Hold Fast 2016-04-04
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Apparently, they're not in the children's section!
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
I didn't even recognize Shelly... I had to look at the tags below the comic...
And where did they get a cannon like that?
And where did they get a cannon like that?
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Same here.lake_wrangler wrote:I didn't even recognize Shelly... I had to look at the tags below the comic...
Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Who else would it be in this gang of id..., er, eccentric but beautiful and exotic young women.lake_wrangler wrote:I didn't even recognize Shelly.
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
"CORNELIUS! Did you let your granddaughter play with your CANNON again???"
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Checked it out of the armament display?lake_wrangler wrote:And where did they get a cannon like that?
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... well, only Miss Phix gets to play with... OH! THAT THING?!? Uh... all my cannon are field mounted, not on Naval trucks... but somebody taught them the use of a Nautical tube... except that you want to fire on the DOWNROLL, as then a water hit will still bounce into the target- I also noticed that the gun is not secured to anything... and the muzzle appears to be giving way... that IS a nice fuse pike she's working with, but I prefer friction primers on a front stuffer, more reliable. Lessee, there's a 12 pounder, a rifled Parrot Six pounder, two Coehorn mortars and the Old Mountain Pack Howitzer... then there's the 155, the four 88's, the little 37mm and an 81mm mortar, hmmm... am I forgetting something...?... do self-mobile units count? 'Cause there's that pair of Priests, but one isn't working... and the Hetzer technically qualifies, except that's anti-tank... I think that's it, but I'm not sure...jwhouk wrote:"CORNELIUS! Did you let your granddaughter play with your CANNON again???"
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"YOU. Go OVER there. And YOU TELL. YOUR GRAND-DAUGHTER. AND your NIECE. That THEY. ARE. NOT. TO PLAY. With THAT INSIDE MY LIBRARY ever again!"Sgt. Howard wrote:... well, only Miss Phix gets to play with... OH! THAT THING?!? Uh... all my cannon are field mounted, not on Naval trucks... but somebody taught them the use of a Nautical tube... except that you want to fire on the DOWNROLL, as then a water hit will still bounce into the target- I also noticed that the gun is not secured to anything... and the muzzle appears to be giving way... that IS a nice fuse pike she's working with, but I prefer friction primers on a front stuffer, more reliable. Lessee, there's a 12 pounder, a rifled Parrot Six pounder, two Coehorn mortars and the Old Mountain Pack Howitzer... then there's the 155, the four 88's, the little 37mm and an 81mm mortar, hmmm... am I forgetting something...?... do self-mobile units count? 'Cause there's that pair of Priests, but one isn't working... and the Hetzer technically qualifies, except that's anti-tank... I think that's it, but I'm not sure...jwhouk wrote:"CORNELIUS! Did you let your granddaughter play with your CANNON again???"
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Once i realised that the "Ms Gilchrist" she was talking to was Pickle, i realised it had to be Shelly. If Atsali had been there off-camera it might have been Cricket, i suppose.lake_wrangler wrote:I didn't even recognize Shelly... I had to look at the tags below the comic...
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Methinks the Library's self-repair system may just have gotten another opportunity to show how effective it is. I wonder how well it gets black-powder smut off of the walls...?
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80,000 years of growing up into wisdom, and Shelly is still just a kid at heart.
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Glad to see that after April 1 we're back to canonical stories. (Strolls off whistling nonchalantly.)
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Castela: GRAMMA!!!! SSSSSSHHHHH!!!! This is a library!!!
or
Castela: Aaaaaaaahhh!!! I'm telling... you said Fu...
Shelly: "CASTELA!!!!!"
or
Castela: Aaaaaaaahhh!!! I'm telling... you said Fu...
Shelly: "CASTELA!!!!!"
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
... and the Pun Jar is walking along behind you, humming the melody from "Dies Irae" in a slightly ominous tone ...Lee M wrote:Glad to see that after April 1 we're back to canonical stories. (Strolls off whistling nonchalantly.)
Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Me three.Skywatcher68 wrote:Same here.lake_wrangler wrote:I didn't even recognize Shelly... I had to look at the tags below the comic...
I always heard it referred to as a linstock . . . and you don't want friction primers on shipboard, since the friction spike is, well, spiky, which doesn't mix will the traditional bare foot sailors of that era when it winds up on the deck. That's why naval pieces normally used slowmatch and/or flintlocks . . . usually both, since you could back up the flintlock with the slowmatch.Sgt. Howard wrote: . . . that IS a nice fuse pike she's working with, but I prefer friction primers on a front stuffer, more reliable. . . .
Soldiers, OTOH, wore shoes or boots, so they didn't have a problem with the discarded friction strips.
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
"YOU GET BACK HERE AND PAY THE PUN VAULT!"Lee M wrote:Glad to see that after April 1 we're back to canonical stories. (Strolls off whistling nonchalantly.)
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
There was a movement for a while, in the British Navy, to compel the gunners to wear boots for just this reason... so they could use friction igniters.
This venture turned out to be a flash in the pan, as it caused too much friction in the ranks.
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This venture turned out to be a flash in the pan, as it caused too much friction in the ranks.
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
Look at that: Castela's face turned into an emoji...
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
I'll just assume Cornelius is from one of the fanfics.
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Re: Hold Fast 2016-04-04
It is. Sorry, it probably helps if you realize that Cornelius = Sarge, who is a big fan of big boomers like the one in today's strip.Gyrrakavian wrote:I'll just assume Cornelius is from one of the fanfics.
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