Gunner - do you wear protection?

Which sort of protection? Safety glasses? Yep (usually). Welding leathers? Always...well... A condom? chortle A concealed weapon? Absolutly.

Whatcha asking?

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

Bwahaha! Scaredycat lilylivered yellowbelly's so chicken in "the land of the free" he carries a shooter for "protection"! M.K.

plonk.

Geez, Gunner, you sure draw the Brit whack jobs out of the woodwork.

Reminds me of a tale. I was visiting my sister over there about 1980, seeing the sights. We went down to Portsmouth, and toured the HMS Victory. I was prepared to render due homage to a great admiral. Instead, we got this sawed off brit marine who took great delight, with obvious relish, in stories designed to gross out us tourists -- "If the sailors whittled a longer measuring stick (for hammocks) and were caught, floggings, salt in the wounds, miserable diet, yak, yak, yak."

After about 30 min. we were back topside, and he started going on about the Marines' walk (for shooting ship jumpers), press-ganging, yadayada. Then he said something to the effect "Why we (like he was there) even stopped merchant ships and kidnapped their crews to gather sailors for the Royal Navy!"

I was standing immediately behind him, with my sister at my side. Having had a belly full of the runt, I said in a loud stage whisper to my sis "Yeah, they sure did. That's why we had to KICK THEIR ASS in the War of 1812." The red color went up his neck like a fuse.

Pete Keillor

I know a hell of a lot of British ex-pats who came over and are now rabid hunters and gun collectors. Seems that that strain of freemen, wasnt totally bred out of the people, or killed off in the wars of the

It only seems that way when reading some posters on usenet.

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

Agreed. I've been over there several times since. Mostly, I like them and enjoy the visits. Sure was fun watching that one fry, though.

You've got to admit you're a lightning rod for the others, and appear to enjoy it. Well, we all need hobbies.

Pete Keillor

Its a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

So your ilk carry guns to protect yourselves from normal americans/each other. Who are the "whack jobs"?

You'd get a whack in the gob if you said that today, colonial boy. M.K.

"We" being the US and Napoleon. But the Brits burned the White House to the ground first, and if they hadn't had another war to fight on the other side of the pond...

Sorry, Gunner. The line re. "protection" was to get your attention, not to sic the dogs on you. I wanted you to contact me, off-group. I have some information re. your recent post on RFDs. Please contact me if you are interested.

Bob Swinney

Attempting Eddaic Poetry for the first time, Intrepid wrote