Yet another

[Mark]

Too late to the party, oh well.......

Good job CC!

[cottage cheese]

This particular pistol is in super condition and currently for sale at around £2,500 ( $5,000. ) ......... and that`s not an inflated Indian price !

Only $5000? thats 1.9Lakhs... dirt cheap yaar... we Indians are so used to these prices... I guess none of us batted an eyelid.... go tell the seller we'll take it for 5Ls...and keep the change...

[cottage cheese]

`Bombay Duck` ? That`s that `orrible dried fish thing right ?

Yeh grumps ... its that dried fish - stinker too. But really nice - especially when you wild-cat it with those evil eastern spices

Yum! Haven't had those in ages - both fish and chilli.

Rusty, Love the choice of stinky dried sea stuff down south man. Loved just 'window-shopping' in those road side shops in Bangalore.

Talking of stinky, who's tried Axone? (Pronounced Akhooni) - it's fermented soya-bean...fermented down to a paste. Close in texture to the Japanese 'Natu'. Many NE tribes have this in their traditional kitchen inventory. We Nagas give it it's true meaning ...especially the Axone of the Angami and Sema tribes... man their version is a potent stink monster... closest approximation I can think of is German-shepherd poop. But it really does wonders when its mixed in to flavor our local grub. You end up farting a little more too!

[Grumpy]

"Only $5000? thats 1.9Lakhs... dirt cheap yaar... we Indians are so used to these prices... I guess none of us batted an eyelid.... go tell the seller we'll take it for 5Ls...and keep the change... "

I should point out that $5,000 is almost eight times what an `ordinary` ex-GI issue 1911A1 would cost in the UK.

[cottage cheese]

"Only $5000? thats 1.9Lakhs... dirt cheap yaar... we Indians are so used to these prices... I guess none of us batted an eyelid.... go tell the seller we'll take it for 5Ls...and keep the change... "

I should point out that $5,000 is almost eight times what an `ordinary` ex-GI issue 1911A1 would cost in the UK.

just fooling about...

[Grumpy]

And people wonder why I am not a great lover of Indian food ?

German Shepherd poop `does wonders` when mixed in with the local food apparently. Yes, I`m prepared to accept that............................................Makes it all taste like dog shit perhaps ?

CC, don`t go looking for a job with the Indian Tourist Board - you would ruin Indias tourism industry inside a year !!!

[cottage cheese]

And people wonder why I am not a great lover of Indian food ?

German Shepherd poop `does wonders` when mixed in with the local food apparently. Yes, I`m prepared to accept that............................................Makes it all taste like dog shit perhaps ?

CC, don`t go looking for a job with the Indian Tourist Board - you would ruin Indias tourism industry inside a year !!!

...well I could apply for a job in the xenophobic bandwagon... I believe they are looking for volunteers

[Grumpy]

The `Xenophobic Bandwagon` sounds like a `60s acid rock band !

There`s a technically good..........although - frankly - `nerdy` ( boring ) `American Rifleman` article on the 1911 .455 to be found at :
http://www.nrapublications.org/tar/KingColt2.asp

Here`s a picture ( not a brilliant one I`m afraid ) of a pair of Kongsberg Mod 1914s ( Norwegian made Colt 1911A1s ) of WWII vintage. The lower gun, from c.1941/2, carries NAZI `Waffenamt` stamps.

[Rudra]

Great details Grumps

Rudra