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Old 12-20-2006, 09:38 AM   #9
barefoot serpent
go ahead, abbrev. it
 
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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
does anyone know why exactly fourteen pounds to the stone, and not a dozen, nor eighteen?
the standard cannon ball weight for a ship-of-the-line?
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