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thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/5/2008 11:04:04 PM)
That Dylan reference put me in mind of his "Apple Suckling Tree" lyrics. "Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat Down there Old man down is baitin' a hook On there Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook Gonna pull man into the suckling brook Oh yeah!" Yep, the master of the disregarders.

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 3:47:13 AM)
Ah, so many of 'em there are... [image]local://upfiles/6977/342C27124F2B4EB09C32BA387050E53E.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 4:01:21 AM)
Ha! Nobodies noticed we got to 19 pages[:)]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 4:02:19 AM)
Btw, was that a PanzerBlitz roll of 6?

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 4:58:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thegreatwent Btw, was that a PanzerBlitz roll of 6? If only Ramses had had panzers, he would have driven Moses into the sea, staff and all... Speaking of great disregarders, how can we ignore... [image]local://upfiles/6977/3D88A4AE8E5A4C578CB14553D1746129.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 5:01:48 AM)
Was always surprised he didn't offer a "Chicken in every pot", such a politician.[;)]

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 5:04:14 AM)
19 pages is such an unidistinguished accomplishment that it can easily be disregarded. Speaking of which... [image]local://upfiles/6977/212F6192AFBA41E39562426263337979.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 6:19:35 AM)
Hmmm... Not so unlike St. Helena[8D]

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 7:14:01 AM)
And there's always... [image]local://upfiles/6977/FE2327845F4E4E4DB23BAE084F443CDA.jpg[/image]

TheElf -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 1:23:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pasternakski quote: ORIGINAL: BrucePowers Which Naples, Naples, Florida or Naples, Italy? I suspect the former. Wider pic from different angle. The giant anthill in the background is a klew for yew, Sherlock... [image]local://upfiles/6977/EAD09C671860478E94B78DCEC776D3C9.jpg[/image] Where are you berthed Pas? Pozzouli? Wish I had known you were in my neck o the woods...

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/6/2008 7:02:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheElf Where are you berthed Pas? Pozzouli? Wish I had known you were in my neck o the woods... We were just up from Posillipo. It never occurred to me to pay attention to where everyone here was from, but I should realize that we oddball wargamer types are scattered around all over the place. My "traveling companion" and I were only in town for about a day and a half finalizing the boat transaction and heading out for several days of pretending to be Odysseus or Jason or somebody ... didn't even make the obligatory Pompeii trek this time around. Who knows? If I don't do something stupid and sink the thing, I may get back up your way. Southern Italy has always been one of my favorite haunts over the years... For my next nautical adventure, a couple of old veteran friends of mine are coming to spend a month with me, and we plan to set out on an ancient military history cruise, to include a few days on the Peloponnesus looking over what's left of Sparta, then on to the places that give their names to all that magical stuff, like Corinth, Salamis, Piraeus and Athens, around Attica and up to Thermopylae, Potidaea and Thessalonika, a few days along Turkey rummaging around the probable site of Troy, then back down through the islands to home. Should be entertaining enough for three geezer landlubbers, eh?

Anthropoid -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 3:32:52 AM)
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alaviner -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 4:09:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anthropoid Deleted. Why delete, we would have just disregarded it anyway[:D]

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 5:59:13 AM)
Anthropoid's a prof. He's used to being disregarded...

scott64 -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 6:16:44 AM)
Undeleted this disregarded post. [:'(]

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 6:25:13 AM)
Why does this guy always seem to be hangin' around? [image]local://upfiles/6977/942106805746412C9F848AB87707D1FF.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 7:21:23 AM)
Because he's strung out on hemp?

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 7:33:47 AM)
Maybe he's trying to disregard being an idiot... [image]local://upfiles/6977/6BC2236B29EC407FBBE4AC371A6ECF9A.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 7:38:29 AM)
As a kid I remember moving from MN to Austin TX. While wandering in the town I came across a statue dedicated to something like "Our Confederate War Dead". To myself I thought "Do they know who won"? I slowly edged away, as to not grab attention, and decided to head north at the next opportunity.

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 8:00:47 AM)
I swear, there's a layer of stupid in Texas practically unknown anywhere else. The times it has been my misfortune to be there, I have seen many people - some in positions of responsibility - who must have a public servant who walks up behind them from time to time and whacks them between the shoulder blades with the flat side of a shovel to remind them that they have to breathe in and out... Then there's my sister. She was born and raised in the upper Midwest, then moved to Texas after marrying a truck driver. Within six months, she was talking with that godawful accent and even using their colloquialisms. I come from such refined stock, you see.

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 9:26:21 AM)
Actually I learned to abandon my Minnesotan accent and adopt a southern inflection as camouflage. It worked while I was in the Army also. Occasionally I would let a Keillorism pass my lips or walk around in shorts while it was in the 40's. Kinda gives me sympathy for that kid in Europa Europa, always afraid you'll be found out [;)]. Plus playing Avalon Hill games I always wanted to be the Union[:D]

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 10:16:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thegreatwent Actually I learned to abandon my Minnesotan accent and adopt a southern inflection as camouflage. It worked while I was in the Army also. Occasionally I would let a Keillorism pass my lips or walk around in shorts while it was in the 40's. Kinda gives me sympathy for that kid in Europa Europa, always afraid you'll be found out [;)]. Yah, you gotta watch out for the effect of the anti-freeze in your veins. quote: Plus playing Avalon Hill games I always wanted to be the Union[:D] Or the blue side, like the Germans in Stalingrad or the British in Bismarck. I was that way, too, until Afrika Korps came out and I fell in love with the 21/5 panzer regiment (is god any better than a 7-7-10?). The first game of Gettysburg I played was against my good high school pal Mike. This was the earliest version where the terrain was divided up into rectangles. I was the Union. I was doing all right until Mike executed an attack diagonally that killed Meade's HQ (which I thought was safely placed, but I neglected the possibility of diagonal rather than up-down or sideways attacks). He then pointed out to me the rule that stated all units subordinate to an HQ are eliminated if that HQ is eliminated. I have hated Mike ever since. I also love hexagons.

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 12:40:06 PM)
My first Gettysburg was the hex version from '61 (if I remember right). It was pretty good except for the stacking limits. Trying uphill assaults with a maximum of 4 units could be tough.

Anthropoid -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 3:28:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pasternakski . . . I was the Union. I was doing all right until Mike executed an attack diagonally that killed Meade's HQ (which I thought was safely placed, but I neglected the possibility of diagonal rather than up-down or sideways attacks). He then pointed out to me the rule that stated all units subordinate to an HQ are eliminated if that HQ is eliminated. I have hated Mike ever since. I also love hexagons. Spock soon notes that Khan is inexperienced and his pattern indicates a two-dimensional thinking. [image]http://services.tos.net/pics/st2/st2-spock.gif[/image] Happy, Kirk soon makes the move, by ordering the helmsman to drop Z-plus 10,000 degrees. [image]http://services.tos.net/pics/st2/st2-khan.gif[/image] He orders Chekov to disregard the photon-torpedoes. [image]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/thumb/0/0b/Chekov01.jpg/180px-Chekov01.jpg[/image]

TheElf -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 7:27:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pasternakski I swear, there's a layer of stupid in Texas practically unknown anywhere else. The times it has been my misfortune to be there, I have seen many people - some in positions of responsibility - who must have a public servant who walks up behind them from time to time and whacks them between the shoulder blades with the flat side of a shovel to remind them that they have to breathe in and out... Then there's my sister. She was born and raised in the upper Midwest, then moved to Texas after marrying a truck driver. Within six months, she was talking with that godawful accent and even using their colloquialisms. I come from such refined stock, you see. Great I am moving to Texas in the next 3 months. I had hoped to escape stupid...

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 7:47:55 PM)
Everywhere I go there is a large amount of stupid... ummm, wait. Please disregard.

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 8:04:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheElf Great I am moving to Texas in the next 3 months. I had hoped to escape stupid... Well, to be fair, I found a lot to like about Tejas, but some of 'em... What? Leaving the land of Mussolini behind?

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 8:06:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thegreatwent Everywhere I go there is a large amount of stupid... ummm, wait. Please disregard. I feel the same way, and even think that occasionally I was part of it, but who cares?

pasternakski -> RE: Disregard... (8/7/2008 8:07:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Anthropoid Spock soon notes that Khan is inexperienced and his pattern indicates a two-dimensional thinking. [image]local://upfiles/6977/C09123B1C58D4FC29DE7A110D60B33A1.jpg[/image]

thegreatwent -> RE: Disregard... (8/8/2008 12:14:00 AM)
Ah, Moby Dick. One of the best novels of all time. Every time I read it I come away with different impressions, very few other books have that depth. �To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee� -- Herman Melville Another quote I like from him, considering he made so many classical references and allusions is �It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.�

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