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Originally Posted by Manav
Hi Richard - If it makes you feel any better you arent the only one 
My horror tale
Btw - Love the centurion outfit |
Thanks, Yugant - your mishap was a lot worse than mine; I was appalled when I read it! And there was that other story of the screw on the Losmandy dovetail plate stopping the OTA from crashing to the ground...Wow...All sickening stuff.
Glad you like the armour - it's actually a very expensive piece of replica Roman armour (the only one in Australia, as far as I know). It is an almost identical replica (but in electroplated gold and silver on 18-gauge steel) of the breastplate on the statue of Augustus (Rome's first emperor) of Prima Porta now housed in the Vatican Museum. Take a look at the photos and compare the breastplates. I sometimes wore this for my students at college where I taught Roman Politics and History (Ancient Civilisations) until a few months ago, when I retired
(see the Vatican original too).
Cheers,
Richard