The Shattered Sword: John 3rd vs. Anachro--BTS

[Canoerebel]

Well, I'm glad you're back. I feared that you had succumbed to the urge to end it all after Sunday night's debacle.

[John 3rd]

I wanted to PUNCH the damned Allied Fleet. Doing a turn every OTHER day has totally ruined the flow and pace...

[John 3rd]

Haven't been able to log in--let alone update--for quite some time. Life with two teenagers is completely INSANE! Add wife, jobs, school, teenagers, spring sports, teenagers, and 4-H and one begins to wonder what life is supposed to be!

This is a totally off-topic Posting but I wanted everyone to know I am still in the land of the living.

My family and I watched Avengers: Endgame this afternoon, recovered from that experience for about 45 minutes and then my eldest and I just watch the Battle of Winterfell in Game of Thrones. HOLY CATS! Am seriously depressed and contemplating why we bother to live.

FIRST: Endgame---It is a magnificent conclusion to the first 22 Marvel Movies. AMAZING! You'll laugh, cry, laugh, say WOW, laugh, and then end up crying. Three marvelous (Pun??!!) hours of entertainment doing just--somehow--to everything Marvel has done since Iron Man started the journey.

SECOND: Game of Thrones...damn...seriously...damn. I started reading Martin's Books 13 years ago and then moved to the TV Series. Sure--very explicit sex and violence but it has been an achievement. WATCH this final season!


Purposely stayed away from spoilers but just had to say SOMETHING somewhere!

Hope you are all well and your Fleets are afloat and traveling from victory-to-victory. BANZAI!

[Canoerebel]

Good to see you back, John. I haven't seen Avengers nor have I seen or read Game of Thrones, so no thoughts there. I live in the woods and just read books while building my ark.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Good to see you back, John. I haven't seen Avengers nor have I seen or read Game of Thrones, so no thoughts there. I live in the woods and just read books while building my ark.

I'll give you another movie quote : "You're going to need a bigger boat!" to accommodate all the nice people you know on this forum and elsewhere, and computers for all the WITP-AE players, and generators for the power, and a library of reference books on WWII and the period just before when ships were being built and plans were being made ... [:D]

[BBfanboy]

Hang in there John - the teenagers will leave in a few years and your work life will become retirement life (if you don't burn yourself out). Your wife will get tired of having you around all the time and kick you out of the house so you have to go fishing, attend sports matches, learn to throw an axe, whatever! [:)]

In the meantime, understand that there are endless volunteer organizations out there and they will demand more than you can possibly give if you don't say "Sorry, I can't". I gave 15 years of intense involvement to Scouts Canada while working a demanding, high stress job. I didn't handle the stress well (no abuse there, just grumpy and too tired to do things my wife wanted) and it cost me my marriage. Take care of your health in all respects - the world needs to keep more good men around!

[Bif1961]

Thanks for dropping a line or two and some movie and TV series review, now back to the war!

[zuluhour]

John, you may be to responsible to war-game properly. [:D]

[John 3rd]

Always trust Zulu to nearly make me spew my tea when I read his comments! Well said Sir.

We're midway through January 43 and I saved the January 1st turn for an update. Would like to do that along with VP and state-of-the-Empire thinking. If possible I shall make that a goal to get accomplished within the next day or two.

[ny59giants]

Flying out to visit John tomorrow morning (Friday) for a long weekend (flying back Tuesday evening). We have known each other for over decade, but never had face to face, since his epic game vs Canoerebel with original WITP. In Summer of '43 he was trying very hard to totally crash his economy. [:D]
Hope to get Tracker up and running. Will look over his logistical efforts, airframes, and engines.

[Canoerebel]

Hey, that sounds fun! Be sure to pack a Speedo. John enjoys sitting in a lawn chair in his front yard, watching the men of his neighborhood jog, mow the grass, and putter about.

On a more serious note, post an AAR of your visit. I hope y'all have a great time. Tell Paula hello too!

[John 3rd]

Hey Dan! If you were out it might be a perfect threesome. Oooopps. Did that come out wrong?

Hmmmm...

[John 3rd]

It is very strange KNOWING a person for 12 years and having spoken to them for 1,000s of hours to not KNOW what they look like. Pretty crazy when you think about it. Today saw NY59GIANTS and I meet up at Denver International Airport. Michael and I have been through a BUNCH and it has been a rock solid, enjoyable day. The relationship built over all these years just continued on but is now at a different level. Does that make sense? Hope so. We will post some pictures of our rendezvous at some point this weekend.i

Between Dan and Michael, I could not imagine life without either of these weird, strange human beings!

Been a great ride all these years gang.

[John 3rd]

The whole point of bringing Michael out here has now been fulfilled. WE have TRACKER running!
[:-]

[Lowpe]

Congratulations on the face to face and getting tracker running![:)]

[John 3rd]

We shall Post some pictures later on in the main forum.

Tracker is a HUGE boon! Anyone who has never used it---SHOULD!

[Canoerebel]

The bigger question, John, is whether Michael has your economy running again?

It's super that you two got together and had a good time.

I've never met any forumites. I missed an opportunity to meet up with Chickenboy (Andre) years ago, when he came to Atlanta. I was afraid that he might be gender fluid.

I don't know what most forumites look like. The exceptions? Bullwinkle, who posted a memorable photo of him and Girl of the Prairie at the Minnesota State Fair a few years back....and crsutton, who often posts photos of himself with unusual vehicles plus a woman who has an unusually large and pliable cat!

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The bigger question, John, is whether Michael has your economy running again?

It's super that you two got together and had a good time.

I've never met any forumites. I missed an opportunity to meet up with Chickenboy (Andre) years ago, when he came to Atlanta. I was afraid that he might be gender fluid.

I don't know what most forumites look like. The exceptions? Bullwinkle, who posted a memorable photo of him and Girl of the Prairie at the Minnesota State Fair a few years back....and crsutton, who often posts photos of himself with unusual vehicles plus a woman who has an unusually large and pliable cat!

Don't forget the infamous GreyJoy Penguin suit!!

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

It is very strange KNOWING a person for 12 years and having spoken to them for 1,000s of hours to not KNOW what they look like. Pretty crazy when you think about it. Today saw NY59GIANTS and I meet up at Denver International Airport. Michael and I have been through a BUNCH and it has been a rock solid, enjoyable day. The relationship built over all these years just continued on but is now at a different level. Does that make sense? Hope so. We will post some pictures of our rendezvous at some point this weekend.i

Between Dan and Michael, I could not imagine life without either of these weird, strange human beings!

Been a great ride all these years gang.

Awesome. So good to have some face to face even if there has been communication.

I've met a few, and as always the offer is on if you're in London or surrounding areas, I'll treat you to a pint!

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I don't know what most forumites look like.

Trust me, you don't want to know what I look like...