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"Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich? Denn singe ich ein Lied fur Dich. Auf 99 Luftballons, Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont. Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich Denn singe ich ein Lied fur Dich Auf 99 Luftballons Und dass sowas von auch kommt" .......................... "99 Jahre Krieg, Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger. Kriegsminister gibt es nicht mehr, Und auch keine Duesenflieger. Heute zieh ich meine Runden, Seh die Welt in Truemmern liegen. Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden, Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen...." "80's music REALLY sucks! HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I'm not wanting to go "too" deep, just enough to tidy a 9-10 year old's essay. My Russian's not bad, but stuff like "ñâåòëûå ïàíöûðü è ïåõîòà" isn't all that relevant. I wasn't sure of the patrynomic / matrynomic middle name thing. THAT doesn't go much forther that "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". Any help's appreciated Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

You've been mis-reading too much Rabbie Burns (that famous English customs officer) Burns Never referred to "Great Chieftain of the Puddin' Face." That was a misprint that'll be addressed as part of the "Wart on Error". Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

There's options missing: Voting for Badnarik 'cos: 1. He's a skydiver. 2. He's a libertarian. 3. He's honest and'll leave us alone like adults.

Spasiba.

Serious post! My daughter Lauren (9) has a "Russian" story to do. She's a bit lost on the patryonomics & matrynonmics for the middle names. Is it boys=Patrynomic & girl=matryonomic? Is it boys & girls= patryonmoic? If it's a single parent, does that change it? If there's ANY Russians out there, PLEASE let me know. At the moment I'm sitting with her story on "word" going AAAAAAaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhh................ Thanks in advance.... (and expect regular bumps over the weekend 'til it's answered!!!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Which COULD be a problem if you have more than 30 people you dislike that much I still think it's a good contender for "Toy of the year". Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

"Actually, Mikey dear, you might watch for teeth-marks, calling me Becky-Boo." I'm guessin' that no-one here's ever told Bicky-Becky-booby-boo that I'm a Masochist? Like some famous guy once said...: "When you're young, you never Really appreciate your schooldays. Stuff like being spanked daily by a middle-aged woman for being bad. Stuff you pay good money for later on" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I'm a democrat... (Well, I believe in democracy so I must be a democrat... Right? RIGHT!). The thing I like most about Kerry is his "green" stance and his sensibleness. This is completely encapsulated in his intention to go back to sailing his yacht in the carribbean come November - well out of the hurricane season! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

"Hearsay. Prove it. I don't think that ever happened." Just like thr Rodney King Incident, If you run the video in slo-mo it is in fact seen to be a gentle coax. AND... If you run the video backwards you can clearly see the alleged assailant helping that young girl forwards. I should'a' been a lawyer (but unfortunately I have human genes). Mike. PS: BTW Speedy, I think BeckyBoo may be planning to take you up on your "Bite Me" offer... But you may not like the where and how hard!!! . Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

See!!!? Religion should stay the hell out of politics. I'll add: "Nazarene will create religious fundamentalist state like Iran, Chechnya & Afghanistan.... We may need to invade ourselves if he wins!" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I'll caption that pic... "Balding man with inadequate healthcare insurance makes desperate bit to obtain natural hair for transplant" This is all the fault of Bush and his "get outs" for US Healthcare insurers!!!!!!!!! It's a sad thing when 2 anti bush demonstrators come to this. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

With well over TWICE the muzzle energy of the .50" at range

Stick it!!! If you [/]REALLY want to "reach out and touch someone..... http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn55-e.htm This is one for hand loading and match grading. The way things are going I wonder how long it's going to be before some German gun manufacturer dusts off their old WWII "low-recoil (Puppchen) and Taper-Bore technology? ...And end up with a sniper rifle that uses a 30mm cannon cartridge to push out a .308 bullet!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Good idea.

"...all I ever see are some windmills (generators) and cows..." So... No Sheep (sorry NacMac), and no Alligators. "... not much else there to include civilization...." That's fine. Not that many Floridans are civilised. 30% of Floridans are in the "crumbly" age group. They aint gonna get out. Not driving at 14mph in the Left Lane. 30% of Floridans are drug dealers who're all excited waiting for a big load of Blow to come up from The Caribbean Islands. 30% of Floridans have just found out that Chechnya and a load of Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorists are right next to Georgia. There's NO WAY (!!) they're gonna cross the state line unless the drug dealers'll loan them machine guns. 5% of Floridans are going to Cincinnatti to appear on Jerry Springer "My Trailer, My Cousin and our kids all disappeared one night and turned up in Kansas" 4.98% of Floridans can't spell "Wyoming" and ain't gonna ask for directions from some inbred Confederate Southerner.

If it's fun you want, along with the opportunity to REALLY impress your more gullible associates, check out: http://www.wwiiguns.com/shop/products.php?g1=037bb5 Yes! You too can own an FG42!! Meanwhile, if you do happen to come across any "Enfield Rifle No.9" on your forthcoming travels to Malaya, remember to ship 2 home (& I'll tell you how to get it onto your F/A Cert) Strangely, The "Enfield rifle No.9 designation was used twice!!! first for our beloved EM-2, then LATER for a .22" rimfire single shot CCF rifle. Sooo... git the EM-2, note the Ser.No., apply to hold an "Enfield Rifle No.9", then hope that it's not an intelligent plod doing the physical check!!!. Then again, you just might get to hold it as a collectors item? Mike. edited to add the correct "big toy" link! Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

How wide do you cast the net for AK? The AK47, AKM /S and AK103 are the same weapon built of identical & interchangeable parts using occasionally different manufacturing techniques over the years. The AK103 link was a deliberate one to a commercially available, US Legal supplier. see:http://world.guns.ru/assault/as01-e.htm "At the present time almost all manufacturers of the AK-type weapons ceased the production of the 7.62mm assault rifles for the military use (except probably for the newest AK-103, made in limited numbers by the IZHMASH in Russia)." The AK74 etc... was a 5.56mm update of the AKM but it's operating principles and parts layout were the same (if it ain't broke, don't fix it) The only REAL departure from Sgt Kalashnikov's design was the AK Sniper Rifle [frantically looking for a link] which used a free piston (a-la FN) to reduce the weight of the fully reciprocating parts and thus improve accuracy. On another note, years back I was talking to an old WO1 who was adamant that the No.9 (EM2) DID go into limited service AND produced '58 pattern ammunition pouches which were smaller and "different" stating they were for the .280 cartridge. Next time you're at Lincoln's inn you don't fancy popping over to the IWM to check this? You never know, you may be able to source one for your collection!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

"I'd been shooting guns for over 30 years and I lost concentration for a moment and..." Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ahhh... Here comes the great "inaccurate AK" myth again, riding it's usual hobby-horse. The AKM is NOT inaccurate. It IS a very different rifle to the M-16. The usual source of this myth is US Army servicemen who have trained on and are experienced with the M-16 and derives from 3 sources: 1. The m-16's stock is in line with the axis of it's barrel and reciprocating parts while the AKM's stock drops by some 70mm from the same axis. 2. The AKM's reciprocating parts are some 5 times heavier than the M-16's and make up a correspondingly greater proportion of the weapon's overall weight. From #1 & #2, anyone who's familiar with and used to the recoil characteristics of the M-16 will be surprised by the AK's very different characteristics. 3. In the last 15 years, common US Army experience of the AKM in action has been in the hands of the err... Sand-Kicking peoples! The weapons used and captured have almost invariably been "third world" copies of doubtful quality in the hands of folk who never got their heads around the concept of "Weapon Maintenance". I'm not entirely sure that this concept translates into "Sand-Kicker", and if it does it must sound the same as "Shoot into the air on full auto Abdullah". In addition, such troops also lack formal training, which in arabic seems to be "Shoot into the air on full auto with one hand Abdullah". Target selection, aiming etc... Also seem to translate very similarly. Despite this, the AKM STILL seems to be a very effective weapon in infantry engagements like... Say... Najaf!? So... NOT inaccurate, just different. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Here you go NacMac... http://www.ak-103.com/rifles.html Yours for a mere £500... Errr... Plus shipping!! Availability of the Ak is very limited - so far they've barely made enough to arm the UK population, but the sand-kickers and Texans keep jumping in front of us!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

"All we do is plug them into a reliable power source and away we go...... " Oh yeah... I remember now... That 240V power supply with the NATIONAL supply grid that's specced to stand up to the weather.

"Are you saying that it's just Americans who live an "I-don't-know-how-it-works-but-want-it-fixed-now" lifestyle? French people, Italians, Germans, Brits, Chinese, Japanese -- all these people know how their calculators, cellular phones, automobiles, aircraft, televisions, refrigerators work?? Amazing!" Yeah... We Brits make all that stuff at home. All we need is some earth... And a Small Aubergine! Anyway, didn't you buy a copy of "How To Fix It" by Kaylee Frye? No!!? Shame that there'll be no copies available just now Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Since that crazy fun-lovin Ivan is looking like he's heading for the land of Disney and Oranges, I thought I'd offer some advice gleaned from an old article. Sorry there's no link, but the whole thing was a bit long winded... Basically it advised Floridans to stock up on a Petrol Generator, Duct Tape, Weather Board, Timber and roofing materials... And use the stuff to build a house in Wyoming - The State with CHEAP Hurricane insurance!!" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Anybody who does not like HK's rifles... does not like rifles. I like H&K. Let's face it, anyone who could rework the L-85 and improve it to the point where it's merely crap and useless must be superb gunsmiths! I just don't think that full power cartridges and assault rifles mix. Like I said earlier, the SLR (FN-FAL) was a good rifle if your target was hiding behind a house or a brick wall... It was a great rifle if your target was a house! http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Assault_rifle#EM-2 "In the immediate post-war era the British Army, like many other forces, started research into their own versions of the StG44. The army had planned to replace their .303" rimmed cartridge before WWI but were forced to keep it due to time and money constraints for another 30 years. With these constraints removed they developed a new .280" (7mm) intermediate-power round, and set about developing a new rifle to fire it. At the same time Fabrique Nationale expressed considerable interest in the round, and started development of their own rifles based on it. The Canadian army also expressed interest in the new round, both to maintain commonality with the British, as well as to modernize their forces. The Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield started working on two generally similar designs known as the Experimental Model 1 and 2. Both were bullpup style weapons with the magazine and chamber placed behind the trigger and grips, leading to a shorter overall design (by about 20%), used 20 round magazines with "stripper" reloads, included simple conical optical sights for fast shooting, and had carrying handles built into the top. They could fire semi-automatic or fully automatic bursts, and the .280 round was accurate to about 800 yards. The two differed primarily in details, but the EM-2 was eventually selected as the better design (though some say mostly due to it looking less space age), and entered limited service in 1951 as Rifle, Automatic, Caliber .280, Number 9 Mark 1. It was at this point that the US put forth its own designs for NATO standardization, using the .308" (7.62mm) round in their M-14 rifle. Matters came to a head in 1951 in a shoot-off, with the US claiming the British round was underpowered, and the British claiming the US round was too powerful to be used in a full-auto mode. A series of lengthy debates followed, which were finally settled in an unlikely fashion when Canada stated they would use the British .280 round, but only if the US did as well. It was clear this would never happen. Winston Churchill felt a NATO standard was more important than any qualities of the gun itself. The EM-2 could not be easily adapted to the .308 round, so instead the British were forced to adopt a licensed version of the FN FAL from Fabrique Nationale, itself an adaptation of their own .280 rifle design re-chambered for the .308. It soon became clear to the US that the British had been correct all along, and the M-14 proved incapable of being fired in fully-automatic mode due to recoil. This meant the US had spent a lot of money changing from one semi-auto system, the Garand, to another, the M-14. Other forces found themselves with the same problem, leaving NATO with semi-auto weapons facing the true assault rifles, notably the famed AK-47, being built by the Soviets and deployed world-wide. Into the story comes Eugene Stoner and the CONARC project to develop a new light-weight weapon for US use. His design combined the EM-2's carrying handle, ejector port cover and hinged design, added a gas-operated firing mechanism from a Swedish rifle, and used an inline stock for better control in automatic (as opposed to most designs where the stock is bent down from the barrel to raise the sights up to eye level -- in the M-16 and EM-2 the sights were mounted on the carrying handle instead). The result was the AR-15 firing a .223" (5.56mm) round, which handily beat the other designs tested by CONARC. After special forces used it in Viet Nam and worked out some early deficiencies, the new M-16 rifle became the standard US weapon." ANd the rest, as they say, is history... No. Wait a minute... That stuff was history! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.