The tree is up and trimmed. The various bits and bobs are laid out. The Christmas holidays are upon us here in the Duchy.
Lest I forget to say so, I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a hope for peace and joy for all.
And if some small tin men happen to fall into your stocking hung by the chimney with care, so much the better...
Things have been extremely busy here in the Duchy. I turned around and suddenly November had slipped into December. I am reliably informed that time does have a way of slipping away from you as you get older, but I was suspecting it would happen to MOI!
Anyway, I have a battle report to post, but not just yet. Maybe later today.
Last Thursday, a friend had asked if I would like to go to a NHL hockey game. He is a scout, so naturally I jumped at the chance. We were joined by a mutual friend and his son and Scott also invited a friend of his who was originally from Detroit.
Scott volunteered to drive and since it was at the end of my work day and I wasn't keen to drive into Philadelphia, I was more than happy to let him.
It has been some time since I was at the Wells Fargo Center, and a lot of work had been done on the inside. After a quick burger and Coke Zero, our mutual friend asked if we wanted to go up and see a friend of his in the broadcast booth....
And that's the view from a certain radio station's sportscast booth in the Wells Fargo Center. The colour analysts for the television side were literally a couple of booths down and I have a rather bad picture of them.
We went back down to our seats and watched a pretty good game. Scott likes to get there for the warm-up and at his point in life he has a hard rule that with ten minutes to go in the 3rd period, we leave, no matter what.
The view from our seats. They were very good seats. Close enough to the action, that's for sure. Philadelphia was up 2-0, when we left. On the drive home I heard on the radio they won the game 4-1.
Through the generosity of my friends, I had an excellent night out, with wonderful conversation, and it cost me zero. Many thanks Scott, Zeyn, and Big Erik!
And then on Saturday morning, the Duchy was visited by Father Christmas, himself...
The local volunteer fire company does this every year, in conjunction with getting donations of canned goods.
Finally, after another great meeting of the Virtual Wargames Club, I trekked up to Kingston, PA for a game with the PAWM crew. I shall leave the BatRep for another post. But what I will show is more generosity, since out host Mike and his dear wife Kathy cooked up a proper meal for us to celebrate the holidays.
Mike on the left, preparing to give his toast to the group, Roger pouring fizzy grape juice, and Mark on the right.
The tree is up and trimmed. The various bits and bobs are laid out. The Christmas holidays are upon us here in the Duchy. Lest I forget to ...
