Author Topic: What Color Should the Big French Mortar Bed be? (Read 5427 times)

RocklockI · « **Reply #60 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:03:00 PM »

i will second that ! it does need a name . i know for absolute sure mike would certainly enjoy that task .

he's been offering suggestions all along , he's earned this right in my opinion .

it should be a ....swarthy name of meaning and dignity , like mike has said ....'this son of a ritch has been the stupidist thing you ever did .' it doesnt really roll off the tongue but it does have a certain purpose and authority of '....the old salt....'

lets see what does tsoabhbtstyed ....pronouned Tsobatstyed ......Tisobatstied ,,,yeppppp thats her alright ....

IIRC that was a creature of mythic lore .......yea sure they were .

now that was a good idea you had mike

now there have been many other suggestions mike has offered many far more ...colorful ,to where the the air atually turned blue . .....thats my fav. 'old blue' as its black as the ace of spades ....and i might get a reply from the ...'founder of the feast'

SO mike what will the new mortar be named , i've tried to be of help but it is your call . ...'cover yer ears darling ....'

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on July 24, 2009, 04:27:19 PM

NOW for the important question, now that the color has been chosen, applied and discussed ---

What is the motar's NAME? "she" or "it" just doesn't do it; it HAS to have a personalized name!

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #61 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:41:42 PM »

Quote from: RocklockI on July 24, 2009, 06:03:00 PM

i will second that ! it does need a name .

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on July 24, 2009, 04:27:19 PM
NOW for the important question, now that the color has been chosen, applied and discussed ---
What is the motar's NAME? "she" or "it" just doesn't do it; it HAS to have a personalized name!

How about The Gullywhomper!!!!!!!!!!!

carronader · « **Reply #62 on:** July 25, 2009, 12:20:06 AM »

' The Moderator ' or 'Ugly Betty' seriously though, cars,ships etc. somehow are just female, the brute looks a bit like............' you wouldn't listen to Momma...........so I sent for Poppa.' got to be a male.

Victor3 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:16:57 AM »

"Bétonnière"

No offense intended, but it does kinda look like one. And considering the projectile material.....

Double D · « **Reply #64 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:20:59 AM »

Quote from: Victor3 on July 25, 2009, 01:16:57 AM

"Bétonnière"

No offense intended, but it does kinda look like one. And considering the projectile material.....

Yes!!! and you have to look it up to figure it out!!!!!

KABAR2 · « **Reply #65 on:** July 25, 2009, 06:33:59 AM »

I was thinking "THUMPER"......... But Bétonnière is a winner!

and it sort of looks like one too!

dan610324 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 25, 2009, 07:12:30 AM »

how about "my darling bastard" ??

of corse its a she
reminds me a little of an old russian wrestling women on steroids

Spuddy · « **Reply #67 on:** July 25, 2009, 09:56:06 AM »

How about "Mort"?

dan610324 · « **Reply #68 on:** July 25, 2009, 10:16:13 AM »

or "Tiny"

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #69 on:** July 25, 2009, 04:04:58 PM »

or: Big Bertha

RocklockI · « **Reply #70 on:** July 25, 2009, 06:44:54 PM »

i've changed my mind after todays visit i am sure capt. ahab (sp) has nothing on tracy right now ...

"Moby Dick" ( a take off on truth and the whistling dick of lore) is my name for the great white whale . of course the white whale is black in this case , but it doesnt matter .

and capt. tracy and first mate (grudgonly ) mike will spear the the beast and follow it to it's doom .

but as mike has been held hostage to Moby and is really a smee to tracys hook he should live to prosper

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i just hope tracy doesnt get tanged up in the ropes and go to the brimmy deep with .."moby" ....
say a large river on the way back ........ or even a ticking crocodile ......i'm just sayin .....

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #71 on:** July 27, 2009, 05:51:21 AM »

Mike and I sure want to thank all of you for helping us with the color and now, thanks to Gary, aka RocklockI, a name. Mike and I have called it many Names, but usually uncomplimentary names like "that bastard" or get that "SOB" out of my way, etc. It's as if, as it keeps getting bigger and bigger, we get more and more irritated, as we are always tripping over it or one of it's parts which are always in the way. So we will call it "La Bete" as in the title to that old silent film, "La Belle et la Bete", "The Beauty and the Beast". The 1908 version or a portion of it still exists, French made and features a beast of a Beast. Most people are familiar with the 1946 remake which is spectacular and is very, very well done and "Beauty" is really beautiful.

La Bete and all of it's beastly parts, fixtures and associated crap will be OUT-OF-THE-SHOP by Tuesday, so says MIKE!! And Gary is correct, Mike has promised to wring my neck if I ever start another large, all consuming, project like this one has become, ever again. I'm anxious to get back to miniatures too, having gained volumes of respect for those makers who make the full size guns.

We have the end in sight now, having successfully drilled the vent last night at 10 PM! We hope to PROOF TEST it on Wednesday or Thursday. The last batch of construction photos will be posted tonight on the other thread, mostly baseplate and tube machining pics. We thank the good Lord above that we didn't break a drill off in the vent! Always a worry, but certainly a big one for the full size cannon maker!

Regards,

Mike and Tracy

RocklockI · « **Reply #72 on:** July 27, 2009, 06:59:03 AM »

what would possese you to credit me with the name .....

i said moby dick .

unless somehow you tranlated that into the beast . but thanks anyway

RocklockI · « **Reply #73 on:** July 27, 2009, 07:01:31 AM »

my quills all got wet last night in the rain . i only have about 4 dry straws to do over ......

DD how fast can you overnight some to me ?

Double D · « **Reply #74 on:** July 27, 2009, 10:21:53 AM »

Well lets see...how many do you need?

RocklockI · « **Reply #75 on:** July 27, 2009, 11:32:51 AM »

ummmmm never mind ......they all got better and delivered to tracy...

he took some photos of the complete barrel assy...... wow thats a mothergun for sure .

even got the powder can for size ....down in the bottom of the chamber !

Cannoneer · « **Reply #76 on:** July 27, 2009, 06:37:35 PM »

I began to wonder (after reading the posts about naming the mortar) if it was the French military, press, or public that originally started to call it the "Monster Mortar," and if the word monster was only used descriptively, or if it was used like a nick name. In any case, you'd have to admit that there's not a great difference in the definitions given for the words "Monster," and "Beast."

Victor3 · « **Reply #77 on:** July 27, 2009, 11:24:47 PM »

"Mike has promised to wring my neck if I ever start another large, all consuming, project like this one has become, ever again."

I figured by now it might possibly have become like that old saying about having a child....

"Wouldn't trade him for a million dollars. Wouldn't give a nickel for another one."

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #78 on:** July 28, 2009, 12:38:55 AM »

Quote from: Victor3 on July 27, 2009, 11:24:47 PM

"Mike has promised to wring my neck if I ever start another large, all consuming, project like this one has become, ever again."

I figured by now it might possibly have become like that old saying about having a child....
...

So, Victor, what do you think their next large, all conuming project will be?

KABAR2 · « **Reply #79 on:** July 28, 2009, 01:00:55 AM »

As much as M&T complain about the project and how it has taken over their lives I think they have been bitten by the full scale artillery bug,
once they fire this this beastie there will be no turning back........

I see a full scale water cored coastal Artillery piece in their future......... which means a new truck and a 5th wheel rig to haul it to Montana next year.........

DD your going to need a longer range and bigger targets!.........

Victor3 · « **Reply #80 on:** July 28, 2009, 01:05:30 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on July 28, 2009, 12:38:55 AM

Quote from: Victor3 on July 27, 2009, 11:24:47 PM
"Mike has promised to wring my neck if I ever start another large, all consuming, project like this one has become, ever again."

I figured by now it might possibly have become like that old saying about having a child....
...

So, Victor, what do you think their next large, all conuming project will be?

I dunno....

If it were me at the end of a project like that it wouldn't be anything "all consuming" but might involve "consuming all" of something in a glass container.

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