Hi All,
I started wargaming back in the early 70's doing Napoleonics with Der Kriegspielers figures.
I then moved on to ECW, AWI, Medieval/Fantasy, and Ancients in 25/28mm.
Then a great long break for career(s), life, and everything else.
On retirement I started getting back into wargaming but exclusively in 10mm. I first worked on War of the Roses but now am all in on Musket and Pike, concentrating on the ECW period.
Since I have followed these forums for some time and most of my figures are Pendrakin I figured it was time to introduce myself and say how much I enjoy the discussions you guys have,
d_Guy
Hi ... err Mr Guy? Or may I call you d? Or perhaps The Virginian? ;)
If you've followed the forums for a while you know what you are letting yourself in for :)
I started wargaming back in the 60's and by dint of forays into computer and board gaming as well as tabletop have kept gaming all the way through. Now I'm retired I seem to have LESS time to game rather than more but the bunny stuffers at the local hospital approved of the creativity of painting figures and the mental stimulation of actually playing the games so my gaming has been medically approved :) Vindication, of sorts, for our hobby ... if vindication were needed!
Goldarn it I was hoping for a "Hi y'all." Well, in response from this side of the pond, how do you do, old bean. Jolly good to have you on board, what!
Welcome on board Mr 'D' or Mr 'Guy' which ever you prefer :D ;).
Hello and welcome!
Welcome from me, too !
Cheers - Phil
Welcome aboard :D
Who keeps letting these foreigners in ?
Welcome
IanS
Welcome aboard :-h
S'up Guy!
Welcome.
Hi d_Guy, welcome to the Forum!
8)
Thanks for the warm welcome y'all!
Actually Leman, in my part of the mountains we're more likely to say "you'uns"
Anyway you'uns can call me "d" or "dguy" or "guy" or what ever.
Lthoriel, "The Virginian" is cool, stately even, but I'm from "West by G_d"!
We haven't been Virginians since a strenuous disagreement a few years back.
Calling me a Virginian would be like calling a Leveller a Cavalier - both groups would take offense! :)
Thanks for productively advancing our hobby in your retirement (although bunny stuffers probably doesn't mean what I pictured :o). I am still in the - relaxing days punctuated with naps phase - of retirement.
Quote from: d_Guy on 14 December 2015, 08:42:04 PM
although bunny stuffers probably doesn't mean what I pictured :o
Many years ago now, I worked in the local Public Library and for two years was in charge of the Hospital Library Service. Got to know many of the hospital staff, including a bunch of Occupational Therapists who referred to themselves as "The Bunny Stuffers" because the arts and crafts work with patients involved quite a bit of making soft toys. I still think of OTs as "Bunny Stuffers" :)
Um ... we've had a vote, and we've decided that we want to call you "Bert".
It was a close thing. My personal favourite was All-Henry Mountains, but this was thought to be confusing, as there's already a forum member called "All-Harry Mountains". (Hello All-Harry!) Confusingly, he lives in Holland.
Westmarcher's suggestion - "Mary" - got only two votes. Both were his. We can't figure out how he's cheating.
:P
Re Bunny Stuffers, I am reminded of the Noel Coward song "I wonder What Happened to Him"
"They had him thrown out of the club in Bombay
For, apart from his mess bill exceeding his pay,
He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
I wonder what happened to him!"
Welcome
You'uns is an interesting term
Over here in NI we say yous'uns though probably something do with lots of Ulster migration to that area back in the day
Thanks for explaining "bunny stuffers" , Lthoriel, I now have a more - shall we say - wholesome image in my head :)
As to calling me "Bert" , Bert was a favorite, rich, and now deceased uncle who failed to leave me so much as a kopek - if possible - I would like to pass on that one - my disappointment is still too bitter.
But maybe Hill-Bert? Or - to acknowledge the voting prowess of Westmarcher- Merry Bert?
fsn, The lyrics you cite capture the essence of my confusion! strangely the term "pig sticking" has a third meaning in these parts - neither the sport - nor -uh -the "sport" - but a medical procedure -more or less :)
Quote from: Fenton on 14 December 2015, 11:27:21 PM
Welcome
You'uns is an interesting term
Over here in NI we say yous'uns though probably something do with lots of Ulster migration to that area back in the day
I did not know that. Our two major ethnic groups in this region are indeed Scots/Irish (Ulster) and German. I always kind of thought that you'uns resulted from the Germanic need for a 2nd person plural :)
A bit north of here yous'uns IS the usage and as you head more north easterly "yous guys". All of these however get shorted to "yous" (both singular and plural). Dang tricky thing - English.
Not only English. American is a fascinating language too.
Welcome Guy
I too had a less than wholesome image of "Bunny Stuffers". But some here whould say most of my thoughts are less than wholesome. :D
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 15 December 2015, 01:48:24 AM
But some here whould say most of my thoughts are less than wholesome. :D
As if we would, Mark. :D.....and Guy.....fsn is often known as "Nobby".
He tends to live in a parallel universe a lot of the time, and is a complete oik, almost ALL of the time.
Cheers - Phil
Oh, hi, oh ... wait .... that's the Allegheny River (sorry about that). West Virginia, eh? Been to Harpers Ferry .... but that's on the other side of the State to you, I suppose .... nice ..... country roads ..... mountain mama ....... anyhoo, a warm welcome to the forum, d-Guy.* If you have been following the forum, then you will know what to expect and not to pay too much attention to fsn (aka Nobby ... OIC [Oik-in-Chief]) and if he gives you any bother ... just banjo him (you do have banjos in the mountains, don't you?).
P.S. if ever you wish to change your name to Mary, you can have my vote (twice). :)
* (had me worried for a minute .... thought it might have stood for 'Duck Guy') #:-S
My grandfather was accused of fiddling the books.
My father was drummed out the Service for something he didn't do - he didn't cover his tracks (thank you Christmas Cracker, 1982)
My brother often trumpeted his successes.
My son won't pipe down.
We're a musical family.
Point taken on the language, Fierce. Most of us know "English" only from watching season after season of "Downton Abby" :)
I am enjoying the education you'uns are providing!
Let's see fsn="Nobby" who is an oik! I took this to mean "only in Kingston" much in the idiomatic form "coals to Newcastle", but have not yet figured out its meaning. By usage however, it can't be good :-)
And thanks for the welcome also, Westmarcher! Hope you found "The Ferry" beautiful and educational. Actual I'm on the Eastern slope of the Alleghenies, so same side as Harper's Ferry.
The Allegheny thing is tricky - we spell it different ways in different places and the river is further west and (as far as I know) doesn't come near the mountains.
Not only do we have banjos - we have bagpipes - as Nobby says " we're a musical family"
d_Guy
'Guy'
The 'proper' definition of OIK, is an obnoxious or uncouth person.
I just use it as a friendly term of abuse......rather than some of the others I could use to describe Nobby. ;)
Cheers - Phil :D
Awwww! Shucks! :-[
Quote from: Techno on 15 December 2015, 05:44:46 PMI just use it as a friendly term of abuse......rather than some of the others I could use to describe Nobby. ;)
You love him really ;D
Was going to say something interesting here, but, bagpipes are cool!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 16 December 2015, 10:20:42 AM
Was going to say something interesting here, but, bagpipes are cool!
Dr? Is that you? :D
I recently looked at an alphabetized and proportedly exhaustive list of the musical instruments of the world - bagpipes where not on them. I don't know what this implies!
That is because Bagpipes are not a musical instrument, but a weapon of war! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzZLNwqvdQ
Or
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02h2cc2
I would highly recommend anything by the late great Martyn's Bennett, saw him at the Cambridge Folk festival many years ago (in what would turn out to be one of his last ever gigs) performing Hardland, just incredible. I own one of the 1000 copies ever produced, signed!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 16 December 2015, 03:32:51 PM
That is because Bagpipes are not a musical instrument, but a weapon of war!
Cool links, Mad Lemmy! thanks!
But Flame-throwing drones - totally bad ass! And a competent piper to boot.
Yeah - forgot about the weapon of war - IMS - weren't the pipes proscribed after the '45 along with highland dress?
FSN
The first video, the performers attire and the dance moves were not appropriate for a forum such as this; but that was just the blokes!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 16 December 2015, 09:07:54 PM
FSN
The first video, the performers attire and the dance moves were not appropriate for a forum such as this; but that was just the blokes!
I totally agree!.
At least they should have stood at the back so as not to obstruct the view!! I would rather see "Totty in Stockings" than "Men in Skirts" :)
Really enjoyed the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
Quote from: Leman on 17 December 2015, 08:02:22 AM
Really enjoyed the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
They're even better live.
They performed in the street outside the record shop my son works in.
Quote from: Leman on 17 December 2015, 08:02:22 AM
Really enjoyed the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
I really liked them also. Not your father's pipe band. Twenty years since I was last in Scotland. Much has changed.
Cor, not listened to those guys for ages! :D