Stuff I don't like

[fsn]

Funny that some periods to my mind, lend themselves to different "sizes" of forces.

For example, I couldn't countenance a Zulu War skirmish, but could skirmish the Boer Wars. Napoleonics need to be brigade level at least, and ancients need a critical mass. I'm not a big fan of WWII at anything other than 1:1 scale, but WWI could be big or skirmish.

So, for the "stuff I don't like" it's organisation charts in rule books that give the approved scaling, not the real one. A tank is not a platoon/troop. A battalion is not 4 bases, it's 600 sweaty, scared, overburdened, hungry, confident, cold, tired, smelly men.

   

[marie]

I hate cold chips........

[cameronian]

Dammit woman you'll never get that painting finished if you keep popping in for a chat!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Wood chips, gravel chips, potato crisps Marie ?

IanS

[marie]

regular potato......very expensive here....Bacon is 12.00 a packet....lol

[GordonY]

Yeah but yer fags are cheap

[marie]

yeah dirt cheap, but bronchial cough medicine (required during Hamatam)  the dusty season is ten quid a bottle....
Its funny here cos a Samsung Galaxy 3 is only 165.00 now
S4 is 300.00
a block of butter is 6.00.....so the key here is to eat local fresh products or grow your own.
I can get a basket of mango`s (carrier bag full) for 1.00
The downside of course .... the roads are mainly dirt, European clothes are scarce....
But its getting much better here...investment is coming from Arabs, Chinese, USA, u.k.
and most visitors to my hotel love..me soldiers.... .......
oh by the way we killed the cobra today.....Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ( new handbag) lol....

[FierceKitty]

A celebrated UN survey once rated Bangkok the most expensive city in the world to live in; the point being that they were pricing articles required to live like an American. If you're willing to go the local route it's a) ridiculously cheap, and b) rather tastier.

[Hertsblue]

yeah dirt cheap, but bronchial cough medicine (required during Hamatam)  the dusty season is ten quid a bottle....
Its funny here cos a Samsung Galaxy 3 is only 165.00 now
S4 is 300.00
a block of butter is 6.00.....so the key here is to eat local fresh products or grow your own.
I can get a basket of mango`s (carrier bag full) for 1.00
The downside of course .... the roads are mainly dirt, European clothes are scarce....
But its getting much better here...investment is coming from Arabs, Chinese, USA, u.k.
and most visitors to my hotel love..me soldiers.... .......
oh by the way we killed the cobra today.....Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ( new handbag) lol....

You don't eat cobras, do you? I know the 14th Army ate pythons in Burma. 

[Ace of Spades]

I know the 14th Army ate pythons in Burma. 

I suppose eating them still beats being eaten by them?

Cheers,
Rob

[Matt J]

oh by the way we killed the cobra today.....Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ( new handbag) lol....

turning a cobra into a handbag 


..belt or purse maybe, 3 or 4 for a handbag surely.

[Fenton]

I am confused as why your going around smashing up beer bottles

[marie]

I hate Malaria, my second time this year completely wiped me out this time, no painting for a month....
decided, tonight was the night ,so I`m finishing off my 20mm Afghan wars troops and buildings....building my strength to tackle The Mongols......

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thought you'd been quite for a while. Hopefully last time for this year.

Me I hate delivery drivers, due a delivery yesterday, with a 13 hour delivery slot, turned up in the 20 mins I wuz out... AGH !!!!! 

IanS

[Techno]

Isn't that called Sod's Law, Ian ?
Marie....Hope you're feeling better now.
Cheers - Phil