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Can't write

I am finding it hard to write like I used to. I haven't really written anything in a year. Its not from lack of Ideas, my head is swirling with them, its more or less from a inability to concentrate long enough on a single Idea. I want to write something... but just cant concentrate on it long enough. Maybe I will dump some stuff here and try to get things rolling again.

Wow

My last post was in 2008!!! that was proably the last shootem up I did. I have been getting back into Civil War and have been expanding into F&I as well.

Aussie Nam

OPFOR

This was at FT-DIX NJ....Right before MED-EVAC Copters brought in the troops....dman bad form if you ask me. ( Thats Russian Camo, a Soviet Airborne rig and a chestpouch)

May???

I managed to get to WWI and it was interesting, a 15 foot section of Trench burnt down…er..up, it was a hell of a fire and it was weird that the allies were the ones mostly fighting it. Jim Marcum cemented his place in history by ripping a frame out of a German bunker while forcing the door and I was the Only Buff at morning formation.

My Back and Breast plate as well as my pike helmet are still on the way from England and John Buck is in the middle of my Matchlock.

I am selling some Airsoft weapons in order to get a new CA m15a4 CQB. Everything we do is pretty close and think woods so it should be a good weapon. I also am going to try to get my SAW out this summer as I have yet to fire it.

I am down to a 44/42 coat and 34/32 pants, which is fun because of the originals I can squeeze into. The DR. says 195 is a good weight for me so I am trying to hang around there ( Though that’s been a tough while I get used to maintaining).

Matt wants to do a day at the Army Heritage Museum in Carlisle this month and that could be fun as we haven’t done Span Am in a while.

Update

Losing weight is sort of a good news bad news thing in reenacting, Good news is that you can fit into neat original clothes (Mostly) bad news is that none of your old stuff fits, at least not well, thus my issue. My British WWI officers stuff is to horrendously large now, I just cant wear it, so with that in mind I have decided to step down as BEF Commander. I know I will probably gain most of my weight back, I did before, but I hope to keep it off. I am not getting rid of anything this time just in case.

17th and 18th Century stuff….

Well my Matchlock is on order with John Buck, scheduled to be delivered in March or April. My back and Breast and helmet are both on order from England. I picked up some shoes from Museum replicas as they were on close out and my Hat and belt should be shipped next week. I should order a new canteen and Cartridge box soon. John may be able to make my belt of charges for my 17th Century stuff ( I also ordered a priming flask from him). So we are on our way.

I also have been working on finishing off my East German and Cold War British stuff so that’s almost done.

George Fraser Dies....

George Fraser....the Author of "Quarter Safe Out Here" has passed away. His account of the war in burma lead me to researching the little known conflict there and enabled me to contact several 9th Border vets. He also, among other books, wrote "Steel Bonnets" a great book on Border Rievers that sparked my intrest in that topic.

Arroyo! George

42nd Regt. Tel El Kabir 1882

Ok...It was a night March...thank god for the Royal Navy...but what a rush at Dawn.

New Impressions for the New Year…

Ok It’s 2008 and I have decided to work on 2 impressions. They are of earlier periods, One is Rev War, a period I did for a short time back in the Olde Tymes. Matt and I are putting together a 5th of Foote impression to sort of anchor our Northumberlands time line on. I love the period so I am hoping we get it together. We are also doing a Delaware Regiment impression which will rock.

The Other impression is a English Civil War Impression, I still have allot of my clothing for this but It is my hopes to do a New Model Unit ( We Did Hampdens before and that was the early war green coat). I have already begun to get some things together and I am selling some stuff to help pay for these impressions. I’ll Post more info when I have it.

Arent you that Guy....

You never know who your going to meet, being a world class Chrononaught and garden gnome collector can have its perks. This is that Guy Martin Sheen, I finally had to call security to have him escorted out.

Dang Nabit!!!

I have a rule that through the studious adherence to laziness and shirkery I can avoid all rank and responsibility...except apparently in the Federal Army it gets you promoted....who knew.

Crackers and coffee

This is me in 1863, we had been thrown out on a pickett and I was thinking about taking a shoot, luckily they talked me out of it as the Reb's had fresh eggs to trade...man they was good eggs.

Just following the crowd...

Me in the ECW again ( Note the more fashionable facial hair). I think we were cheering burning something....I didnt want to seem like I was out of place so I joined in...but my heart wasnt in it.

Okinawa

This is our Marine MG team moving our watercooled 30 closer to the action. thats me in the back to the left...have carbine will travel. God only knows why they were still giving us those pre-war yellow frags. Semper fi.

Rule #1....never listen to Monty

Me in Holland in September 44. This was just day one, that brick wall was a pile of rubble by the time we were finished. I hate the Horsa Glider.

Shaggy Ridge.......

Ok...a silly name, but hell on earth, Aussies fight like SOB's. We snapped this shot to show how close the Japs got to our Bren Gun. Thats me with the Owens SMG...Just Happy to be alive. 1943...you can have it.