Valor Ridge bound.

[Righter13]

Got the suv loaded down with 4 rifles and 4 handguns.

Few thousand rounds of ammo.

Chest rigs (won during give away week. Thanks @dougiemac), battle belts and a plate carrier.

6hrs to go on 81

 

[Leshaire]

damn sounds like a blast!

im jelly

 

[Righter13]

Ohh and the wife is riding shotgun.

That phrase comes from horse and carriage days where the person sitting by the driver would carry a shotgun to fend off bandits.

 

[Leshaire]

youre gonna have to fend me off then

been looking for 4 rifles and 4 pistols for free lately

 

[AirOpsMgr]

So you've got "the whole 9 yds?"

Know where that one came from?

 

[rOmiLaYu]

So you've got "the whole 9 yds?"

Know where that one came from?

No one does, interestingly enough.

 

[AirOpsMgr]

No one does, interestingly enough.

Guess it depends on what stories you believe

 

[Righter13]

So you've got "the whole 9 yds?"

Know where that one came from?

In elm school we had to do current events. One week I chose the movie "the whole 9yds" as my current event.

The teacher thought I was talking about something else when i said that phrase.


Know where Jack's "old number 7" comes from?

 

[Righter13]

youre gonna have to fend me off then

been looking for 4 rifles and 4 pistols for free lately

Gotta catch me first.

 

[Leshaire]

Gotta catch me first.

easy enough in my race car

 

[Righter13]

easy enough in my race car
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Close. I'm in a white SUV but not running from the cops.

 

[AirOpsMgr]

In elm school we had to do current events. One week I chose the movie "the whole 9yds" as my current event.

The teacher thought I was talking about something else when i said that phrase.


Know where Jack's "old number 7" comes from?

While it might just be a coincidence, I tend to believe that the whole 9 yards was coined due to ammo belts being 9 yards long and pilots asking ground crews for the whole 9 yards...

As for Jack #7, I thought no one knew for sure, I heard it was the train it was transported on, but that it was never confirmed

 

[Righter13]

While it might just be a coincidence, I tend to believe that the whole 9 yards was coined due to ammo belts being 9 yards long and pilots asking ground crews for the whole 9 yards...

As for Jack #7, I thought no one knew for sure, I heard it was the train it was transported on, but that it was never confirmed

Visited the distillery this summer and you're right no one knows for sure. However their best theory is that 7 was his original tax number before the state changed how you paid taxes to make booze.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Guess it depends on what stories you believe

I was always told that it came from the length of ammo belts in ww2....problem is, the saying predates ww2.

<- etymology nerd

 

[AirOpsMgr]

I was always told that it came from the length of ammo belts in ww2....problem is, the saying predates ww2.

<- etymology nerd

However, the Vickers used 9 yard belts and predates WWII

 

[Hayata]

Safe travels and enjoy @Righter13 !

 

[rOmiLaYu]

However, the Vickers used 9 yard belts and predates WWII

True, but the phrase predates ww1, as well, which was when the vickers was fielded.

 

[AirOpsMgr]

True, but the phrase predates ww1, as well, which was when the vickers was fielded.

Gotcha, probably just a coincidence then.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Gotcha, probably just a coincidence then.

I've always thought it was a chicken and egg thing. Did they make the belts nine yards long because of the expression? Or did the expression come from the length of the belts?

 

[AirOpsMgr]

I've always thought it was a chicken and egg thing. Did they make the belts nine yards long because of the expression? Or did the expression come from the length of the belts?

After doing a bit of interwebz searches, it appears there are all sorts of possibilities.