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Gentle Reminders
2004-04-30
Haven't heard from Fred or Ethel yet; no news is good news right now. Some gentle reminders --

1) keep the articles short. Some of them are getting really long lately, and Dan, Steve or I have to edit. Long articles make the load times longer for people with dial-up connections. Yeah, yeah, I'm as guilty as everyone else.

2) don't post commentary from other blogs, editorials, etc. Link 'em instead. Usual exceptions for Lileks, VDH and Steyn.

3) check your links when submitting an article. I've deleted a few articles in the holding pen in the last week because the links were broken and I couldn't figure out what the link was. Fred's pretty clear on this: no link = no post.

4) anon posters: if you're going to be a regular/semi-regular here, please pick a name. Names like "anonymous3104" and "anonymous4063" read like the Welsh regiment in Zulu.

5) if it isn't about the WoT, it goes to page 2. Nuttin' wrong with being on page 2, and it helps keep the load balanced and the comments going.

Thx!
Posted by:Steve White

#17  ima a think we need some mealie bags for hummmmveees
Posted by: HalfEmpty   2004-04-30 12:51:57 PM  

#16  Zulu is a 1964 British film about the Battle of Rourke's Drift in South Africa in 1879. It's a good, rip-snorting stiff-upper-lip adventure based on extraordinary real-life events:

This action was at Rorke's Drift, Wednesday 22- Thursday 23 January, 1879, when some 150 soldiers defended a supply station against some 4000 Zulus, aided by the Martini-Henry rifle 'with some guts behind it'.

Since the Victoria Cross was instigated by Queen Victoria in 1856, only 1354 have been awarded (the double awards for Arthur Martin-Leake, Charles Hazlitt Upham and Noel Godfrey Chavasse are included in the total).

At Rorke's Drift, eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded. Seven to the 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, one to the Army Medical Department, one to the Royal Engineers, one to the Commissariat and Transport Department and one to the Natal Native Contingent.


There's an excellent discussion of the battle in one chapter of Victor Davis Hanson's Carnage and Culture.
Posted by: Mike   2004-04-30 11:18:35 AM  

#15  Zulu?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-04-30 11:04:57 AM  

#14  This is why I love the Rantburgers ... when my son was born my dad (who got me interested in military history and Zulu) gave me a t-shirt reading "Mother of Rorke's Drift."
Posted by: Sofia   2004-04-30 11:03:16 AM  

#13  "I'll make a poster out of you yet, Anonymous."

(Continuing the Zulu theme.)
Posted by: Mike   2004-04-30 10:57:20 AM  

#12  I am anonymous2U and I'm staying that way.

Do you have any idea how long it took me to come up w/that, and now you want my brain to explode.

I'm going to Vegas on Monday, can't have my brain explode.

IF I win the big one, then I'll change it.
Posted by: Anonymous2U   2004-04-30 10:23:39 AM  

#11  im agree on anonymus posters. their all look alike to me.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-04-30 9:22:07 AM  

#10  This time you're giving us gentle reminders. What happened?

Better medication.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-30 8:33:57 AM  

#9  My favorite line is:
young trooper"Why us?
Colour sargent:Because we're here,lad.Nobody else just us.
Posted by: raptor   2004-04-30 8:08:30 AM  

#8  ...read like the Welsh regiment in Zulu.

"Rantburg is a bloody miracle, Fred."

"If it's a miracle, Steve, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point four five caliber miracle."
Posted by: Mike   2004-04-30 6:37:01 AM  

#7  Last time Fred was gone, you guys were literally hell on wheels. This time you're giving us gentle reminders. What happened?
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-04-30 6:31:34 AM  

#6  It would be nice if it were called, "Page 2" or something. Maybe it's just me, I've always been a bit touched in the head.
Posted by: gromky   2004-04-30 5:48:00 AM  

#5  It's at the top of the page, the link called 'Politix 'n' Stuff', next to 'WoT'. It's where all the Kerry bashing and 'funny' stories are supposed to go.
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2004-04-30 5:14:48 AM  

#4  What's page 2? Where's the link to it? I don't see it anywhere.
Posted by: gromky   2004-04-30 5:01:01 AM  

#3  Tell Fred we wish him well!!
Posted by: B   2004-04-30 3:54:53 AM  

#2  ...read like the Welsh regiment in Zulu.
"Mr. Witt, sir. Link your articles properly now. There's a good gentleman. You'll upset the lads."
Posted by: Colour Sgt. Bourne   2004-04-30 2:51:09 AM  

#1  Conflicted, confused and ready to follow?

Oh My now what should I do?
Posted by: Lucky   2004-04-30 1:10:36 AM  

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