"keep in mind that my wife assures me that I am often wrong...about most everything...If I could, gentlemen... it was common for the French (and a few other nations) to run the breech rope through the carriage - it was an English (and American) practice to rig the guns through eyebolts and around the corbel on the barrel. Having now shared this, keep in mind that my wife assures me that I am often wrong...about most everything....
." floored me absolutely, The Truth of all Truths in a married life. Amen! 
