I decided to die like a man says tycoon who took on an armed gang

Daily Mail ^ | 24th January 2008 | JULIE MOULT

[B4Ranch]

I would probably hire a professional to teach the dog how to cripple invaders without barking because I wouldn't want to disturb my neighbors. You know stand at the window wagging its tail, inviting all idiots to trespass. Then with a few quick moves confine the idiot to the corner of the room where he or she would have to remain until I arrived home to handle disposal.

[Squantos]

Your 70 ?...........:o)

[archy]

Your 70 ?...........:o)

Weren't me mate. When I was palling around the Ticos, I had an Ingram M10.

Might have been one of Smokey Taylor's pals, tho.

[ModelBreaker]

I grabbed the gun and bashed it across the knuckle-duster guy.

At this point, isn't he in illegal possession of a handgun by English law?

[archy]

I would probably hire a professional to teach the dog how to cripple invaders without barking because I wouldn't want to disturb my neighbors. You know stand at the window wagging its tail, inviting all idiots to trespass. Then with a few quick moves confine the idiot to the corner of the room where he or she would have to remain until I arrived home to handle disposal.

Good doggie!

Hmmm, a Rottie/Basenji cross also comes to mind....

Let them come up with a breed name for THAT one!

[Squantos]

My game was the Napo River in Ecuador playing tag with the Sendero Luminoso .......MP5SDA3 and a P35 was my PDW’s..

[archy]

My game was the Napo River in Ecuador playing tag with the Sendero Luminoso .......MP5SDA3 and a P35 was my PDW’s..

I admire your notion of fair odds, mister.

--Charles Bronson line from The Magnificent Seven.

[Manly Warrior]

When was the TEL inventory? I cannot believe that anything so “American” could occur in the civilized UK much later than say, TELs death back in the post WW1 days.

[Mogollon]

OK Britain might be a disarmed society but you still really don't want to go aggravating Irish builders.

Actually the burglars were armed with a gun and knives. Which is exactly what happens when a society allows the leftist loons to disarm law-abiding citizens.

[archy]

When was the TEL inventory? I cannot believe that anything so “American” could occur in the civilized UK much later than say, TELs death back in the post WW1 days.

It's not quite so simple as an estate inventory after his death. In 1935, T.E.L left the RAF and returned to Clouds Hill. While living here, he suffered severe head injuries in a motor-cycle accident and died in hospital. After Lawrence's death, his heir, his brother Prof. A.W. Lawrence gave Clouds Hill to the National Trust. It is now a museum, devoted to Lawrence.

The cottage remains largely as Lawrence left it at his death. It features an exhibition detailing Lawrence's extraordinary life, and most of his original furniture and possessions. The cottage reflects his complex personality and close links to the Middle East. It is open to visitors from the end of March to the beginning of October, Thursday – Sunday.

The back of the cottageLawrence reserved a sleeping bag for guests and visitors who stayed overnight. In 1965 it was stolen. The bag's disappearance coincided with the release of Lawrence of Arabia, the film which popularized his story with new generations of moviegoers. It was thought the theft could have been inspired by the publicity and excitement generated by the film.

"The sleeping bag that served as a guest bed to some of the 20th century's most distinguished authors at TE Lawrence's weekend retreat has been returned 36 years after it was stolen. National Trust custodians of Clouds Hill, the author's cottage in Dorset, were amazed when a weather-beaten package from Belgium arrived containing the sleeping bag, along with a sheepish note that read: 'This is yours'. The bag embroidered with the word 'tuum', was provided for guests at the cottage, while Lawrence slept on the floor in the other sleeping bag, marked 'meum'. According to Jeremy Wilson, Lawrence's biographer, tuum's occupants included George Bernard Shaw, E. M. Forster and Robert Graves

My bet is that the Lewis gun left about the same time...or it may have gone for the use of the Home Guard during WWII, since they were desperately short of weapons with which to try to repel the expected German amphibious and paratroop landings expected at the time.