Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Techno]

Oooh! What colour pills? Got any swapsies?
Stay healthy.
You've got Koreans to make.

Orange & white, Nobby......No. (They didn't half knock my BP down last night ....one extreme to the other...and they're about the lowest strength you can get.)

Ta for the wishes. 

Cheers - Phil

[Techno]

So much for those pills working !

First day they did something...since then my BP seems to be getting higher and higher.
Doesn't help when the internet keeps playing silly b's when I really need it to be working properly.
Thought there was something wrong with the Forum this morning.....But it was the network connection....So goodness knows what I've missed, now. 

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Oh dear!

Back to the people in the white coats for you, Sir. Got to take care of you, you're a national institution.   

Thought there was something wrong with the Forum this morning..

There's something wrong with the Forum every morning. The forum is only right if it's wrong. If it was right, that would be wrong.

[Techno]

Oh dear!
Back to the people in the white coats for you, Sir. Got to take care of you, you're a national institution.

I've got to go back twice next week, Nobby......Once to see nursie for another blood test....and once to see the Doc, once the results are back.
On a brighter note, just had a phone call, which, with a bit of luck might bring my B/P down, as it was promising news.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Happy words on Saturday: "Nothing wrong with your teeth, sir. Go home."

[fsn]

"We'll just pop them back in the box and you can take them home."

[FierceKitty]

There have been times when I've wished that were the case!

[fsn]

What do you think of this?

It' a peace monument in Lebanon. I spotted Charioteer, Sherman, T55, Saladin and more.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/08/hope-for-peace-monument-in-yarze-lebanon.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Give Mart 20 minutes, he will have it in the post to Leon!

[Last Hussar]

Wandering through my blog I found this from a few years back - Not sure I posted it here, but I did promo Pendraken

Wargamers Rhapsody - With apologies to Freddie Mercury...

Is this Renaissance?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a leadslide,
My escape from reality
Put out my figures, but your army's bigger, oh crap,
I'm just a poor bloke, I need more miniatures,
Because I'm easy meat, and paint too slow, don't roll high, always low,
Any way the dice fall doesn't really matter to me,
to me

Oh-no, I just killed a man,
Charged him on too far ahead, rolled my dice, now he's dead
Dammit, the game had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Oh-no, oo-ooh, Didn't mean to make them die,
I've got to play this game again tomorrow,
With no men, with no men, coz nothing now can save me

Too late, my reserves are gone,
I've got Artillery on my ranks, and his cavalry on my flanks.
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to flee,
Gotta leave you all behind and quit the field
Oh hell, oo-ooh, I don't want to lose,
I sometimes wish I'd never played these rules at all
Coz nothing now can save me...

I see a little silhouette of a man,
Minus 2, minus 2, on your combat roll
Agincourt and Crecy, very, very messy
(buy more lead) buy more lead (buy more lead) buy more lead, buy more lead At a show, ow, ow, ow.

I'm just a poor Colonel, everybody beats me
I'm just a poor gamer with a lone sentry,
Spare me my figures from your huge army
Hard to paint, easy lose, will you take a draw
Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw (Let me draw) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh Phil Barker, Phil Barker) 5th edition lets me win
Pendraken has an army put aside for me, for me, for me...

So you think you can flank me and use that old ruse
So you think you can charge me and leave me to lose
Oh, damn it, no matter how much I plan it,
Just gotta pack up, just gotta pack up my men now
Nothing ever works, Anything I try,
Nothing ever works,
Nothing ever works, for me
(Any way the smoke blows)

[paulr]

 

[Techno]

Wandering through my blog I found this from a few years back - Not sure I posted it here, but I did promo Pendraken

Wargamers Rhapsody - With apologies to Freddie Mercury...

Is this Renaissance?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a leadslide,
My escape from reality
Put out my figures, but your army's bigger, oh crap,
I'm just a poor bloke, I need more miniatures,
Because I'm easy meat, and paint too slow, don't roll high, always low,
Any way the dice fall doesn't really matter to me,
to me

Oh-no, I just killed a man,
Charged him on too far ahead, rolled my dice, now he's dead
Dammit, the game had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Oh-no, oo-ooh, Didn't mean to make them die,
I've got to play this game again tomorrow,
With no men, with no men, coz nothing now can save me

Too late, my reserves are gone,
I've got Artillery on my ranks, and his cavalry on my flanks.
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to flee,
Gotta leave you all behind and quit the field
Oh hell, oo-ooh, I don't want to lose,
I sometimes wish I'd never played these rules at all
Coz nothing now can save me...

I see a little silhouette of a man,
Minus 2, minus 2, on your combat roll
Agincourt and Crecy, very, very messy
(buy more lead) buy more lead (buy more lead) buy more lead, buy more lead At a show, ow, ow, ow.

I'm just a poor Colonel, everybody beats me
I'm just a poor gamer with a lone sentry,
Spare me my figures from your huge army
Hard to paint, easy lose, will you take a draw
Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let him draw!) Surrender! We will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw
(Let me draw) Will not let you draw (Let me draw) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh Phil Barker, Phil Barker) 5th edition lets me win
Pendraken has an army put aside for me, for me, for me...

So you think you can flank me and use that old ruse
So you think you can charge me and leave me to lose
Oh, damn it, no matter how much I plan it,
Just gotta pack up, just gotta pack up my men now
Nothing ever works, Anything I try,
Nothing ever works,
Nothing ever works, for me
(Any way the smoke blows)

Absolutely top notch, LH !!

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

 


On a side note: Looks like "Orange is the New Black" will have a surprise guest star next season. 

[Westmarcher]

On a side note: Looks like "Orange is the New Black" will have a surprise guest star next season. 

First, Brexit. Now, Trump. Amazing. 

[Techno]

All.

Can we just be a teeny bit careful starting a discussion regarding the result of the American Election.
I don't want to see a row starting between our good friends, on the forum.

I could see a right royal argument starting, if we're not careful.
I'm sure everyone would like to put their 'two pees worth' into a debate.....But I fear it could easily degenerate into a vitriolic slagging match.

What Westie's put down is absolutely fine, but let's not go down the road of personal abuse, which I could easily see happening.

Cheers - Phil 

[FierceKitty]

First, Brexit. Now, Trump. Amazing. 

The year of idiotic voting.

[Sandinista]

On the plus side TPP is dead in the water

Cheers
Ian

[skywalker]

 

[Leon]

As Phil has already said, let's try and steer clear of the political stuff if possible folks, we'll all have a variety of opinions on what's happened recently but it's something that can get very heated, very quickly.  There's definitely some interesting days ahead for all us, so let's keep to painting our little men and chucking dice at them.

[paulr]

Well said Phil & Leon

But please roll in open space rather than "chucking dice at" figures