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Default Jacques Cousteau Odyssey posted! CAFB OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW!
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:22:04 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:50:53 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

Never mind the rag heads, I'm surprised that the 'mericans who's
buying power for foreign (Chinese) goods has decreased by about 30%
aren't cleaning the muskets and casting bullets.

Muskets use balls, not bullets which are elongated and need spin to
make them fly right, and have to be shot from rifles. The balls are
.75 inch, bigger than 12 ga and hit like a 12 ga deer slug. Deadly is
the word for them. And yes, Bush should be hanged.

Casady

Yes, well you are technically correct however I thought that writing
"cleaning their muskets and casting their balls" might be a bit
confusing. "Casting their BALLS....."

Being a nit picker I should point out that muskets varied in caliber.
..75, .72, .69 and .58 were all common bores at various times.


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