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07-04-17, 04:27

rob love

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Shilo MB, the armpit of Canada

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Originally Posted by Dan Johnston

looking down that cruddy old pipe makes me slightly tearful. Gotta get that shiny.

The bore of a cannon is not supposed to be shiny....if it was it meant the troops were buffing it internally with an unapproved cleaner/polish. Dull metallic is what you are aiming for.

While I may get a little flak from the herbies in the crowd, they are well known for making life harder for themselves than it had to be.

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