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Jacques Cousteau Odyssey posted! CAFB OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW!
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:02:21 -0500, Brian Whatcott wrote: On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:25:22 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote: 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. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) Hmmm...this must be a nit-pickers' benefit! Bullets can be round or cylindrical (OED definition) Brian W I suppose if you want to be dictionarily correct a bullet is "A projectile that is fired from a gun". However, in the trade the word "bullet" is normally used to describe a cylindrical projectile while a round ball is call just that. Sort of like a mouse being one thing to a computer geek and another thing to my maiden aunt. Bruce-in-Bangkok (correct email address for reply) And "ball" amunition fired from a "rifle" is ??? -- (remove the X to email) Now just why the HELL do I have to press 1 for English? John Wayne |
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