Brings to mind the scene from Raiders of the Lost Arc where Harrison Ford pulls out his pistol and shoots the guy swinging around the sword. Moral of story: don't be swinging a 33' Gunters chain in a gun fight. 😀
"Grunter's Chain Whip" with "dead man" point:
"Chain Whip" with Brass sling handle and custom, razor sharp, "tally" blades:
DDSM:beer:
I was wondering if the author had never seen a surveyor's chain and was envisioning a regular simple chain (tow-chain type links) that manufactured to be 33' long. Maybe there are some 2-pole chains with heavy links that I haven't seen, though.
Naah, Kent....
Hub's still in jail!
-JD-
> > While reading one of Annie Proux's short stories....
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> Whew. I was afraid this was going in the "lonely surveyors out in the wilderness with no women-folk around" direction. Not that there is anything wrong with it.
Just so you know, Annie wrote Brokeback Mountain, also.
That's where James is going with that one:-P
Don
Literally laughed out loud!
It's kind of a Beer Leg in-joke, but it's hilarious!
Don
