I am proud of my Scottish Brothers Today

[NousDefionsDoc]

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004223179,00.html

[NousDefionsDoc]

Sun 16 May 2004

Argylls fight hand to hand in Iraq

BRIAN BRADY
WESTMINSTER EDITOR


SCOTTISH troops fixed bayonets and fought hand to hand with a Shi’ite militia in southern Iraq in one of their fiercest clashes since the war was declared more than a year ago, it was reported last night.

Soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders mounted what were described as "classic infantry assaults" on firing and mortar positions held by more than 100 fighters loyal to the outlawed cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, according to military sources.

At least 20 men from al-Sadr’s army were believed killed in more than three hours of fighting - the highest toll reported in any single incident involving British forces in the past 12 months.

Nine fighters were captured and three British soldiers injured, none seriously.

"It was very bloody and it was difficult to count all their dead," one source was quoted as saying. "There were bodies floating in the river."

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were drawn into the fighting when soldiers in two Land-Rovers were ambushed on Friday afternoon about 15 miles east of the city of Amara. The soldiers escaped, only to be ambushed a second time by a larger group of militia, armed with machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars.

Reinforcements were summoned from the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment at a base nearby. "There was some pretty fierce hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets fixed," the source added. "There were some classic assaults on mortar positions held by the al-Sadr forces."

Official spokesman Major Ian Clooney confirmed the Mehdi army "took a pretty heavy knocking", but refused to specify tactics. "This was certainly an intense engagement," he added.

Details of the bloody clashes emerged amid reports that defence chiefs were privately discussing "strategic failure" in the conflict - and that MPs were trying to force a new Commons vote on the situation in Iraq.

Labour MPs, including Robin Cook, were said to be pressing Tony Blair to allow a new vote if he goes ahead with plans to send more troops to Iraq to replace the Spanish forces which are set to be pulled out. They claim no more troops should be sent until the government has won a new mandate for action via another vote in Parliament.

The Prime Minister is believed to be resisting the claims, fearing a repeat of the gruelling battle over the vote last year which endorsed the plan to attack Saddam Hussein, but only after a bitter argument which cost him the votes of 139 MPs.

News of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders action comes as military top brass struggling to maintain the huge Coalition operation in Iraq have been confronted with a disturbing fall in public support for the armed forces.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Might have to switch to Talisker or something for a night after that . . .

[Team Sergeant]

"It was very bloody and it was difficult to count all their dead,"



Sounds like the lads did quite a job on them.

TS

[hoepoe]

Sort of makes the battle more "personal" when it's hand to hand as opposed to shooting from a distance.

Well done Scots

Hoepoe

[37F5V]

Bold, tenacious, and violent..... Quite impressive.

[Radar Rider]

A bayonette charge on those assholes is the shit! I hope that they STABBED the fuck out of those losers. Booyah!

[Bill Harsey]

Thanks for posting that NDD. Need to know which Highland Scotch whiskey to look for.

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Thanks for posting that NDD. Are these Scots from the Highlands or Lowlands? Need to know which Scotch whiskey to look for.

Bill:

Springbank is my favorite, Nancy collects single malt, and probably has 150-200 bottles.

Terry

[Bill Harsey]

Thanks Sir, Will look for Springbank next time I get close to a big town, will then toast the Scots!

[CPTAUSRET]

Bill:

It is rare and hard to find, we bought 2 bottles (all they had) the last time we passed through Heathrow's duty free section.

Terry

[Tuukka]

During the Falklands war, 3rd Para was taking Mount Longdon. Sergeant Ian McKay was awarded the VC when battling enemy MG nests in close quarters with rifle fire and a fixed bayonet.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
Bill:

It is rare and hard to find, we bought 2 bottles (all they had) the last time we passed through Heathrow's duty free section.

Terry Thanks for the heads up Terry, I'll try another one. Good thing you don't live near logging country with that collection, I'm afraid it might be endangered. Talk about fighting spirit, I didn't know anyone still trained a group bayonet charge.

[NousDefionsDoc]

The Power of the Blade Mr. Harsey, the Power of the Blade. Mmmm, a Smatchet with bayonet lugs mounted on a .50 BMG - JIHAD!

I'm partial to a taste of the Macallen every now and then. 12 year old if I'm buying, 30 if somebody else is.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
The Power of the Blade Mr. Harsey, the Power of the Blade. Mmmm, a Smatchet with bayonet lugs mounted on a .50 BMG - JIHAD!

I'm partial to a taste of the Macallen every now and then. 12 year old if I'm buying, 30 if somebody else is. LOL! Uh oh, quit laughing, he serious, about the fifty BMG too.!

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc


I'm partial to a taste of the Macallen every now and then. 12 year old if I'm buying, 30 if somebody else is. Ok, Just looked up Macallen on the net. No price listed for the thirty year old bottle but it comes in it's own traveling vault with bodyguard.

[Team Sergeant]

From the Scottish Highlands...

[Bill Harsey]

Thanks Team Sergeant! I'll have to look that one up too. I just found the results of a 1998 auction where a 25 year old Decanter of Macallen sold for 480 dollars US. Cool, wait until my wife sees the expenses for visiting NDD.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Ok, Just looked up Macallen on the net. No price listed for the thirty year old bottle but it comes in it's own traveling vault with bodyguard.

Kind of like a Harsey Skean Dhu or a Smatchet in CPM S-30V?

TR

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Kind of like a Harsey Skean Dhu or a Smatchet in CPM S-30V?

TR That would be for the bodyguard, Harsey Skean Dhu, neat idea. I'll have to negotiate the price of S-30V with Crucible Steel for a smatchet. I read the first written record of whisky was in 1494. The first recorded export of whisky to Ireland was in 1590. We all know what happened after that...Check this out www.scotchwhisky.net

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
That would be for the bodyguard, Harsey Skean Dhu, neat idea. I'll have to negotiate the price of S-30V with Crucible Steel for a smatchet. I read the first written record of whisky was in 1494. The first recorded export of whisky to Ireland was in 1590. We all know what happened after that...Check this out www.scotchwhisky.net

Why'd God invent Whisky?
So the Irish would never rule the world...

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Tuukka
Why'd God invent Whisky?
So the Irish would never rule the world... We never wanted to rule the world, just a good fight once in a while.

[Sacamuelas]

Crowd: "William Wallace is seven feet tall! "

Wallace:" Yes, I've heard! Kills men by the hundreds! And if he were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes...and bolts of lightning from his arse! (laughter) I AM William Wallace! And I see, a whole army of my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny. You've come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight?"

Scotsman: "Fight? Against that? No, we will run, and we will live. "


Wallace:"Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that...for one chance...just ONE CHANCE to come back here to tell our enemy that they may take out lives, but they will never take OUR FREEDOM !!!""

[Razor]

Oops, wrong location. Let's go folks...move along...nothing to see here...move along. :)

[Team Sergeant]

One of their Home pages:


http://www.army.mod.uk/Argyll_Sutherland_Highlanders/index.htm

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
30 if somebody else is.

I'm your huckleberry, if you ever get NOTB or I somehow get South.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
Bill:

It is rare and hard to find, we bought 2 bottles (all they had) the last time we passed through Heathrow's duty free section.

Terry

Springbank is easy to get in LA. If Nancy needs help, let me know.

[Airbornelawyer]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Might have to switch to Talisker or something for a night after that . . . The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders recruit from a region stretching from the Western Isles to the Firth of Forth (above Edinburgh). Argyllshire and Sutherland are only parts of that area. Due to all the amalgamations over the years of Scottish regiments, the regiments that are still around recruit over a larger area.

Talisker comes from the Isle of Skye, which is in their recruiting area. Terry's recommendation, Springbank, comes from Campbeltown, though, which is actually in Argyllshire proper. Glen Scotia also comes from there. Laphroaig comes from the Isle of Islay, part of Argyllshire. While Argyllshire has a number of distilleries, Clynelish is the only one in Sutherland.

Glenfiddich and Macallan come from Banffshire, which is Gordon Highlanders recruiting area. The Gordons are now part of The Highlanders Regiment, formed from the amalgamation of the Seaforth, Gordon and Cameron Highlanders. So don't toast the A&SH with Glenfiddich or Macallan.

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward, Right battle, wrong poem. Defending the approach to the British supply base at Balaklava , 500 men of the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders, forming a long line rather than a square in the face of a Russian cavalry brigade numbering several thousand, held off and routed the enemy. London Times correspondent W.H. Russell wrote that nothing stood between the Russian cavalry and the supply base but "the thin red streak tipped with a line of steel". This became the "Thin Red Line," the regiment's nickname, that Kipling referred to in Tommy, probably the greatest poem ever on the soldier's lot:

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

[Sacamuelas]

Is it only me...... or does Airborne Lawyer make anyone else feel really ignorant with his brilliant/well researched posts?

I can just picture some junior associate that works under AL ranting right now...

"That a-hole(AL) wants me to research "scottish whiskey and summarize its similarities with certain Scottish military units from these two specific regions with the country???" ..."WTF?".... "I went to Harvard Law school to do THIS???" then he later hands AL the info and says... "Here Sir, glad to do it. " LOL
Thanks AL, that was good info.:cool:

[Team Sergeant]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Is it only me...... or does Airborne Lawyer make anyone else feel really ignorant with his brilliant/well researched posts?



Just you, the rest of are mature enough to understand that there things in this world we've yet to learn. ;)

I've yet to feel ignorant for that very reason, I'm still willing to learn.

TS

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Is it only me...... or does Airborne Lawyer make anyone else feel really ignorant with his brilliant/well researched posts?

He is one smart dude.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Airbornelawyer
Talisker comes from the Isle of Skye, which is in their recruiting area. Terry's recommendation, Springbank, comes from Campbeltown, though, which is actually in Argyllshire proper. Glen Scotia also comes from there. Laphroaig comes from the Isle of Islay, part of Argyllshire. While Argyllshire has a number of distilleries, Clynelish is the only one in Sutherland.

Glenfiddich and Macallan come from Banffshire, which is Gordon Highlanders recruiting area. The Gordons are now part of The Highlanders Regiment, formed from the amalgamation of the Seaforth, Gordon and Cameron Highlanders. So don't toast the A&SH with Glenfiddich or Macallan.

Let's be clear: I proposed Talisker because it's good stuff, not because I knew it was in their recruiting area. LOL

The Scots all look the same to me. LMAO

[Sacamuelas]

Originally posted by Team Sergeant
Just you, the rest of are mature enough to understand that there things in this world we've yet to learn.

I've yet to feel ignorant for that very reason, I'm still willing to learn.

TS

Team Sergeant-

Ignorance is not a word with a necessarily "negative" connotation.

All it means is "lacking information or knowledge".... that is not a bad thing. We are ALL ignorant in many ways in life. "STUPID� is the word that I use to describe the people that you seemed to picture when I originally said ignorant. I did not say that I was stupid. Trust me, I realize the value of a life long learning process.

If you did not already know the info that AL wrote in his post, then you were in fact "ignorant" of it - Just like me. Don't feel bad, in this matter, that puts you in good company(RL, me, all the other members of Aprof) IMO!! :p LOL

AL just tends to make me feel ignorant at a higher frequency than most, and I was complementing him on it. Upon advice from my one of my stable counselors, I will reword my original post to clarify my intent by using his exact words.

"He is one smart dude." LOL

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Team Sergeant-

Ignorance is not a word with a necessarily "negative" connotation.

All it means is "lacking information or knowledge".... that is not a bad thing. We are ALL ignorant in many ways in life. "STUPID� is the word that I use to describe the people that you seemed to picture when I originally said ignorant. I did not say that I was stupid. Trust me, I realize the value of a life long learning process.

If you did not already know the info that AL wrote in his post, then you were in fact "ignorant" of it - Just like me. Don't feel bad, in this matter, that puts you in good company(RL, me, all the other members of Aprof) IMO!! :p LOL

AL just tends to make me feel ignorant at a higher frequency than most, and I was complementing him on it. Upon advice from my one of my stable counselors, I will reword my original post to clarify my intent by using his exact words.

"He is one smart dude." LOL

Boy, taking on TR and TS in the same week? Let no one question your gumption, Doctor! LOL

The term "ignorant" actually does has a negative connotation:

Main Entry: ig·no·rant
Pronunciation: 'ig-n(&-)r&nt
Function: adjective
1 a : destitute of knowledge or education <an ignorant society>; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified <parents ignorant of modern mathematics> b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence <ignorant errors>
2 : UNAWARE, UNINFORMED
- ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- ig·no·rant·ness noun
synonyms IGNORANT, ILLITERATE, UNLETTERED, UNTUTORED, UNLEARNED mean not having knowledge. IGNORANT may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing <an ignorant fool> <ignorant of nuclear physics>. ILLITERATE applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write <much of the population is still illiterate>. UNLETTERED implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading <an allusion meaningless to the unlettered>. UNTUTORED may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization <strange monuments built by an untutored people>. UNLEARNED suggests ignorance of advanced subjects <poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses>.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ignorant

It comes from "ignore," and when you use it you are suggesting that the person is not just devoid of knowledge, but devoid of knowledge due to lack of effort or due care. Just my opinion.

[Sacamuelas]

Well well counselor... I believe you are trying to paint me into a corner while sucking up to TR and TS.

Your opinion is yours to keep but it is wrong.
Did you read your own posted definition? See definition #1a 0R #2. Take your pick. I did not use the word's meaning as an attempt to imply a negative tone. It was used properly in the context of my post.

On another note, you agreed with my post that TR took exception too earlier this week, BTW! Then you conveniently let it go and slithered away. LOL Am I wrong?

BTW- I am not "taking on" TR and/or TS. I am defending my post from misinterpretation and more than capable of handling it without you playing the midget/instigator kid who tries to get all his "big" friends to get into a fight for him. I am sure they can both handle themselves without your help.

I would rather voice my opinion, get blasted, maybe learn from it if I find the "correction" to be enlightening, and move on .... than to live as an eternal kiss ass. LOL :p
(your turn) haha

Now someone please give more testimony on Scotch whiskey? I am interested to learn about all the brands and their quality.

[Bill Harsey]

OK, RL and Tooth Grinder go to your corners and sit down. Airborne, Sir, Thankyou for posting the incredible information on the fine Scottish drink. Now I want to learn as much about Scotch as I've tried to learn about steels. That said, I'm going to toast the sunsabitches with Oregon beer tonight anyway.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
On another note, you agreed with my post that TR took exception too earlier this week, BTW! Then you conveniently let it go and slithered away. LOL Am I wrong?

Yes, you are wrong. I did comment that it is good to be sure you are comparing apples to apples, and I did endorse a correction you made, but that's really it IIRC. TR took exception not just with your math, but with remarks you made.

I have disagreed with TR and TS on many occasions and will allow the record to speak for itself. Now, let's get back to scotch as you proposed. Have you identified your favorite yet?

[Sacamuelas]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
OK, RL and Tooth Grinder go to your corners and sit down.

That said, I'm going to toast the sunsabitches with Oregon beer tonight anyway.

Sorry Bill. I will do as suggested and drink a few fizzy beverages myself tonight. First... a little PT for messing up your forum.


Let's hear more personal recommendations on Scotch. :cool: Can use a knife to cut the lid off so that it fits into the edged weapons forum. LOL

[Bill Harsey]

corners...

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
corners...

Yes, Sir.

[Roguish Lawyer]

So far, no one has spelled Macallan correctly. Here is their web site:

http://www.themacallan.com/

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Ok, Just looked up Macallen on the net. No price listed for the thirty year old bottle but it comes in it's own traveling vault with bodyguard.

Here is a price for the gift set version:

http://www.beerliquors.com/giftbaskets/macallan_30years.htm

[Sacamuelas]

We ever organize/have an AprofSoldier "team party" and I will volunteer a bottle of that RL. Gonna be hard getting You, Peoples Medic, TR, TS, BIll Harsey, etc all in one place and at one time... but never say never. :D

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
We ever organize/have an AprofSoldier "team party" and I will volunteer a bottle of that RL. Gonna be hard getting You, Peoples Medic, TR, TS, BIll Harsey, etc all in one place and at one time... but never say never. :D

Great idea.

All this aged liquor talk reminds me of a story:

My parents really don't drink, but my Dad always kept a liquor cabinet. In high school, I discovered this carton full of really old bottles of whiskey that my Dad had purchased during the Vietnam war when he was in the service. After my parents got divorced, my mother had put the liquor in a closet and never touched the stuff.

So I'm stealing these bottles all the time, and when I went to college, I really starting stealing them since I knew they were just going to sit in that closet forever. So I'm keeping several of the bottles, letting them age, and thinking that I'll save the oldest and best ones for a special occasion. Drink them when they're 25-30 or more years old.

Then I learned the sad truth:

Unlike wine, whiskey stops aging when it is bottled. Those bottles contained whiskey that was aged the number of years indicated on the label, and lugging them around forever did me no good.

Oh, well! You live and learn. I think I still have one bottle left. LOL

[Sacamuelas]

Wait.. better be specific in my offer as I know how detail oriented some of you guys are.

I have to be invited and actually attend for the SCOTCH to make it to the party. I can just hear the phone call now...
" Saca, we are having a party in three weeks in an undisclosed location... we would appreciate you shipping the $500 bottle of scotch to _____ PO box on or before such and such date. After all, you said you would- remember" LOL:p

[Team Sergeant]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
We ever organize/have an AprofSoldier "team party" and I will volunteer a bottle of that RL. Gonna be hard getting You, Peoples Medic, TR, TS, BIll Harsey, etc all in one place and at one time... but never say never. :D

One bottle? Whats everyone else going to drink?

TS

[Sacamuelas]

I am a Gov. employee. That is all I can afford. I will be glad to purchase a few "off" brands following the ceremonial first drinks. LOL

Hell, RL could expense it to one of his big wig clients... How about it RL? And we can get CAPT to bring down some of he and Nancy's "collection" for private sampling in his brand new Vette. :cool:

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Hell, RL could expense it to one of his big wig clients... How about it RL?

Uh, no.

But if an event like this occurs and I am fortunate enough to be invited and attend, I will happily take on the role of one of the supply sergeants.

And if I can characterize the attendees as potential clients, this will make my accountant very happy.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
I am a Gov. employee. That is all I can afford.

We know what Mrs. Jawbreaker does for a living, Doctor! LOL

[Sacamuelas]

In all of our best interests... I will modify my offer to purchase the one bottle of "fancy boy" scotch to read my purchasing many bottles of regular MAN bourbon and assorted liquors. AFter all, value for the money is important to this lowly Gov. employee. :D


RL- My household commander is currently on semi-permanent leave FROM WORK with the little ones for the forseeable future... no extra $$$ for me! LOL



***edited to clarify that I am not getting a divorce or currently separated...wife is just on leave from work.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
In all of our best interests... I will modify my offer to purchase the one bottle of "fancy boy" scotch to read my purchasing many bottles of regular MAN bourbon and assorted liquors. AFter all, value for the money is important to this lowly Gov. employee. :D


RL- My household commander is currently on semi-permanent leave with the little ones for the forseeable future... no extra $$$ for me! LOL

Booker's. Knob Creek. Blanton's. Rare Breed. Maker's Mark.

Repeat as needed.

TR

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Booker's. Knob Creek. Blanton's. Rare Breed. Maker's Mark.

Repeat as needed.

TR

Agreed. May I add the JD single barrel also?

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
We ever organize/have an AprofSoldier "team party" and I will volunteer a bottle of that RL. Gonna be hard getting You, Peoples Medic, TR, TS, BIll Harsey, etc all in one place and at one time... but never say never. :D

A "team party" sounds like a good idea, make it Santa Fe, Albuquerque, or Iowa City, and I can host it.

Or perhaps someone smarter than me could figure out how to post my schedule up, and I could meet up with some of you guys during my travels.

Terry

[Sacamuelas]

Yes.. knob creek and Maker's Mark are my standard call and Maker's is always "available" at mi casa.

Have any of you tried this? I find it is a little sweet, but I am starting to acquire the taste for it too... (BTW- my new Milt Sparks Ex comp. holster came in this evening so it made it in the pic. :D SWEET!)

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Have any of you tried this? I find it is a little sweet, but I am starting to acquire the taste for it too...

I have. I like it. My favorite is Blanton's.

[Air.177]

Damn Saca, Looks like you got the makings for one hell of an evening there:D

I know, I know, I'm too young, etc. etc. I'm leaving

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Air.177
I know, I know, I'm too young, etc. etc. I'm leaving

I have always believed quite strongly that anyone old enough to register for the draft is old enough to drink. If you ever need anything in LA, let me know. ;)

[Roycroft201]

Wow- I thought this forum was about 'edged weapons' and really everybody is talking about parties and scotch !

I may have to go back to the archives in the forums and see what other good converstions I have missed ! LOL

BTW- I was in Heathrow in the early 70's after studying at a University in England. In duty free, I found a bottle of scotch named Bell's Scotch - Bell is my maiden name - and the bottle was in the shape of a bell, also. It disappeared and I don't know who in the family took it. (And for TS - I also made a pilgrimage to St. Andrews. My dad had been a golf pro before he passed away and coming from a family of golfers meant I better make it to St. Andrews or else find another place to live! LOL....Great-grandfather Bell was from Edinburgh. )

OK, gentlemen. I'll go back to lurking now. You all really do have some great conversations, though !

Roycroft201

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Roycroft201
Wow- I thought this forum was about 'edged weapons' and really everybody is talking about parties and scotch !

Hey, attention to detail. We're going to open the bottles with knives, OK? ;)

[Bill Harsey]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Roycroft201
[B]Wow- I thought this forum was about 'edged weapons' and really everybody is talking about parties and scotch !

This is a very sophisticated Edged Weapons Forum. Your certainly welcome here.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Oh, and Roycroft:

When the bottle is empty, you can break it to make a dangerous edged weapon.

LOL

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Hey, attention to detail. We're going to open the bottles with knives, OK? ;) That is correct Sir.

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Roycroft201


BTW- I was in Heathrow in the early 70's after studying at a University in England.

Roycroft201

My wife "read english" attended Oxford on a Fulbright scholarship.

Terry

[Roycroft201]

LOL ! great creativity here, as well !

And Mr. Harsey, I have to admit that I have read many of the posts here on your edged weapons forum in the past and found them really educational. I am suddenly looking at all edged weapons in a whole different light ! (and I need to find a way to sharpen everything in my kitchen, too ! :p

Roycroft201

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Roycroft201
LOL ! great creativity here, as well !

Roycroft201

Funny thing, Nancy has recently committed to writing a book on "Creativity".

Terry

[Roycroft201]

Terry, sir,

I have followed updates on your wife Nancy's distinguished career with great interest. I was at the University of Bath as an undergraduate and enjoyed my time there immensely.

And now I will stop hijacking Mr. Harsey's forum. ;)

Roycroft201

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
Funny thing, Nancy has recently committed to writing a book on "Creativity".

Terry Please keep me advised on that book. Don't tell anyone but I probably have a degree in Fine Arts around here somewhere, I think it's shimming up the anvil on the stump. On occasion I might have a little exposure to some work with this alleged creativity. This is a topic "near and dear". You guys practice it all the time.

[Sacamuelas]

BBBRRRRrrrrrrpppppp....... :D RC201 your PM box is full. That makes two separate PM's I have tried to send you not go through. YOu make head hurt, need another drink. LOL

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Hey, attention to detail. We're going to open the bottles with knives, OK? ;)

My favorite is Blanton's.

I believe that I can pop the top with demo, and still leave most of the contents in the bottle.

You sold me on the Blanton's. Thank you very much, Counsellor.

Bill Harsey is one of the most creative men I know. The boy is a walking contradiction, and I think he likes it that way.

Bill:

Scots=Skean Dhus and Claymores. Wonder what Crucible gets for 5 feet of 4" wide x 1/2" thick CPM S-30V?

TR

[CPTAUSRET]

Will do, Bill.

Nancy has only written 2 popular books, one "BROKEN BRAIN" was a finalist for a National Book Award, the 2d "BRAVE NEW BRAIN" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Terry

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by The Reaper
I believe that I can pop the top with demo, and still leave most of the contents in the bottle.

Now THAT I would like to see! As long as nothing is wasted, of course. :)

[Air.177]

TR, What do we need such High order steel for if it's just going to be a claymore? I thought they just used little ball bearings:D

Yes, I know what a claymore is.

[Bill Harsey]

Very Cool Sir Reaper, A Claymore made from S-30V! I'll negotiate the pricing but the inert atmosphere vacumn furnace to heat treat that blade suspended may be another matter. Hmmm, I'll just build it. Thanks for the high compliment, I like the contradiction part. The old saying, "it takes one to know ...". Hey Don't you have to get up in a couple hours? Get To bed!

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
Will do, Bill.

Nancy has only written 2 popular books, one "BROKEN BRAIN" was a finalist for a National Book Award, the 2d "BRAVE NEW BRAIN" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Terry

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060912723/qid=1085112596/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2321400-3080636?v=glance&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195145097/qid=1085112841/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2321400-3080636?v=glance&s=books

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060912723/qid=1085112596/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2321400-3080636?v=glance&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195145097/qid=1085112841/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2321400-3080636?v=glance&s=books

RL:

Thanks, good job...interestingly enough "BROKEN BRAIN" which was written close to 20 years ago is still being sold, and has been translated into just about every language I can think of:

Terry

[Sacamuelas]

Negative on the retry , RC201. Look at the bottom of the page when viewing the main aprof forum. If it says that you have 100 or more PM's in your folder..then you can't recieve any more until you delete them down below.

Sorry for the hijack Bill....

heading to bed.. night all.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Air.177
TR, What do we need such High order steel for if it's just going to be a claymore? I thought they just used little ball bearings:D

Yes, I know what a claymore is. Air.177, Those little ball bearings are made from an alloy of steel called 52100. This is an extremely fine grained hardenable steel ( but with little or no stain resistance) that can be forged into a very good working blade providing the ball bearing is big enough to begin with. Timken bearing races are also made from this steel and are "good stuff" (That's a technical knife shop term usually applied to what we can scrounge for free). If I was stranded in some foreign country, like say California, and had to forage for indigenous materials, this would be the best choice for high rent product.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
If I was stranded in some foreign country, like say California, and had to forage for indigenous materials, this would be the best choice for high rent product.

Good luck finding claymores here, Sir. LOL

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Good luck finding claymores here, Sir. LOL That's why we'll have to forge them ourselves.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
RL:

Thanks, good job...interestingly enough "BROKEN BRAIN" which was written close to 20 years ago is still being sold, and has been translated into just about every language I can think of:

Terry Thanks to both RL and Terry for showing us these books. Bill

[Razor]

If I may, I would highly recommend "Brave New Brain". Nancy and Terry were very kind in giving me a signed copy when they came through the Springs. The book covers some very high-level scientific discussion on genetics, mental illness, and neuroimaging, but Nancy is able to convey the concepts in terms even a knucklehead like me can understand. Have I mentioned that Nancy is brilliant?

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Razor
If I may, I would highly recommend "Brave New Brain". Nancy and Terry were very kind in giving me a signed copy when they came through the Springs. The book covers some very high-level scientific discussion on genetics, mental illness, and neuroimaging, but Nancy is able to convey the concepts in terms even a knucklehead like me can understand. Have I mentioned that Nancy is brilliant?

G:

You may...Thanks for the compliment.

As I recall that trip cost me a bit of money I was stopped doing 93 in a 75, then we headed home to Iowa from the springs, and on our way back (to NM) going through Co I got a $263 dollar ticket in in a Pueblo speed trap. If I paid them the money w/in 30 days they wouldn't inform Iowa of my speeding violation:

Terry

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
G:



As I recall that trip cost me a bit of money I was stopped doing 93 in a 75, then we headed home to Iowa from the springs, and on our way back (to NM) going through Co I got a $263 dollar ticket in in a Pueblo speed trap. If I paid them the money w/in 30 days they wouldn't inform Iowa of my speeding violation:

Terry That proves my point, get the sports version with the collective.

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
That proves my point, get the sports version with the collective.

Now that's funny::D

Terry