Picky, picky, picky...

A few years ago I picked up The Future of War by George and Meredith Freeman. I'd never gotten around to reading it until today.

Imagine my feelings when I found not one, but two gross historical errors in the first few pages of the first chapter!

The first whopper is comment about the conquistadores "revolutionizing" warfare with their "primitive guns." By the time the Spanish were tap-dancing all over Mesoamerica, guns had been the staple of European war for almost 150 years.

Then the authors declare that guns came to dominate the battlefield because of their superior range. Bollocks! Any good bow or crossbow outranged early guns! A lonqbow is accurate and deadly out to several hundred feet, a distance not matched by guns until the late 19th century. Guns became dominant for one reason: it is far easier to train a musketman than it is to train a bowman.

I'll keep reading, but so far I'm unimpressed.

Tales of Horror!

Two stories from the weirdest damn day I can recall at Price Increase Global Souk.

Seriously, today was just off. Everybody bitchy, the store being empty for long stretches then filling up to the gills in seconds. All of us were looking at each other with "WTF?" expressions all day.

So onto the sheer horror!

( I was born a poor black sahrecropper.. )

( Jesus hates me, this I know, 'cause the nutter told me so! )

And lastly, a rant at every single person who used the $10 off coupon sent out in the Sunday paper ad. CUT THE FREAKING THING OUT OF THE BLOODY PAPER!! I have to collect, count, and turn those things in! I cannot stuff twenty+ full advertising circulars in my register! I assume that at least half of you are trusted with scissors (risky as that might be) so take the 35 seconds and prepare!

Cross posted to gridlore and customers_suck

Attention isomeme

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Since they claim ownership of anything archived on their site, I suggest you contact them and demand that they remove the link.

Memeage.

For some reason. I'm not falling asleep. So, a meme!

Spell your username with bands you listen to meme...

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