To: txhurl
Anybody know where ‘keep your powder dry’ originated? Q’s said this a couple time recently.
781 posted on
03/13/2018 8:34:27 AM PDT by
txhurl
(The Final Thunderdome: Two Americas enter, One America leaves.)
To: txhurl
Who did the original appointment? Clinton? Bush? Poppa Bush. She’s been with the department for awhile. I'll take a guess off the top of my dome. It was probably a common saying back in the pointy hat/musket days when they had to use their own gunpowder in their firearms? They would need dry powder.
785 posted on
03/13/2018 8:42:45 AM PDT by
bagster
(Even bad men love their mamas.)
To: txhurl
Anybody know where ‘keep your powder dry’ originated? Q’s said this a couple time recently. Oooops. See my previous reply.
787 posted on
03/13/2018 8:44:19 AM PDT by
bagster
(Even bad men love their mamas.)
To: txhurl
Anybody know where ‘keep your powder dry’ originated? Comes from the days of muzzle loading firearms when bullet patch and powder were carried separately. Wet powder = no BANG, making shooting in the rain difficult.
788 posted on
03/13/2018 8:44:39 AM PDT by
Chuckster
(There is no government solution to government corruption.)
To: txhurl
“put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry”
- Oliver Cromwell
To: txhurl
England I think! The days of muskets!
913 posted on
03/13/2018 2:11:02 PM PDT by
defconw
(Because Americans are dreamers, too!)
To: txhurl
Oliver Cromwell. Irish Campaign - when crossing river, Trust in God, but take care to keep your powder dry. Words to that effect.
This is one of my frequent statements, when people call me all in a twitter, panties in a knot, and needing to calm down.
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