How did you celebrate Mother's Day, Jen?

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Also liked Jekyll, from Dr Who & Sherlock writer Stephen Moffat.

This one sounds interesting to me! Perhaps I'm connecting it with the famous short story and it isn't..?

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The Golden Age was the 70s and 80s.

Since then the major channels have increasingly relied on soaps to get high ratings, to the detriment of everything else.

Even Downton is just a posh soap.

You should see the BBC's Sherlock, though.

I have seen a little bit of Sherlock. I think my earliest memories of BBC was Jeeves and Wooster and Peroit, although I forget if either of those went into the 80's or were just from the 90's.

Totally agree, Downton is big time soapy. Still like the production. Guess the idea of British history being woven in intrigues me. I actually gave up when they started killing people off for no apparent plot quality.

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Do people enjoy it? If so, what shows? I've watched quite a bit of QI and Mock the Week, although that show drastically lost a lot of clout after Frankie Boyle left. I don't think I enjoy their dramas. Even Downton Abbey (yes, I watched that show, yes, it was quality production, no, you cannot have my man card) seemed to eventually get too formulaic in dialogue for my tastes, although, I don't know if I could compare it to something in the states or Canada.

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lack of female participants I would guess.

Better check to make sure the girlfriend is not looking over my shoulder...yep, it's safe.  So logic is fairly dominant in our group?

Are you meaning the T vs. F distinction? F doesn't mean "lacks logic," it means they approach problems considering interpersonal emotions related to the problem. Quite often "F's" have it right. Of course, I say this as an "F," so, I should probably learn to appreciate the "T."

My dad is actually an INTJ, which is one personality I have had to "learn" to appreciate. The man is very calculated, and from my standpoint, cold.

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I go away for a weekend camping trip and the mudslinging starts.

rjpeters70, I appreciate you giving an argument! I hope you continue to provide counter arguments as you develop them... We do try to not flame people around here, and I try (I don't have a 100% success rate) to keep the peace by deleting flames and unneeded material. I am watching this like a hawk. This isn't per se political, although I understand it can be construed that way. Garg is not suggesting that the US is right or wrong in their endeavors. If that is the point, A, he's flat wrong, he can't make such a claim, and b, this has historical merit.

I am glad this thread has opened up to include nations that have bombed other nations in general.

Since no one has made an official list, I shall drop that bombshell... The countries Canada has bombed since 1945:


Lybia (2011)
Afghanistan (2001 - Present)
Korea (1951-1953) (RCAF pilots flew combat missions in the USAF)
Kuwait (1991)
Iraq (1991)
Yugoslavia (1999)

Boom! And building components for US bombs made them... accomplices.

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I wonder how many nations the Taliban bombed?

Probably like triple the list...

Taliban? Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Also, US and coalition-led troops when we (speaking of the US) were in Afghanistan hunting Osama Bin Laden.

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Watching this like a hawk. But carry on.

For Russia, I think it would be more honest to include the regimes they supplied weapons to as well. You could do the same to the US-supported regimes.

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So D-Day is not worth 40?
For the piece or just to try something different?

$40 for the Bulge pieces? In my opinion, no, not worth it.

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I have facial hair currently, but I go between clean shaven phases and "close shaves" every few months. For the record, I haven't killed anyone, or committed a crime. 

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I own D-Day and Gaudalcanal.

D-Day: Probably my least favorite Axis and Allies game. It is interesting from the historical standpoint, but otherwise, it's a rather one sided affair, usually ending with the Germans holed up in one town (the VC are capture 3 German towns in Normandy by turn 10), and the allies sadly 1-2 turns worth of units away from pulling off a win. The one thing I liked about it was the fact that combat lasted for only one turn, it was a concept I wish earlier Axis and Allies games had implemented, and D-Day does it, albeit it's flawed.

Bulge: The maverick "fun" game of the Axis and Allies series, IMO. The feeling of "I-don't-know-what-I'll-lose-in-this-battle" feeling from the randomized battle board is great, and the fact that you have to consider supplies as a means of transportation for troops is just great (although, I think they allowed for too many supplies? That's just me, probably others have played it more and would disagree). Perhaps the least favorable part of the game is the "movable front," where you move the front according to how far your units have invaded (including those solitary hexes where that panzer blitzed to get to the front, but you couldn't recognize as a penetrated front cause it is nowhere near looking like it is a part of the front. The front is an annoying feature you can try and avoid, if you can remember where you have "invaded."

Just some thoughts. If you want an interesting two player game, get bulge.

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wittman, I think empireman (and eastern authoritarian regimes) think of us collectively as the west. Similar government structures free market economies, etc.

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No... just about every bracket I have is shot to hell, on one side or the other. Well, I shouldn't say that. I did foresee in many that Georgetown wouldn't make it all the way. Didn't foresee a first round fall.

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OK, the March Tournament is underway. Predictions on final four? National Champion? I'm thinking Louisville v Georgetown with Louisville taking the tournament.

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Believe me, it was love.

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