Dealing with pirates

id be more worried about those little irrokangi (spelling) jellyfish, those little ba5t4rds that are about the size of a fingernail, I saw an episode on them on the discovery channel... Im more scared of those things then sharks I think. Something like 3000 times as powerful venom as the portages man of war.

 

There is at least one good thing about Australia. You have a multitude of ways to die.

Irithingy jellyfish is of course one way but you could opt for the blueringed octupus but if your the type that likes a bit of blood and guts then you can't go past the crocodile with of course the shark as runner up at second place.

Steve Irwin of course demonstrated the sting ray exit but there is also the stone fish and the cone shell.

If you decide to stay on land we can offer you a range of snakes, red back and funnel web spiders.

I feel sorry for people that have come to Australia for a holiday and bought a return ticket.

Poida

 

Rambo in one of the movies uses a bow to shoot down a chopter. he has an explosive warhead on the arrow. Are there any instructions o the net how to make such a warhead.

 

Yeah you get a bleeding big arrow, tape a grenade to it, stick it in your bow, pull out the pin, pull back the string, aim and let fly!

Ok until your string breaks or the other guy sees you and shoots you with his gun!! Leave Dimbo and Fantasy Island where it belongs - in the movies!

 

Thing is Poida either way there is only one way to go - down!

there again i been so down the gutter looks like up!

 

Ah Safey but when a woman goes down.......

Poida

 

Wawlrus, no problem!

 

What about catapults with burning oil just like the old times? Did they use that at sea?

 

bow

I play arrows and trust me you need a crossbow better then a bow for those stuff... The bow rambo use probarly McPherson.

U need a 200 pound at least Deamon crossbow...

 

Actually they have a design competition for that and practice in the open field... new contraption incorperate new material in newer modern way version... of course u have that few die hard using the old ways

 

i just got back from the south pacific, i never had any problems with pirates, of course i was on this boat.... and who said that firepower will not deter pirates? It sure worked for us.

 

Just a small 'technical' query here Westie - and I'm not trying to be funny...but I believe one of the main reasons the Henry 'whopped' the French at Agincourt was because the Welsh bowmen (standard bow) outranged the French (crossbow). Though there may have been improvements since then....
And it's a tale I love repeating but do you realise that 'offering the middle finger' as an insult stems from that battle ?
It seems that before the set-to the French threatened to cut off the middle finger (right hand) of all Welsh bowmen they captured (to ensure they'd never draw a bow again). Subsequently it became an insult to the French to show the middle finger still in place.

 

Berg,

That story makes me want to utilize the old single digit more!

The regular bow has a higher rate of fire also.

Tim

 

I never used a crossbow but even though you can get more poundage the draw is usually shorter. So I am not sure if the xb's actually are much stronger than a high speed compound bow?

berg, the old recurves can not have the full poundage all the way through the draw - the compound bows have a rather flat force curve until the very end of the draw, where it drops off sharply to allow you to aim easier.

 

Thannks for the history lesson got anything to do with william tell or robin the hood?