Is anyone bothered by this?

[webbcraft2150]

Whens intermission? I'm outa popcorn and Coke.

[Wildkat]

Gosh Prometheus...

It took until THIS thread for you to be labelled an antagonist?

I'm kidding... really
(No... I REALLY mean it this time)



Hey webbcraft... you can pause this thread at ANY time for a break, ya know...

[Burly1]

E. Liberty. I did not infer nothing. I axed.

[tommystinson]

I had composed a long winded post, but chose not to complete it. If you are concerned with spelling, the new version of Firefox will check it real-time.

[prometheus578]

"How not to conduct a battle"

we find King Robert the Bruce kicking butt and taking names in the Battle of Bannockburn. Though on Scottish soil... it makes me wonder what would have happened had they carried their skirmish to England...

For what it's worth... The Battle of Culloden was the last time the Scotts took the battle to English soil.
As usual, it failed due to the military ineptitude of an incompetant leader.
Prince Charles(Stuart), raised an army of 5,000 ill-disciplined Scotts and headed south. (In the dead of winter,yet) 1,000 clansmen deserted before they ever reached England.
His rebellion lost momentum, and hearing that 30,000 royal troops were moving against him, he retreated back to Scotland. He spent the winter hunting and throwing parties and, due to the inactivity, had more desertions.
One hundred miles away, the Duke of Cumberland spent the winter months training his troops on how to counter the ferocious "Highland Charge".
Scots would advance to musket range and fire a volley. The English would return a volley. As the English frantically tried to reload, the Scots would throw down their muskets, pull their swords and charge the line. (A good time was had by all)
The "new tactic"... was for the Brit to not fight the Scot to his front, but to fight the guy on his right, bayonetting his exposed side/sword arm.
Prince Charles plans a surprise attack for dawn against the English Duke, but the Scots get lost in the darkness and retreat back to Culloden, which Charles, the military bungler, decides is a good place for a battle. (open, flat ground... good for English artillery and cavalry, bad for Highlanders on foot!)
The English Duke, hearing of the failed attack, goes on the march after the tired Scots. Contact is made, lines are drawn and the fun begins.
Cannons dual for about a half an hour... then an uncontrolled Scottish charge in the face of disciplined musket fire and grapeshot from the English three-pounders. Carnage was incredible. Scots retreat in disorder.
The English give chase, and the Duke of Cumberland sends his cavalry around to hit the flanks of the retreating Scots.
Final score: English, 50 dead. Scotts, 2,000.
For good measure, Cumberland has his cavalry continue onward, slaughtering the Scottish women and children who had come to watch the battle.
The End.

[prometheus578]

"Not to pick on the Scots..."

E Liberty...
Nothing wrong with the fighting spirit of the Clans... just the leadership proved lacking.

[fredintoon]

The power of poetry

Hi Meri,
nice little poem

"Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh."

To be consistent, that's
" Eye strike a quay - - - "

Fred Hill, S'toon.