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| I've been trying to nail down Ronnie for ''months''. His "milky blue stare", his drawly manner and his habit of looking cold-blooded have proved to be a swine. I hope you think I've done a fair job. -- [[User:Knmatt]]
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| Not a bad job at all!
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| Speaking of aristocratic army officers who use their personal fortunes to enhance the style without bothering too much about the substance, and who led their men to a glorious defeat in which they sustained more causalties than the enemy...
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| The original owner of the "milky blue stare", his drawly manner and his habit of looking cold-blooded.... a shame the portrait is of him aged seventy, with the whiskers taking over his face...[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brudenell%2C_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan]
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| The same chap, but as he would have looked leading the Light Brigade to a moral victory over those cowardly Russian guns...[http://www.oldlambourne.co.uk/cardigan.html]
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| Can't help seeing Rust-like qualities in Lord Cardigan! --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 21:55, 13 December 2007 (CET)
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| :Another Roundworld inspiration: {{wp|John Shelton (British Army officer)|Col. John Shelton}} --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 21:51, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
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| A tenuous one, but consider:
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| ''Rust'' is created by the oxidation of ''Iron''. I)Ron(nie) Rust: Iron Rust. The name is a comment on the character: the strength of iron, yes, but eroded and corrupted over time until all you see is a flaky, crusty, mass of sharp brittle crystals? (Capable of cutting, yes, but ineffectual if hit in the right place)--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 12:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
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