Comments on: Daily Tweets: 7 August 2017

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:59:56 +0000

In reply to Glenda. Thanks Glenda. All these people saying nice things, I'm going to feel really guilty if/when I fall off the wagon!

By: Glenda

Glenda — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:30:14 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to post these tweets Heather. I have not followed the masses into Tweet land but do enjoy looking at the well chosen ones.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:30:54 +0000

In reply to GravelInspectorAidan.

I assumed the armour was ceremonial. Interesting stuff about other armour.

You’re going to have to tell me what a toxophilite is though. It’s 2.30am in NZ right now, and I’m not up to looking it up!

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:26:25 +0000

In reply to Mark R.. Ha! Good caption!

By: Joseph Stans

Joseph Stans — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:16:23 +0000

You are a saint for doing this – especialy when most of the human population wishes he would fallinto an abandoned open pit coal mine in the wilderness.

By: GravelInspectorAidan

GravelInspectorAidan — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:02:44 +0000

Ottoman armour – 18th C. Post flintlock mechanisms, so it’s for ceremonial use, not “battlefield ready”. Chain mail was of decreasing use (shortly followed by plate armour) after the invention of the “bodkin” arrowhead in around 1200CE. Still effective against edge weapons, but one properly laid arrowstorm and you’ve got a battlefield covered in moaning, dieing crow-food.
I don’t know whether the Ottomans had fighting against bodkin-equipped peoples, but it’s not as high tech as the flintlock – or even matchlock.

In other news, yesterday (day before?) Robert Hardy, actor and toxophilite shot off, stage right.

By: Mark R.

Mark R. — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 06:53:17 +0000

Keep up the tweets, it’s a fun diet! 🙂

Nice to see the hoglets healthy.

Re. the cat race caption…how about:

On your mark, get set, meow.

By: rickflick

rickflick — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:14:15 +0000

😎