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Posted on 11/21/2004 11:23:37 PM PST by SAMWolf
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It seems there was always someone in the world willing to sacrifice to stop Islam from taking over, this time it seems to be us. Let's hope we succeed.
"You can get more done with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word" as a wise man once said.
Sorry to hear about your displays, any chance of a stop gap solution so you can get open.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Not really, it's just frustrating when you think of all the time that we've lost between the builder and the fixture supplier. Our initial "open" date was supposed to be Nov 1st. Well, anyway, we're making good use of the time. Learning the POS, PO and Inventory software.
Need the rest of our stuff to get open. We have inventory and no where to put it. First impression wouldn't be good if we started selling out of boxes. LOL.
Don't know what work you have done on the Roman Republic. I have thought about using "triarius" for my Free Republic handle. For those not familiar,
"One of three categories of heavy infantryman in the Roman Legion of the mid-republican period (3rd and 2nd century BC) are named Hastati. The Hastati were the youngest soldiers, and formed the front line of the legion. The standard legion contained ten maniples of Hastati, each numbering between 120 and 160 men. They were equipped with two Pila (heavy armor piercing six foot long javelins), the famous Gladius (a wide short sword, worked around and under your shield, so close to the enemy you can smell his blood, as close combat as there is), and a long semi-cylindrical body shield, made of calfskin stretched over plywood. As the soldiers had to pay for their own armour, most made do with a simple bronze chest plate, while the wealthier soldiers had either a mail or scale cuirass. The Hastati were expected to take the first clash of battle and blunt the enemy attack before the second line, the Principes, engaged. (Gave the lads a chance to see what they were made of, with grown ups to supervise.)
The second of three categories of heavy infantryman in the Roman Legion of the mid-republican period were called Principes. The Principes were the men in their late twenties and early thirties, considered by the Romans to be at the peak of their fighting ability. The standard legion contained ten maniples of Principesi, each numbering between 120 and 160 men. They were equipped as were the hastati, and like all Republican soldiers supplied their own weapons and served without pay.
The Principes were expected to win the battle after the hastati had taken the sting out of the enemy army. The final line, the Triarii would only enter the fray if the Principes were in trouble.
The final category of heavy infantryman in the Roman Legion of the mid-republican period were the triarii. The Triarii were the veteran soldiers who formed the third and final line of the legion, arrayed in ten maniples of 60 men. Unlike the hastati and principes the Triarii were equipped with a long hoplite spear instead of the Pilum although otherwise they were armed in the same way as their colleagues with the Gladius and body shield. The Triarii spend most of the battle kneeling behind their shields waiting for combat. Only if the Hastati and Pricipes were both in trouble will the triarii enter combat."
My Latin stinks, but I figure the singular of "Triarii" is "Triarius."
Not real familiar with Roman History, just a real general idea of it.
The right man at the right time.
BTTT!!!!!!!
Take a number. heh heh heh
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