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Offline cannonmn

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If I could just take one cannon home from the Naval Academy....
« on: August 07, 2008, 03:47:08 PM »
...it'd be this one, a 12-pounder cast by Cubas in Lima, Peru in 1673.   Talk about "high relief" design!  The Academy has so many cannons they make benches out of 'em.  The bench across the walkway has the twin to this cannon.

http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/cannonmn/miscforumsetc/forums18/?action=view&current=ab5f0c0c.pbw
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Offline dan610324

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Re: If I could just take one cannon home from the Naval Academy....
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 11:55:51 AM »
if they got so many , tell them to send me one also  ;D
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Dan Pettersson
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Re: If I could just take one cannon home from the Naval Academy....
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2008, 12:46:20 PM »
Cannon bench has whoopie cushion joke potential, LOTS OF IT!
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