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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Nov 27th at 7:47pm 2004

Walls and hills and support beams aren't 'map furniture', they are just part of the map. Cars count, but they can't be used other than in larger outdoors areas.

Barrels are 'map furniture'. They are something that you put in having made a satisfactory map in order to provide more detail. And they have already used cars, so nobody has yet come up with an alternative to barrels than valve didnt already use.



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Posted by Crono on Sat Nov 27th at 8:00pm 2004

? quoting scary_jeff
Walls and hills and support beams aren't 'map furniture', they are just part of the map. Cars count, but they can't be used other than in larger outdoors areas.

Barrels are 'map furniture'. They are something that you put in having made a satisfactory map in order to provide more detail. And they have already used cars, so nobody has yet come up with an alternative to barrels than valve didnt already use.


You mean you don't have a car sitting in your living room? [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 8:11pm 2004

? quoting Crono

You mean you don't have a car sitting in your living room?

i do, they are about circa 1800-1900. they are cast steel and about 6 inches long. they are antique toys i think, but am unsure.

but yes, i have two cars in my front room

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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 8:30pm 2004

Well, in that case, i have an entire hangar in my room (10cm long aircraft replicas; about 20, anything from SU27s and F-18s to Fokker DV fighters and Sopwith Triplanes).

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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 8:42pm 2004

sorry some are a bit fuzzy/blurry, but it was hard holding my camera still at just a few inches.






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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Nov 27th at 8:51pm 2004

Nioce [addsig]



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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 9:18pm 2004

Superb! What else do you collect? I have a vast collection of coins and munitions (my pride and joy, a 12.7mm unknown type shell). [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 9:23pm 2004

? quoting Andrei
Superb! What else do you collect? I have a vast collection of coins and munitions (my pride and joy, a 12.7mm unknown type shell).

i have one of these in my hand right now

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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Nov 27th at 9:28pm 2004

? quoting Orpheus
? quoting Andrei
Superb! What else do you collect? I have a vast collection of coins and munitions (my pride and joy, a 12.7mm unknown type shell).

i have one of these in my hand right now

*whistles!*

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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 9:30pm 2004

i bought this in either 1980 or 81.. its almost all steal. nothing like the plastic crap now. [addsig]



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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 9:31pm 2004

(i have reason to believe my shell is armed, yet the blasting cap seems used).

http://www.freewebs.com/acrisan/Untitled-1.jpg

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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 9:37pm 2004

? quoting Andrei
(i have reason to believe my shell is armed, yet the blasting cap seems used).

tis called " a dud"

you might consider donating it to someone who can destroy it safely.

un-spent rounds are deadly, even after decades.

considering that the country over there has seen its share of wars, i doubt you have anything valuable enough to chance your safety.

I'd ditch it ASAP.

[edit] ahh, thats just a bullet?

no harm.. kepp it, i thought you were talking about something HE

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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 9:41pm 2004

I would have done so earlier, but there is something weird about it - the shell seemes fired because the cap (or whatever it's called) is punctured indicating that the round was fired. Someone could have just attached the bullet to the shell to keep it as a memory. On the other hand, when you gently shake it, you can hear something moving inside like dust. As far as i know, the charge in a shell should be fixed. It could be rust...but it could be gunpowder. Is the pic working? Perhaps you know the type of shell (im guessing its from an AA machinegun, since it a 12.7).

[edit]

Me struggles to understand why the pic link isn't working VIA snarkpit.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 9:43pm 2004

i did a bit of searching, you seem to have a common 50 caliber machine gun round.. something like this

i used to have a few around here, but over time i gave them all away..

all were live, as i shot the rest on the range

makes a nice trophy..

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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 9:49pm 2004

Hehe, indeed. I also have 2 AK-47 shells with bullets (both intact and shattered), a few 9mm pistol shells, a 7,62 blank (also pistol; weird calibre for such a weapon, though), a smoke grenade (the launcher type), aprox 25mm, and a few other 5,56mm shells. I also collect coins but if i start talking about those, i might never finish until next morning . [addsig]



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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 9:52pm 2004

( accidental double-post )

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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 10:00pm 2004

? quoting Andrei
(accidental double-post)

how in the f**k can you have a double post 2 minutes apart

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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 10:02pm 2004

There is something very weird going on with my connection. I press "post" for the first reply, and i wait. I wait. I wait. I wait and after 1 1/2 minutes...nothing. I click "stop" and resubmit. That explains the delay. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 27th at 10:04pm 2004

? quoting Andrei
There is something very weird going on with my connection. I press "post" for the first reply, and i wait. I wait. I wait. I wait and after 1 1/2 minutes...nothing. I click "stop" and resubmit. That explains the delay.

its not just there, its here too, and i am on DSL.

so that means the pit is acting up again, prolly on the server end again.

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Posted by Andrei on Sat Nov 27th at 10:05pm 2004

I'm on DSL too. Good to know the problem isn't over here ! [addsig]




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