Covid-19

[paulr]

btw, this is my 3000th post.

Congratulations on the promotion

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Likewise

[mmcv]

Congratulations Sir

[Norm]

I have been impressed at the number of wargame traders that have kept product flowing and for Royal Mail and various carrier services to get them to my door in what I have thought has been in prompt fashion.

Thank you and well done to all of those people from start to finish who have been involved in all of that. ....... now comes the slow bit, me painting and stuff! :-)

[Raider4]

And I've been impressed by the number of people like bus drivers who are keeping things going.

I can't think of anywhere worse to be at the moment than a crowded bus or train, but some people still need to get to work.

[toxicpixie]

I've so far resisted ordering anything, as with a newborn in the house and being full time on work still I can't get thru what I've got already...

My resolve is cracking tho, sister & B-i-L asked me what I wanted for birthday then told me to order it so I've some P51's & Fw190's on the way

In digging thru my lead pile I also found the lovely Pendraken Aztec's I never quite finished so I must sort those, then maybe a small game in the back bedroom I can drop in and out of... ofc I promptly dropped a strip and ran them over with my office chair, so I'll have to rescue them first and hope their ankles don't snap >_<

Edit: P51's just arrived, they'll go in quarantine for a day then I might get 'em sorted FOR my birthday, hohoho.

Also, yes, this has shown who the real valuable members of society are - the nurses, the bus drivers, the supermarket staff etc.

[John Cook]

We just need to avoid getting into any Johnson/Corbyn/Sturgeon/A.N.Other bashing because of personal political views, as that'll cause friction and endless debates that can quickly turn into arguments.  I think we can discuss the current situation and the government response to it around the world, but we need to be mindful that other people may have different (and potentially strong) opinions.

Other people's opinions are WRONG! 

[Raider4]

My resolve is cracking tho, sister & B-i-L asked me what I wanted for birthday then told me to order it so I've some P51's & Fw190's on the way

Currently have no interest in anything wargaming - don't know if it's related to current situation or not, just no interest - but I do have the feeling I ought to be doing 'something'.

Stumbled across a Youtube video from the Budget Model Railways team - now I'm planning a small train layout, and bidding low on Hornby wagons from the 70's that I remember on eBay - won a couple so far for basically nothing but postage! Still have a couple (or seven . . .) locomotives that I've accumulated over the years, but next to no track. Planning's fun mind.

[hammurabi70]

First TESCO shop since lockdown.  One-way system operating with social distancing.  First ignored by about one-third of shoppers and the second by two-thirds.  Given the general level of conforming I thought this disappointing in a key public meeting area.  I gather that public behaviour in the World Wars was not as honourable as the public myths so perhaps no change after all.

So, is it:
World War One - the Great Imperialist War
World War Two - the Great Patriotic War
World War Three - the Cold War
World War Four - the Pandemic War

[Norm]

Currently have no interest in anything wargaming - don't know if it's related to current situation or not, just no interest - but I do have the feeling I ought to be doing 'something'.

Stumbled across a Youtube video from the Budget Model Railways team - now I'm planning a small train layout, and bidding low on Hornby wagons from the 70's that I remember on eBay - won a couple so far for basically nothing but postage! Still have a couple (or seven . . .) locomotives that I've accumulated over the years, but next to no track. Planning's fun mind.

Have a look at the website for transport models  (Preston UK), they are mainly a rail model outlet and they have a 25% sale at the moment, might be the time to buy some track. They posted to me within 2 days.

I bought 6 lengths of straight track from Hattons (Liverpool UK) the other day, at £2 at around 13" a section (is that good?) for a 20mm game. It arrived well packaged after just two days of the order going in.

[toxicpixie]

Currently have no interest in anything wargaming - don't know if it's related to current situation or not, just no interest - but I do have the feeling I ought to be doing 'something'.

Stumbled across a Youtube video from the Budget Model Railways team - now I'm planning a small train layout, and bidding low on Hornby wagons from the 70's that I remember on eBay - won a couple so far for basically nothing but postage! Still have a couple (or seven . . .) locomotives that I've accumulated over the years, but next to no track. Planning's fun mind.

Y'know, the model railway stores I've occasionally ordered scenery etc from over the years have started up sending me emails and offers - I guess it's a common thing atm

Hammurabi - IIRC the crime stats the '40s were the most lawless decade last century, closely followed by the '50s. And most casualties in the Blitz were from panic stampedes etc, so yeah.We've done an excellent job propagandising ourselves, right up to being a plucky tiny island standing alone, and conveniently forgetting the entire European merchant marine joined us, the Dutch Empire funnelled vast amounts of raw materiel straight into our factories, we reshaped the financial markets to rob South America blind and then make them buy UK goods in recompense afterwards. And that's before you hit the "official" Empire and Dominions!

[flamingpig0]

We've done an excellent job propagandising ourselves, right up to being a plucky tiny island standing alone,

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During the last few I was  shocked at  the number of  people I met who believed that WW2   was more or less won prior to the Unites States joining the war.

[Orcs]

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During the last few I was  shocked at  the number of  people I met who believed that WW2   was more or less won prior to the Unites States joining the war.

Makes a change to the American view, that they made up the whole of the allied army.

[FierceKitty]

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During the last few I was  shocked at  the number of  people I met who believed that WW2   was more or less won prior to the Unites States joining the war.

It was. By the Russians.

[toxicpixie]

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During the last few I was  shocked at  the number of  people I met who believed that WW2   was more or less won prior to the Unites States joining the war.

Given the vast amounts of war materiel they provided even from well before their actual fighting arrival, they pretty much joined off the bat. They just wanted cold hard cash to do so

I was interested to read a bit ago about their "Neutrality Patrols" in the North Sea circa 1940-41. The US Navy was seemingly quite aware that they'd be fighting the Germans at some point and happy to do their bit to relieve pressure on the Royal Navy by tootling their capital units and escorts up and down the North Sea and Channel and daring the Germans to have a go!

Probably the only likely scenario where the major USN and Kriegsmarine surface units might actively have gotten into a fight...

Even later, Normandy and NWE was what, about 60-75% Commonwealth in numbers of men on the ground?

And yes, I'd agree FK