Last week I got an invite to ride shotgun on a weekend trip to Montreal (my native city which I have not visited in 15 or so years) . The plan includes a stay over at the Captain's Bed & Battle so I figured why not?. 12 - 14 hours of chatting about wargames, history and what not each way with pizza and a wargame at the other end and no chores or renovations to boot.
Then along comes Irene, blowing up the American coast. Should be down to a tropical storm by the time she gets this far north and looks likely to veer inland and all but miss Nova Scotia but I've just secured the lawn furniture and what not, made sure my wife has food, water and oil lamps just in case and tomorrow morning I bolt. hmm if it veers inland we may have to drive through it on the way back. Oh well, duty to an old friend and all that.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Battening the Hatches and Abandoning Ship.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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God speed old chap.
ReplyDeleteActually, looking at the latest track, I think it is aiming to try to hit exactly where we will be driving back on Monday.
ReplyDeleteI laid in a flat of water for the Family; Adrian is a hearty lad and can deal with any emergencies -- he'd have to anyway, after all :-)
Stay safe, Ross. If you have to drive through a bad storm, be smart and delay your journey back for a day.
ReplyDelete-- Jeff
The Captain has also laid in supplies. Bed and Battle are approaching 100% storm/combat readiness. Have a safe trip and see you at the other end.
ReplyDeleteGood luck. We're out of our floodplain here today, with some contingency 6mm stuff if we get bored...(-:
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