October 2010 - Argghhh!

Heartless Lib was first and mostly correct, and Grumpy was also correct, and Terrapod was assertively incorrect. But no one got the complete answer (which, to be fair, wasn't going to be likely, anyway, since I was cheating, as per usual). They are, indeed, powder charges. Inert, of course. From left to right - a typical bagged charge of black powder for a Revolutionary War era 3inch cannon (but representative for any black-powder gun of that era). The second (of which only the base charge was...

You all know that I am working my butt-off to get MAJ Charles Lollar (USMCR) in the House of Representatives. And I still, would encourage everyone to consider contributing to his campaign . However the reason for this entry: In a candidates' forum held at the Charles County Chamber of Commerce in Waldorf Maryland, an interesting exchange occurred between Steny Hoyer (D) and Charles Lollar (R)...

One thing is for sure, CPL Rees is most certainly not going hungry on his deployment. Boq

We has them. Via Chuck Z.

I think everyone here is familiar with the concept of a "blood chit," right? As far as I know, the AVG pilots who flew for the Chinese prior to our entry into the Second World War started the trend of having a multilingual identification scarf handy in case they went down on the wrong side of the lines, but RAF and AAF pilots carried the idea one step further by adding an escape map -- just in case.Well, we've always carried escape maps, but they're so detailed, they're too...

Some kinks in the system should be ironed-out, me thinks: Boq

Phase I of the Gun Platform is complete, thus keeping a promise to SWWBO.Phase II will be putting a wall in front of the gun, with an opening for the gun. Phase III will be facing that wall with stone to give it that "castle" look and feel. But now, as Prodigal Son, D-i-L and Grandson are visiting, it's off to pick up August and head for the Ren-Fest!For those so inclined - a picture of the approach to the Inner Bailey....