the nines, know no fear etc

What also was intenresting was the analysis that one to one, the British redcoat was actually far more effective in hand to hand combant than a zulu warrior. Keeping in mind the other African natios you would compare them to, the zulu's main effectiveness came from disclipine and tactics (and numbers)

Yep, my true name, :: Extending a Hand to Shake :: Full name Steve Frank Goodenough, Nice to meet you also. The Goodenoughs got kicked out of England for causing too much trouble. They settled a town west of Boston, My fathers group came from a bunch that got kicked out of there and went to Buffalo, NY.

Hand reached out to shake the hand extended to shake -suddenly hand whipped up to nosed, fluttered at you with a raspberry noise to follow
So what your saying is you come from a line of criminals and outcasts


I envy you the vino. I love a good Merlot. I no longer have "she who must be obeyed", (I didn't obey enough. More of that Goodenough spirit I guess.

Crozes Hermitage or any Cote du Rhone red and I am your man - the advantage of living in England (and especially coming from KEnt) is that France is 25 miles away - good wine good prices more than you can drink and no need to go near those 'orrible Californian wines (let's see if puke is a bon vivant)

Montgolfier? is that from one of those Brit sit coms my X step daugter used to watch? I don't own a TV so you scored one there

The Montgolifier brothers were responsible for the first hot air balloon flight hence the reference

The worse that can happen is our banter will get us kicked off of the forums here.

Not again - I got booted off the topless cheerleader website for flaming

Actually I look forward to learning PBEM as well, and felt you and I would be a good match in that a study of the questions you ask reflect a mind sufficiently different from mine that would pose a fare challenge but with equal skill level in SE
IV.

Sounds like a very polite way of saying I am a thick twat

I don't know about bailiffs, but I assure you full payment in kind. You can wonder what kind it will be.

Bailiffs are nasty big men the courts send to your house to takes your goods away in lieu of debts

I dare say, it was Darwin who defined the natural selection process, Not Churchill, (though I agree he was a fine PM). It is sad your friend had to come here to find a woman of quality.


Natural selection I agree, but I quoted Churchill who was 'the man'

SHE has stated unequivocably that English men are so much nicer than the locals!!!

Ok, Now that we have the personaltys established, we can try to keep the banter to SE IV related issues.

Agreed

Peace and Salutations upon the Holidays

Likewise, I am off to Kent now for a week off so will not be around till next weekend - all the best to all of you

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