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Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.
Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)
The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.
You guessed it!
British lost again!
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #1 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 5:53pm » |
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May I ask....who gives a fuck? 
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 6:00pm » |
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The British
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #3 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 6:01pm » |
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Yup......they asses ran for the ocean.....LOL
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #4 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 6:37pm » |
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And for goodness sakes don't plan on spending the FOURTH of JULY in England. Been there, done that -- they really weren't very nice about our independence -- BBC still refers to us as the colonies...
Got really pissed when I asked where the firecrackers were being sold........
Another "UGLY AMERICAN" heard from... 
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« Reply #5 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 6:54pm » |
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on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:39pm, don wrote:| Just finished a Safety Awareness event! |
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Did you start your tenent sensitivity training course yet???
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #6 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 6:56pm » |
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on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:39pm, don wrote:Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.
Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)
The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.
You guessed it!
British lost again! |
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Let's see... just finished, safety awareness, a shot, obligatory engagement, guess what, British lost again.
Hmmm
You just finished a talk about condoms, went home had a shot to drink because you're obliged to get engaged, I'll guess because you're pregnant, and then you lost your Jaguar again somewhere.
oh wait, I'm thinking about your thrill on Blueberry Hill.
We're safe again for another year from left side driving, way to go Don! 
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« Reply #7 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 7:14pm » |
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Quote:Did you start your tenent sensitivity training course yet???
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Yes.
Now I will teach them how to insulate the refridgerator box they will be living in when they fuck up.
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #8 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 7:18pm » |
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Don writes Quote:Just finished a Safety Awareness event on Bunker Hill.
Shot heard round the world. (Really it was Breeds Hill but we dont tell anybody that)
The obligatory re-enactment of the Colonial/British engagement.
You guessed it!
British lost again! |
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Please tell me I wasn't the only one that didn't see that coming. God, I'm gettin slow. 
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« Reply #9 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 7:18pm » |
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Thata boy LMMFAO, they have no idea who they're going up against do they 
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #10 on: Jun 11th, 2005, 10:11pm » |
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on Jun 11th, 2005, 7:18pm, Sean_C wrote:| Thata boy LMMFAO, they have no idea who they're going up against do they |
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Yeah, a bunch of farmers that learned from the indians that you DO NOT stand in a line and fire your rifle, you hide and ambush the fuckers.....LMMFAO
Thats the only reason we won that one.
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« Reply #11 on: Jun 12th, 2005, 10:06am » |
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High ground.
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #12 on: Jun 12th, 2005, 10:23am » |
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on Jun 11th, 2005, 5:39pm, don wrote:
Pssst...the Brits won
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« Reply #13 on: Jun 12th, 2005, 10:37am » |
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he victory won by the British at Bunker Hill3 was a costly one. They lost in killed and wounded 1054 men, one tenth of whom were officers. Pitcairn was among the dead. Howe was wounded in the foot.
The victory enabled the English to hold Boston for nine months longer, but the moral effect lay wholly with the Americans, whose loss was 449. At Bunker Hill they had discovered their own prowess, their ability to stand before the regulars; and Bunker Hill became a rallying cry of the patriots in every contest of the war.
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« Reply #14 on: Jun 12th, 2005, 11:00am » |
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They eventually took the hill but it weren't easy. It was this battle that established just what the Brits were up against.
We physically lost the hill but morally deflated the Bits. They were never quite the same. They needed a lot of prednisone.
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #15 on: Jun 12th, 2005, 11:13am » |
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Did you ever see The Bunker Hill show?...that dude was funny
Bunker Hill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston. Although it is known as Bunker Hill, most of the action was on Breed's Hill. British forces under General Howe drove the American militia from fortified positions on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill. The battle was a Pyrrhic victory for Howe. His immediate objective was achieved, but the attack demonstrated the American will to stand in pitched battle, caused substantial British casualties, and did not change the status of the siege. After the battle, British General Henry Clinton remarked in his diary that "....another such victory and we are utterly undone."
The Americans had lost all fire discipline. In traditional battles of the 18th century, companies of men fired, reloaded, and moved on specific orders, as they had been trained. After their initial volley, the Americans all fought as individuals, and every man fired as quickly as he could reload and find a target. The British withdrew almost to their original positions on the peninsula to regroup.
Hee Hee Hee
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #16 on: Jun 13th, 2005, 12:13am » |
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I had an Aunt that never let it go that when she went to a library somewhere in England, thar books on us were indeed listed under "Colonies."
It was a big club though.
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #17 on: Jun 13th, 2005, 2:00pm » |
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #18 on: Jun 13th, 2005, 2:19pm » |
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If I could understand a word of it I might be offended!
I've decided the best "revenge" if that's what is needed is to turn up!
I'll be there Linda, I'm really looking forward to meeting you !
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Re: Battle on Bunker Hill
« Reply #19 on: Jun 13th, 2005, 2:35pm » |
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Why this thing reminds me of one fellow abroad who tried to preach me Finland's history.... Like he knew it better than me!
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