We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:01:42 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Old Fat Sailor - I name you Brainiac of Argghhh! You got it right. If our Ozzie OFS hadn't gotten it, I would have offered up this as a clue today, followed quickly with this. If that was insufficient (I'm thinking it would have been enough) - I'd have offered up this. But I don't have to do that. Because OFS identified it - it's a stand of quilted grape. In this case, a replica of Revolutionary War-era stand of quilted grape, in the six-pounder version. An early form of "Improved Conventional Munitions," grape was used against attacking infantry at... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html Wed, 24 May 2006 08:31:24 -0600 Regardless - we Auld Fat Farts gotta stick together! Bravo Zulu! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45691 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45691 Wed, 24 May 2006 20:10:26 -0600 Not from Oz just the address, BTW some times my Air Assult medic daughter accuses me of crewing a 24 pounder with JPJ :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45690 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45690 Wed, 24 May 2006 18:33:50 -0600 Is that a hint, or a hope? OK, whatever. I'll stop now. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45688 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45688 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:44:17 -0600 And the newly sedated JTG falls into dreamless slumber on the couch outside the Jungle Room, snoring gently, mind filled with pleasant dreams. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45686 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45686 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:34:11 -0600 Dang! That reminds me! What with all of the chaos in this house since the ex-brother was here, I seem to have lost my nipple wrench. You know, the one you use to tighten up loose spoke nipples on bicycle wheels? Oh, did I mention the fun I had when shooting a friend's cap'n ball weapons? Aside from that wonderful black powder aroma, we got to play with nipples! We had nipple picks, and (again) nipple wrenches, and discussed the comparative advantages of plain steel nipples vs. stainless steel nipples. Face the music, guys and gals; we're mammals, and all nipple-shaped things remind us of, well, NIPPLES! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45685 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45685 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:15:42 -0600 What's wrong with writing "nipple"? We're all mammals here, right? I dare say most of us are humans, most of whom have only two nipples, unlike the other mammals, (except for elephants) who tend to have multiple nipples to go with their multiple teats. Now, a lot of people don't know how to pronounce the word "teat." They say it as if it were spelled "teet." That's wrong. "Teat" rhymes with "tit", which as everyone knows, is actually a small bird. Why, one of my favorite airplanes was named after a tit; that would be the Hawker Tomtit. Is this one of those "homo-nym" situations? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45684 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45684 Wed, 24 May 2006 16:43:18 -0600 W-K, JMH - that would be the fire-tempered end of the wooden dowel that forms the spine of the stand. Sigh. You aren't fooling me. You just wanted to drag the conversation down into the gutter and type "nipple". And make sure that "nipple" appeared a lot of times in the comments so that when someone typed "nipple" into Google the leading site for "nipple" would be Castle Nipple. That about cover it for you two? You both need to get out more. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45683 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45683 Wed, 24 May 2006 15:36:37 -0600 Your discussion reminds me of what was reputedly the last command of Lt Alonzo Cushing, commanding what was left of Battery A, 4th US Artillery in the third day at Gettysburg, as Pickett's Charge came toward the stone wall on Cemetary Ridge: "Load triple canister and keep up the fire!" Or, as a more modern artilleryman once told me: "The situation isn't REALLY desperate unless you're shooting at zero elevation." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45681 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45681 Wed, 24 May 2006 15:15:16 -0600 I was gonna snark the nipple... but JMH trumped me. LMAO! (So John... what is the "mummy nipple" for?) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45679 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45679 Wed, 24 May 2006 14:18:29 -0600 But you haven't explained the Mummy's nipple. Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45676 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45676 Wed, 24 May 2006 13:45:48 -0600 Wow - now that I know what the rest of it looks like, I'm especially impressed the OFS got it. Thanks, as always, for the kewl education, John! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45664 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/whatziss_answered.html#comment-45664 Wed, 24 May 2006 10:28:25 -0600