alexandr Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Autumn. Gatchina park. Beautiful at any time of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Beautiful it is Alex. I'll bet it's just as beautiful from a boat. Nothing with a motor something sleek so it doesn't make much of a wake, a kayak or rowing shell. I used to canoe and dawn on calm water is almost spiritual. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ThomasPowers Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Cider time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 so many apples do you know someone with chickens or pigs to use the bad ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 7:00 AM, M.J.Lampert said: do you know someone with chickens or pigs to use the bad ones? About 30 years ago every village had cows, goats and other livestock. Now this is a rarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 My neighbor has goats, pigs, turkeys, guinea hens, chickens, ducks, and way too many dogs! Of course we don't live in town... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Weekend trip. 3 ancient cities, not far from St. Petersburg. 250-300 km. Pskov, Izborsk, Pechory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm pretty sure I could spend several days in each of those cities easy and that'd just be a quick look see. Thanks for another series of beautiful ancient cities pics. I'm always taken by how low castle and city walls appear to be as opposed to popular stories. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I'm sure they *look* bigger if you are charging them carrying a spear or axe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Or if you’re the poor guy who get to go up the ladder 1st, in orders to break the siege. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Or UNTIL you're standing on top watching attackers climbing those too short ladders! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Is bringing a too short ladder to a siege kinda like bringing a knife to a gun fight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Nothing wrong with bringing a knife to a gun fight. . . too. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 In case you forgot your glasses at home and couldn't hit anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Just reread wiki about Jim Bowie's "Sandbar Fight"! He found bringing a knife to a gun fight quite useful---his opponents; however, didn't agree! "Bowie, rising to his feet, drew his knife and charged at Crain, who struck him so hard upon the head with his empty pistol that it broke and sent Bowie to his knees. Wright appeared, drew a pistol, and shot at the fallen Bowie, missing. Wright then drew his sword cane and stabbed Bowie in the chest, but the thin blade was deflected by his sternum. As Wright attempted to pull the blade free, Bowie reached up, grabbed his shirt, and pulled him down upon the point of his Bowie knife.[10][11] Wright died quickly " wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbar_Fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Puts me to thinking about Hugh Glass. I guess you were either prepared, tough or dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 Summer is over. A little sad. Some of the flowers moved to the house for the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Scott NC said: In case you forgot your glasses at home and couldn't hit anything? You don't have to reload a knife and may not have time for the gun. Nothing wrong with bringing more than one gun of course and if I think I may HAVE to engage in a gun fight I'm bringing one that takes two hands to operate. You know, Go ahead, hide behind a car door from THIS! The sandbar fight is a great story. I don't know if it's up to the Hugh Glass story though but close. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Better a knife than a sword cane, just ask Wright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I think it's better to know how to use what you have. Had Wright know how to use is sword he would've lost. Same for being able to shoot. Think of Wright as chlorinating the gene pool for cause. I'm betting he would've had a better chance of winning if he'd brought beer and sandwiches. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I like the sound of "Crew served Weapons"! (A recoilless rifle you can even be pointing the wrong end at the enemy and it will take them out if they are close enough!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 A backwards firing six gun was a popular weapon on the old Wild, Wild West series. They never did show a close up of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 New addition to the family! Grandson is born! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Congratulations! I assume he is being held by his older sister who is also a cutie. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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