General interesting ponderings...

So I was at IWT and suddenly... I was hit by this...

(I can't remember what inspired it..)


Why the Lamb?

Any thoughts?

im not sure jon

i think lamb just tastes better

I gotta admit, Lamb does taste pretty darn awesome!

Does anyone know anyone Greek?

Now they make good lamb!

"Greeks are old philosophers and man lovers, they will not go to war against the Persians"


SPARTAAA

"Greeks are old philosophers and man lovers, they will not go to war against the Persians"


SPARTAAA

Athenians not Greeks Arkle...

Spartans, now those guys are GREEKS!

"The enemy outnumbers us 3 to 1! Good odds for any Greek!" That was one of the best lines of that movie!

lol lol lol ilove you guys

Have you always loved us James? Since birth?



uh oh.....



llll lll

yes jons yes i have i love everyone because thats the way we should be living

a life of love

lol (lots of love)

can i join the conversation, it seems fun.
can i have some love too?
The Spartans are good but the celts would destroy them

Feel free to join the conversation Rob!

But I'm afraid I can only partially agree with you. If we're talking about Celts like the ones the Romans fought they'd loose straight out in an even fight (presuming they don't have any HUGE advantages like surprise, terrain etc.). Keep in mind the Romans were able to hand the Celts their asses as long as they cared to do so. They were well on their way to pacifying all of Scotland up until the 2nd century AD when they just stopped caring and retreated back to Hadrian's wall. Organized troops vs. Unorganized mob will see the Unorganized mob get their asses handed to them every time (unless the Organized troops are unorganized in which case the point is moot). The only reason the Celts became renowned as warriors is because some of them never gave up and continued fighting in a guerilla style inflicting heavy casualties. So in a straight up battle the Celts are set up to fail.

Also keep in mind that the Scots would later adopt the same formation the Greeks used albeit in a different form (schilltron vs. phalanx).

Not to say that different Celts wouldn't totally hand the Spartan's asses to them. Robert the Bruce's schilltron formations were definitely a whole lot lighter and a whole lot better at maneuvering than Spartan phalanxes. Owain Gwyndmyr(?) (I can't remember his last name, but the last king of Wales) anyhow his army would slaughter the Spartans (Spartans =Tanks, Welsh Longbow with Iron tipped arrows = bazooka) not to mention his wicked knifemen (renowned throughout Europe). if they could get inside the Spartan spears. And finally Jacobite Scots (Culloden,) would definitely be able to hand the Spartan's their asses the Highland Charge would totally smash the Spartan lines amongst the sound of bagpipes. Mind you some would say this comparison is moot because none of these Celtic forces existed at the same time as the Spartans.

So in conclusion the Spartans were simply the best Bronze Age fighting force period. (Celts can't actually even be compared to the Spartans because the earliest military records we have of them show them in an Iron Age state of development.)

Just my 2 cents (maybe more but who's counting?)

whoa. that was rob?

what happend to him did he die?



rob what happened to you bro. lets talk.

whooa, that's intense. Jon Pirate N.
I'm glad I played a lot of 'Age of Empires' when I was younger, so at least I understand a bit of what your sayiung about all these celts and spartafreakz. So I just know that the phalanx is pretty strong but slow (<- that's totally based on a computergame, so don't take it serious )
Anyways, I'd allways prefere James' love rather than spears and swords

Man, i just gave my first presentation of my trip to my extended family today (Jon, my uncle who is mennanite, used to live in abbotsford, thinks he recognises you frmo school volleyball games... did you ever play? what school did you go to..) anyways


Man, haha i didn't realise how many pictures can mean the world to me, but not have that much relivance in regards to the time as a whole, like.... haha i donno, lots of examples i guess, but yea it was interesting, I had way to many pictures to show, didn't even get into any of our awsome stories, and ONLY HAD TIME TO SHOW BV1, BV2 would have taken another 10 min, so i dind't get to show it as it was 10pm by the time i got to the end of Vanuatu, people were pumped about it the entire time, but yeaa

I had everyone try tim tam slams. My grandpa and cousin in law was a pro.

man, you guys are all crazy! and man i haven't talked to any of you in ages!

all i really have to say is....hallelujah

oh...wait...

i was just reading back that previous post and i didn't mean hallelujah that i haven't talked to you guys...just that i'm really happy in general...sorry that came out wrong...

yes its me james its been a long time but iv moved and we still dont have internet grrrrrr
im shooked to see that rob posted somthing rob were have you been email me come on