tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post1076052595208670376..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: Wargaming in the Middle Ages or Old Enough to Know BetterRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-64163968327945339802011-06-16T08:15:40.583-03:002011-06-16T08:15:40.583-03:00Tony, I like your Mother without having actually m...Tony, I like your Mother without having actually met her. My Mom hit 90 last year, I'm afraid the only history that has ever been of interest to her was family history, Luckily since her father liked his toy soldiers she always made sure I had some to enjoy, even after I left home. Sadly, it is only on an increasingly rare good day that she can associate this greying visitor with that young boy.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-9070620927426822682011-06-16T08:09:17.108-03:002011-06-16T08:09:17.108-03:00Clarity? That's not something that I have been...Clarity? That's not something that I have been accused of very often Bob. I imagine there were some eyes rolled at this post so I'm glad to hear that it wasn't all. I look forward to reading your thoughts.<br /><br />Jean-Louis, You have it precisely.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-14276850042883816202011-06-16T05:17:48.918-03:002011-06-16T05:17:48.918-03:00Lovely post. I tend to think of myself as having b...Lovely post. I tend to think of myself as having been 25 for a rather long time. Ageing doesn't seem to be a smooth, continuous thing - occasionally I'll realise that I am (and feel) 10 years older than last time I thought seriously about it. Weird things occasionally jolt me - a few years ago I sent some figures to a pro painter and they came back 18 months later. He was busy, I guess, but I worked out how many more units I could expect to add to my armies at that rate and I didn't like the answers.<br /><br />It's my mother's 86th birthday today. She is widowed now and partially paralysed, but she is as bright and optimistic as you could wish. She reads for about 6 hours a day - she's always been a devoted history student. Her gifts from us today will include Houtoulle's book on Wagram (in French - she spent much of her childhood in Paris, and likes to keep her French up), a DVD of Abel Gance's 'Austerlitz' (also in French) and a Del Prado figurine of a Portuguese Napoleonic cavalryman for the display cabinet. She has convinced me that age is an attitude of mind - if you decide to be old, you will be old. I know people who were never young.<br /><br />TonyMSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-43613319927374610682011-06-16T04:06:10.607-03:002011-06-16T04:06:10.607-03:00You are a wise man.
"The merging of Rosmark a...You are a wise man.<br /><i>"The merging of Rosmark and the Acadian War of Independence into the NQSYWinA."</i>: extremely sensible, if I may. 'Union gives strength', and when developing either the 'tricornes' or the 'scalp hunters' you'll not feel 'dispersed' / neglecting the other aspect: once associated, any progress in one of them benefits to both.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-67100877253936787842011-06-15T18:05:25.238-03:002011-06-15T18:05:25.238-03:00Ross Mac,
This was both a rather moving and - at ...Ross Mac,<br /><br />This was both a rather moving and - at the same time - inspirational blog entry.<br /><br />I am 61 (and have been wargaming for 45 years!), and hope to carry on wargaming for as long as I can. That said, I have to think about what I want to do with whatever time I have left. My impending 'retirement' has made me undertake a similar thought process to the one you have undertaken, and I have yet to reach anything other than some rather broad conclusions.<br /><br />When I do, I will share them with my regular blog readers in the same way that you have ... but probably with less clarity.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com