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| (...) i agree with Mr Tam here. what hollywood generally forgets is that the majority of the american army during this period was made up of everyday people who volunteered for their state's respective militia. even during the war, there werent (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Ahh Mr. Rowe, good to have your support! (...) Indeed it was the case -- just as the redcoats often faded to orange and brown on campaign, and so forth. War was never so neatly dressed as it was in the paintings of the time, and the film of today. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| you know, maybe I should make my own Town/ City/ Base like you all did. *goes off to plan American Milatary base* (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Who needs long-winded rhetoric? Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité works for me! ;-) Now, if we can just convince those Americans of the benefits of the metric system... Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) use Metric... .........When I have to ;) oh yeah, does anyone have sig-figs I could put in this? (such as the French Commander, your sig fig, etc.) :) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Three words, eh? How about two: Pax Britannia :-D (...) Well I'm with you there. Kilometers, centimeters... if we introduce them in the 1800s, surely the world will be converted! Wait, is 'Pistol shot' a metric unit of measurement? It should (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) sniff......sniff....., i cant help but wipe a tear from my eye at the pride your eloquence inspires.... :-) steve (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Or, better still, one: Révolution! Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Hmm, going to one word, two choices come to mind... Waterloo, or perhaps better yet... Trafalgar! Cheers Kenneth Tam Brickley's Cove (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Not fair! That hurt! (Pause while trying to think of a decisive French victory...) Hastings? Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) I won't hold my breath... :-D But take solace in the fact that the French were much better in the Crimea than the British, what with those ironclad batteries and all! Oh, and in that American Revolution, they did force the surrender at (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Capitaine Jacques Legeaux has a custom torso design... but I could scan it and format it as a sticker for you... stand by. The Shifty Brick chrome sword he carries may have to be replaced by a standard one, though. Liberté - Egalité - (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Yay! :) and yes it will have to be replaced! (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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