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Offline KABAR2

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Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« on: January 11, 2012, 03:13:01 PM »
 

 
Sorry cant post  photos as they are on Flicker and seem to be protected..... lots of photos though....\
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meccanohig/sets/72157623910104603/
 
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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2012, 04:38:40 PM »
When you are starving and riding donkeys to work a cannon has little value.

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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012, 04:51:16 PM »
Better like this than heading for a foundry.
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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2012, 05:42:58 PM »
When you are starving and riding donkeys to work a cannon has little value.

So we sponser a group buy and there could be a few less starving for a while.........  ::)
Mr president I do not cling to either my gun or my Bible.... my gun is holstered on my side so I may carry my Bible and quote from it!

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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2012, 05:46:28 PM »
They should at least mummify it....sacrilege!

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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2012, 05:57:47 PM »
When you are starving and riding donkeys to work a cannon has little value.

So we sponser a group buy and there could be a few less starving for a while.........  ::)


My guess with way things are there now, you could buy all of them and have them loaded for a sawbuck.
They would probably load them with one donkey.

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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2012, 08:58:51 PM »
So we sponsor a group buy and there could be a few less starving for a while.

You would probably have to pay some government official to get this kind of thing out of the country and then the money would go to someone who already eats off the fat of the land.
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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2012, 11:00:51 AM »
Guaranteed you would have had to talk to this man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahi_Hawass

Now it would almost be anybodies guess as to who to speak with.  Maybe even the British as they might just still own those guns.
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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2012, 01:29:53 PM »
Guaranteed you would have had to talk to this man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahi_Hawass

Now it would almost be anybodies guess as to who to speak with.  Maybe even the British as they might just still own those guns.

I doubt the Brits have any claim on them... and I doubt the minister of antiqueties cares much for this iron it's not old enough........
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Re: Unloved cannon in Egypt....
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 03:10:49 PM »
that pretty neat yeah  would be way kool  get these saved 1870 was a date on one of them not old enouf for the brits but for us stte side it is