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Battle of Aliwal 1846

Battle of Aliwal 1846
By Michael Perry

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Ray& Frans? Fran & Rays 20 Questions

Well I thought why not everybody is doing it!
 
 
 
1. Favourite War gaming period and why?



Crusades no doubt the best historical period I have ever read!
 




2. Next period, money no object?



Easy the crusades  3rd to be exact every figure individual painted by the guys who do the St Petersburg collection.





3. Favourite 5 films?



This is so hard but if I take the films that have always stuck with me they would be

Beau Geste
 

Treasure of the sierra madre
 

The Bowery
 
 

King Kong
 
 

Schindler's list
 
I have to have one more.
The Man who would be King






4. Favourite 5 TV series?



Come dine with me

The flashing blade

The Banana splits

Shameless

Question Time.



5. Favourite book and author?



Sir Steven Runciman The Crusades


6. Greatest General? Can’t count yourself!!



Genghis Khan .



7. Favourite Wargames rules?



DBM



8. Favourite Sport and team?



Glasgow Rangers now in the third division in Scotland after some tax issues but still have 40,000  + crowds home game !


9. If you had a only use once time machine, when and where would you go?



Not a big one here I would drop forward 60 years and see hope the kids and their kids turned out.



10. Last meal on Death Row?



Minestrone soup Pennie Arribiata and strawberry cheese cake you could order this for me any day of the week and I would be happy!



11. Fantasy relationship and why?
Naomi Watts looks like the wife although the wife's a bit better looking!







12. If your life were a movie, who would play you?



Errol Flynn although he would have to bulk up a bit!!!
File:Errol Flynn1.jpg



13. Favourite Comic Superhero?



Banana man
 
 



14. Favourite Military quote?



One two three four as said by Sean Conray in the man who would be King.



15. Historical destination to visit?



  Istanbul or Hattin



16. Biggest War gaming regret?



Selling off some much loved collections



17. Favourite Fantasy job?



Anderson collection photographer



18. Favourite Song, Top 5?




Deblis the flower duet

Amazing grace

Will you no come back again

A cheat here, Kipling's if

Avenues and alleyways






19. Favourite War gaming Moment?



Went to a Glasgow club once with a really nicely painted army only to be beaten with a chap who was very competitive.I didn't really know the rules that well but was told by onlookers that I actually won! I wasn't up for making a fuss and contented myself that maybe he didn't win.





20. The miserable Git question, what upsets you?
 
Not a lot to be honest try to see the best in most people you don't know what they have been through till you have walked in there shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Took me ages but it lest its done!!
Best wishes
Willie


10 comments:

  1. Some excellent answers here and some interesting left field ones too.

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    1. Thanks it was a lot harder than I thought it would be!

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  2. Some great choices Willie, loved The Flashing Blade when I was a kid, I've never seen of even heard of The Bowery??? And the Flower Duet, what a peice of music, it always makes the hairs on my arms stand up!!

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  3. Cheers Ray,

    The Bowery I saw in my twentys and is a fantastic flim. George Raft and Wallace Beery are rivals and compete to see who is the top man. Great fun to watch!
    Flower Duet always a favorite!

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  4. Devilishly hard to resist this wasn't it? Love your answers Willie; how did I forget Schiendler's List?

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  5. It was Michael took me a while.
    There were lots of films I could have added but decided on the ones that if I flick a channel and its on its watched!

    Schiendler's is the one film that for me captures all humanity good or bad!!

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  6. Great answers Willy, and interesting too, I think it is difficult to put these things down for posterity but a good read, though I don't think Kiplings 'If@ counts as a song. :-)

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  7. Hmmm, I'd have to stay more on my side of the world - I'm going with Sengoku Samurai stuff instead of Crusades - great though that be. I agree wholeheartedly with "Man Who Would Be King" too! Best, Dean

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  8. Great answers willie...i guess I would have to go with the Civil War for obvious reasons and i like your movie picks. I think the 30s and 40s are the best my favorite being Cagney... White Heat

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    1. Love Cagney white heat is a great movie!

      ACW you are the man !!!!

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