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2012/07/24 12:51:59
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Never Forget Isstvan!
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Bummer, my friend. Good luck on the search!
Go out and sell your skills.
SL
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2012/07/24 20:54:51
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Thanks for all the support.  Networking proceeds apace, class is going well, and my gut is getting better. Oh, and my girlfriend gets home tonight from her trip to Chicago.
It's all win-win.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/24 20:58:59
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Good to hear. Keep the faith brother, you'll find your way out of this & be hemorrhaging money on FW stuff in no time!
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2012/07/24 20:59:32
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Shroomin Brain Boy
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well that is good to see you in good spirits!
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2012/07/24 21:05:12
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Pious Palatine
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Sorry to hear of your bad luck mate.
Hope things pick up for you soon.
Good luck with your exams etc and hope to see you posting content again soon.
D
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2012/07/25 01:01:34
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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Sucks to hear dude, I went through much the same about a year ago (day after my birthday none the less). It gets better, dont worry. Virtualization will really help sell yourself to forward thinking, forward moving companies. A good call one IT nerd to another. Thin clients with View is what we are rolling out in the next few years at one of the biggest hospitals in the state. We already use it for server virtualization and desktop testing.
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2012/07/25 01:36:55
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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In truth, WM, the future is the end of traditional IT. It will become cheaper for most companies to simply buy "IT as a Service" (ITAS), which means a massive round of IT layoffs is coming, within the next 2-3 years. Large organizations will keep going, but even they will start removing their datacenter presence, in favor of renting from a Managed IT Provider.
A handful of industries with very strict rules (Hospitals), or things to hide (Banks) will maintain their DCs.
We're seeing the slaughtering of the middle-tier of the IT workforce. There will be a low end (Max, $60K a year) and a high-end (100K+).
--B.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/25 01:47:12
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
OH-I Wanna get out of here
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We lost our Data ops team about a year ago. They were offered positions throughout the foundation, mostly I'm lower end positions, at a pay cut. I'm going to be going after the network side myself, as that will continually be needed.
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2012/07/25 02:27:42
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Towering Hierophant Bio-Titan
Somewhere In Time And Space
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Briancj wrote:In truth, WM, the future is the end of traditional IT. It will become cheaper for most companies to simply buy "IT as a Service" (ITAS), which means a massive round of IT layoffs is coming, within the next 2-3 years. Large organizations will keep going, but even they will start removing their datacenter presence, in favor of renting from a Managed IT Provider.
A handful of industries with very strict rules (Hospitals), or things to hide (Banks) will maintain their DCs.
We're seeing the slaughtering of the middle-tier of the IT workforce. There will be a low end (Max, $60K a year) and a high-end (100K+).
--B.
That blows, in ways I can't even describe tbh. I can't say I've heard that happening here in the UK but tbh, I doubt its far off from happening, considering how many british companies outsource the stupidest of things for the sake of cheaper pay to making profits ratio.
And people wonder why we keep dipping into a recession...
anywho, enough of this serious gak... I can't really say any more than whats already been said as well as what I said before, I just hope your keeping it together dude, as you can tell were all here for you!
now enough of this touchy feely gak and do some modeling to cheer yourself and us up 
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2012/07/26 03:13:13
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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The only work IS in Managed Services unfortunately. SLAs will ultimately kill us all. They want to run IT like Fast Food, a big flowchart on the wall that they can drop any dummy into and measure his efficiency of following the chart and making an IT burger. This won't happen though, because they forget we are a skilled labor force requiring complex problem-solving on-demand.
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It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
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2012/07/26 22:38:20
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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And there goes my DCM sub. Ah well. Timing is everything!
Hopefully, this weekend up at Skalk's Place should provide a good time. Presuming I remember to, you know, pack everything. Having to scramble to handle unemployment and ex-work-gak in the middle of a week of intensive study? Yeah! Woo! Woooooooooo!
--B.
Woo.
Woo.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/26 22:47:00
Subject: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Watch out for the latest Super Derecho hitting the Northeast
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2012/07/26 22:49:39
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Thankfully, Mass will be spared the 'bow'. We'll get some microcells forming, but nothing like what NYC, CT, and RI are going to eat this evening.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/26 22:55:27
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Briancj wrote:Thankfully, Mass will be spared the 'bow'. We'll get some microcells forming, but nothing like what NYC, CT, and RI are going to eat this evening.
Ah, so you are spared that at least, on top of the other garbage. Good luck again man.
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2012/07/26 23:04:14
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Briancj wrote:And there goes my DCM sub. Ah well. Timing is everything!
Taken care of my friend.
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2012/07/26 23:19:20
Subject: Re: +*+ July 15th, 2012 - Mini-Update: Civilian Truck +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Gitsplitta wrote:Briancj wrote:And there goes my DCM sub. Ah well. Timing is everything!
Taken care of my friend.
Awwww. Thanks, Gits!
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/27 21:06:48
Subject: Re: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Look what came in the mail!
I cannot help but feel the urge to rip all of these down to their component parts, and start anew.
But what will I build with them?
WHAT, INDEED?
--B.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/27 21:11:07
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Nice drop!
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2012/07/27 21:40:37
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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You need to build an honest-to-God Leviathan.
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2012/07/27 21:42:06
Subject: Re: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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But so many other people have already done that.
Plus, shouldn't I finish the Ordinatus, first? 
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/27 21:55:23
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Battleship Captain
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just do 1000 projects at once you can do it ;D
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2012/07/27 23:04:53
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Perhaps, but yours would be better... besides... you have to finish the Ordinatus no matter what you build out of those bits, so you might as well dream big!
How about the Dwarven war train thingie... that would be cool & I'm not sure anyone's done that seriously.
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2012/07/28 00:59:30
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Gitsplitta wrote:Perhaps, but yours would be better... besides... you have to finish the Ordinatus no matter what you build out of those bits, so you might as well dream big!
How about the Dwarven war train thingie... that would be cool & I'm not sure anyone's done that seriously.
No, I have some very, very bad idea for what to do with those wall sections. Oh, yes.
As for the Squat Land Train, while I've ALWAYS been in love with Squats, I'm not going to start ANOTHER army.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/28 01:02:28
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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If they come out with Squats ever again... you and I my friend... we're going to build a couple of Squat armies & field them with our team at Adepticon. We'll come up with some flimsy excuse to work them into the theme... SL will rage... and we'll ignore him and field and awesome Squat army!
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2012/07/28 01:59:20
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Gitsplitta wrote:If they come out with Squats ever again... you and I my friend... we're going to build a couple of Squat armies & field them with our team at Adepticon. We'll come up with some flimsy excuse to work them into the theme... SL will rage... and we'll ignore him and field and awesome Squat army!
Nothing technically stopping us, now. Use any Marine Codex, some RT era stuff, and the bad-ass Mantic Warpath Dwarves... RT era Rhinos (since, you know, they could have them back then), convert some of those sweet Spartan Land Raiders into Land Trains (use variant Land Raider chassis the represent the different cars), and convert Stormtalons or Stormravens (depending on the codex) into Squat Gyrocopters.
See?
All set.
--B.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/28 02:32:31
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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OH, you are evil incarnate aren't you?? And I do have a ton of old RT/early edition vehicles too.
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2012/07/28 04:38:56
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Posts with Authority
Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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Gitsplitta wrote:OH, you are evil incarnate aren't you?? And I do have a ton of old RT/early edition vehicles too.
You are not the first person to make this observation.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/28 04:55:21
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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Briancj wrote:Gitsplitta wrote:OH, you are evil incarnate aren't you?? And I do have a ton of old RT/early edition vehicles too.
You are not the first person to make this observation.
Nor I suspect the last...
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2012/07/28 13:24:21
Subject: Re: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts
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And if you don't think I've already converted the Imperial Marauder Destroyer Bomber into the Squat Airship, in my mind, then you, sir, have another think coming to you. Possibly two.
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Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
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2012/07/30 13:36:12
Subject: +*+ July 27th, 2012 - Supply Drop: Cityfight +*+
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Never Forget Isstvan!
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Gitsplitta wrote:If they come out with Squats ever again... you and I my friend... we're going to build a couple of Squat armies & field them with our team at Adepticon. We'll come up with some flimsy excuse to work them into the theme... SL will rage... and we'll ignore him and field and awesome Squat army!
HUH?
I'd be all over doing a Squat army. Like you don't know me at all! ( checking Mirror for a tear.... ahh... nope) Mole mortars. There was this cool transport tunneller.. Every lord had a gaviton gun.
SL I might have a lead on a complete squat army - long shot if he'd sell it but.....hummmm
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