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You'll find being on this forum is like sitting on a comfy chair in the middle of an oversubscribed nursery at skittle time 

However there are alot of clever people who know alot of stuff

Quote from: fsn on 31 March 2016, 07:28:26 AM


You've just missed the annual painting competition. There's a few 54mm (and one I think may actually be a full size mannequin) that are winners, and that and the obvious bias within the judging panel towards those that they describe as having "talent" makes it a foregone conclusion about the winners, but there is a veneer of bonhomie that frankly is as brittle as the rictus grin on the "Little Miss Cute Oregon" runner up - there's a four year old with a budding personality disorder.

Well - yea-uh!  All that's a given! But you don't know how lucky you are - I can only DREAM of getting three votes in the painting competion.

Cost me a fortune ... and a little self respect. 

Well......I haven't received my cheque yet, Nobby.

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Leman on 31 March 2016, 07:30:46 AM
Hi Carl. I'm also in the NW (Formby).

Formby      Is that a Place???   I thought that was the bloke who played the Ukelele 

Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 31 March 2016, 10:07:14 AM
. Its the only way to keep sane when trying to navigate the forum

You clutching at straws there Roy 

Quote from: Techno on 31 March 2016, 06:40:09 PM
Well......I haven't received my cheque yet, Nobby.

Cheers - Phil

I thought  Nobby had agreed to muck out your Chickens and the Horses with his bare hands for a vote?

I've got my cheque, came last week. Used it to book a month in the Bahamas

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 31 March 2016, 07:20:58 PM
Formby      Is that a Place???   I thought that was the bloke who played the Ukelele 

And I've got a window cleaner.

Hello Carl

Quote from: CarlLeyland on 30 March 2016, 10:15:26 PM
Mr Grumpy I owe you a beer or two!

Those links were exactly what I was looking for....not read all of it but just right. I have never seen them before!

I am a big fan of the Hopkirk books but as I game solo 28MM (though lovely) is out of both my pocket and my time frame but now with 10mm and those links........

Thank you again this is a surprise and wonderful reading!

No problems. If you're interested in Red Actions and Central Asia there are some Chinese and Mongol cards available from the Yahoo group or if you PM your email address I can email them to you.

Also, if you're ok with card based activation, you can have a look at Too Fat Lardies 'Triumph of the Will' - http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=53, they're getting a bit long in the tooth now but still fun. Their rules 'If The Lord Spares Us' http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=11&zenid=87fdc62e7087e0414677ad686018d922 have updated mechanisms but narrow the focus to WW1 Middle East. I understand there are some variants for WW1 Western Front and East Africa around.

Feel free to ask about proxies for unavailable troops etc.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

We have used ITLSU basically unchanged for early Western Front WWI and there are mods for trench warfare.

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 31 March 2016, 07:20:58 PM
Formby, I thought that was the bloke who played the Ukelele 

Quote from: Leman on 31 March 2016, 08:07:35 PM
And I've got a window cleaner.

"Now I'm a soldier sculptor,
I work throughout the day.
Pushing putty here and there,
I do it for my pay.

But when I'm being careless,
I cut myself with steel,
So often, that it makes me think,
My fingers shouldn't feel.

The red stuff stains the table,
Goes on the soldiers too,
The corks get ultra slippry (sic)
Drips on my trainers too.

(Think I should have another verse in here, but b*gger it)

Yes , you should see how much I bleed,
When I'm juggling scalpels."

Thanks once again for the links Grumpy, I think I will have to but Triumph of the Will. They should work with 10mm? Units fire in groups of 5 so that can be translated as a stand/base in this scale? Again I had never heard of them till I read your post, thank you.

As for the entertaining ballad on cutting fingers, have you ever written one on dropping figures? I seem to be doing that a lot lately!

I think we ALL do that, Carl ! 

The 'ditty' refers to my penchant for injuring myself.
(I fear I'm rather well known on the forum for having 'accidents'.  )

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 01 April 2016, 05:51:03 AM
"Now I'm a soldier sculptor,
I work throughout the day.
Pushing putty here and there,
I do it for my pay.

But when I'm being careless,
I cut myself with steel,
So often, that it makes me think,
My fingers shouldn't feel.

The red stuff stains the table,
Goes on the soldiers too,
The corks get ultra slippry (sic)
Drips on my trainers too.

(Think I should have another verse in here, but b*gger it)

Yes , you should see how much I bleed,
When I'm juggling scalpels."

Quote from: fsn on 01 April 2016, 07:04:47 AM

Seconded