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    IrishGunner

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    1. Okay, website design software purchased; website design in process. Let's see how long it takes for me to get a website up and running.

    2. I hate fakes.

      1. OvBacon

        OvBacon

        Did you get a fake something?

    3. Back to work today; unfortunately at HQ instead of the field. But it all counts for retirment!

    4. Newest arrivals in today's mail: Jager's German Artillery of WWI and Robinson/Robinson's Handbook of Imperial Germany. Yea, I know, should have owned these books long ago.

    5. Here's hoping our GMIC friends Down Under are surving the floods.

    6. Planning my first purchases of 2011; books!

    7. Merry Christmas! I wish you all peace and fulfilled "want lists"

    8. I am finally home thanks to the efforts of my wife to re-book me through Madrid! 28 years ago today I proposed to her; a great decision on my part! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

      1. Claudius

        Claudius

        Glad to hear you are home safe and sound. Now, get off line with us and spend some quality time with her. ;)

    9. In Madrid now; worked my way out of Prague, away from Frankfurt, to a place where there is no snow. I've been traveling 29 hours and counting. But looks like I might make it home tonight. 5 more hours and a flight to NY; then a 4 hour rental car drive to Washington DC.

      1. Mervyn Mitton

        Mervyn Mitton

        Travel safely - it will all have been worth it when you are home.

    10. At least the beer is better here in Prague than in Yerevan.

    11. Two canceled flights from Prague to Frankfurt. Two re-bookings. 14 hours traveling so far and counting. Still in Prague, hoping to get to Madrid tonight; New York tomorrow.

    12. Flight #2 canceled; re-booked, but will get home 24 hours later and have to spend the night in Frankfurt. And I haven't even started the journey yet.

      1. Claudius

        Claudius

        God speed Rick.

    13. Starting to worry if weather will affect my ability to get back to the US on Tuesday. Have to go through Prague and Frankfurt. :-(

      1. IrishGunner

        IrishGunner

        Forecast is "light snow" :-(

    14. 10 day until I go home!

    15. Nothing like some ragtop music to take off the December chill.

    16. Should I buy a Soviet belt buckle?

      1. FrontlineAntiques

        FrontlineAntiques

        Yes. Get me one while you're there...

      2. IrishGunner

        IrishGunner

        I got mine; what kind do you want? ;-)

    17. Only 3 more weekends left to scour the Yerevan flea market

      1. Irish

        Irish

        Hello, I have seen your references to the Yerevan flea market. I am not familiar with this,sounds interesting, what can you tell me about it? Thanks John

      2. IrishGunner

        IrishGunner

        Irish, I am currently living in Yerevan, Armenia. Every weekend there is a junk, flea, craft market in the center of the city. There are a few medal dealers with tables; 99% Soviet, but a few other odds and ends pop up now and then. It's only 5 minutes from my apartment; so, I usually stop by every weekend to see what's on offer.

    18. Curious; I now have the same number of German and Soviet decorations, but I've paid twice the cash for the German pieces.

    19. Just when I thought I was "finished" with my Soviet wants, I see another medal bar. Good thing I'm leaving here soon.

    20. Ok, I arrive back home only 3 days before Christmas and need some gift ideas for the wife that I can order online! I wonder if she prefers Imperial German or Soviet medal groups?

      1. Claudius

        Claudius

        Not so much. Tried it and my wife wasn't a big fan of the gift. LOL

      2. Ferdinand

        Ferdinand

        Try a Motherhood Medal. :-)

      3. IrishGunner

        IrishGunner

        I did buy her a Polish medal once; Long Marital Life. :)

    21. Been MIA this week due to poor internet service. Hopefully, will be back to normal for the weekend.

    22. Real phalerists drink beer in their garden and post to the "Me and My Beer"

      1. misiu

        misiu

        sat's definitely true.

      2. Mervyn Mitton

        Mervyn Mitton

        You've learnt too much from Chris...

      3. IrishGunner

        IrishGunner

        About Imperial German militaria - yes. About beer drinking - I've forgotten more than he will ever know.

    23. Great forum; one day you can read about an incredible Black Watch Waterloo medal and the next day be ready about Scottish (Czech) Spitfires

    24. Why is that when there's a restriction on your collecting budget that you see so many things that you want and just know you may never see again?

      1. Doc Wilson

        Doc Wilson

        It s the mystical law of desire and prosperity?

      2. kapten_windu

        kapten_windu

        hahaha, that's what i feel now..

      3. love4history

        love4history

        Shift priorities, meet ends meet, beg, steal or borrow.... with other words be flexible :)

    25. Back in Yerevan - long trip

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