Quote99 days, 7 hours registered 26 Feb 2013.

What surprised me is that I have started 268 threads!


How many have I derailed?

I've only started 83 threads and a couple of polls

QuoteJUst noticed we are behind the times here, forum clock is still on Zulu (GMT)

UTC, not GMT. Because . . . every international standard or organisation has to be in French*, apparently.




*I know, not really. It just seems like it sometimes.

Hacker: Don't we ever get out own way with the French?
Sir Humphrey: Oh, yes, sometimes.
Hacker: When was the last time?
Sir Humphrey: 1815, Battle of Waterloo.

On Mother's day

Rather 'Strange' and Sad of Me. But... Neither Ma nor Self ever really bothered much about Mother's Day... She hadn't about Her Mam's , for many years. So...'my bad'... but it just did not 'register' at all. NOW... I have been 'ropey' for 2 weeks, and last week hardly ate / slept  at all.... and too 'poorly' to consider driving to shops for food, etc.  reason unknown. Saturday v slightly better but not much... and Nightime could not get to sleep at all. Just started replaying all the Memories for some reason... but, as said, nothing 'registering'. 6am, gave up on sleep and got a G&T to watch spring morning.  'Suddenly', thought 'H with it'... going to drive to Shields and see if 'Stone' up. (Not yet). Made couple of sandwiches which, oddly,  went down fine. Picked handfull of Daffodils, including her Faves... from OUR garden bulbs that She planted 50 yrs ago and some still surviving. Visited and had 'chat'...cemetery seemed a bit 'busy'... but no thought about it. Did massive shop on way back to replenish empty fridge, etc. Ate another sandwich and had a bit kip. Ate 'ready meal' and sat down, (With renewed booze!)... to watch one of several 'Home Movie' Cine to VHS 3hr tapes we got done years ago but did not bother with all that much. Only after going on FB, later, realised Mother's Day. Now... is it 'just possible' that She 'told' me... to get something in belly, visit and restock? As said... we did not bother about 'M Day', so not 'conscience'... and don't think auto-suggestion. 'Strange'. I Think She will have 'liked' Her Flowers.

Does anyone else start browsing the various figure makers websites and before they know ordered 'just a few' figures, ignoring the fact that they're half way through several other projects?

I'm really trying to be good at the moment. I have my 10mm SCW, 1939, Vietnam and AWI projects ticking over along with Pony Wars and Blenhiem in 6mm.

My SCW are my main focus. But I still found myself filling the shopping cart with some early war tanks for a Barbarossa campaign last night.

I've not clicked purchase yet, as I stopped myself. The point is, I have limited painting time, so know that either these would get put in a drawer for a few weeks, or else I'd shelf my half finished SCW figures. Either way, one project would suffer.

But there is that psychological battle of the mind where you feel the need to acquire more stuff. I can rationalise it if there is an imminent price rise, but at other times less so.

But I do have a theory that if all Wargamers just bought stuff they actually painted and played with and didn't acrue a lead mountain, most companies would struggle to make ends meet.

Quote from: Raider4 on 27 March 2022, 06:49:06 PMUTC, not GMT. Because . . . every international standard or organisation has to be in French*, apparently.




*I know, not really. It just seems like it sometimes.

Da*ned Forieners   

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 28 March 2022, 03:27:19 AMOn Mother's day

Rather 'Strange' and Sad of Me. But...  ... I Think She will have 'liked' Her Flowers.

yes ... I suspect you'd have liked the flowers and the thought behind them. It is good to remember 

Quote from: Sean Clark on 28 March 2022, 07:22:26 AMDoes anyone else start browsing the various figure makers websites and before they know ordered 'just a few' figures, ignoring the fact that they're half way through several other projects?

I'm usually quite good. 

However, I've just given up motoring and the little bundle of money that I got for selling the car has been burning a hole in my pocket. I do have many as yet unbought armies planned, and I was going to just go wild and do some pre-purchasing for the upcoming Cold War ranges ... but I controlled myself and just finished off purchasing Napoleonic Russians.

oh .. and some more Poles.   

What's worse is if I go to a show. I find all sorts of odd stuff in my lead mountain after visiting St Helens. 

QuoteDoes anyone else start browsing the various figure makers websites and before they know ordered 'just a few' figures, ignoring the fact that they're half way through several other projects?

I'm really trying to be good at the moment. I have my 10mm SCW, 1939, Vietnam and AWI projects ticking over along with Pony Wars and Blenhiem in 6mm.

My SCW are my main focus. But I still found myself filling the shopping cart with some early war tanks for a Barbarossa campaign last night.

I've not clicked purchase yet, as I stopped myself. The point is, I have limited painting time, so know that either these would get put in a drawer for a few weeks, or else I'd shelf my half finished SCW figures. Either way, one project would suffer.

But there is that psychological battle of the mind where you feel the need to acquire more stuff. I can rationalise it if there is an imminent price rise, but at other times less so.

But I do have a theory that if all Wargamers just bought stuff they actually painted and played with and didn't acrue a lead mountain, most companies would struggle to make ends meet.

I have so many armies in so many scales in so many periods that I can justify any purchase as not starting a new period/ scale/ theatre but rather merely expanding existing ones.

After all, having the same army in 3mm, 6mm, 10mmm, 15mm and 20mm is just an expansion of options .... honest!

Quote from: Ithoriel on 28 March 2022, 01:23:15 PMAfter all, having the same army in 3mm, 6mm, 10mmm, 15mm and 20mm is just an expansion of options .... honest!

          

QuoteI have so many armies in so many scales in so many periods that I can justify any purchase as not starting a new period/ scale/ theatre but rather merely expanding existing ones.

After all, having the same army in 3mm, 6mm, 10mmm, 15mm and 20mm is just an expansion of options .... honest!

I am now ruthlessly either 10mm or 1/72/20mm But have reached the point where I have run out of storage space for the as yet undone projects.  Each heap is accompanied by enough MDF bases to "complete" as carefully planned in Excel. Except it wont work because when I do get round to heap 7 I will have long since changed my mind on composition or basing or raided it to satisfy a prior project. 

There can only be one answer.

Get more storage.     

QuoteDoes anyone else start browsing the various figure makers websites and before they know ordered 'just a few' figures, ignoring the fact that they're half way through several other projects?

Worse than that:  I will have ordered a load from our beloved host and then some add-ons from at least two of his competitors so that I have lots to make up a varied army if when I get round to it

QuoteAfter all, having the same army in 3mm, 6mm, 10mmm, 15mm and 20mm is just an expansion of options .... honest!

In 2013 I got rid of everything - 6mm, 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, 54mm - and dedicated myself to the One True Scale (except for 1:600 aircraft and 1:3000 ships).

I'm generally quite good at resisting random purchases from non-10mm manufacturers. But 10mm stuff easily fits the 'it adds to a force' rule so the hurdle is much lower. 

In my last order from Pendraken I got an assortment of pikemen, and when rummaging in the Renaissance pile of figures discovered I had at least one of the packs already. Unfortunately this isn't too uncommon. Oh well more units! 

I'm at that stage of having done a small project deciding whether to start another new one or dive back into an ongoing one. So many tempting ranges...so many gaps in my collection...