tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post6980479140436827443..comments2024-03-17T07:07:22.488-07:00Comments on Ed M's Wargames Meanderings : A BULLY INTERLUDE--OR--DON'T RAIN ON THE PARADE!Ed Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-34933260662326597282019-06-14T08:41:02.051-07:002019-06-14T08:41:02.051-07:00Very picturesquely unsanitary (or would that be &q...Very picturesquely unsanitary (or would that be "unsanitarily picturesque?")Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-26563151160836320862019-06-14T07:01:12.205-07:002019-06-14T07:01:12.205-07:00Gallows humour Indeed! Unsanitary but picturesque ...Gallows humour Indeed! Unsanitary but picturesque !<br />Best Iaincaveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-63077701047046992612019-06-13T07:56:36.715-07:002019-06-13T07:56:36.715-07:00Thanks, AJ. Thanks, AJ. Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-79455063114836212242019-06-13T07:55:47.092-07:002019-06-13T07:55:47.092-07:00Good point: staying out of the hands of the docs w...Good point: staying out of the hands of the docs was always a priority of mine during my time in service :) Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-90253627086835351162019-06-13T07:28:14.404-07:002019-06-13T07:28:14.404-07:00Real history is full of disease. I’ve read accoun...Real history is full of disease. I’ve read accounts of the ACW and the AWI and the disease rate is saddening. I think in both conflicts the deaths by disease were more than by battles. We think of brave troops facing bullets and cannons but really the fear I would have is of getting sick. Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-54757770619176550382019-06-13T07:06:57.616-07:002019-06-13T07:06:57.616-07:00Great post Ed!Great post Ed!AJ (Allan) Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487872439441907245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-62446161205476831442019-06-13T05:01:53.832-07:002019-06-13T05:01:53.832-07:00I haven't read Roosevelt's campaign advent...I haven't read Roosevelt's campaign adventures, but I have read (in the charming 1916 version, with embossed moose on the cover) his, "A Book Lover's Holidays in the Open"--mostly trekking, hunting, and whatnot, but there is a nod towards the intellectual pursuits (befitting the model of the American Character that he was a leading proponent of at the time). Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-90810941031071912612019-06-12T17:03:35.892-07:002019-06-12T17:03:35.892-07:00If many of my troops will be taken out through dis...If many of my troops will be taken out through disease, I better crank up the production line to field more Americans! Have you read Roosevelt's account of his time on campaign? Fun stuff! I recommend it.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-27738640471434781182019-06-12T16:58:52.617-07:002019-06-12T16:58:52.617-07:00Indeed, were it not so callous, it would rise to t...Indeed, were it not so callous, it would rise to the level of humor--definitely indicative of the mood of the time (hardly tolerant of dissent). Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648721189080574501.post-31312853058047700002019-06-12T13:42:54.554-07:002019-06-12T13:42:54.554-07:00Frightening reading!Frightening reading!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.com