THE THREAD!!!

[Mynok]

No wonder the patch took so long! [:D][:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


No wonder the patch took so long! [:D][:D]

It's not out yet. The public beta has to be finished first...

This reminds me, I have a therapist bill to pay. Still haven't gotten over the last meeting, and LogBoy showing up toga'ed in a replica of HMS Victory's mainsail. The horror...[X(]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

Ah yes...project managers are pure evil don't you know.

[niceguy2005]

Post lunch tithe

[Mike Solli]

Chris!  Good to see you!

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Chris!  Good to see you!

Hi Major Mike. How's it going?

[Mike Solli]

Good.  Busy.  I'm looking for a job as well.  I don't frequent the thread as I used to unfortunately.

[USSAmerica]

Hello, wayward Brothers!  [:)]

[DuckofTindalos]

Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...

[anarchyintheuk]

Whenever I read a Lee quote in a book, I hear Shelby Foote's voice. Kind of like reading Chris's posts with a Stewie voice.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...

I've read the first volume and was into the second several years ago, but got sidetracked. They really do read as if you are "sitting on his front porch with a glass of tea, listening to him tell stories." I met him walking down the street, once, back when I was still in Memphis. No one I was with that day could understand why I was so excited about it. [:D]

Now, I have a craving to go watch Ken Burns' Civil War series. Mr. Foote was the highlight of that amazing program.

[anarchyintheuk]

Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.

[USSAmerica]

Parole - Tithe. [&o]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...

I've read the first volume and was into the second several years ago, but got sidetracked. They really do read as if you are "sitting on his front porch with a glass of tea, listening to him tell stories." I met him walking down the street, once, back when I was still in Memphis. No one I was with that day could understand why I was so excited about it. [:D]

Now, I have a craving to go watch Ken Burns' Civil War series. Mr. Foote was the highlight of that amazing program.

Agreed completely. I watched that series just to get a little bit more from him. Most of the other commentators were replaceable, his narrative was absolutely integral to the program. I'll have to see if I can get the narrative history from my library to listen to in the car.

[Dixie]

Good grief!  It seems that my hometown has been shortlisted as a potential twin-town with Disney [X(][8|]  

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.

If by "certain point", you mean "every time he appeared on screen", we agree...[:D]

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: sprior

Does the Cold War count?

It doesn't matter which war, just that it's The War and it's used to entertain/bore the grandchildren. It's just The War, something that you experienced and your grandchildren can also experience through the medium of long rambling stories.

For added effect, The War can actually be a composite event. Featuring the Cold War, Gulf War and a night out in Portsmouth for example.

Switch off Shaun the Sheep kiddies grandpa's going to tell you about a night out in Port Canaveral during The War...

Isn't "Shaun the Sheep" about grandpa's experiences in the Falklands War?

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.

No need to question it. He was a good friend of my dad's, so that means that his hold on sanity was tenuous at best...

[JWE]

So, which of ya'll oldsers out there saw the recent highly (and annoyingly) touted Prisoner series opener, and think it utterly blew dead bears, when ya compare it to Patrick McGoohan's Prisoner by ITC on PBS and BBC 3 (maybe?).

[Nikademus]

it blew chunks.