THREAD KILLER in our midst????!!!

[JJuggle]

You say it like it's a bad thing...
ARRGGHHH. My own words turned against me.

[GILD]

No, turned against MonkeyMan.

How's life, by the way?

[JJuggle]

How's life, by the way?
I've been sweating the small stuff way too much, I can't find my goddamn cheese (I'm pretty sure someone moved it), I don't have a clue what color my parachute is, I spilled my effin chicken soup, and I can't seem to break habit number 37 of highly ineffective people.

But otherwise not bad. How's by you?

[GILD]

I'm on a program of personal happiness that demands the complete ignoring of motivational books. I'm so happy I could die laughing right now.
I'm also on a scientifically balanced retox program. It's great. Pizza rocks.

[monkeyman]

You say it like it's a bad thing...
Can the world handle more than one of you?

[monkeyman]

Raphael, I think you need to go for a long, relaxing, ride.
It might make you feel better

[monkeyman]

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_death) you go, Raphael

[GILD]

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_death) you go, Raphael
Silly, silly lad.
Raphael wrote that list.

[monkeyman]

....oh

[joshuni]

so apparently to ward off the thread killer, you simply have to mention it in the title.

[epistolize]

last night my mate said he has a new job as a gravedigger

[JJuggle]

And the great boat sank, and the Okies fled, and the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the head.

[monkeyman]

I did that once

[joshuni]

i wonder how long this thread will go? my guess is it tops out at like 1500.

[JJuggle]

A friend once said, and I found to be true
That everyday people, they lie to God too
So what makes you think that they won't lie to you

[JJuggle]

Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle.

[UniBrier]

I notice in the Public Profiles you can "Find all threads started by _________".

We need a link to "Find all threads killed by ________".

[monkeyman]

I don't think this thread will ever really die..everyone wants to be the one to kill it
Or at least me and Raphael do

[unisteve]

I SO want this thread dead.

[JJuggle]

I don't think this thread will ever really die..everyone wants to be the one to kill it
Or at least me and Raphael do
Please speak for yourself only.

[BillyTheMountain]

A friend once said, and I found to be true
That everyday people, they lie to God too
So what makes you think that they won't lie to you

When you talk to God, do you tell him you're a big fan of His work?

[JJuggle]

When you talk to God, do you tell him you're a big fan of His work?
You're darn tootin' I do.

[UniBrier]

Curl Up and Dye! (http://www.curlupndye.com/)

[monkeyman]

Please speak for yourself only.
.....sorry...
Didn't you say somewhere that that was why you were posting the songs about death? Or am I imagning that?

[BillyTheMountain]

.....sorry...
Didn't you say somewhere that that was why you were posting the songs about death? Or am I imagning that?

Songs about death....and thread killing.

By the way, to check out threads which have been killed and WHO killed the threads, check out page 10, where dead threads begin to truly RIP.

[monkeyman]

Rot In Place?

[JJuggle]

It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see.

[GILD]

I recognise one without resorting to google.
It's gonna be a good Monday night.

[JJuggle]

I recognise one without resorting to google.
It's gonna be a good Monday night.
I haven't watched it yet, but I resorted to buying the movie off of eBay because Blockbuster and none of the small local video rental joints have it.

[UniBrier]

It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see.You avatar looks like Hoxha is getting ready to Knock, Knock, Knock on Heaven's Door.

[GILD]

I haven't watched it yet, but I resorted to buying the movie off of eBay because Blockbuster and none of the small local video rental joints have it.
Pat Garret?

[domesticated ape]

Where you run is where you hide ,
Better hope you're hiding well
Cause when the angel catches you
You know you're damned to Hell

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
and all the money in the world
Can't save your sorry soul.

And when you reach the Pearly Gates
And Peter reads your tale
He'll send you back from whence you came
Back to your living Hell

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
And all the money you have made
Can't save your sorry Soul.

And I believe there comes a time,
When justice does prevail.
It may not be in my lifetime ,
for you that's just as well.

Damned to Hell is what you are
Can you hear the Church Bells toll
And all the money you have made
Can't save your sorry soul...

[JJuggle]

Pat Garret?
and Billy the Kid.

[JJuggle]

I'd like to see what the papers say on the state of teenage blues.

[UniBrier]

Missed the headline. Brigitte Bardot must have been in town.

[JJuggle]

I drew that glass across his neck,
fine as any blade.
Then I felt his blood run hot and fast
around me where I lay.

[monkeyman]

well thats....morbid

[unisteve]

well thats....morbid
But it rhymes, so I'm cool with it.

EDIT: Well it kinda rhymes...

[monkeyman]

'neck' and 'fast'
yeah...
:rolleyes: :p

[JJuggle]

When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band.

[unisteve]

'neck' and 'fast'
yeah...
:rolleyes: :p
I was thinking more "blade" and "lay".

[monkeyman]

That rhymes enough...kinda....ok, you're right, forget I ever said anything

[yoopers]

Has anyone ever tried the simple bang, bang, you're dead? Could be that simpler is betterer. (ererer)

[UniBrier]

Following the "lyrics of death" theme, Nancy had that one covered:
bang, bang
he shot me down, bang bang
i hit the ground
bang, bang that awful sound, bang bang
my baby shot me down.

[JJuggle]

Has anyone ever tried the simple bang, bang, you're dead? Could be that simpler is betterer. (ererer)
Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief.
Knowledge comes with death's release.

[monkeyman]

-bang bang-

[JJuggle]

Staggerlee shot Billy,
Shot that boy so bad.
The bullet went through Billy,
And it broke the bartender's glass.

[GILD]

He shouldn't have taken his guns to town.

[yoopers]

-bang bang-
I guess that didn't work either, eh?

[GILD]

I guess that didn't work either, eh?
How would we know if it did?

[yoopers]

How would we know if it did?
Well, I see that it (the thread) has enough life to consume one more of your posts. It is one hungry beast, never satisfied. With it's appetite, I doubt it will ever cease to exist.

[GILD]

It's also powerfull enough to get me confused with the 'whose line' thread.
It is one powerfull thread.
No coffee for this thread.

Coffee, Bruce?

[yoopers]

It's also powerfull enough to get me confused with the 'whose line' thread.
It is one powerfull thread.
No coffee for this thread.

Coffee, Bruce?
On my way down the hall for my second mug. Wanna race? Then it's off to a jobsite for a pre-pour inspection.

[monkeyman]

I'm back first with my coffee
I win
:cool:

[yoopers]

I'm back first with my coffee
I win
:cool:
At 3:37 p.m.? You're way behind in this race, bub! I've not only had my two morning mugs of coffee, but three helpings of green tea by this time.

[monkeyman]

Yes, but did you come back and claim victory?

[GILD]

Then it's off to a jobsite for a pre-pour inspection.
They're pouring a slab?

[JJuggle]

They cut off his ears, chop off his head.
The police are looking for Jimmy Jazz
...Jazz...Jazz...Jazz

jay-a-zed-zed

[yoopers]

They're pouring a slab?
Actually two sidewalks/entryways into an apartment building. They had to meet accessibility code so had to take out the step into the buildings and pour the walks level with the doors.

[GILD]

That accesibillity code was written by a freestyle unicyclist, I swear.

[yoopers]

That accesibillity code was written by a freestyle unicyclist, I swear.:D :D :D :D

[monkeyman]

dude...

[JJuggle]

It was Charlie Ford, in fact,
who shot him in the back,
as Jesse hung a picture on the wall.

[JJuggle]

Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade,
We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made.

[BillyTheMountain]

That accesibillity code was written by a freestyle unicyclist, I swear.

As it turns out, many people find a handicap access world gentler, and use the accomodations meant for handicapped.

[maestro8]

As it turns out, many people find a handicap access world gentler, and use the accomodations meant for handicapped.
I quite enjoy the comfort of the double-wide handicapped bathroom stalls... those standard-width stalls make me feel claustrophobic.

[monkeyman]

I quite enjoy the comfort of the double-wide handicapped bathroom stalls... those standard-width stalls make me feel claustrophobic.
You know, I don't know if you're being serious or not, but I agree...Those small ones are cramped

[JJuggle]

More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

[GILD]

As it turns out, many people find a handicap access world gentler, and use the accomodations meant for handicapped.
At least when I ride up a wheelchair ramp, I'm there and I'm gone. It's not like I'm taking up a reserved parking spot.

[BillyTheMountain]

I quite enjoy the comfort of the double-wide handicapped bathroom stalls... those standard-width stalls make me feel claustrophobic.

At least when I ride up a wheelchair ramp, I'm there and I'm gone. It's not like I'm taking up a reserved parking spot.

Dave,

Are you suggesting Maestro should park his -ss elsewhere???

Billy

[GILD]

Yeah, his fat-*ss.

[JJuggle]

When the truth is found to be lies.
And all the joy within you dies.

[JJuggle]

Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color.
Hold away despair, more than this i will not ask.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last.
Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.

[BillyTheMountain]

Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color.
Hold away despair, more than this i will not ask.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last.
Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.

And you, of course, were inspired by my post about the Dead keyboard player. Very fast thinking, JJ!

Terrapin is a turtle, or a term pertaining to any aquatic or semi-aquatic turtle. This term is widely used through the world, but in the United States, they are called "Turtles" (with the exception of Diamondback Terrapins which are the only aquatic turtles to be referred to as terrapins within the US).

[Borges]

My grave is too deep, is that what you think?
If it is, then take another drink
Do it then
once again
and again and again
You'll die as a cheerful man.

[maestro8]

Yeah, his fat-*ss.
What, does my ass look fat in these jeans?
http://www.1americanatrail.com/images/JACKASS.JPG

[GILD]

What, does my ass look fat in these jeans?
http://www.1americanatrail.com/images/JACKASS.JPG

Kewl. That's me chuckling for the rest of the day.
Thanx.

[UniBrier]

I posted this in another thread but it seems more appropriate here.



A scene from the Unicycle version of the Sixth Sense:

Cole Sear: I see dead RSU and JC threads.
Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?
[Cole shakes his head no]
Malcolm Crowe: While you're awake?
[Cole nods]
Malcolm Crowe: Dead threads, like past page two and in the archives?
Cole Sear: No, on page one, like regular threads. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
Malcolm Crowe: How often do you see them?
Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere.

[monkeyman]

I posted this in another thread but it seems more appropriate here.
Will anyone find the dead words?
I'm actually really surprised that hasn't showed up here yet

[swarbrim]

Will anyone find the dead words?
I'm actually really surprised that hasn't showed up here yet

Yes I will

Mike

[monkeyman]

Yes I will

Mike

I'm pretty sure she wouldn't like that.

-edit-
heh, I just realized what you were talking about...it's pretty cool, eh?

[Unitik908]

oops sorry wrong thread...

Chase

[carsonpalooza]

nice job there chase :rolleyes:

[JJuggle]

He bought a safe to put the box in,
and a house to put the safe in,
and a watchdog on a chain to be quite sure.

And his face looked very funny when
he counted out his money and he
realized he hadn't any more.

[monkeyman]

Then how'd he count it?

[JJuggle]

Flying, soaring
Shining morning
Never leaving
Lying, dying

[BillyTheMountain]

Flying, soaring
Shining morning
Never leaving
Lying, dying


Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long
Love love love long

Did someone from The Who die?

Isn't that when you put a song quote on this thread?

Billy

[JJuggle]

Isn't that when you put a song quote on this thread?
I think you have mistaken me for someone else.

[BillyTheMountain]

I think you have mistaken me for someone else.

Proof positive: The day I reminded you a member of this band died, you posted this:

Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color.
Hold away despair, more than this i will not ask.
Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last.
Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.

[JJuggle]

Proof positive: The day I reminded you a member of this band died, you posted this:
That is proof positive that the death of a band member may be one time that I put a song quote in this thread. It is proof nada that such an event is "when", i.e. the only time, I put a song quote in this thread.

Do your research.

[john_childs]

Phil is a camera killer

[BillyTheMountain]

Do your research.

You do my research.

This is what these threads are for, especially this thread.

meaningful conflict. the kind of intimacy we live for, that keeps this thread alive.

Did you call me a horse licker?

[JJuggle]

Did you call me a horse licker?
I don't believe I did.

[monkeyman]

yes

[JJuggle]

Ground control to Major Tom your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you...
Here am I floating in my tin can...

[GILD]

When did Bowie die?

[forget_your_life]

When did Bowie die?after that China girl in his Golden Years......ooh Ha Ha.

[monkeyman]

perhaps

[tomblackwood]

Haiku Restroom Graffiti

When taking a crap,
The wise man always first checks
The paper supply.

[JJuggle]

With voices out of nowhere
put on specially by the children for a lark.

[BillyTheMountain]

With voices out of nowhere
put on specially by the children for a lark.

At twelve o'clock a meeting 'round the table
for a seance in the dark
With voices out of nowhere put on specially
by the children for a lark

[JJuggle]

And as I hung up the phone it occured to me,
he grew up just like me, yeah. My boy was just like me.

[GILD]

Hey! I recognise one again.

[JJuggle]

For your soul, my love.
Rip out the wings of a butterfly.

[UniBrier]

Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like were in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.

[BillyTheMountain]

And as I hung up the phone it occured to me,
he grew up just like me, yeah. My boy was just like me.

. Don't tell me harry Chapin died in a car crash on Long Island!!!

[GILD]

Wasn't that Chappaquiddick?

[tomblackwood]

Wasn't that Chappaquiddick?
That's right...Harry Jo Kopechne.

[GILD]

Must they all have three names?

[JJuggle]

Cheap thrills in the back of my car.
Cheap thrills, how fine they are.
Cheap thrills up and down my spine.
I need 'em, I need 'em 'cause they feel so fine.

Cheap thrills all over the seat.
Cheap thrills, that kind of lovin' can't be beat.
Cheap thrills up and down my spine.
I need 'em, I need 'em 'cause they feel so fine.

Cheap thrills, bop-a-didee, cheap thrills, bop-a-didee, cheap thri.....

[JJuggle]

It is an early Monday morning.
The sun is becoming bright on the land.
No one is watching as he comes a walking.
Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands.

He heads towards the tower that stands in the campus.
He goes through the door, he starts up the stairs.
The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing,
The sound of the silence when no one was there.

[JJuggle]

And I gave her the gun.
I shot her!

[john_childs]

That cat has some serious periodic components (http://xkcd.com/c26.html)

[JJuggle]

That cat has some serious periodic components (http://xkcd.com/c26.html)
I've always been torn by the fact that the Internet has made it possible for anyone to become a cartoonist, even those with no technical artistic ability. Some are very clever though.

As the parent of a fan of Happy Bunny, this one, T-Shirts (http://xkcd.com/c23.html), particularly struck home.

[john_childs]

I've always been torn by the fact that the Internet has made it possible for anyone to become a cartoonist, even those with no technical artistic ability. Some are very clever though.
One could consider the Internet the death of the comic arts (or at least a severe watering down).

[JJuggle]

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

[GILD]

Hey, nobody died in that quote?!?

[JJuggle]

Hey, nobody died in that quote?!?
True, but he's already dead by the time that verse gets along so there's at least death by association or something.

[vuniw]

this thread is so confusing

[GILD]

Yeah, but it's not dead yet.

[vuniw]

it should be:p

[GILD]

Jon us, we're all trying to achieve that one single goal.

[JJuggle]

Jon us, we're all trying to achieve that one single goal.
Speak for yourself.

[john_childs]

She came without a farthing
A babe without a name
So much ado 'bout nothing
Is what she's try to say

So much ado my lover
So many games we played
Through ev'ry fleeted summer
Through ev'ry precious day

[doubleflip]

Killer in the midst! Ahhhhh!

[GILD]

She came without a farthing

I need to stay off the web for a while.

I had to read that line three times.

[monkeyman]

I need to stay off the web for a while.

I had to read that line three times.

I still don't get it.
:rolleyes: :)

[jake_amos]

same

[JJuggle]

It only takes a smidgeon to poison every pigeon.

[Jerrick]

:eek:

[monkeyman]

Uh oh.

[MERCYME]

Kill Kill Kill.

[monkeyman]

noooooooooooooooooooo

[JJuggle]

We are vain and we are blind.
I hate people when they're not polite

[BillyTheMountain]

Yeah, but it's not dead yet.

it should be:p

Join us, we're all trying to achieve that one single goal.

Speak for yourself.

It's true, and JJuggle is right.

Is there any way to jack this thread???

[GILD]

Marshmallows.

[BillyTheMountain]

Marshmallows.

Dave, For you this is MR.

For others it's something else.

The hunter hunts the deer in sport.
But the deer, he does not die in sport.
He dies in earnest.

[GILD]

Hey, you asked for something to jack the thread.
I made a suggestion.
No need to get picky now.

Here's another suggestiong.

http://www.mi-jack.com/pictures/intermodalcrane.jpg

[BillyTheMountain]

Hey, you asked for something to jack the thread.
I made a suggestion.
No need to get picky now.

Here's another suggestiong.

http://www.mi-jack.com/pictures/intermodalcrane.jpg

I stand corrected. Sorry. If every post looks like a thread jack, it's hard to teel when you are responding in earnest.

Cool photo!!!

[john_childs]

This is true, but there are always those who maintain a movements integrity, even if they are largely unknown. And something else always arises, something not yet a "fashion show" to take the new "fashion show's" place.

I would venture to say that when this process ceases all hope is, indeed, lost.
The movement that keeps this thread alive will eventually cease and all hope will be lost. It will be the end of an era and will pass unnoticed without so much as a whimper.

[JJuggle]

The movement that keeps this thread alive will eventually cease and all hope will be lost. It will be the end of an era and will pass unnoticed without so much as a whimper.
Bollocks.

[JJuggle]

What comes is better than what came before.

[tomblackwood]

We are vain and we are blind.
I hate people when they're not polite
fuh fuh fuh FUH fuh, fuh fuh fuh FUH fun

[GILD]

What comes is better than what came before.
Where's that quote from?
The preface to Genesis?

[BillyTheMountain]

The movement that keeps this thread alive will eventually cease and all hope will be lost. It will be the end of an era and will pass unnoticed without so much as a whimper.

People like you, rescuing the tread from page 2 or 3 like you just did, are what keep the thread alive.

Others may continue to do this after we're dead and gone.

Can you imagine?

Or they won't. and just as well.

[JJuggle]

People like you, rescuing the tread from page 2 or 3 like you just did, are what keep the thread alive.
Ain't it the truth.

Others may continue to do this after we're dead and gone.
Ain't it the truth.

Can you imagine?
Yeah.

Or they won't.
Yeah.

and just as well.
Ain't it the truth.

[BillyTheMountain]

Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains
....
I got up this mornin', saw the rising sun return
Well, I got up this mornin', see the rising sun return
Sooner or later, you too shall burn


Words and music by Bob Dylan
Copyright 2006 Special Rider Music

play | stop

[JJuggle]

Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains
....
I got up this mornin', saw the rising sun return
Well, I got up this mornin', see the rising sun return
Sooner or later, you too shall burn
Don't think twice, it's all right.

[john_childs]

Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains
....
I got up this mornin', saw the rising sun return
Well, I got up this mornin', see the rising sun return
Sooner or later, you too shall burn
The Rising Sun is a brothel. Gives new meaning to those lyrics.

[JJuggle]

The Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head.
And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread.

[tomblackwood]

The Rising Sun is a brothel. Gives new meaning to those lyrics.
If his blue jeans were new, why did they require sewing?

[GILD]

If his blue jeans were new, why did they require sewing?
Because blue jeans don't grow wild in his size?

[tomblackwood]

The Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head.
And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread.
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before...

You've gotta get in to get out.

[jake_amos]

what is the point of this thread?

[JJuggle]

what is the point of this thread?
But me I'm still on the road
Heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point...
...of view.
Tangled up in blue.

[tomblackwood]

what is the point of this thread?
If we lived in a world without tears,
How would bruises find which face to lie upon?
How would scars find skin to etch themselves into?
How would broken find the bones?

[tomblackwood]

If we lived in a world without tears,
How would heartbeats know when to stop?
How would blood know which body to flow outside of?
How would bullets find the guns?

If we lived in a world without tears,
How would misery know which backdoor to walk through?
How would trouble know which mind to live inside of?
How would sorrow find a home?


Lucinda Williams

[tomblackwood]

Uh oh...not this old theme again.

[BillyTheMountain]

But me I'm still on the road
Heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point...
...of view.
Tangled up in blue.

Can you guess who Dylan borrowed these lyrics from?

Seems he's borrowed a lot of lyrics, without giving credit.

It doesn't really bother me, but then again, he hasn't borrowed any of my lyrics, yet.

[BillyTheMountain]

Ann Richards, dead at 78.

[GILD]

No, I doubt those were her lyrics.

[BillyTheMountain]

People who frequent Goth websites are potential killers...

OR

No one who frequents the Unicyclist.Com munity has ever killed anyone.

[tomblackwood]

Ain't it the truth.

Ain't it the truth.

Say something once, why say it again?

[JJuggle]

Say something once, why say it again?
What was I thinking? I know that ain't allowed.

[Miss Ayelery]

What was I thinking? I know that ain't allowed.
"Ain't" Raphael? Perhaps you had not had your coffee yet when you posted that reply?

I can see I've been away too long. Now that my health is improving again, I'll try to maintain a more diligent presence.

MA

[JJuggle]

"Ain't" Raphael? Perhaps you had not had your coffee yet when you posted that reply?

I can see I've been away too long. Now that my health is improving again, I'll try to maintain a more diligent presence.
I'm quite pleased by your return Miss A. It goes without saying that, that you were in poor health is distressing news. Yet I am heartened by your report of improvement. All my best.

As for the "ain't" I was merely matching Mr Blackwood's references to a particular band's lyrics and did not feel the need to include quotation marks. In this case, I believe, that is allowed.

Amorously yours.

[JJuggle]

I should fix the lock, feed the cat.
Take the clothes to the laundromat.
Pay some bills, and get a clue.
Get up, forget about you.
I know, I know.

[BillyTheMountain]

Cannot find the lyrics to this Joe Glazer (died 19 Sep 06) song:Joe Glazer was the co-author of "Too Old to Work and Too Young To Die"

I was also thinking that the last one to post on a political discussion thread WINS!!!!

[GILD]

Cannot find the lyrics to this Joe Glazer (died 19 Sep 06) song:Joe Glazer was the co-author of "Too Old to Work and Too Young To Die"
This mig (Too Old to Work and Too Young To Die)ht be worth a bookmark.

In the meantime, Raphael, do I have an avatar for you?

[JJuggle]

Cannot find the lyrics to this Joe Glazer (died 19 Sep 06) song:Joe Glazer was the co-author of "Too Old to Work and Too Young To Die"
The Smithsonian offers a clip of Too Old to Work (http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/trackdetail.aspx?itemid=46239).

I was also thinking that the last one to post on a political discussion thread WINS!!!!
I thought that was a given.

[JJuggle]

In the meantime, Raphael, do I have an avatar for you?
Nice. But who might that be?

[JJuggle]

Nice. But who might that be?
Ah, thanks, Dave.

I dreamed last night I saw Joe Hill
Alive as you or me.
I said, "but Joe, you're 10 years dead."
"I never died", said he,
"I never died", said he.

[john_childs]

Bicycling and mountain biking has lost a pioneer

Prof's Disappearance Unsettles a Community (http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-prof24sep24,0,7646587.story?coll=ktla-news-1)

DAVIS, Calif. — The last time friends saw retired UC Davis sociology professor John Finley Scott was nearly four months ago when the 72-year-old bicycle pioneer and resident contrarian tooled away from a local bistro on his beloved two-wheeler.

Scott fired off a few e-mails over the next few days but then went silent. After friends reported him missing, Yolo County sheriff's deputies went to his rural ranch home, where they found blood in the bedroom and foyer but no sign of a body.
Scott's disappearance in early June has unsettled this insouciant university town, which he helped make into one of America's bicycle bastions — the first in the country to have designated bike lanes on city streets. In the 1960s and '70s, Scott battled highway lobbyists in Sacramento to maintain bicyclists' rights on state roads. Last year Davis, which has 52 miles of bicycle greenbelts, played host to the International Cycle History Conference. Scott was one of the organizers.

"John Finley Scott going missing has shocked the whole bicycle community here," said city transportation official Timothy Bustos. "For many years he was one of the most vocal bicycle advocates in the country."

[BillyTheMountain]

John, What's the real story here?

Blood?

The article said he's a contrarian. So maybe he had enemies.

Are you a contrarian? I could never be one.

Billy

[john_childs]

John, What's the real story here?
That I had the last post in this thread for 11 hours 38 minutes till you came along.

John Finley Scott sounded like my kind of guy. A political conservative in a liberal town sticking up for his side. It's a shame that you get labeled as a contrarian for that. In my view it is the rest of the people in Davis that are the contrarians.

He did a lot for bicycle advocacy and yet was politically conservative. I betcha he was silenced by big oil and their cronies. He probably made some disparaging remark about Hummers (http://www.fuh2.com/) and became a marked man because of it.

[dudewithasock]

This is like the old people's MR.

[UniBrier]

Is it possible for even the Thread Killer to kill MR? That is a tall order.

[tomblackwood]

This is like the old people's MR.
It was until you came along. Scram, punk.

[john_childs]

It was until you came along. Scram, punk.
And get off our lawn!

[dudewithasock]

And get off our lawn!

Nana nana naaaa naaaa!

::leaves a one-tire track in JC's freshly mowed grass::

[john_childs]

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked and behold, a pale horse
And it's name it said on him was Death
And Hell followed with him

[BillyTheMountain]

John Finley Scott ...did a lot for bicycle advocacy and yet was politically conservative. I betcha he was silenced by big oil and their cronies. He probably made some disparaging remark about Hummers (http://www.fuh2.com/) and became a marked man because of it.

Politically conservative? Are you anti-sex? Anti-freedom? Anti-free speech? anti-Rock and roll? Anti-poor? Anti-Be-yourself? Somehow I got the idea you were a Libertarian.

Do you really think he got killed by conservatives?

[bugman]

That I had the last post in this thread for 11 hours 38 minutes till you came along.

John Finley Scott sounded like my kind of guy. A political conservative in a liberal town sticking up for his side. It's a shame that you get labeled as a contrarian for that. In my view it is the rest of the people in Davis that are the contrarians.

He did a lot for bicycle advocacy and yet was politically conservative. I betcha he was silenced by big oil and their cronies. He probably made some disparaging remark about Hummers (http://www.fuh2.com/) and became a marked man because of it.

Contrarian, that's nothing. Try being a gun advocate on a unicycle forum. Sorry to hear about his dissapearance. I think your right, it was BIG OIL.(so big that it needs all caps)

[BillyTheMountain]

Contrarian, that's nothing. Try being a gun advocate on a unicycle forum. Sorry to hear about his dissapearance. I think your right, it was BIG OIL.(so big that it needs all caps)

Believe it or not, Bugman, you have changed a LOT of minds.

I know many people who have PMd me saying they are packin' at the next NAUCC and UNICON. Even people from other nations asking how they can get their hands on a weapon upon arrival here, if they fear bringing a firearm through Customs.

It'll be a BLAST!

[john_childs]

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

[bugman]

Believe it or not, Bugman, you have changed a LOT of minds.

I know many people who have PMd me saying they are packin' at the next NAUCC and UNICON. Even people from other nations asking how they can get their hands on a weapon upon arrival here, if they fear bringing a firearm through Customs.

It'll be a BLAST!

They won't be able to make it anyway. It will be after the election and fuel will be 100's of dollars a gallon. Muh hahahhahah.

[tomblackwood]

Thread Chiller in our midst...

[john_childs]

I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said

He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco
For ten long years I've paid for what I've done
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
To see my Rose and get to know my son

[GILD]

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt
You seem in quite a 'mood'?

[UniBrier]

Bye, bye-bye, baby, bye-bye.
I guess you know you’re on your own,
It seems you just got lost somewhere out in the world
And you left me here to face it all alone,
You left me here to face it all alone,
You left me here to face it all alone,
Bye, bye-bye baby, baby bye-bye!

[Zzagg]

Contrarian, that's nothing. Try being a gun advocate on a unicycle forum.Thanks for the good laugh, bugman:D ;)
Just passing by, I read that this thread was "MR for oldies" so, as a not so young man I couldn't help posting here just to say, once more, that I love this forum.
It's always a pleasure to read controversious (?) thread, and realize that no matter the point of view, people around here are "precious"...
I think I'm gonna watch this thread from now;).

PS: what's a contrarian?:o

[JJuggle]

It's always a pleasure to read controversious (?)
Controversial.

PS: what's a contrarian?:o
Someone who takes an opposite, opposing, or different view from most others. Some dictionaries suggest that it is someone who regularly takes differing views, while others suggest that it applies equally well to someone taking a differing view on a specific matter.

The word is also used to describe an investor who regularly behaves in the opposite way from the majority of others, i.e. selling when others are buying and buying when others are selling.

[john_childs]

Early one morning
With time to kill
I see the gallows
Up on a hill
And out in the distance
A trick of the brain
I see a lone rider
Crossing the plain

And he’d come to fetch me
To see what they’d done
And we’d ride together
To kingdom come
I prayed for god’s mercy
For soon I’d be dead

[tomblackwood]

BREAD FILLER in our midst...

[BillyTheMountain]

The horizon has been defeated
by the pirates of the new age
alien casinos
The horizon has been defeated
by the pirates of the new age
alien casinos
well maybe it's just time to say
things can go bad
and make you want to run away
but as we grow older
the troubles just seems to stay

future complications
in the strings between the cans
but no prints can come from fingers
if machines become our hands
and then our feet become the wheels
and then the wheels become the cars
and then the rigs begin to drill
until the drilling goes too far

things can go bad
and make you want to run away
but as we grow older
the horizon begins to fade away

thingamajigsaw puzzled
anger don't you step too close
because people are lonely and only
animals with fancy shoes
hallelujah zig zag nothing
misery it's on the loose
because people are lonely and only
animals with too many tools
that can build all the junk that we sell
sometimes it makes you want to yell

things can go bad
and make you want to run away
but as we grow older
the horizon begins to fade away

[tomblackwood]

PHYLLIS DILLER in our midst...

[UniBrier]

Her breath isn't fogging the mirror.

She must be dead.

[GILD]

But you can still see her in the mirror...

[JJuggle]

But you can still see her in the mirror...
From one of the Internet's most useful sites (http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/dnames-nf/Diller+Phyllis).

[JJuggle]

Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day.

[tomblackwood]

ROTO TILLER in our midst...

[GILD]

Tom, you kinky beast...

[BillyTheMountain]

http://www.red-coral.net/Pow.html#Art

Where have all the indiginous peoples gone?

Remember them this "Columbus Day"

[tomblackwood]

Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR MILLER in our midst...

[UniBrier]

Tom, someone must stop this before it goes to far...


THE THRILLER in our midst...

[GILD]

someone must stop this before it goes to far...


I know just the man...

http://www.ods.net/~poohbear/picswa/eisf.jpg

[bugman]

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/71000/71216SYbW_w.jpg

[tomblackwood]

BARNEY MILLER in our midst...

[JJuggle]

The circus of death is approaching.
Its pathway is painted in red.
Before it the cries of the helpless.
Behind it a trail of the dead.

[BillyTheMountain]

The drug which gives the clown power means the circus can never be stopped.
And his dream can go on unhindered, 'til the last human being has dropped.


This means:
The drug means the circus can never be stopped.
And the clown's dream might go hindered when the last human being has dropped.

This suggests there is some intrinsic connection between the talking drug and the clown's dream.

If the clown's dream stops when all humans have dropped, it suggests that the clown is a human, and will be among all the humans which have dropped.

[tomblackwood]

The avalanche rolls;
Master of its pathway, but
Gravity's vassal.



copyright: tomblackwood, 1984, 2006

[BillyTheMountain]

The avalanche rolls;
Master of its pathway, but
Gravity's vassal.



copyright: tomblackwood, 1984, 2006

In this passage, the "avalanche" is actually a metaphor for the unicyclist, who is truly Master of its pathway, but Gravity's vassal.


Definitions of vassal on the Web:

A free man who held land (fief) from a lord to whom he paid homage and swore fealty. He owed various services and obligations, primarily military, but he also advised his lord and paid him the traditional feudal aids required on the knighting of the lord's eldest son, the marriage of the lord's eldest daughter, and the ransoming of the lord, should he be held captive.
www.renaissancemagazine.com/glossary/glossaryt-w.html

A man who promised to be loyal to his lord in return for protection and land
www.saburchill.com/history/hist003.html

a subordinate or dependent of a lord or kind; one member of the suzerain-vassal covenant popular in the Ancient Near East (NIV Study Bible).
www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/religion/students/glossary.html

one who receives the use of and lordship over a certain territory (a fief) from a higher lord, in return for service and loyalty. The vassal is subordinate to his lord, but the term should not be misunderstood as indicating low social status in any broad sense. A vassal is noble; an individual might have high rank and extensive holdings in his own right, and still accept one particular fief from some other lord, thus becoming his vassal.
www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/german/medglossary2a.html

[tomblackwood]

In this passage, the "avalanche" is actually a metaphor for the unicyclist, who is truly Master of its pathway, but Gravity's vassal.
Nice interpretation; I like it. I hadn't thought of that, as I wrote the haiku long before I learned to ride a unicycle.
The vassal is subordinate to his lord, but the term should not be misunderstood as indicating low social status in any broad sense. A vassal is noble; an individual might have high rank and extensive holdings in his own right.
There you have it. The avalanche is subordinate to gravity, but certainly not of low social status. A large slide is majestic. And as for high rank, once it gets going, the avalanche is king of the hill. Holdings? Just check out its collection of trees and rocks in the run-out zone.

Now that I know I'm not the only one that can over-think a haiku, I'll send a two-fer your way the next time this thread gets to page two.

[BillyTheMountain]

The drug which gives the clown power means the circus can never be stopped.
And his dream can go on unhindered, 'til the last human being has dropped.


This means:
The drug means the circus can never be stopped.
And the clown's dream might go hindered when the last human being has dropped.

This suggests there is some intrinsic connection between the talking drug and the clown's dream.

If the clown's dream stops when all humans have dropped, it suggests that the clown is a human, and will be among all the humans which have dropped.

Somebody Jacked Off this thread a LONG time ago, but WTF is all these songs? Song lyrics STOP MAKING SENSE a long time ago, and try as you might, you cannot make sense of it. Tho Raphael LOVES thes songs, he's still a Lobrarian.

[JJuggle]

Milk blood to keep from running out.

[UniBrier]

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Monday Monday, can't trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me.

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time

[tomblackwood]

The cure for (http://www.quickerpickerupper.com/index.shtml) ADMIRAL SPILLER in our midst...

[john_childs]

My name is Samuel, Samuel.
My name is Samuel, Samuel.
My name is Samuel, an' I'll see you all in hell.
An' I'll see you all in hell,
Damn your eyes.

[tomblackwood]

CAVITY FILLER in our midst...

[JJuggle]

It's not the mascara,
It's not the tight dress, (well maybe it is)
It's the look in the eyes that's gonna scare you to death.

[GILD]

It's not the mascara,
It's not the tight dress, (well maybe it is)
It's the look in the eyes that's gonna scare you to death.
Talking about pro-wrestling again?

[JJuggle]

CAVITY FILLER in our midst...
Technically speaking, Steve, that is "CAVITY FILLING".

THIS is a CAVITY FILLER:

http://www.lammico.com/images/interior/photos/dentists.jpg

[JJuggle]

Talking about pro-wrestling again?
Since it's Jonathan Richman that's as good an interpretation as any.

[GILD]

Technically speaking, Steve, that is "CAVITY FILLING".

THIS is a CAVITY FILLER:

http://www.lammico.com/images/interior/photos/dentists.jpg

Remaining technical, only the person in green qualifies as 'cavity filler'.
The grey haired gentleman is almost certainly a 'cavity fillee'.
I wouldn't back him over anything more than 1600 yards tho, and only when the going is good.

[tomblackwood]

Technically speaking, Steve, that is "CAVITY FILLING".

Puh-leeze. First, my name's not Steve. Second, even the online Merriam Webster will back me up on this one, and I'm sure you have even deeper references around your work place.

I think I'm covered by any of these:

Main Entry: 1fill·er
Pronunciation: 'fi-l&r
Function: noun
: one that fills : as a : a substance added to a product (as to increase bulk, weight, viscosity, opacity, or strength) b : a composition used to fill the pores and grain especially of a wood surface before painting or varnishing c : a piece used to cover or fill in a space between two parts of a structure

If Miss Ayelery was out of the hospital, I'm sure she'd weigh in. As it is, I'll certainly report this debate on my next visit and see if she has any thoughts to add.

[john_childs]

If Miss Ayelery was out of the hospital, I'm sure she'd weigh in. As it is, I'll certainly report this debate on my next visit and see if she has any thoughts to add.
Yes, I've been meaning to direct Miss Ayelery's attention to this post (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showpost.php?p=652354&postcount=788) of yours. You've been a bit sloppy. Abuse of the apostrophe can get you in big trouble with Bob the Angry Flower (http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html). It's times like that when Miss Ayelery can save you. Cause you don't want to make Bob angry.

[JJuggle]

Puh-leeze. First, my name's not Steve. Second, even the online Merriam Webster will back me up on this one, and I'm sure you have even deeper references around your work place.

I think I'm covered by any of these:

Main Entry: 1fill·er
Pronunciation: 'fi-l&r
Function: noun
: one that fills : as a : a substance added to a product (as to increase bulk, weight, viscosity, opacity, or strength) b : a composition used to fill the pores and grain especially of a wood surface before painting or varnishing c : a piece used to cover or fill in a space between two parts of a structure

If Miss Ayelery was out of the hospital, I'm sure she'd weigh in. As it is, I'll certainly report this debate on my next visit and see if she has any thoughts to add.

I stand corrected on all counts, Tom. I don't know why I thought UniBrier was posting all those rhymes with "killer" images when he's been responsible for only one.

[JJuggle]

When we got to Winnepeg,
I checked into school.
The punches came fast and hard,
lying on my back in the schoolyard.

[tomblackwood]

Yes, I've been meaning to direct Miss Ayelery's attention to this post (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showpost.php?p=652354&postcount=788) of yours. You've been a bit sloppy. Abuse of the apostrophe can get you in big trouble with Bob the Angry Flower (http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html). It's times like that when Miss Ayelery can save you. Cause you don't want to make Bob angry.
Better not go there buddy. Don't you be calling her out on me now! I refer you to Strunk & White Rule #1. Important enough that Strunk opened his first "little book" with it back in 1918, and the current edition still does.

William Strunk, Jr. (1869–1946). The Elements of Style. 1918.

ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE

1) Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write,

Charles's friend
Burns's poems
the witch's malice

(Or, Tom might add, Pastorius's CD.)

This is the usage of the United States Government Printing Office and of the Oxford University Press.

Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names in -es and -is, the possessive Jesus', and such forms as for conscience' sake, for righteousness' sake. But such forms as Achilles' heel, Moses' laws, Isis' temple are commonly replaced by

the heel of Achilles
the laws of Moses
the temple of Isis

The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe.

(Tom again: While Pastorius has deep religious significance for me, I did not feel he met the standard for "ancient proper names in -es and -is.)

If Miss A shows up at my door, you will owe me a Magura brake bleeding, or at least a Coker tire changing when that need next arises.

TB

[tomblackwood]

I don't know why I thought UniBrier was posting all those rhymes with "killer" images when he's been responsible for only one.
Perhaps that is because he is a COPYCAT KILLER in our midst...

[UniBrier]

Perhaps that is because he is a COPYCAT KILLER in our midst...

A single COPYCAT KILLER in homage to the master perhaps, but no CERIAL KILLER.

[UniBrier]

Close to copycat, DREAD KILLER in our midst...

[tomblackwood]

WINE CHILLER in our midst...

[BluntRM]

Hey,

Many of you have been secretly wondering how to kill a thread. Others know exactly how to execute threads. And some just kill threads inadvertently, like you. (You know who I'm talking to).

But what about you others? Have you ever felt that YOU were to blame for the death of a thread that your fellow uni riders had been enjoying? Feeling a little guilty? Or like it might be something about YOU that makes a thread die. Like maybe you are THE COOLER (seen the movie?).

I killed Raphael's fart thread, and despite MuniPsycho's valiant efforts to revive it, the damage was too great. Like the doctors who did everything to save the patient. It's easy to find the thread killers, because the LAST one to post is listed.

I just went to p. 3 and examined the threads. I don't want to point any fingers, but SOMEONE'S name appears MORE than anyone elses. YES, we have a thread MASS MURDERER in our midst.

I will say no more. Do the research. No need to name names. We know who you are..... THREAD KILLER!!!

Billy

... ... ... ... ...:D

[BluntRM]

http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/sarsaparilla.jpg

Sarsapirilla in our midst?

[john_childs]

Better not go there buddy. Don't you be calling her out on me now! I refer you to Strunk & White Rule #1. Important enough that Strunk opened his first "little book" with it back in 1918, and the current edition still does.
This is why we need Miss Ayelery as an impartial arbitrator. The grammarians are inconsistent on the issue. I have seen the rule go both ways. Miss Ayelery needs to chime in with some historical perspective on why one form is better than the other for possessives and the humble apostrophe.

I was going to propose a Google Fight between Pastorius' and Pastorius's but I don't know how to make Google search on Pastorius'. Could just look at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius). They use Pastorius' (and no, I did not edit the entry to make it so).

[JJuggle]

Sarsapirilla in our midst?
You're just setting the stage for some to post:
http://www.shoarns.com/Gorillas%20in%20the%20Mist%20-%20Cincinnati%20Zoo%20-%20D.%20Byrd.jpg
gorillas in the mist.

[Jerrick]

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Please download this file again or contact your system administrator.

[DigitalDave]

... and you all thought it was over

[Jerrick]

... and you all thought it was over

Dang you!

I had killed it for a few days too. =p

Ill just go back to eating my Cookie & Cream Clusters! Hmph!

[maximus unius]

Hello unicyclist community.

This thread will self destruct in 2 minutes. Please close all programs now and shut down your computer.

[UniBrier]

Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die

The Charge Of The Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

[john_childs]

Iron Maiden Memorializing the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War

The Trooper

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.

The Bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall.

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day.

We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below.

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan.

[tomblackwood]

WEIRD-ASS GILLER and SWIMSUIT FILLER in our midst...

[BillyTheMountain]

In memorium. Lest we forget.

The First Thanksgiving

From the Community Endeavor News, November, 1995,
as reprinted in Healing Global Wounds, Fall, 1996


The first official Thanksgiving wasn't a festive gathering
of Indians
and Pilgrims, but rather a celebration of the massacre of
700 Pequot
men, women and children, an anthropologist says.

"Thanksgiving Day was first officially proclaimed by the
Governor of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 to commemorate the massacre
of 700 men,
women and children who were celebrating their annual green
core
dance-Thanksgiving Day to them-in their own house," Newell
said.

Newell said the next 100 Thanksgivings commemorated the
killing of the
Indians at what is now Groton, Ct. [home of a nuclear
submarine base]
rather than a celebration with them.

[GILD]

And while we're talking about the Crimean War...

Green Hills of Tyrol

Originally from the opera "William Tell" by Rossini, but was transcribed to the pipes in 1854 by Pipe Major John MacLeod after he heard it played by a Sardinian military band when serving in the Crimean War with his Regiment, the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. In October of that year MacLeod and five other pipers participated in the event that made the Regiment's reputation. The Russian heavy cavalry had taken the Causeway Heights, and its gun emplacements, above the supply port of Balaclava. Only the Sutherland Highlanders under Sir Colin Campbell stood between them and the port - the capture of which would have ended the campaign there and then. The heavy cavalry rolled down the hill onto the 93rd. Ordered to die where they stood if need be, the 93rd was formed into an extended line two ranks deep rather than in the defensive square formation more usually adopted by infantry facing a cavalry attack. The 93rd stood its ground, firing controlled volleys into the attacking cavalry. The cavalry faltered and veered to the left of the 93rd exposing their flank to more fire. The repelling of a heavy cavalry charge by grossly outnumbered infantry was an unprecedented achievement. The feat was witnessed by The Times' war correspondent who immortalized the 93rd as "the thin red streak tipped with a line of steel". When the Crimean campaign finally ended the 93rd were immediately dispatched to fight in the Indian Mutiny. In this campaign Pipe Major MacLeod distinguished himself at the siege of Lucknow when he was first through the breach and almost immediately began playing the pip (http://www.olympiahighlanders.org/tunelist.htm#gtunes)es.

[Borges]

One of my coworkers just died from lung cancer.
2 weeks ago he was looking forward to surgery and full recovery.
He'll be missed.
Quit smoking!

[BillyTheMountain]

I've heard it said that the last one to post WON the argument?

[yoopers]

When's the last time I posted in this thread? Some time ago, eh?

[GILD]

Quit smoking!
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