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vanvlak	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:12 am
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:52 am Posts: 10348 Location: Malta	Quote (Icon-Of-Sin @ 02 Jan. 2006 (05:06)) Well, no problem... Do you speak Italian? Cool!!! Our language isn't so easy to learn!!! (well, my foreign friends say so...). BTW, What's the "official" language in Malta? Hi Icon, well, here in Malta up to a few years ago, you had the choice of watching local TV (was quite poor, and it's actually gotten worse since other stations sprang up!), or watching the Italian stations. No choice, really. I still see Star Trek Voyager in Italian... I also worked on a remote sensing project with a group from the University of Catania - I still dont uderstand Sicilian (!), but they kindly slowed down their speed and adjusted their dialect sufficiently for me to understand. Trouble is, Italians say I speak Italian with an English accent; and the English say I have a slight Italian accent... you just can't please anyone! Here in Malta Maltese is the language mostly used; however, most people speak English reasonably well, and I dare say over 50% at least understand Italian. And in the early 1900s, most street names and some newspapers were in Italian. Not that I was around then! Not THAT old!   I've also been to Italy 6 times - 3 short holidays, and 3 work visits. Five times out of six, however, I've not gone North of Taormina. I've gotten as far as Bologna for just 2 days, on a working visit to the CNR. The wife has been pestering me to visit Firenze, Pisa and Venezia, so I might be coming in that general direction some day. saluti da Malta, John PS - are they still publishing Corto Maltese comics? I only have a single one, and of all locations, it's centred on Caporetto and the WW1 campaign! _________________ Back from oblivion (again)?
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Legion 4	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:18 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm Posts: 36989 Location: Ohio - USA	Yes, I'm sure I'd like to talk to another "historian" ... WWI & II are my favorite areas of study. And my father was an US Infantry SGT during WWII in France.        I took German in high school, wasn't very good at it.  But it came in useful in my study of history and when I was in Germany with the US Army.                 And "old Fart" is a bit crude but most Yanks & Brits say it !     _________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Dwarf Supreme

Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:54 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 8:45 pm Posts: 11147 Location: Canton, CT, USA

Quote (Icon-Of-Sin @ 01 Jan. 2006 (21:10)) WWI was much more Tramatic on Europe than the US. ?And the large costly battles in Italy like the Isonzo/Caporetto Campaign are not as well known in the USA ... ? Seems you know well Italy's war-history... Good... I, too, am familiar with Isonzo and Caporetto and other WWI and WWII battles in Italy. I did a term paper in college about the Isonzo campaign. In general, I'm a military history junky. BTW, I'm older than Van and I don't consider myslef old!   _________________ "I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart

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Lion in the Stars	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:12 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri May 13, 2005 11:01 pm Posts: 1455	Old is not a condition of age, it's a condition of body & mind. Most of the female gamers I know are roleplayers, not wargamers. _________________ "For the Lion and the Emperor!"
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Dwarf Supreme	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:12 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 8:45 pm Posts: 11147 Location: Canton, CT, USA	Quote (Lion in the Stars @ 03 Jan. 2006 (17:12)) Most of the female gamers I know are roleplayers, not wargamers. Same here. _________________ "I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart
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Legion 4	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:00 am
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm Posts: 36989 Location: Ohio - USA	Both good points, Lion !  Don't know too many females that play AH, SPI, etc. ! _________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Mojarn Piett	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:53 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:35 am Posts: 5455 Location: Finland	Quote (Lion in the Stars @ 03 Jan. 2006 (17:12)) Old is not a condition of age, it's a condition of body & mind. That's why Vanvlak isn't an old fart, while I am, even though he "outranks" me.   _________________ I don't know and I let who care. -J.S.
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vanvlak	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:17 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:52 am Posts: 10348 Location: Malta	Quote (Mojarn Piett @ 04 Jan. 2006 (14:53)) Quote (Lion in the Stars @ 03 Jan. 2006 (17:12)) Old is not a condition of age, it's a condition of body & mind. That's why Vanvlak isn't an old fart, while I am, even though he "outranks" me. ? This from the guy who is asking about Snow White in the Dwarfs thread....       _________________ Back from oblivion (again)?
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Mojarn Piett	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:23 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:35 am Posts: 5455 Location: Finland	Not snow white, mind you. The witch.   _________________ I don't know and I let who care. -J.S.
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vanvlak	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:26 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:52 am Posts: 10348 Location: Malta	Quote (Mojarn Piett @ 04 Jan. 2006 (15:23)) Not snow white, mind you. The witch. ? Oh yeah, right    - at my age, memory cells don't function too well....   _________________ Back from oblivion (again)?
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Icon-Of-Sin	Post subject: Convince my girlfriend to play Tau! Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:42 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:38 am Posts: 66 Location: Italy.	I still dont uderstand Sicilian (!) Me too ... Here in Malta Maltese is the language mostly used

Ah... Maltese... Lo avrei anche potuto immaginare... And it sounds like?

PS - are they still publishing Corto Maltese comics?
Dunno... Must ask my Big Bro (well... Big... He's only 16 minutes older than me...) when I meet him.

And my father was an US Infantry SGT during WWII in France.
Really? My grampa was medical officier on the "Roma", I bet you know "her"... His brother was in the field artillery and fought in Tobruk, where he was taken captive by the English and prisoned in India... My other grampa was in the explosive ordnance disposal unit and my father's uncle was a... uhm... not easy to explain... something like a man who goes underwater inside something like a "battlesuit" (like a Tau stealth...) and destroys water-mines... ... That's the best I can do... And he was also on the "Roma".

And "old Fart" is a bit crude
I found it!!! Maybe it could be something like "Vecchio Trombone!" in Italian (Emilia, mainly).

Most of the female gamers I know are roleplayers, not wargamers
I know a lot of female roleplayers (me too) and about 60% of them are also wargamers!!! I know it's strange but... the World is Beautiful 'cos it's Strange, isn't it?

Kisses, Icon.