Unutterably Silly The Saint Leslie Chateris

[montsnmags]

Tee hee.....you're all old.

Cheers,
Marc

[Slite]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Tee hee.....you're all old.

Cheers,
Marc

Watch it youngster, or I'll run you over with my zimmer frame!

(muttering in old mans voice)
Damn whippersnappers, no respect for their elders... In my days we never would have mouthed off like that... whats the world coming too?

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

That's why I named Captain Carolyn Kestral after a bird of prey.

Isn't the bird of prey a 'kestrel', rather than 'kestral' - or is that how it's spelt in the US?

If I was going to have all-action hero named after a bird of prey I'd call him Peregrine.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Isn't the bird of prey a 'kestrel', rather than 'kestral' - or is that how it's spelt in the US?

If I was going to have all-action hero named after a bird of prey I'd call him Peregrine.

And you'd get your butt sued by the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien

I think you can use both Kestrel and Kestral actually.

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Tee hee.....you're all old.

Cheers,
Marc

Just you wait, Marc. You'll be old too. Unless you're dead first.
Old is definitely better.

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by Slite

And you'd get your butt sued by the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien

I think you can use both Kestrel and Kestral actually.

Peregrine was also used by George R.R. Martin's Wildcards series.

Re spelling: As long as the reference is clear, it's not important. (Hawke... Gunn... etc)

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

If I was going to have all-action hero named after a bird of prey I'd call him Peregrine.

If I wanted to have a cool all-action hero with a bird-of-prey name, I wouldn't give him the first name of Carolyn!

I liked Kestral for a number of reasons: It is a bird of prey, though not a large one (which, to me, fit the female character better); It's rarely been used for a literary character; It sounded like a credible last name; and It was easy to type.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Just you wait, Marc. You'll be old too. Unless you're dead first.
Old is definitely better.

I'm sorry, but you'll have to provide references to your data. I think a minimum data set of about a thousand each of the experiences of both variables would be required to draw any kind of conclusion. The "old" shouldn't be difficult, but if you're having any difficulty with the "dead", might I direct you towards to MPAA and RIAA's legal advisors.

Cheers,
Marc ("People try to put us down...")

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I'm sorry, but you'll have to provide references to your data. I think a minimum data set of about a thousand each of the experiences of both variables would be required to draw any kind of conclusion. The "old" shouldn't be difficult, but if you're having any difficulty with the "dead", might I direct you towards to MPAA and RIAA's legal advisors.

I think the fact that you simply can't convince a dead person to tell you how good death is, pretty much says it all.

[pshrynk]

\conspiracy\
Ronald Reagan kept saying how much he was enjoying himself. Even after he was shot in front of the DC Hilton.
\conspiracy off\