We took an overnight trip to historic Charleston South Carolina. Apparently there was a war there slightly before I was born. They still had a couple cannons by the water. I tried them on and decided that size really does matter...

 

Hey, Carmen, is it the photo or did you lose the beard?

 

That second cannon seems to be on Viagra...

 

I was at that exact spot last October! Stayed in Charleston for 3-4 days (in a B&B near the college). What a great place to visit. You have shorts on, but it was windy and chilly- we froze!
Ft. Sumner was very interesting too. "Where the first shot was fired".
What did you see?

 

Wasn't the first shot fired on the old North bridge in Concord?

edit--or was that the "shot heard 'round the world?" Or are they both one in the same?

 

Carmen,

Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on which side one is on) size does matter when it comes to guns of this sort. This is not an attempt to hi-jack your thread, but shows the evolution of the gun (cannon).

The sixteen inch guns on the legendary battleship the USS Missouri (where the surrender agreement ending WWII was signed on her forward deck) where capable of hurling an 1800 LB shell twenty-two miles! In other words, that is like shooting a 70's VW Super Beetle twenty-two miles.



P.S. That is the USS Arizona Memorial in the foreground just off the port bow.

 

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Great pics Carmen, does Suzanne know that you are "advertising"

 

Suzanne saw these pics and ran for the hills . . .

 

Very impressive. But if it doesn't go away within four hours, call your doctor.