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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 15949, member: 54"]I got my copy of the print catalog, is OK, but some of the all-black cannons were photo'd against an all-black background, without enough light as well. The extensive markings all along the top of the Chinese rifled howitzer aren't shown at all, only the trunnion marks which as in other countries only tell you the weight and date. The online catalog makes up for some of the pieces with limited views in the printed catalog, and it does show the marks on the top of the Chinese howitzer.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Strange how they went from a world power to those funny people with wooden shoes and tulips"</p><p><br /></p><p>My theory: Because hardly anyone who wasn't born there can read or understand their language. Now if they'd just adopted Spanish back when there were lots of Spanish soldiers visiting, a couple of centuries back, who could have taught them, they could emigrate to the US and understand all the bilingual signage, and reap many other bennies that the other Spanish-speaking immigrants get. Another thing, their muggers all failed and died out. They could only sneak up on deaf people with those shoes going "KLOP KLOP KLOP."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 15949, member: 54"]I got my copy of the print catalog, is OK, but some of the all-black cannons were photo'd against an all-black background, without enough light as well. The extensive markings all along the top of the Chinese rifled howitzer aren't shown at all, only the trunnion marks which as in other countries only tell you the weight and date. The online catalog makes up for some of the pieces with limited views in the printed catalog, and it does show the marks on the top of the Chinese howitzer. "Strange how they went from a world power to those funny people with wooden shoes and tulips" My theory: Because hardly anyone who wasn't born there can read or understand their language. Now if they'd just adopted Spanish back when there were lots of Spanish soldiers visiting, a couple of centuries back, who could have taught them, they could emigrate to the US and understand all the bilingual signage, and reap many other bennies that the other Spanish-speaking immigrants get. Another thing, their muggers all failed and died out. They could only sneak up on deaf people with those shoes going "KLOP KLOP KLOP."[/QUOTE]
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