Mine is boring compared to some of the stories on here - My name is Steve White and yt is only slightly better than whitey which is the name I was called while at school.... oh on stars I use yt_sbw because my middle initial is B (for Barry - Barry White the walrus of love! ahem, and also my Dads name so I proudly tell people who sing "can't get enough of your love baby" to me. Daddy dear is now dead -a dodgy Liver - too much booze. So take the piss with caution I also add to them!)
Incidentally the death certificate on a Liver failure victim doesn't really state the truth. The mode of death is actually dehydration as the poor Liver function causes the kidneys to fail and your body no longer processes the fuild you take in. You may as well be dying out in a desert. Ease off on that last pint people, it's not pleasant.
On a lighter note! -
BTW I thought Karabiner was this -
karabiner - an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
but did a search and its also a ton of other things! -
The Karabiner 98k was the standard weapon of the German infantery in the Second World War. The Karabiner 98k is a pepeating rifle. It means that after every shot it is necessary to load manual the next projectile from the magazine. The Karabiner 98k is a shortened version of the Mauser rifle 98. The Mauser rifle 98 was 1.25 m long and the Karabiner 98k is 1.11 m long. The letter k stands for the German word "kurz" (English: short). The repeating system Mauser is until today the best of the world. The Karabiner 98k could also be provided with a sight and then it could be used as a sniper rifle.
It's even on screwfix! -
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=C0R5S4Q1WNKLNCJO2C4CIIQ?id=64670&ts=94427Lightweight, extremely strong and hardwearing Aluminium Karabiner. Screw locking, it operates with two deliberate actions. - Would that be CHECK and RAISE?