To: MHGinTN
Wait until I start to discuss the Leiningen Mission and how Nicholas I of Russia misinterprets it and sends Mehshikov to bully the Ottomans. Boy, do things get out of hand after that!
281 posted on
04/10/2007 12:33:45 PM PDT by
carton253
(Not enough space to express how I truly feel.)
To: carton253
Please, warn me ahead of time ... forget the coffee, a gallon of Long Island Ice Tea would not be enough.
282 posted on
04/10/2007 2:08:00 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
(If you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
To: carton253
You've got to somehow integrate small-arms technical development into the story. Innovation in infantry rifles was going...[ahem]..."great guns" at the time. =]
Was Imperial Russia using the Berdan rifle by then?
PS: Of course you don't have to say anything about infantry rifles. That's just a topic I greatly enjoy, and the suggestion was tongue-in-cheek.
283 posted on
04/11/2007 6:24:36 AM PDT by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
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