Gen. J-sun Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 I appreciate each and every one of your replies and deep and insightful replys might I add it scares me how JasonC has so much knowledge but anyway thanks every one of you guys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 What does this have to do with Bren tripods? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. J-sun Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 what bren tripods for 1 and for 2 I think you have the wrong thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Is that the Mk III*A tripod, or the Mk III**A? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 I thought the extra asterix in the Mk III**A indicated it was the Perkins-Brown designed tripod as opposed to the bog standard Wilmington-Smithers design. Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. J-sun Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 ... when did this turn into tripod talk I thought grog was a nickname for those people who know their stuff??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by Gen. J-sun: ... when did this turn into tripod talk I thought grog was a nickname for those people who know their stuff??? It's a nickname for rum that sailors drink. It is also short for grognard, which is French for "grumbler." To "grumble" is a Latin word, meaning "stand on three legs and never be used." Historians and scholars are still debating the original Latin spelling. Some say grvmble, we call them the "Roman School" of thought as far as that goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 No you wally - the Perkins-Browne ones were designated "B", not "A". The "**" designation means they have cross-knurled nuts on the sight mount instead of wing nuts! (Gen it's an in-joke - a long time ago there was a massive thread about Bren-gun Tripods, were they ever used, what were the differences, why weren't thye in CM, etc, and it sort of became a by-word for extremem grogginess!! ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. J-sun Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 AH I see well...that wasn't my intent I ment those heavy tester theorist and tacticians that have thousands of posts :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: It is also short for grognard, which is French for "grumbler." To "grumble" is a Latin word, meaning "stand on three legs and never be used." Historians and scholars are still debating the original Latin spelling. Some say grvmble, we call them the "Roman School" of thought as far as that goes. Grog grog! Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by Mace: Grog grog!Wagga Wagga! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Which is, peculiarly, a town in Australia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 How did he know? Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Well hey, I've been to Albury-Wodonga and you can almost smell WW from there. But it just shows the tendency of you Aussies for stupid and meaningless utterances, such as "waggawagga", "groggrog", "oogaooga" or "protectingsecuringbuilding". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by Sergei: But it just shows the tendency of you Aussies for stupid and meaningless utterances, such as "waggawagga", "groggrog", "oogaooga" or "protectingsecuringbuilding". Actually it's not meaningless, but probably derived from a local Aboriginal dialect. Besides, IMHO, Aboriginal language based town names sound pretty cool. "Wagga", "Wahga" or Wahgam" in aboriginal dialect means "crow". The repetition of a word was the method of expressing the plural or emphasis, thus Wagga Wagga means "crows" or "the place where crows assemble in large numbers". The Murrumbidgee River which runs through the City also derived its name from the aboriginal language and means "plenty water" or "big water".Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Wagga grog! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by Mace: How did he know? Mace Hah. Been there. Was a while back, I was visiting my Aunt, who lives in Bright 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hah. Who cares? I've been to Violet Town, the home of Killing Heidi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 "Grog" ...used in a sentence, by an Australian... " Scyooz me luv but oim garn down tha pub ta bye me sum GROG. Don wayt up coz iyem gonna get rool pissed an Iyell be para wen Oi gets ome so don expet no Ot Luvin Tunite! Ooroo. " 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Yep... Killing Heidi. Two singles on the back of JJJ's unearthed and every other song sounds the same. Ella Hoopers throat surgey didn't help coz she still screams in the same monotonous tone that even makes Barnsey shudder. Cold Chisel. Now there's a Soviet Winter offense...ive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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