Quote from: cnath.rmOne of the best songs for flavor ever added to a show imho. (although the "Though I may travel far from Spain..." verse still hits me harder due to the episode/movie it's in.)

Damn...  this is going to be where I will regret not knowing if those in my gaming group have any interest in military non-fantasy gaming...  Still...  

I'm almost wondering if we need to either have the title of the thread changed or have a new one entitled "The Kickass Cool Stuff Class is working on"  Maybe that title idea, but with more C/K words.

I love the song - every time I watch a Sharpe's I end up singing it. For those not priviledged to know the song:

1   It's forty shillings on the drum
    To those who volunteer to come,
    To 'list and fight the foe today
    Over the Hills and far away.

Chorus:

    O'er the hills and o'er the main
    Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
    King George commands and we obey
    Over the hills and far away.

2   Through smoke and fire and shot and shell,
    And to the very walls of hell,
    But we shall stand and we shall stay
    Over the hills and far away

3   Now I may travel far from Spain
    A part of me shall still remain,
    And you are with me night and day
    and Over the hills and far away.

Beautiful verse, and such a sad, sad movie!

4   Then fall in lads behind the drum
    With colours blazing like the sun.
    Along the road to come what may
    Over the hills and far away.

5   When Evil stalks upon the land
    I'll neither hold nor stay me hand
    But fight to win a better day,
    Over the hills and far away.

6   If I should fall to rise no more,
    As many comrades did before,
    Ask the pipes and drums to play
    Over the hills and far away.

7   Let kings and tyrants come and go,
    I'll stand adjudged by what I know.
    A soldiers life I'll ne'er gainsay.
    Over the hills and far away.

-clash

Quote from: SpikeTotally off topic but:

Every damn time I see the thread title, I immedeatly think 'what does Clash want with a can opener?'

/insert imaginary pic of an army p-38 dogtag can opening device.

How else am I supposed to open my C Rations? :O

-clash

Quote from: SpikeMad Props to Gunslinger for comin' through with the pic!



Fun factoid: the army does not want paratroopers to wear said P-38 on their dogtags as they are afeared said paratroopers might stab themselves on it during a jump.  Nuisance injuries for the Win!

I imagine they don't want the other sort of p-38 on the dogtags either, but I bet it hasn't been an issue.... yet.

Would be an interesting parachute...

-clash

Quote from: Gunslinger

I used to have one of those, Gunslinger, for when I went wilderness camping in me youth. It worked great at opening cans, and slitting up bark for tinder, and a bunch of other useful things. Now that I'm old and camping means inflatable beds, a gas grille, a multi-room tent, and enough gear to fill a van, I wonder how the heck I used to do that!

-clash

I wish I still had my old P-38 can opener.

I'd give my eye teeth to have a Lockheed P-38 too, but who wouldn't?

Quote from: Old GeezerI wish I still had my old P-38 can opener.

I'd give my eye teeth to have a Lockheed P-38 too, but who wouldn't?

I know where we can find several, if we don't mind digging though a couple hundred feet of ice!

Quote from: SpikeFun factoid: the army does not want paratroopers to wear said P-38 on their dogtags as they are afeared said paratroopers might stab themselves on it during a jump.

I've seen a few of them with a bit of masking tape or duct tape around them to keep them from opening up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M29HbfkaM8Q

You bastids, now I want to watch the tv show again. Too many years. Don't think any network shows it now but it has to be on DVD.

OTOH me WFRP game just came into focus. :eek:

Quote from: Casey777http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M29HbfkaM8Q

You bastids, now I want to watch the tv show again. Too many years. Don't think any network shows it now but it has to be on DVD.

OTOH me WFRP game just came into focus. :eek:

I've been ordering them from netflix, so they are definitely available on DVD.

-clash

Quote from: flyingmiceI know where we can find several, if we don't mind digging though a couple hundred feet of ice!

GRIN!

You know that "Glacier Girl" is flying, of course.

Did you hear about the one that just got uncovered in England?  It's earlier than Glacier Girl, so it MIGHT be a P-38D!!!!:D :eek: :haw:

Quote from: SpikeFun factoid: the army does not want paratroopers to wear said P-38 on their dogtags as they are afeared said paratroopers might stab themselves on it during a jump.  Nuisance injuries for the Win!

Also notorious for ripping up pants pockets if kept on your key chain.  My dad still carries his from Vietnam.  I hadn't even thought of it until you mentioned it Spike.  

Quote from: flyingmiceI used to have one of those, Gunslinger, for when I went wilderness camping in me youth. It worked great at opening cans, and slitting up bark for tinder, and a bunch of other useful things. Now that I'm old and camping means inflatable beds, a gas grille, a multi-room tent, and enough gear to fill a van, I wonder how the heck I used to do that!

Since I moved here I try to keep my camping gear to just the essentials.  Hammock, bottle opener, and a case of beer.  Just like my ancestors.

"Pearl rememberance day"?!
For realz?

Like in: "We mourn the dead!", or what´s it like?

Quote from: Settembrini"Pearl rememberance day"?!
For realz?

Like in: "We mourn the dead!", or what´s it like?

Mostly ceremonial.  More of a local thing than a national thing, though the government, I believe, does keep the flag at half-staff.  There might be other ceremonies elsewhere.  Here the last remaining survivors are presented and the military branches, even the non-existant Air Force at the time, basically rehash the events.  I had to help the command staff figure out the Engineer plotter to print out maps for the staff ride.  Pictures help soldiers a lot (I keed, I work too closely with the military to take them seriously).  

Quote from: Old GeezerGRIN!

You know that "Glacier Girl" is flying, of course.

Did you hear about the one that just got uncovered in England?  It's earlier than Glacier Girl, so it MIGHT be a P-38D!!!!:D :eek: :haw:

And she's a lovely thing is Glacier Girl! The one in Wales is fairly likely a D, based on the timing. If so, she's the only one left. Didn't someone post a link on her to this thread? She's under the sand and water on a beach.

-clash

Quote from: GunslingerMostly ceremonial.  More of a local thing than a national thing, though the government, I believe, does keep the flag at half-staff.  There might be other ceremonies elsewhere.  Here the last remaining survivors are presented and the military branches, even the non-existant Air Force at the time, basically rehash the events.  I had to help the command staff figure out the Engineer plotter to print out maps for the staff ride.  Pictures help soldiers a lot (I keed, I work too closely with the military to take them seriously).  

My late uncle was at Wheeler Field IIRC on December 7, 1941. He never went back to those memorial ceremonies, though.

Funny story about Uncle Bill. He was an enlisted man in the AAF during the war, and went to school on the GI Bill after. Became a well respected civil engineer. The Air Force came to him to work on Cheyenne Mountain. He agreed to work for them, when they said he needed a military rank to do the work they wanted him for. They said "What rank would you like?" He said "I always wanted to be a fort..."

They settled on Colonel, and Colonel he remained for thirty years, until he retired. The military can be strange sometimes...

-clash