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Afternoon all It's 17:25 here, today's good news is that I survived the seminar. Several people failed to turn up so there wasn't much "opposition" to argue with which always helps! The tutor seemed happy enough with the few points I could find - basically I argued that sheer hard fighting and better combat skills were more decisive, along with better equipment. [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainwreck100 Thought y'all might like this, I got it from AgWeb: Back in the Paul Revere days, the British officers wore red coats as part of their uniforms. That way if they were shot, the men in their command would not notice since the blood from their wounds would blend into their red coats. The French officers took notice of this practice and started wearing brown pants.[(-D] [/quote] Lol, that's a good one. Seriously, those red uniforms always make me laugh - I mean, going into battle wearing a red uniform with a large white "x" on the front - obviously camoflage wasn't top of their planning! There's a good bit in "Jingo" by Terry Pratchett about this - it's set in a fantasy world known as "Discworld" (there's over 20 of the books, well worth reading if you get the chance, he's a great observer of human nature), one character asks "so you're going to march into a desert full of sand and beige rocks, wearing your neat red uniform with shiny buttons. What is wrong with this picture?". Ryan, I agree about people not bothering with lights - we get it here too. Even worse are those who switch on their rear fog light then don't switch it off when the fog clears, so anyone behind ends up partially blinded. Strangely enough they often are the same ones driving at 40mph with a 10-car tailback (who can't see to overtake due to the red glow ruining their vision)... Well, currently waiting for my mum and my brother to come back from Southampton - he's visiting the university there, before choosing between there and Bristol for this September. I've been saying Bristol, though that may be because when I visit my little brother I can also go wander round the assorted leftover dock railway bits and museums in the centre! www.bristol-rail.co.uk/ has some great photos of the old docks, now it's all pleasure boats though the rails have survived along one side, a fraction of what used to be there. Bye for now
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