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From: Keith on 2 Aug 2006 10:33 In article <3c50d2tvkv0jnvvdadp5099oeb4qf830ur(a)4ax.com>, phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org says... > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:11:22 -0400, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> Gave us: > > >In article <op9vc2dns7ld3jngnh2vuqlol9ecj6lk2c(a)4ax.com>, > >jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > >> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:19:30 +0100, Eeyore > >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >Your militias practice firing weapons don't they ? > >> > > >> > >> Lots of people practise shooting guns. That's still legal here. > > > >I do, when I have time (not much lately). A brick of .22LRs, with > >some .357s thrown in for excitement, is a nice day of relaxation. > >Take the wife, and a couple of sandwiches and it's a lot of fun. > > > Is a .22 magnum round sub sonic? ..22LR will go up to ~1200FPS and magnums get to ~1800FPS, IIRC. The speed of sound is roughly 1100FPS? > I'd love to make an old fashions gatling gun using them and a > silencer device. A friend made a crank operated machine gun from a Ruger 1022 rifle with a 200 round magazine. He has a cam on a crank that fits in the trigger guard. It's a lot of fun, though technically... ;-) > Peter Gabriel wrote a song called "Red Rain". > > Mine would be "Lead Rain". "Lead it rain, lead it rain, lead it rain" -- Keith
From: Keith on 2 Aug 2006 10:34 In article <44D01FD5.AAD04C5C(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > In article <op9vc2dns7ld3jngnh2vuqlol9ecj6lk2c(a)4ax.com>, > > jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:19:30 +0100, Eeyore > > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Your militias practice firing weapons don't they ? > > > > > > > > > > Lots of people practise shooting guns. That's still legal here. > > > > I do, when I have time (not much lately). A brick of .22LRs, with > > some .357s thrown in for excitement, is a nice day of relaxation. > > Take the wife, and a couple of sandwiches and it's a lot of fun. > > You're going to shoot your wife ? Only if she refuses to bring me a beer. -- Keith
From: Keith on 2 Aug 2006 10:37 In article <5mFoVJG+ME0EFwPf(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk>, jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk says... > In message <MPG.1f39d3d7b817320c989804(a)news.individual.net>, dated Tue, > 1 Aug 2006, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> writes > >In article <op9vc2dns7ld3jngnh2vuqlol9ecj6lk2c(a)4ax.com>, > >jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > >> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:19:30 +0100, Eeyore > >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >Your militias practice firing weapons don't they ? > >> > > >> > >> Lots of people practise shooting guns. That's still legal here. > > > >I do, when I have time (not much lately). A brick of .22LRs, with some > >.357s thrown in for excitement, is a nice day of relaxation. Take the > >wife, and a couple of sandwiches and it's a lot of fun. > > Which makes the better target? > Watermelons. Ask Sgt. Erney. -- Keith
From: Keith on 2 Aug 2006 10:40 In article <t450d2ho017cevdla74j1rtffitmt6vkti(a)4ax.com>, phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org says... > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:07:29 -0400, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> Gave us: > > > Israel cannot continue taking a few hundred > >Iranian rockets every day. > > They only have ten thousand of them, and they have already fired > almost a third of those. You don't think Iran can make more? > The term "peter out" comes to mind. Don't believe it. -- Keith
From: Keith on 2 Aug 2006 10:43
In article <pan.2006.08.02.22.13.49.183200(a)example.net>, null(a)example.net says... > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:25:43 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > > > The statement 'Moderation in warfare is the height of folly' seems to be > > attributed to a number of people. It's often shown to be true by bitter > > experience, usually mostly experienced by non-combatants. The longer a > > conflict goes on, the worse they suffer. A swift conquest and the shops > > can open next day. > > It's always such a nuisance when those pesky insurgents won't just roll > over and be conquered quietly. :-/ It sure is. It means they have to be KILLED noisily. -- Keith |