Can't believe this is my 10,000th post. :o
Especially as I said to Leon, before I joined, that forums 'weren't my scene'.
It's you lots fault for making it so much fun.....and interesting.
Cheers - Field Marshall III
Mine's a big stiff one..... and my drinks Rum ;)
Great news, but the snug is getting a little crowded now there is three of us! Whose next?
Mines a large Virgin Mary!
Congrats Techno!
And shame on you Nosher..... ;D
Good stuff, congrats sir!
:-bd
Well done sir!
Congrats, Phil! <:-P
Today, Field Marshall. Tomorrow ..... er, what's next? :-\
What surprises me is that no-one been reduced to the ranks ... yet.
Quote from: Westmarcher on 03 September 2015, 05:21:49 PM
... er, what's next? :-\
I don't think we know, yet, Westie. ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm assuming Leon will get some sort of promotion at 15,000...But, to
what ?
Cheers - Phil
Huzzah Field-Marshal! Huzzah! and thrice Huzzah!
Couldn't have happened to a ... person who hasn't posted as much as you have.
So your full title is now "Field Marshal Phil von Techno, Order of the Slashed Finger, Shoveller of the Horse, Honourable Sergeant of the Green Putty, Night of the Bath (Tuesday), Oik-Chaser Extraordinary in Waiting, Layer Waste of Appliances Electronic, Matron (Unfrocked), Often Seen in the Pub ... and Bar"?
Sorry, I forgot your MBE.*
*Miniature Bow Elves.
You oik, Nobby ! ;D ;D ;D ;D
(I managed to cut myself with the back of a scalpel, the other day...Still not quite sure how. :-[...Must have caught the pointy sharp bit at the end, while wiping the putty off with my finger.)
Cheers - A Muppet.
Congratulations Phil.
I think the next rank is Chancellor followed by Fuhrer.
So you need to start practising clicking your heels, raising armies and invading Belgium. :)
Well done that gentleman =D> =D> =D>
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 September 2015, 07:13:30 PM
So you need to start practising clicking your heels, raising armies and invading Belgium. :)
Enter if you dare Phil
WE HAVE DREMELS!
Congrats Phil.
Remember, as a Field Marshall you are expected to commit suicide rather than let yourself be taken prisoner ... but if you're not about to be taken prisoner you need to be careful around livestock, power tools and sharp implements!! ;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 03 September 2015, 08:42:42 PM
Congrats Phil.
Remember, as a Field Marshall you are expected to commit suicide rather than let yourself be taken prisoner ... but if you're not about to be taken prisoner you need to be careful around livestock, power tools and sharp implements!! ;)
and MRS T !!
Quote from: petercooman on 03 September 2015, 08:15:43 PM
Enter if you dare Phil
WE HAVE DREMELS!
So have I.....Bet mine has got more bloodstains on it. :P ;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 03 September 2015, 08:42:42 PM
Congrats Phil.
Remember, as a Field Marshall you are expected to commit suicide rather than let yourself be taken prisoner ... but if you're not about to be taken prisoner you need to be careful around livestock, power tools and sharp implements!! ;)
Pah !.....Health & Safety is for wimps. ;)
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 September 2015, 08:47:21 PM
and MRS T !!
Hah !......She doesn't scare
me.....
.MuchQuote from: paulr on 03 September 2015, 07:50:25 PM
Well done that gentleman =D> =D> =D>
Thank you, Paul.....Nice to see there's at least
one other gentleman in the bar this evening. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Bloody hell, that's a lot of posts...... ;D
Quote from: Techno on 03 September 2015, 08:59:23 PM
So have I.....Bet mine has got more bloodstains on it. :P ;)
That's the catch actually, ours have not been blunted down with flesh and one :ar!
Coo. What next? Mine's a large one!
Keg of Stella and Stella for me....corse you cant retire now.
IanS
Next rank...
Grand Poobah; First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor, and Lord High Everything Else.
Would be cool if the next rank would be for example:
'patton'
'rommel'
etc
:D
Wot, a Yank and a loser?
I wouldn't call Rommel a loser , just on the wrong side of things :-\
Quote from: petercooman on 04 September 2015, 10:32:23 AM
I wouldn't call Rommel a loser , just on the wrong side of things :-\
You were BORN a spin doctor!
Rommel had a bit of talent, it has to be admitted, but has he been overestimated in the public imagination as much as say Patton, who as far as I can see lacked any real talent apart from going all out.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 04 September 2015, 10:40:14 AM
You were BORN a spin doctor!
Not relly, just stating the facts, there were MUCH worse tacticians around at the time!
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is King?
I often think that, looking at military "genius". Then you look at the people who weren't genius, and they're so much worse. I see it replicated currently, in many places. It's not that company X is actually good, or has a good product, it just happens to have the least worst product etc etc.
Quote from: fsn on 04 September 2015, 11:06:53 AM
Rommel had a bit of talent, it has to be admitted, but has he been overestimated in the public imagination as much as say Patton, who as far as I can see lacked any real talent apart from going all out.
Patton was a bit like the russian generals.
Just throw as much at them as you can lol
I think that description of Russian operational art is a little from the German "They cheated! We won, really! Well, we shoulda won if only..." handbook that we used post war to "understand" the Eastern Front fighting...