Pat G

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

About 1.8 billion years ago, a 10-15 km asteroid slammed into the area of present-day Sudbury and scattered debris for 1.6 million square kilometres. So how did that asteroid impact eventually lead to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory? Let's learn more! 👇 🧵1/9

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:32 UTC

Yay!

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:31 UTC

The handful of negative reviews from socially conservative readers are enlightening. If you can't engage your captive target audience, you are doing something really wrong.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:21 UTC

Looks like the rest of your day went a lot better - that's a spectacular spread!

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

A short and, happily uneventful, few years as a Canadian Reservist in the 1980's. Infantry, comms and mortars so life expectancy under 60 seconds. ;)

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:38 UTC

I'm partial to L16s myself. Thankfully never had to fire one in anger.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

Oh I'm staying the hell away from the Far East book... Though I already have the Soviet armour for Nomonhan so maybe just one toe in the water.....

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

When I clear the gaming table of Battletech and Baron's War - slowly pulling the son in law away from 40k - I want to run some practice exercises to better understand how it all links up - 1 section vs MG34 etc

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:25 UTC

Sticking with WWII ground only, 6mm desert, 20mm Normandy, 28mm Early War, Sea Lion and Barbarossa.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:22 UTC

There's one set of rules where coming to grips with how to maneuver under fire changes the whole depth of the game. It's not spoon fed to the players in the rules either, it being a reasonable assumption you've read a bit of history. The rules may be moderate, the play is complex.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

No IABSM which is kind of ok since they covered other Lardies/Von Reisswitz rules, or FoW which I found very suspect. I'm not keen on FoW personally but they are a big player. Anyway, as long as people are playing what they enjoy.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

Absolutely! My next bunch is going to be a Tirailleurs Sénégalaise platoon - trying to stick with the basics.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:19 UTC

So many great rules out there. One of the great strengths of the historicals side of the hobby - you can use the same toys with so many different rules.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

Part of that is Warlord's fault for marketing a very basic chit pull mechanic as something innovative because it uses fancy dice instead of tiddly winks and order markers. Yes I'm taking the piss, but just a bit. 😉

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:25 UTC

Watched about 2/3s of it - There are obvious errors and some old complaints about other systems that have long since been addressed.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

Found it - I may have regrets when I watch it.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:11 UTC

No poison ivy or giant hogweed where you live I guess? Dandelions though - just keep mowing until they stop flowering - job done for the year.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 14:17 UTC

*Cough* Phoenix *Cough* for the Canadian Civil service pay system. Rolled out in 2015. COTS, proven tech, big name provider and people still getting screwed over in 2024.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

Those dainty green tights - very fetching.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 13:05 UTC

These are both super cute and terrifying - Nicely done.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:59 UTC

May the rest of your day be at least a bit better.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:51 UTC

Indeed, I had one friend who lived in Inkerman On, another lives in Ladysmith, Qc.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 21:17 UTC

Garlic butter I'm thinking?

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 13:25 UTC

Needs a better common name like "Wraith's Finger" or "Devil's Pizzle"

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:41 UTC

Ouch!

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:07 UTC

Sounds like the back story to Strange Brew

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

Failure to comprehend this level of title pedantry is likely why the colonials rebelled.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Low bar but better than none

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:14 UTC

Spooky Season has started at Michaels!

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

Based on the photograph she and her daughter came from Ostrava, or passed through the labour camp at Moravská Ostrava. Deportations of Jews from Ostrava started early, in 1939. Having hope for her daughter slowly eroded over three years must have been unbearable.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:02 UTC

Thank you. No matter the nation, an incredibly import role in preserving democracy.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:00 UTC

Fascinating - I had also - wrongly - assumed that half track rocket launchers were a later development. What's the source please?

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:53 UTC

Mosley had loads more charisma. Both are thoroughly punchable.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:35 UTC

Their selection is not always the widest, but yes by choice: Help is Close to Home

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:56 UTC

Thanks - more of a Rona (used to be Lowes in Canada) guy

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:45 UTC

Great thread!
As a straight cis dad driving a Subaru, which hardware store to shop has always posed a conundrum.
Agree about spooky season at craft stores, Orange and Black, I'm in! I would add the relatively rare miniature #wargamer found snuffling through _all_ the shelves muttering "Terrain?"

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:30 UTC

Congratulations to all the poll workers in the UK who are the backbone of the democratic process. The polls may have closed but their work continues.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:04 UTC

A whole tablespoon of chili powder - that's daring.

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:41 UTC

Listen mate, there was a time when we didn't have posters telling us how to run our shops safely or "recycle" our rubbish! It's left green woke madness I tell you! Maggie never would have put up with it!

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Pat G @patg63.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:28 UTC

Happy Birthday USA! Good Luck and Go Vote UK! (Duck and Cover Canada)

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