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Television / Re: What TV Shows Are you Watc...
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 04:47:48 PMI'm watching Humans, a British tv series that has a couple of seasons. Pretty standard sci fi plot about how our reliance on technology has led us to be slaves to it or whatever, but it's apropos because of AI and whatnot. The women playing the robots are attractive and the human sexuality aspect, how both the men and women end up wanting to have sex with their robots, is addressed with humor.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...
Last post by Alex - Today at 04:04:43 PMKept Ash off school on Friday and took him down to Ayrshire to see his gran for a couple of days. The trains were overly hot in both directions, but he had a fun time. Once my mum is gone, I doubt I'll ever visit that part of the country again. I simply have no reason outside of that family to go anywhere near it. We went into Saltcoats, took Ash to a small funfair which he and my sister Elizabeth both loved. We went for a meal in what is desperately trying to be a more upmarket eatery, but suffers from the fact that the staff are locals and even when you put them in a suit and get them to speak politely you can still tell that they grew up in a very rough area. Our waiter would not have looked out of place mugging someone on a dark night with a knife, but he was very polite and I did tip him (because they are paid at the least, a living wage tipping is different in the UK to the US. I was pretty shocked when I was told many serving staff are unpaid, making their living soley from tips. Sounds like volunteer slavery to me, but whatever).
Elizabeth and my mum spoiled Ash, and bought me a tee shirt that had Pennywise and Chucky on it. I don't overly care for either character, but she was excited about it, so I let her get it for me and wore it. Ash mostly got trains out of it. He did decide that he wanted to buy a tee shirt for his mum, and when I asked which one he thought she'd like grabbed a Freddy Krueger one which did make me chuckle. Pretty sure Kristi has never watched a single one of those movies.
Its a Bank Holiday tomorrow, so we are playing a large game of Bolt Action. I am going to give my Italians a runout, alongside another Italian player against a combined British and US force.
Platoon 1: Rifle Platoon.
Normally I prefer having more infantry in my army than this, but I have so many untried "toys" in my collections to test out.
1* Veteran Officer + 4 men, all equiped with SMGs.
Short range high volume firepower. Italians don't get a lot of SMGs to play with and this is one of the few ways I can get a unit of them. Since they are my only short-range unit, they will more be for intercepting enemy attackers than launching thrusts into enemy territory on their own.
2* 11-man Bersagliari units with 2 LMGs. My fire base. I'll have to advance them on foot up the table to take any objectives, but my hope is that my opponents are more concerned with my plethora of armoured vehicles than my infantry. During the war, Bersagliari were elite light infantry.
1* 11-man squad of Blackshirts. Untrained militia who might become fanatical, or might panic and flee the first time they are shot at. More brought along for s**ts n giggles than really expecting them to achieve anything.
1* Regular Medic.
Had a few points to spend, so thought what the hell.
1* Veteran Solothurn Anti-tank rifle.
A rapid-firing anti-tank rifle that I am more thinking about using on enemy veteran troops to kill them easier.
Platoon 2. Armoured Platoon.
A full-strength armoured platoon of vehicles, although with Italians this is less impressive than it would be with almost any other nation (with the exception of Japan who has even worse tanks).
1* Regular M15/42 Medium tank.
With poor armour and a light anti-tank gun this is actually the command vehicle of my section, possibly because only light vehicles will consider it a threat. If anyone gets a side (or gods forbid, a rear shot), they are going to go through it like the proverbial hot knife through butter).
2* Regular Lanciaflamme tankettes.
Even lighter than my M15/42 (these things would be seriously intimidated by a Sherman), but each carrying a flamethrower and I do love my flamethrowers in BA.
1* Regular Lancia Armoured Car.
Light tank with rapid firing machine guns. Light rapid fire is a feature of this army list.
1* Autoblinda Armoured Car.
A light autocannon on this one for even more suppressive firepower.
Platoon 3. Heavy Weapons Platoon.
1* Regular Officer.
Because every platoon needs one and I didn't have the spare points to turn him into another SMG squad.
1* Regular Medium Mortar.
For the pounding of enemy entrenched positions to encourage them to move.
1* Veteran MMG.
Because I like my MMGs and it is more light, but rapid firing firepower.
1* Veteran Solothurn Anti-tank rifle.
Because 2 Solothurns are better than 1 and I really want something that can chew up tough elite infantry.
1* Veteran Light Automatic Cannon.
Also good for chewing up tough, elite infantry and shooting down enemy aircraft.
I have no big guns to deal with any late war tanks, although my flamethrowers are always in with a shot of panicking a vehicle crew, causing them to abandon it. My army would actually fare best against a mainly infantry force, or another army made up of lots of lighter vehicles similiar to what I've taken. I am expecting to lose a tank a turn, but I have so many that it will take most of the game to get rid of them all.
Elizabeth and my mum spoiled Ash, and bought me a tee shirt that had Pennywise and Chucky on it. I don't overly care for either character, but she was excited about it, so I let her get it for me and wore it. Ash mostly got trains out of it. He did decide that he wanted to buy a tee shirt for his mum, and when I asked which one he thought she'd like grabbed a Freddy Krueger one which did make me chuckle. Pretty sure Kristi has never watched a single one of those movies.
Its a Bank Holiday tomorrow, so we are playing a large game of Bolt Action. I am going to give my Italians a runout, alongside another Italian player against a combined British and US force.
Platoon 1: Rifle Platoon.
Normally I prefer having more infantry in my army than this, but I have so many untried "toys" in my collections to test out.
1* Veteran Officer + 4 men, all equiped with SMGs.
Short range high volume firepower. Italians don't get a lot of SMGs to play with and this is one of the few ways I can get a unit of them. Since they are my only short-range unit, they will more be for intercepting enemy attackers than launching thrusts into enemy territory on their own.
2* 11-man Bersagliari units with 2 LMGs. My fire base. I'll have to advance them on foot up the table to take any objectives, but my hope is that my opponents are more concerned with my plethora of armoured vehicles than my infantry. During the war, Bersagliari were elite light infantry.
1* 11-man squad of Blackshirts. Untrained militia who might become fanatical, or might panic and flee the first time they are shot at. More brought along for s**ts n giggles than really expecting them to achieve anything.
1* Regular Medic.
Had a few points to spend, so thought what the hell.
1* Veteran Solothurn Anti-tank rifle.
A rapid-firing anti-tank rifle that I am more thinking about using on enemy veteran troops to kill them easier.
Platoon 2. Armoured Platoon.
A full-strength armoured platoon of vehicles, although with Italians this is less impressive than it would be with almost any other nation (with the exception of Japan who has even worse tanks).
1* Regular M15/42 Medium tank.
With poor armour and a light anti-tank gun this is actually the command vehicle of my section, possibly because only light vehicles will consider it a threat. If anyone gets a side (or gods forbid, a rear shot), they are going to go through it like the proverbial hot knife through butter).
2* Regular Lanciaflamme tankettes.
Even lighter than my M15/42 (these things would be seriously intimidated by a Sherman), but each carrying a flamethrower and I do love my flamethrowers in BA.
1* Regular Lancia Armoured Car.
Light tank with rapid firing machine guns. Light rapid fire is a feature of this army list.
1* Autoblinda Armoured Car.
A light autocannon on this one for even more suppressive firepower.
Platoon 3. Heavy Weapons Platoon.
1* Regular Officer.
Because every platoon needs one and I didn't have the spare points to turn him into another SMG squad.
1* Regular Medium Mortar.
For the pounding of enemy entrenched positions to encourage them to move.
1* Veteran MMG.
Because I like my MMGs and it is more light, but rapid firing firepower.
1* Veteran Solothurn Anti-tank rifle.
Because 2 Solothurns are better than 1 and I really want something that can chew up tough elite infantry.
1* Veteran Light Automatic Cannon.
Also good for chewing up tough, elite infantry and shooting down enemy aircraft.
I have no big guns to deal with any late war tanks, although my flamethrowers are always in with a shot of panicking a vehicle crew, causing them to abandon it. My army would actually fare best against a mainly infantry force, or another army made up of lots of lighter vehicles similiar to what I've taken. I am expecting to lose a tank a turn, but I have so many that it will take most of the game to get rid of them all.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: You Know What Really Grind...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 03:56:20 PMpeople who think it's a good idea to do their daily jog on the pavement. running in and out of pedestrians. I practically have to dodge a dozen of these weirdos on my walk to work... go and run around a field.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: You Know What Really Grind...
Last post by Alex - Today at 03:15:13 PMQuote from: Trevor on May 23, 2026, 11:18:03 PMQuote from: bob on May 23, 2026, 05:09:46 PMQuote from: Trevor on May 23, 2026, 11:40:00 AMQuote from: bob on May 23, 2026, 09:43:26 AMQuote from: indianasmith on May 22, 2026, 09:55:49 PMAW, look, Svengoolie! I want to go back and smite his karma again, just for old time's sake, but we don't have karma anymore. Arguably the most disliked person in the history of BMDO.
what do you mean arguably
he got banned into the shadow realm
😳😆😄😃😀😊😎🐢
I think I was the person who chased him out of here. I made a post titled ATTENTION SVENGOOLIE years back.
Rev banned that a***ole after he sent me a rude message
👍👍🐢
I am 99% sure he came back under a different name (Morphus the Unwoke or something like that). On multiple occasions, he expressed the exact same views (as in word for word) as sven had.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Alex - Today at 03:11:03 PMSpinal Tap 2.
I've been wanting to watch this for a while. Felt more like a gentle get together with old friends than what the original movie brought. Not entirely a bad thing, but also not what most people would be wanting to watch it for. Worthy enough in its own way, but also not exceptional in any way.
I've been wanting to watch this for a while. Felt more like a gentle get together with old friends than what the original movie brought. Not entirely a bad thing, but also not what most people would be wanting to watch it for. Worthy enough in its own way, but also not exceptional in any way.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 01:31:21 PM
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Press Releases and Film News / Re: RIP Michael Keating
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 12:28:26 PMThe Magic Hands
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - Today at 12:17:22 PM
Where's the doll?
#9
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:15:05 PMTHE HAYSEED (1919):
This is now the latest Roscoe Arbuckle flick I've seen, and based on only very limited evidence, my sense now is that he started out slow and uninspired about 1915, exploded into wildly unhinged farce by '17-'18, and then by the end of the decade was trying to go mainstream. THE HAYSEED is more romcom than farce, w/ Roscoe as a country bumpkin w/ a cute girlfriend (well good for him), which makes him a target for the lustful and corrupt local sheriff. Frequent collaborator Buster Keaton is present as Roscoe's boss at the general store, though doesn't get to do the things you probably think you want to see him doing. There's very little slapstick or even action - it's a plot-driven silent comedy, which probably was overly ambitious, as dialogue is generally the best vehicle for exposition. (There are long scenes of talking w/ few intertitles.
) I guess Roscoe wanted to demonstrate he could be an affable romantic lead, and who can blame him? There are some good visual gags (signs outside and inside the store). 3/5 Also it's clear that Arbuckle really disliked the police, even before his decade-long legal battle to beat a "murder" rap for a victim who died from a UTI. 
This is now the latest Roscoe Arbuckle flick I've seen, and based on only very limited evidence, my sense now is that he started out slow and uninspired about 1915, exploded into wildly unhinged farce by '17-'18, and then by the end of the decade was trying to go mainstream. THE HAYSEED is more romcom than farce, w/ Roscoe as a country bumpkin w/ a cute girlfriend (well good for him), which makes him a target for the lustful and corrupt local sheriff. Frequent collaborator Buster Keaton is present as Roscoe's boss at the general store, though doesn't get to do the things you probably think you want to see him doing. There's very little slapstick or even action - it's a plot-driven silent comedy, which probably was overly ambitious, as dialogue is generally the best vehicle for exposition. (There are long scenes of talking w/ few intertitles.
) I guess Roscoe wanted to demonstrate he could be an affable romantic lead, and who can blame him? There are some good visual gags (signs outside and inside the store). 3/5 Also it's clear that Arbuckle really disliked the police, even before his decade-long legal battle to beat a "murder" rap for a victim who died from a UTI. 