Merry Christmas! Whether or not you celebrate it, I hope everyone is doing well.

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Merry Christmas to all and I hope that your day is a great one... I'm not a religious myself, but the general good feelings of the season are hard to ignore... I realize that we are all of different beliefs, but my good wishes are for everyone...

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To all who celebrate Boxing Day, enjoy! And remember, no hitting below the belt!!!

Yeah, yeah, I know, it has nothing to do with Boxing...

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Happy 2020 Everyone... Hoping your New Year brings you Joy and Happiness...

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Happy New Year!!

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HL:
Well, this year started off nicely. I went to have breakfast at our local IHOP (International House of Pancakes) and while I was eating and reading, this man and woman (late 20's?) came to my table and thanked me for my service. (I was wearing one of my US Navy shirts),, I thanked them for their 'Thank You's). and we exchanged a few words and then they left. When I went to pay for my meal, I found that they had already paid for it! Blew me away... This has happened a time or two before and it is a nice feeling...

Anyway, a friend of mine who works at the local theater came by and I said hi and we talked for a bit and then he went to his table. As I was leaving, I sat with him, he is a former US Marine btw, and we kidded each other a bit about each other's service and then as I was leaving, I got an idea. Hey, I had a free breakfast, so I sneakily paid for his, lol. Hey, he let me in to see a movie one time, anyway, I don't think he knew who did it and that is the way I like it, y'know...

So, a good way to start the year,,,

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Hello everyone, how are things going?

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Isakaya High School Roleplaying Info

"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Getting on okay. And what about yourself?? It's been such a long time!

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Hi Arren, I'm pretty good, thanks. Retirement is extremely enjoyable and my health is still fair to middling. I'm having fun pursuing both my hobbies now, model railways and wargaming. Here's a (fictional) artillery unit I painted recently for an 18th century imagi-nations campaign I'm running:



On the downside I have almost stopped watching anime. I can't find any TV series that engages me these days but do still re-watch the occasional movie.

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Isakaya High School Roleplaying Info

"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Saddles!!! Good to see you, Man... Things still going along ok over here, except for this damn coronavirus stuff, but so far not attacking me or mine...

I thought, at first, that you had a rocket launcher in the back horse drawn carriage, but on closer look at the near one, finally saw the field piece at the end... I think that they had Congreve Rockets at the time your figures seem to fit into...

Hahaha, just had a memory flash...
Wa-a-a-y back in my school days, when bored, I would draw a couple of lines of ships and planes facing off against each other and then randomly as possible, alternately drawing arcing lines of trajectory (before I even knew what that meant) and seeing which side would win... lol

One of my buddies is into wargaming in some way, but I'm not sure of the era or time lines involved...

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On the downside I have almost stopped watching anime. I can't find any TV series that engages me these days but do still re-watch the occasional movie.

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Hey Saddles good to see you back. Great to hear things are working out for you.

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Great to see you again, Saddles! I was thinking just the other day how we hadn't seen you in a while, glad to hear you're doing well and enjoying life.

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Hoping that everyone and their families are doing well in this worldwide crisis... Doing OK on this end... I had a major sore throat and head congestion towards the end of February but am over that now... I don't think it was the CoVid thing and my Hospital said nothing about it and prescribed Meds that seemed to work...

Again, My best to everyone...

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Glad you're doing alright and over your illness, Husky. We're all doing fine, here. Haven't left the house in a week. Just being careful because of my dad, he's healthy but he is in his eighties.

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Glad you're doing alright and over your illness, Husky. We're all doing fine, here. Haven't left the house in a week. Just being careful because of my dad, he's healthy but he is in his eighties.

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Oh My Gosh, Kaz... You're old!!!...

uh, older that I thought...

Glad that he and you are doing well...

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ROLL CALL...

i figure that I'm going to do this periodically, just to see how everybody is doing, hoping that everyone is well...

Me: I'm still doing well, temp normal, all else is going well...

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Alive and well, but pretty stressed out.

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はーい

All well, here. Plenty of supplies, staying inside, keeping occupied. Riding out the storm.

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I've been working 60hrs/week until recently. I decided to take a week or so off just out of caution. I probably will go back to work soon after...People still need their essential items shipped. I make sure to take the necessary precautions, washing hands and using hand sanitizer whenever I can. Practicing social distancing is hard at work sometimes, but I just need to be wary of my surroundings. Hope everyone is doing alright.

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