[OT] Aussie Fires, Fiery Atkinson, etc....

1) Someone compared combat to firefighting.
Both have paratroops and bombers too -
many a Smoke Jumper knows all about Final Protective Fire (or in their case,
Fire Retardant). And both combat and firefighting take a lot of guts to go at
time after time. Firefighters and cops and EMS types all too often don't get
enough credit for the amazing job they do!

As someone who lived in Northern Ontario during some key fire seasons (missed
school trips, nearly had to evacuate, etc), I can empathize with what is
happening in Oz right now. Lots of rain and low winds is what I'll be praying
for....

2) John A, I look forward to posting some of what we discussed (re:engineers)
and some other stuff we talked about too, in due time (have to assimilate the
engineering FMs that you pointed me at and laserlight burnt).

It takes a while to produce content (even if the only excercise is format
translation and making it look nice from prior information), and I have a
whole pile halfway produced.... (the story of my life). I just got a Digital
Camera, so now
some building and photos are a must - then
you'll REALLY have something to see (no, I'll resist the urge to put up
pictures of my own magnificent visage...).

As it is, I've added some book reviews and a scenario over the last couple of
days. I'm working on a second scenario in the background now.....

3) Owen, thanks for your Orbats. And thanks to Rick Rutherford for some of his
work. As we get these edited to fit our format, we'll post them with due
attributions.

4) When John was talking about Mithrasan Bloodpits, I kept thinking of
Magic:The
Bilking(TM) - that sounds like the name of a
magic card (or should be one!).

5) Alan, nice piece (well, nice isn't the right word....) about the Russians
in Chechnya. That was just a lovely little war....

:) Tomb

> Thomas Barclay Wrote:

> 1) Someone compared combat to firefighting.

Someone once also recommended a book on combat in here called "Men and Fire".
A book with a similar name can be recommended for anyone interested
in wildfire fighting - "Young Men and Fire" is about smokejumpers who
lost their lives. Amazon has several other titles recommended if you do a
search for YM&F.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, and I'm sure it's true in other wildfire
regions, the names of fires can evoke as much memory and legend as famous
battles - the Tillamook Burn, Mann Gulch, Storm King Mountain...

> As someone who lived in Northern Ontario

Echoed a thousand times....

From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>

> Thomas Barclay Wrote:

> >As someone who lived in Northern Ontario