blackjohn

Bing! Back in the day, I was a huge fan of Roman history. Much of what goes on today reminds me of what was happening when the Republic was turning into the Empire, with Nascar and NFL replacing chariots and gladiators.

I sort of watched it. I fell asleep during the first, and the second, but taped them. Son #1 watched them both and said they were good. But he is easy to please.

In Defense of Perpetual Title to Sovereign Wrecks http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-7m.htm

I think you missed a set of ellipses... "Hasn't been an honest politician..."

Here's to ya! Happy Birthday!!!

That sucks. One of my mentors once told me, "the only reward you get for working hard is more work." Sadly, it often seems to be true.

haha... good answer! I'd like to see Treasure Island meets Band of Brothers. Now that would be a pirate movie!

(Global Madness Coordinator's note - I suspect a similar thread probably exists, but hey... whatever...) Treasure Island, Charlton Heston & Christian Bale version, no doubt about it.

Ha! I'm on that list too. God I loved that show. I wonder if it would stand the test of time? Hopefully we'll be able to find out someday.

I "know" a guy in Aachen who owns a Kindle. As I recall from reading his posts on the subject, the pdf translation works ok, but I was left with the impression that I wouldn't be too happy with the results if I owned one. At least, not happy enough with the results to justify the cost.

Apra Harbor... Guam... just littered with wrecks... Navy wants the chart now... hurry up and wait I'll wager... sheesh...

I like wadding, but I'll agree with Cascabel about the many drawbacks, and the benefits of not. As for the rules cited above, I seriously suggest adding something about policing the field afterwards. That's one of the things I do religiously, and for a good reason. At the last event, I found three full cartridges on the field after one skirmish, and another later in the day.

I think my first "miniatures" were HQ scale Airfix dudes that we used to run around on the train layouts too. They still make a bunch of figures out of plastic in that scale. Just a year or two ago I bought a pack of gladiators. The plan was to do some gladiator combats in miniature. It has not yet come to fruition. Thanks! That's a great timeline. I have had it bookmarked for some time now myself!

Cool! If you do, let me know!!!

This is ringing a bell... hold on... I think we discussed it briefly on the Pirate Brethren forum... http://www.piratebrethren.com/forum/viewto...f=27&t=1362

That's cool. I can't say that I know very many women who are into historical miniatures. Rpging, yes. I know plenty of female gamers. But historical minis... that's pretty rare. As for 54s. They aren't common. They exist, but mostly for the diorama makers. I know Osprey had a line of 54s that went along with their MaA series of books (I bought my wife the 54mm Scythian noblewoman), but few if any games are designed with 54s in mind. The most common scale is 25/28/30/32mm. Back in the day, they were more or less just 25s. In the last three decades, scale creep has pushed them up to the point that the old 25s are barely usable with the common minis of today. After that, 15mm is the most common. I have scads and scads of 15mm RevWar and a bunch of Prussian SYW. But I doubt I'll ever use them. From there it is just a mishmash. 8s and 10s and now some people are getting into 40s. And then there's HO scale... But the 25-32 scale is by far the most common, which means you can find the most variety of cool figures.

Still no dude... ok, some partially painted pirates... and a primered pirate lady... The fellow at the top is from the Wargames Foundry pirate line. The other three... I'm not exactly sure who made them.

Bored, waiting for the repair man who is going to fix the fancy new stove that is fortunately still under warranty... Soooooo... I have a ton of lead pirates. Well, maybe not a ton, since some of them are lead free pewter, but I digress. I need to paint some. Soooooo... if I do, I'll post the results. One thing I have painted recently, a nice piratey treasure chest. This is in 25/28/30mm scale, so in the picture, the square grid it is resting upon is one inch. Without further ado...

"Where the hell are the singing cats?" Paul Newman (as a random guest in the audience of David Letterman's show when Letterman had moved into the theater Cats had just vacated)

I was originally going to be there with the Brethren firing firelocks and such, but that was based on the notion that it was going to be last weekend. I had camping plans for this weekend, so when asked, I declined. Now that the camping has gone awry, I'd consider going, but... Sunday is out, and Saturday looks like it'll just be nasty weather, I'm gaming tonight and haven't even looked at my pirate kit in months, blah blah blah excuses excuses....

Welcome aboard... Make mine a double!

Like I got only two hours of sleep... ugh. But on the flipside, we had a fun night of gaming!!!

Awwwww... boooooo... The Devil is in the details... I figured there was a math mistake in there somewhere. Now it will be fun to see how many other people I know forward it to me without checking the math.

A friend of mine just sent this to me. I'm not one to forward stuff along, but I really like this plan!!! The Birk Economic Recovery PLan Hi Pals, I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam. But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00. What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family? Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved. Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads Put away money for college - it'll be there Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs. Buy a new car - create jobs Invest in the market - capital drives growth Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces. If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( "vote buy" ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President. If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+! As for AIG - liquidate it. Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up. Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't. Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work." But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom? I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC . And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam. Ahhh....I feel so much better getting that off my chest. Kindest personal regards, Birk T. J. Birkenmeier, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic

Unpasteurized cider!?!?! Where on earth can you find that in this day and age? I thought the FDA outlawed it a couple years ago for being "dangerous" ooooooh scary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q6nDqlaqeU...feature=related