To: Darksheare
I cannot imagine watching a cannonball fly slow enough to sidestep. Wasn't that something to read? Just stepped aside. Wow.
Good morning Darksheare.
18 posted on
11/09/2003 7:15:03 AM PST by
snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Sorry about getting back to this late.
*ugh*
Ended up raking leaves from noon to 3 PM yesterday.
After that, it was luggage marking duty so the owner will be able to ID their luggage in the airport.
I painted a blue rose and a red rose on the one side, and lettered their name in silver on the other.
Having been in artillery, I still have a hard time imagining something fired from a cannon flying slow enough to side step.
And yes, it'd be nice if that was the case for our guys all the time!
It just is mind numbing for me to try to imagine this.
The speed of the howitzer shell flying out the muzzle brake on my old howitzer was measured in meters per second, but to be able to side step a cannonball, it would have to be travelling somewhere in the 400 feet per second or so range like a giant bb gun pellet.
62 posted on
11/10/2003 5:34:12 AM PST by
Darksheare
(Proving that there are alternate perceptions of surreality Since Oct 2, 2000.)
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