So tell us a little about yourself!

[sprior]

Is that like Mustang Sally?

[thegreatwent]

Mustangs are enlisted types who give into the dark side and become officer[;)]

[sprior]

They asked me and I said no.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: sprior

They asked me and I said no.

Because you were having too much fun in the torpedo tube? [&:]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: sprior

They asked me and I said no.

Because you were having too much fun in the torpedo tube? [&:]

Actually what I said was, "Put me down for it sir but I'm not going to lick your @r$e or anyone else's to get it".

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: sprior

They asked me and I said no.

Because you were having too much fun in the torpedo tube? [&:]

Actually what I said was, "Put me down for it sir but I'm not going to lick your @r$e or anyone else's to get it".

And you were expected to? You do have a different way of officer selection in the RN , don't you? [&:][:D]

[sprior]

Those looking for promotion often get the stupid crappy jobs that the officers don't want to do. No thanks.

[sprior]

Looking back on it all I was 32 when I left the RN and thought I was so experienced and tough. In truth we were still young and the crews driving around those SSBNs were all so yong, yet we were the ones expected to deal out retribution to those who would destroy our homeland.

And those nice people at the CND tried to get us condemned as war criminals.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Looking back on it all I was 32 when I left the RN and thought I was so experienced and tough. In truth we were still young and the crews driving around those SSBNs were all so yong, yet we were the ones expected to deal out retribution to those who would destroy our homeland.

And those nice people at the CND tried to get us condemned as war criminals.

Yeah , they were a fun lot. [:)]

[Central Blue]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I was shocked and appalled to find that apparently I never did one of these threads for AE . At least I couldn't find one. And WITP's is , well how we say it? Semi-defunct, perhaps. Any way , there are newbies amongst us. So tell us the story behind your Avatar, sig line and log in name, and a little bit about yourself. We don't bite. At least not too badly. Well, alright Bobo does, but he's been MIA for a couple of months now. So ....


Hello , my name is AW1Steve, and I'm WITP-a-holic..............[8|]

hey old geezer, there's one you started about six pages back. [;)] But if it's worth saying once, it's worth repeating.

Central Blue -- Locksley Hall

Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales;

Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew
From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue;

I found it in Morrison's Two Ocean War. I don't read a lot of military history except for what I can browse at places like Ibiblio or various .mil sites. I do enjoy other types of history. The books I am currently slogging through are American Lion and McCullogh's 1776I enjoy memoirs like Company Aitch, Wah-to-Yah, and Cowboy Detective.

I might do an avatar some day. Maybe a Disc World character.

Sig line is because I'm a Cardinal fan from St. Louis. It could be better done, but it's sufficient.

My current line of work is probably coincidental to my enjoyment of naval war games going back to sea power three.

Got into the board game genre when my oldest brother came home from college with AH Blitzkrieg somewhere in the mid 60's.

[Mynok]

I don't believe I have ever enjoyed a PBEM like I have with WiTP and AE - although I have several of Matrix's games.

Does my heart good to hear that, don't ya know.... [:D]

[Mynok]

Well...since I haven't done this since the UV days.....

Been wargaming since I was 12. Started with Tactics II and Squad Leader. Pretty much bought and played the gamut of AH games and some SPI works, specifically the ACW series. Great games.

Hit the computer games early on with Silent Service, VGA Planets, Stars, Space Empires, Civ I-III, Gettysburg, and then the addictive UV-WitpAE series. Also tried Crown of Glory and most of the AGEOD series.

Some of my best wargaming experiences were with multi-player Napoleonics. Played a War in Peace grand campaign by mail in the non-computer days. Empires in Arms is an absolute classic and still one of my favorites.

Even did my time with miniatures in the ancients realm. Still have a nice 25mm Achaemenid Persian force.

[Q-Ball]

I am very boring. I have a pretty nice house, a family, and a nice dog. Nothing much happens around here. I am from Illinois, which is a fairly boring state. I have a boring job, but it's stable and good enough to pay every bill and have some left over for travel and games and dogfood and whatnot. So I guess that's OK.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

I am very boring. I have a pretty nice house, a family, and a nice dog. Nothing much happens around here. I am from Illinois, which is a fairly boring state. I have a boring job, but it's stable and good enough to pay every bill and have some left over for travel and games and dogfood and whatnot. So I guess that's OK.

Boring is good. In fact boring is very good. As a matter of fact, boring is something that I aspire to. [:D]

[Canoerebel]

My parents gave me my first board wargame (AH's Blitzkrieg) in the mid 70s and I was hooked. Have a cabinet full of AH and Victory Games. I think my favorites were Midway and American Civil War. Stumbled my way through some of the earlier computer games (Talonsaoft series and Harpoon in particular). Found UV in late 2002 and, since then, it's been that and WitP and AE.

I live in northwestern Georgia with my wife of nearly 23 years, daughter, and two sons. I'll be 50 late this year, a milestone which leaves me rather stunned. But I'm lucky to have a great family and a job that is pure pleasure, so I'll accept my age and try not to do anything stupid to prove that I'm really young even though I'm not.

Miller and John III have been my opponents since UV days. Somewhere back in what seems prehistoric times I even squared off against Admiral Dadman in UV. He beat me handily.

I nonchalantly picked my screen name in the '90s, not realizing it would actually stick with me. I don't canoe that much any more and, while I'm a proud Southerner, I'm glad to be an American.

I never served in the military, but my father (Army sergeant, WWII), step-father (quartermaster, US Navy, WWII), and father-in-law (Army armor, Korean War) did so so that I didn't have to. Thanks, dads.

[rockmedic109]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

I am very boring. I have a pretty nice house, a family, and a nice dog. Nothing much happens around here. I am from Illinois, which is a fairly boring state. I have a boring job, but it's stable and good enough to pay every bill and have some left over for travel and games and dogfood and whatnot. So I guess that's OK.

Boring is good. In fact boring is very good. As a matter of fact, boring is something that I aspire to. [:D]

I wish for boring. Life has other plans.

Like traveling to China in 24 hours to pick up a new daughter. A future WITP-AE player.....or maybe a designer of WITP 2?

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

My parents gave me my first board wargame (AH's Blitzkrieg) in the mid 70s and I was hooked. Have a cabinet full of AH and Victory Games. I think my favorites were Midway and American Civil War. Stumbled my way through some of the earlier computer games (Talonsaoft series and Harpoon in particular). Found UV in late 2002 and, since then, it's been that and WitP and AE.

I live in northwestern Georgia with my wife of nearly 23 years, daughter, and two sons. I'll be 50 late this year, a milestone which leaves me rather stunned. But I'm lucky to have a great family and a job that is pure pleasure, so I'll accept my age and try not to do anything stupid to prove that I'm really young even though I'm not.

Miller and John III have been my opponents since UV days. Somewhere back in what seems prehistoric times I even squared off against Admiral Dadman in UV. He beat me handily.

I nonchalantly picked my screen name in the '90s, not realizing it would actually stick with me. I don't canoe that much any more and, while I'm a proud Southerner, I'm glad to be an American.

I never served in the military, but my father (Army sergeant, WWII), step-father (quartermaster, US Navy, WWII), and father-in-law (Army armor, Korean War) did so so that I didn't have to. Thanks, dads.

Sounds like you might want to consider posting in the "Geezer Thread", join us in the fun! [:D] The best part of getting old is inflicting revenge on the young and undeserving! Pay it forward! [:D]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

I am very boring. I have a pretty nice house, a family, and a nice dog. Nothing much happens around here. I am from Illinois, which is a fairly boring state. I have a boring job, but it's stable and good enough to pay every bill and have some left over for travel and games and dogfood and whatnot. So I guess that's OK.

Boring is good. In fact boring is very good. As a matter of fact, boring is something that I aspire to. [:D]

I wish for boring. Life has other plans.

Like traveling to China in 24 hours to pick up a new daughter. A future WITP-AE player.....or maybe a designer of WITP 2?

Good luck on the trip and congratulations to the newest family member! [&o][:)]

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I'll be 50 late this year, a milestone which leaves me rather stunned....

Sounds like you might want to consider posting in the "Geezer Thread", join us in the fun! [:D] The best part of getting old is inflicting revenge on the young and undeserving! Pay it forward! [:D]

AW1Steve, thanks for the invite, but I cannot wrap my head around the concept of being deemed a geezer. I think I'm having issues.

[sprior]

Don't do it C, it's a trap. Dude. Just taunt the old farts from the safety of the pavement.