tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post9216263972720803921..comments2024-03-28T14:20:37.492-07:00Comments on The Mad Padre's Wargames Page: Banner Blunder!Mad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-39865619034319724702021-02-06T07:02:18.800-08:002021-02-06T07:02:18.800-08:00There you go, another Amish flaw!There you go, another Amish flaw!Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-3915006966673413832021-02-06T07:01:45.348-08:002021-02-06T07:01:45.348-08:00116th PA were mostly Irish immigrants recruited in...116th PA were mostly Irish immigrants recruited in Philadelphia.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-25803387193671335632021-02-06T06:58:03.264-08:002021-02-06T06:58:03.264-08:00Amish ladies are said to make a deliberate mistake...Amish ladies are said to make a deliberate mistake in every quilt, as a remedy against excessive pride. Maybe I should have left it the way it was.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-67702055147515410752021-02-06T06:56:58.757-08:002021-02-06T06:56:58.757-08:00They still have their first battle to look forward...They still have their first battle to look forward to, so I'm not expecting great performance! Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-51398210023023684782021-02-06T06:56:28.413-08:002021-02-06T06:56:28.413-08:00He's shaking that flag to ward off the bullets...He's shaking that flag to ward off the bullets!Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-26403152171659670822021-02-06T06:56:00.911-08:002021-02-06T06:56:00.911-08:00Thanks, I was saving the GMB flags for some of Ste...Thanks, I was saving the GMB flags for some of Steve Barber's figures with Irish Brigade heads but there is still a fourth IB regiment to go, I believe.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-5815132890223025592021-02-04T10:59:18.928-08:002021-02-04T10:59:18.928-08:00Its easily done - I have a unit of 15mm T34 tanks ...Its easily done - I have a unit of 15mm T34 tanks with the tracks on back to front - as they are metal fixed to resin with epoxy glue, I did not attempt to remove them - no one has ever noticed except my mate who gave me the wrong info about which way to put them on in the first place!rrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-27119884660913368552021-02-01T15:24:39.777-08:002021-02-01T15:24:39.777-08:00Irish? In Pennsylvania?
I should know! There's...Irish? In Pennsylvania?<br />I should know! There's a doggerel supposedly from the AWI:<br />"Here's to the Irish! We're not very much!<br /> But a damn sight better than the Pennsylvania Dutch!"<br />(I didn't write it. Blame history."Grenzer Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-41277519543548752132021-02-01T12:28:55.134-08:002021-02-01T12:28:55.134-08:00Happy ending and lesson learned - could be much wo...Happy ending and lesson learned - could be much worse. And the bleeding stopped. Nice mini too.<br /><br />I recall studying my proud new blog post pics of a Napoleonic battle a few years ago, when I learned that my 5th battalion of the KGL line infantry had been carrying their flag upside down for about 10 years. Ouch. It's OK. Every day we get better.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-20516649031281493052021-02-01T12:01:21.631-08:002021-02-01T12:01:21.631-08:00That was a close call. Nice recovery. You could ...That was a close call. Nice recovery. You could have kept it 'as is' and if anyone asked, you could say the regiment was being disciplined for poor battlefield performance.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-26037407245943848572021-02-01T10:16:57.698-08:002021-02-01T10:16:57.698-08:00I thought it was an optical illusion caused by how...I thought it was an optical illusion caused by how vigorously he was waving the flag. Yup. <br />Ah well, all's well as ends well.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-62762777543975193582021-02-01T09:48:41.889-08:002021-02-01T09:48:41.889-08:00Been there, made the blood sacrifices to the hobby...Been there, made the blood sacrifices to the hobby gods. End result looks great.Peter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com