>From: KHOCO@aol.com
>Reply-To: KHOCO@aol.com
>To: mporter@zianet.com, Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu
>CC: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: The Origin of Positive Earth?
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:03:40 EDT
>
>Maybe because when you got a big old Lance aimed at your chest backed up by
>a
>thousand pound Horse, the shield takes on a little more importance!
Try more than a ton of horse, rider armor and acoutrements...
In a former life I fought with sword & shield in the Society for Creative
Anachronism. Sheilds are good for hiding... hiding people and weapons. I
believe riding down the left side of a road showed the approaching rider
your intentions... Your right (sword) hand was exposed. No sword = friendly.
Greg "I got better" Petrolati
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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