Reply With Quotethe beaver?Originally Posted by marct
You mean that's NOT Tom on the right
Excellent
"But suppose everybody on our side felt that way?"
"Then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way. Wouldn't I?"
You mean the one with
the beaver?You mean that's NOT Tom on the right
Ouch. The next thing will be Matt Lauer breaking the news about this hot new forum...and then SWC will be overrun with knuckleheads. Might as well start a new category for the Mall Ninjas...
By the way, I consider myself fairly intelligent, but I can't understand half of what Marc T writes. Does everyone else understand him or am I just dumb?
Hey, it's how I got here!
Damn man! Stop rocking the boat. I don't understand 50% of what I write and I don't think anyone else does either.By the way, I consider myself fairly intelligent, but I can't understand half of what Marc T writes. Does everyone else understand him or am I just dumb?
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Ken...
don't be so hard on the Beaver!
"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
I thought we had a thread for them already?
Well, I'd guess I understand about 60% of what I write. BTW, from what Rob (and my wife
!) say, it's much worse in person
Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
As one of the new knuckleheads, I was wondering this myself. This is one of the few military-related forums I've found that didn't routinely devolve into "back in my day crabby crabby crabby" and "how can i get out of my contract..." I wonder how this place will weather the coming storm of "oh hay guys, I liek COIN too!"
To date, we owe our professionalism to Dave, Bill and the moderators. So no, we're not "edgy", like some blogs. Contrary to some accusations, we do have some readers younger than 40, although I'm not one of them.
Keep up the good work, guys.
Marc, my theory is that it's genetic ...
and now I have an explanation (subject to confirmation through intense historical research accompanied by pallets of high-test beer) for the outcome at the Windmill.from marct
Well, I'd guess I understand about 60% of what I write. BTW, from what Rob (and my wife !) say, it's much worse in person.
Your ancestor was designated PsyOps officer (with a voice of 10, nay 100 men) - and made his pitch to the Languedoc grenadiers. Not only did they not understand a word he said, his presentation put the rest of Murray's Highlanders to sleep. And, the rest is history as they say.
Ah yes, that's when we (as a family) gave up the direct action businessYour ancestor was designated PsyOps officer (with a voice of 10, nay 100 men) - and made his pitch to the Languedoc grenadiers. Not only did they not understand a word he said, his presentation put the rest of Murray's Highlanders to sleep. And, the rest is history as they say.
Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
As one of that genetic predisposition...
Highlanders, that is, re: The Murray Highlanders, it has been said to me that the cotton is likely overflow or outflow from the cranial cavity.
I didn't understand that but my Sassenach wife often says things I don't understand..
Marc, you are sinking deeper into the pit ...
1. The Highlanders' ears were blocked - so they couldn't hear orders; and
2. They couldn't shoot straight (e.g. genetic input from Walter Tyrrell[*])
But, keep right on digging -- China is only a short distance to go.
On that day,
a mill in the pays,
Languedoc was hot,
Highlanders were not.
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[*] Further Genealogical Notes on the Tyrrell-Terrell Family of Virginia (760kb), which is here.
What's more, the more I research this in dusty tomes, the odder things develop:
What - the worst sin of a Scottish regiment - to put wool in ears - and block out the sound of the regiment's piper. No wonder you lost after the third replay.A carious hand to hand fight between the Highlanders and French Grenadiers took place on the 28th April, 1760, at Dumont's Mill, on the site adjoining Mr. Dunscomb's house, on the St. Foye Road.
"With this old windmill is associated one of the most thrilling episodes of the conflict. Some of the French Grenadiers and some of Fraser's Highlanders took, lost and re-took the Mill three times, their respective officers looking on in mute astonishment and admiration; whilst a Scotch piper, who had been under arrest for bad conduct, ever since the 13th Sept., 1759, was piping away within hearing ;—so says an old Chronicle— (Maple Leaves, 1873, p. 182)." [emphasis in original].
Exactly.
Served 'em right. Yon Frazer's ae bollocks everythin'
well... I'm one of them, but 40's getting closer every year, darnit...
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"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
UaM
Awesome!
or whatever the current terminology is.
Too much Umar Al-Mokhtār
Sorry D…
I just seem to have skill sets that are both irrelevant and irreverent…
"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
Ems vital skills,
I say...
Thank Ken!
but also Dave, you can never have too much Umar Al-Mokhtār!
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"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
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