Maushake
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A military historian friend posted this on Facebook ... three squares already checked off in the first episode! (Plus another if you count 'Stay with me, goddamn it!' as equivalent to 'Don't you die on me!'. And it's not clear whether the wound was caused by cannon or MG fire, so I'll leave that square blank for now
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The star of Aces High, Malcolm McDowell, has been here in town the last few summers filming a TV series which I've been trying (so far without success) to get a role on! I've been hoping to get the chance to meet him and be (probably) the first fan to mention that deep cut from his oeuvre, something other than A Clockwork Orange, If ..., or even Caligula
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On 9/15/2023 at 11:14 AM, J5_Hotlead said:
It's been some time since my last blog post, but today I finally finished work on a book review of "Sagittarius Rising". To anyone who hasn't yet read this literary masterwork (probably in the minority here lol), hopefully this review convinces you why you need to add this one to your bookshelf: https://climbinghigher.wixsite.com/climbinghigher/post/sagittarius-rising-book-review
I was just telling a friend about this book the other day! (I was reminded of it because she also has Sagittarius rising in her horoscope.) And that was a nice review; I'd forgotten about the guy always tinkering with his machine, clearly the inspiration behind the David Wood character in the film Aces High, who rigs up an intricate contraption for dropping grenades and proclaims 'Confidence in Mechanical Detail' to be the highest virtue!
I actually met the author once, at a college dinner in Oxford in 1993. He was of course 95 years old at the time, and a guest of someone else much more important than I was, so I didn't get much chance to talk to him, but it was great just to be in his presence.
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On 8/20/2023 at 2:32 AM, wheelsup_cavu said:
Before I saw the date the thread was started I thought it was going to be about Hurricane Hillary. She should be in my neck of the woods in the next 2 to 4 hours.
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Hope all goes well in your area!
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Saw this on Facebook, and thought it might amuse!
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Congratulations Vonrd! Very nice work.
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Good to hear from you, Vik! Very sorry to hear about your vision problems, and I do hope a solution will be found.
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Always loved those games, and still play them! Haven't tried the modern one yet, but the WWII ones are brilliant evocations of small unit actions, creeping through the Normandy hedgerows, fighting house to house in Arnhem, trying to move your tanks along the narrow, muddy roads in the Ardennes ...
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... or pawsrep? I saw this on Facebook the other day ...
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I'm late to the party here, but yes, I'd like to have a skin! Maybe the night lozenge pattern, with my usual Maus emblem and black & yellow bits on wing & tail?
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10 hours ago, Vonrd said:
Thanks so much, Vonrd!
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Congratulations to all!
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Congratulations to everyone!
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Aces of Aces
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Loved this game back in the day!
And I was reminded of it some years ago when I played Sid Meier's Ace Patrol -- similar mechanics, in that for each aircraft you choose a manoeuvre (some planes are better than others at certain turns, etc.), then click 'end turn' and watch the results play out ...