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[43rdRecceReg]

Ditto, Alpha!! and as for Mr Jarndice, I understand that everyone in the UK, whether Welsh, Scottish, English (nasty Teutons!), or Irish is a sixth cousin to everyone else..Thus, it might be closer than we think., or dread!!

[ALPHA]

Ditto, Alpha!! and as for Mr Jarndice, I understand that everyone in the UK, whether Welsh, Scottish, English (nasty Teutons!), or Irish is a sixth cousin to everyone else..Thus, it might be closer than we think., or dread!!

LOL....Yeah ...I guess if you trace back far enough....we all might be related somehow lol...it's just that the only other that posts as "Colorfully" would be Wo1c ...We Yankee Bastards here in the US speak pretty plainly ..................


ALPHA

[43rdRecceReg]

Yep..but I notice all ye yankee bastard weapon makers have one thing in common: British surnames: Colt, Remington, Gatling, Douglas, McDonnell, Sharp etc..to accompany the 'plain speaking'. My mum's Glaswegian, and the 'wegies' are notorious for peppering
their speech with 'f**kin' this' and 'F**kin' that', before they pepper your face with punches! Dad was from an Irish background but lived and died in Scotland. Of course, the Irish are great lovers of the well-turned phrase, but are just as happy to season it with a liberal supply of 'feckin's when being direct. Imho, life is too short to beat around the bush...unless it just happens to belong to someone ye fancy!!!!!
Merry chortling Xmas encore!!

[ALPHA]

Yep..but I notice all ye yankee bastard weapon makers have one thing in common: British surnames: Colt, Remington, Gatling, Douglas, McDonnell, Sharp etc..to accompany the 'plain speaking'.

LOL...Good point....makes you wonder...why did they make great guns here...and not over there ............

My mum's Glaswegian, and the 'wegies' are notorious for peppering
their speech with 'f**kin' this' and 'F**kin' that', before they pepper your face with punches! Dad was from an Irish background but lived and died in Scotland. Of course, the Irish are great lovers of the well-turned phrase, but are just as happy to season it with a liberal supply of 'feckin's when being direct. Imho, life is too short to beat around the bush...unless it just happens to belong to someone ye fancy!!
Merry chortling Xmas encore!!

Ah...then we must be related somehow lol....as I also say "life is too short"...but mostly about holding grudges and dwelling on negative waves ...don't cuss much myself....unless faced with something totally frustrating ....but I do know and have acquainted with those that do....What can I say..."Officers must be Gentlemen"...to a point that is ...............


And Yes...May Christmas be Merry ...and New Years be Bright............... ..........

ALPHA

[43rdRecceReg]

Should add to that list: Browning, Smith & Wesson, Thompson, and Winchester. Again, all British surnames. I think only Boeing (of German origin) and Maxim (French origin?) of the major inventors, manufacturers were not of ethnic British origin. We could also add the Wright brothers to that list too, since military aircraft owe a debt to them.
Ignoring the tasteful slight about not making good weapons at home, we had:- the devastating Longbow (Feared throughout the Medieval World), the empire building Brown Bess, the Lee-Enfield 303, justly regarded as one of the best bolt-action rifles ever made; the Sten gun-a no-frills sub-machinegun... cheap and devastating, but later imitated by the Germans; the Webley and Enfield revolvers, highly collectible, and held in high esteem by many; the L115 A3 sniper rifle (so good, even the Wehrmacht uses it); the 17-pounder tank cannon (probably the best allied tank gun of WW2) and the 25-pounder field gun- one of the most effective artillery pieces ever made. Just to name a few...
But we don't need guns, do we; just truncheons, charm and disarming humour:haha:

[ALPHA]

LOL...Gun Discussion on the other thread...Here?...We need to see more of your Bot

ALPHA