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KingCracker wrote:MGS - wheres that picture from? Im thinking I saw it in a movie or something? Maybe Im just confused
That's Mr Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, Bristol's finest... as portrayed in the BBC's drama/doc by James Purefoy. Not a bad little serial if you want to grab it on DVD.
H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
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KingCracker wrote:MGS - wheres that picture from? Im thinking I saw it in a movie or something? Maybe Im just confused
That's Mr Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, Bristol's finest... as portrayed in the BBC's drama/doc by James Purefoy. Not a bad little serial if you want to grab it on DVD.
Aww many thanks. Ive watched many shows like that on BBC and enjoyed them (why cant American tv do that good? I dunno) Ill have to check that out for sure
chowderhead13 wrote:
RustyKnight wrote:
All the guys rowing the boat are from my hometown, which also houses this bad boy:
SUCK IT, ENGLAND!
You made me chuckle. Very nice come back
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also Ill add Id not only want to be a Pirate, but any battle this man was in would be fantastic
He kicked ass so bad, I think it took 2 generations of Brits to finally stop hurtin
BOOYA!
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That page has quite a lot of badass military units, apart from all the Rambo-style soldiers that single-handedly liberated whole cities. I researched some of the more unbelievable stories, but that stuff seems really to be true, although the guy on that page uses quite a colorful language to describe what happened.
The winged Hussars were quite an amazing fighting force, it seems. Fought battles outnumbered 11:1 and still managed to win. Being part of that king of cavalry defintely would've rocked, I guess.
Emperors Faithful wrote: Had to look up that Bishnu Shrestha guy, I couldn't believe it. Good find Witzkatz.
There are a lot of stories on that page that seem abso-fething-lutely ludicrous. Stories about one American G.I. going insane on a whole TOWN occupied by a few hundred German Nazi soldiers in WW2, killing half of them and arresting the other half, making trips in and out of the village to drop off his prisoners at a basecamp full of amazed fellow Allied soldiers. The thing is, what he puts on that badass-of-the-week page is always true, I researched quite a bit of it. While he takes a certain narrative freedom in some places, the site never ceases to amaze me with new crazy stories...
By the way, that Bishnu Shrestha guy is one role-model for courage and balls of steel in my opinion.
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Emperors Faithful wrote: Had to look up that Bishnu Shrestha guy, I couldn't believe it. Good find Witzkatz.
There are a lot of stories on that page that seem abso-fething-lutely ludicrous. Stories about one American G.I. going insane on a whole TOWN occupied by a few hundred German Nazi soldiers in WW2, killing half of them and arresting the other half, making trips in and out of the village to drop off his prisoners at a basecamp full of amazed fellow Allied soldiers. The thing is, what he puts on that badass-of-the-week page is always true, I researched quite a bit of it. While he takes a certain narrative freedom in some places, the site never ceases to amaze me with new crazy stories...
By the way, that Bishnu Shrestha guy is one role-model for courage and balls of steel in my opinion.
Once upon a time, UK TV showed a proggy about Commandos, and how they did what they did. Imagine two old duffers, able to kick more arse than this entire website combined. Seriously. Apparently, the shape of the German Helmet (fnarr fnarr!) leant itself to breaking their necks! Truly amazing stuff!
