We're all going to DIE

Boatswains and bosons (Higgs variety) . . . all in a thread in the general area of mortality. But when the collider thingy works, according to the tabloids, we will become a black-hole. I didn't quite get the physics behind those reports, but that was the gist of it. Sold a few more papers I suppose.
 
MartinP said:
Boatswains and bosons (Higgs variety) . . . all in a thread in the general area of mortality. But when the collider thingy works, according to the tabloids, we will become a black-hole. I didn't quite get the physics behind those reports, but that was the gist of it. Sold a few more papers I suppose.
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Dear Martin,

I think that WAS the physics behind it!

Cheers,

R.
 
likely to be on my tombstone: "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go."

My wife insists that she will not bury me behind the house per my request. She worries that some future homeowner might accidentally dig me up.

I was all for cremation until recently when it seemed to me to be an awful waste of energy. Apparently, no jurisdiction anywhere near where I live will let you be planted in the ground without first buying a box. Such a silly waste unless you're leaving your heirs stock in a mortuary conglomerate.

I have negatives and slides that survived a flood or two. They will likely outlast me. Any of you who also outlast me, should dance atop my grave and enjoy a good single malt while you're doing it (I gave that up, the whiskey, that is).
 
Today is a fine day to die.

A saying attributed to Japanese samurai.
The idea is to live your life so that you can say this, whenever the time comes, without reservation.
 
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FrankS said:
Today is a fine day to die.

A saying attributed to Japanese samurai.
The idea is to live your life so that you can say this, whenever the time comes, without reservation.
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I think it's a fine day for somebody. Me, not so much. Check with me tomorrow. Better yet, next week. Really. Call my people, we'll do lunch.
 
FrankS said:
Today is a fine day to die.

A saying attributed to Japanese samurai.
The idea is to live your life so that you can say this, whenever the time comes, without reservation.
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Wasn't that also said by Sitting Bull to 'General Custer' at at the Little Big Horn.
( ok.... to all my American history friends I understand Custer was a Lt Colonel with the 7th at the time)
 
parsec1 said:
Wasn't that also said by Sitting Bull to 'General Custer' at at the Little Big Horn.
( ok.... to all my American history friends I understand Custer was a Lt Colonel with the 7th at the time)
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Dustin Hoffman’s adopted farther in Little Big Man definitely said it, do’no about the others.

The 7th were also mounted infantry not cavalry iirc, sort of latter-day hussars, rode into position but fought on foot
 
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Sparrow said:
Dustin Hoffman’s adopted farther in Little Big Man definitely said it, do’no about the others.

The 7th were also mounted infantry not cavalry iirc, sort of latter-day hussars, rode into position but fought on foot
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Yes I understand that but didn't want to cause too much confusion.

As you seem interested perhaps you know of John Fords (IMHO) brilliant 'Cavalry Trilogy' and the famous ' lightning scene' in 'Yellow Ribbon'

Quite a surprise to visit the 5th Cavalry web site the unit on which the films were based. Moto now is 'From Sabres to Satellites '.

Regards
Peter.
 
parsec1 said:
Yes I understand that but didn't want to cause too much confusion.

As you seem interested perhaps you know of John Fords (IMHO) brilliant 'Cavalry Trilogy' and the famous ' lightning scene' in 'Yellow Ribbon'

Quite a surprise to visit the 5th Cavalry web site the unit on which the films were based. Moto now is 'From Sabres to Satellites '.

Regards
Peter.
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I do tend to spread confusion ;) … I learned that bit of trivia from one of Macdonald Fraser’s Flashman books I believe.

Sorry I don’t know the films, I do know about the 5th cavalry from the Pacific and Korean wars, and they will, obviously, be a more senior regiment than the 7th
 
Sparrow said:
I do tend to spread confusion ;) … I learned that bit of trivia from one of Macdonald Fraser’s Flashman books I believe.

Sorry I don’t know the films, I do know about the 5th cavalry from the Pacific and Korean wars, and they will, obviously, be a more senior regiment than the 7th
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I'm not that difficult to confuse .... ask the 'Mrs'.

One last bit of trivia before I go and polish my octagonal barelled Henry
There is no official or otherwise record in American history of a 'Wagon Train' forming a circle to defend itself against the 'Native Americans'.
Safety in numbers the Wagon Trains were mostly at least 20 miles long.

Such is the power of Hollywood to confuse

Now got to go find me bit of four by two and the tin of oil

Regards
Peter:confused:
 
"Laager" is an Afrikaans word referring to the practice of Afrikaner settlers in South Africa of placing livestock inside a circle formed by wagons, giving the animals some protection overnight from predators. Today, in the country, it's used in the same colloquial context as "circling the wagons'

I'd think wagons could not maneuver fast enough on typical terrain to form an effective defensive circle. And, as Peter said, many American wagon trains were just too long.
 
parsec1 said:
I'm not that difficult to confuse .... ask the 'Mrs'.

One last bit of trivia before I go and polish my octagonal barelled Henry
There is no official or otherwise record in American history of a 'Wagon Train' forming a circle to defend itself against the 'Native Americans'.
Safety in numbers the Wagon Trains were mostly at least 20 miles long.

Such is the power of Hollywood to confuse

Now got to go find me bit of four by two and the tin of oil

Regards
Peter:confused:
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I succeeded again; I should have typed Dragoon anyway.

You’ll need a bit bigger than 2x4 for that beast me thinks
 
wgerrard said:
"Laager" is an Afrikaans word referring to the practice of Afrikaner settlers in South Africa of placing livestock inside a circle formed by wagons, giving the animals some protection overnight from predators. Today, in the country, it's used in the same colloquial context as "circling the wagons'

I'd think wagons could not maneuver fast enough on typical terrain to form an effective defensive circle. And, as Peter said, many American wagon trains were just too long.
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there is a stone enclosure/sculpture at the Voortrekker monument (south Africa) depicting just that
 
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