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Wider Wargaming => General Discussion => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2015, 01:28:29 PM

Title: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2015, 01:28:29 PM
A picture from Florence. :(
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Zippee on 07 January 2015, 03:27:40 PM
you had a point I presume

I only ask because it missed. . .
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Post by: Leman on 07 January 2015, 03:35:40 PM
That GW's tentacles reach everywhere, even defacing such Renaissance splendour as Florence.
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Post by: Ithoriel on 07 January 2015, 03:55:59 PM
Other breaking news!! Water wet! Elvis still dead! :)
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Post by: Bodvoc on 07 January 2015, 04:21:39 PM
I didn't realise that GW sold scooters!
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 07 January 2015, 04:26:32 PM
No doubt with a Mc'Donalds on one side and a Starbucks on the other.

No Aztecs though.

IanS
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: DanJ on 07 January 2015, 04:59:14 PM
Really suprised it's still open, I thought GW had pulled most of its European shops and I'd have thought the Italian youth had better taste than to play anything GW produced.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Leon on 07 January 2015, 05:55:50 PM
We can beat that...

(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/Forum%20Stuff/NiagaraPendraken_zps0a806681.jpg)

8)
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Leman on 07 January 2015, 05:56:55 PM
Maybe it's just that one youth, Giusseppe Misspento.
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Post by: Ithoriel on 07 January 2015, 06:17:24 PM
Quote from: Leon on 07 January 2015, 05:55:50 PM
We can beat that...

(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/Forum%20Stuff/NiagaraPendraken_zps0a806681.jpg)

8)

You've just photoshopped out the crowd of eager buyers so we can see the company logo haven't you! You can't fool me, I recognize a photoshopped image when I see one  :P
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: fsn on 07 January 2015, 09:14:45 PM
Sad thing is, Leon was supposed to be in Luton. Took a wrong turn at Hull.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Luddite on 07 January 2015, 09:32:57 PM
High Force has perked up since the last time i was out there...
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Leon on 07 January 2015, 10:59:06 PM
Quote from: Luddite on 07 January 2015, 09:32:57 PM
High Force has perked up since the last time i was out there...

Global warming...   ;)
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 January 2015, 08:54:04 AM
The guy in the background with the trolly seems to have bought half the store...
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 January 2015, 09:34:56 AM
Thats not a 10mm figure in the trolly.....

IanS
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Post by: Norm on 03 February 2015, 09:00:57 AM
Another wargame shop on the high street - good news story. That reminds me, I need another detail brush.
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Post by: Westmarcher on 03 February 2015, 10:24:57 AM
FK - is that your photograph of GW in Florence? If so, can you recommend any good restaurants there? My wife and I were there years (and years) ago and the only one that was both good and reasonably priced (for Florence that is) that I recall was the Cinghiale Bianco (The White Boar).
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: FierceKitty on 03 February 2015, 10:39:41 AM
There was a pleasant place in a small square on the other side of the Bridge of Sighs. Fish soup, gnocchi with shredded duck topping, and lots more. Also an amazing house mix; I really didn't think I'd ever hear Westminster Cathedral again! But I don't recall the name. It was on our way from the Baptistery to see the Brancacci Chapel.
We based ourselves in Siena, just doing day trips to the rest of Tuscany. There is no lovelier city on this planet, in my by now far from limited experience.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Westmarcher on 03 February 2015, 10:58:00 AM
Thanks. Like you possibly(?) we used the rail network, using Florence as a base with Sienna for the day and Pisa at the end. I know which bridge you mean. If you recall the name, be sure and let me know. Regards.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Last Hussar on 03 February 2015, 02:32:03 PM
Quote from: Leon on 07 January 2015, 05:55:50 PM
We can beat that...

(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/Forum%20Stuff/NiagaraPendraken_zps0a806681.jpg)

8)

Was going to say that's obviously a 'shop.  But actually it's more of a stall.
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Post by: Westmarcher on 03 February 2015, 03:13:18 PM
Aha! Now I see your nefarious plan.
You're cunningly using the stall to divert our attention away from the appalling scale creep on that helicopter!
Did you think we would fall for that?  :>

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Post by: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 08:46:56 AM
WINCHESTER. My bad.
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Post by: Techno on 05 February 2015, 10:59:01 AM
Oh no !!......Not THAT tune !
I'll be humming that all sodding day, now !
I'll put Dark Side Of The Moon on continuous play, to drive it out.
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 11:00:30 AM
Ugh. Cure worse than disease!
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 11:05:14 AM
I just realised. That object to the left of the stall is not a large toy helicopter!  ??? (and what I thought was the rotor is the shadow of a guy!)   
:-[ :-[

No wonder my painting style is euphemistically described as Picassoesque!  :-B
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Techno on 05 February 2015, 11:06:14 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 11:00:30 AM
Ugh. Cure worse than disease!
I think not !!  ;)
A vo de oh doh !........AAAARGH !!!

See what you've done now !!......Must resist...Must resist !!
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 11:12:33 AM
Am I bringing you down?
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Post by: Techno on 05 February 2015, 12:23:18 PM
AAARGH !!
Stop it !!
I can even remember the first line ! (Nice quote  ;)).....

Must go to Status Quo.....Down, down, deeper and down.....
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: getagrip on 05 February 2015, 12:26:08 PM
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 11:05:14 AM
I just realised. That object to the left of the stall is not a large toy helicopter!  ??? (and what I thought was the rotor is the shadow of a guy!)   
:-[ :-[

;D ;D ;D

It really does look like one :)
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Leman on 05 February 2015, 02:04:46 PM
Now all i see is a helicopter.
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 02:20:41 PM
What you need, Techno, is a soothing session of late Beethoven string quartets while sculpting meso-Americans.
(Hmmm, my baby is leaving town tomorrow for a few days. Now everyone knows just how much I need that gal....)
Title: Re: I hate to rain on the parade....
Post by: Hertsblue on 06 February 2015, 09:40:42 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 11:12:33 AM
Am I bringing you down?

Yes, and the rest of the duvet.....