RE: [HoE] the Amish

["Heivilin, Jim" <banzai@missouri.edu>]

The one thing in the recent posts about dynamite (again) was a question
about when blasting caps were invented.  Any ideas/info?

Jim (former 21B5P)

Jim Heivilin, 882-5000
IATS Help Desk, University of Missouri
mailto:banzai@missouri.edu
http://www.missouri.edu/~ccbanzai


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Velkyn@aol.com [mailto:Velkyn@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 5:54 PM
> To: hoe@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [HoE] the Amish
> 
> 
> hello again,
> 
> just was thinking.  The Amish use or used hex signs to 
> protect their barns,
> etc.  I don't have the necessary books to generate the stats, 
> but these signs
> could be potentially used to protect areas and buildings from 
> the various
> nasty things in Deadlands or Hell on Earth.  My husband got 
> me to thinking on
> this from his mentioning a movie called "Warlock" where the 
> hero is aided by a
> Mennonite(we think) who knew all the old signs of demonic 
> presence(curdling
> milk, bread that doesn't rise, etc).
> 
> Also, my husband is/was a combat engineer demolition specialist.  Any
> questions about such things you have, I can run them by him.  
> He was rather
> amused by the blasting cap story.
> 
> velkyn
>