Delivery day (2 Viewers)

[NZGary]

Hi Treefrogers

Yesterday at about midday I stepped out of study, where I was home working, to grab a cup of coffee. As I put the kettle on the reassuring sight of a FedEx delivery van pulled up in my driveway.

I had chance this morning to check the contents but will take a closer look at the weekend and add to my toy soldier inventory.

Another big order superbly handled by Clive at Grey Goose.

Happy days

Gary

 

[mestell]

WOW Gary! That's quite the delivery. My order of March releases (GGMI-10, GG99-04, and GGZ-10) pales in comparison. Congratulations on that haul.
Mike

 

[villagehorse]

A considerable haul full of wonderful treasures. Robin.

 

[NZGary]

Can't get enough of JJD! As a side note been informed by the Thomas Gunn crew that there is a toy soldier shop in a Devon village about 40 minutes drive away Been open for 5 years apparently

Full of gloss WB and other traditional. style vintage makers. But soon to be stocking TG.

It's opposite the village pub in the beautiful South Hams countryside.

Making arrangements for that first visit to check it out. Gerry Mccallisters Toy Soldier Emporium.

Gary

 

[OzDigger]

Can't get enough of JJD! As a side note been informed by the Thomas Gunn crew that there is a toy soldier shop in a Devon village about 40 minutes drive away Been open for 5 years apparently

Full of gloss WB and other traditional. style vintage makers. But soon to be stocking TG.

It's opposite the village pub in the beautiful South Hams countryside.

Making arrangements for that first visit to check it out. Gerry Mccallisters Toy Soldier Emporium.

Gary

Yeah, it's in Modbury Gary, everyone knew that

 

[NZGary]

Yeah, it's in Modbury Gary, everyone knew that

You popping over? I will get the kettle on.

 

[OzDigger]

You popping over? I will get the kettle on.

Sure, with Devonshire Scones I presume

 

[NZGary]

Sure, with Devonshire Scones I presume

Cider and pasties first. Then a Devon cream tea to follow

 

[OzDigger]

Cider and pasties first. Then a Devon cream tea to follow

Sounds good Gary, it's been a while since I had a Devon cream tea. I'm making do with Espresso Coffee and Organic Honey on Crumpets for breakfast this morning, a change from traditional Aussie Tea and Vegemite on toast

 

[NZGary]

Sounds good Gary, it's been a while since I had a Devon cream tea. I'm making do with Espresso Coffee and Organic Honey on Crumpets for breakfast this morning, a change from traditional Aussie Tea and Vegemite on toast

Sounds nice, I am watching footy (soccer) in bed. Didn't like Vegemite when living in Tassie. I have Marmite on toast as one of my breakfast options.

 

[OzDigger]

Sounds nice, I am watching footy (soccer) in bed. Didn't like Vegemite when living in Tassie. I have Marmite on toast as one of my breakfast options.

Soccer, a Womens sport Why am I hearing Tom Baker's voice when I say that

I've never tried Marmite but assumed it would taste much the same as Vegemite.

Classic Black Adder episode:

 

[Panzer ace]

Nice!

 

[OzDigger]

Cider and pasties first. Then a Devon cream tea to follow

FYI in 'my family' we pronounced Scone as rhyming with 'Gone' not the drawn out 'Cone', and of course the Cream must be put on Top of the Jam

 

[NZGary]

FYI in 'my family' we pronounced Scone as rhyming with 'Gone' not the drawn out 'Cone', and of course the Cream must be put on Top of the Jam

Quite right We are not keen on the Cornish style of cream tea.

 

[OzDigger]

Quite right We are not keen on the Cornish style of cream tea.

Absolutely, we use fresh whipped cream inlieu of clotted cream, and prefer no butter on the scones and no milk in the tea. I can still enjoy Cream teas locally as I live in a traditional dairy region that subsequently embraced the tourist industry, but I have to say the place is getting very busy lately.

 

[paxtoysoldier]

I don't know my tea, but I know Tom Baker is awesome. He's 92. Shatner is 94. Love live sci-fi, it takes me away from the worry and toil of life.
Kind of like a huge pile of 1/30 scale soldiers. Very nice, Gary.
Paddy

 

[NZGary]

Saturday morning, marmalade on toast for breakfast, sat in the kitchen. Our cheerful village postman in his pillar box red Royal Mail van parks up outside our house.

After rummaging in the back of the van for what seemed like an eternity he emerges with two parcels.

One has 14 Warrior Caste figures from the Soviet/Finnish Winter War from Bruce Murray based in the Scottish borderlands. These are really well done.

The second are old JJD anniversary boster sets from the Napoleonic Peninsula Campaign. French line infantry and Portuguese infantry and Cazaderaz. I got a few sets when first released many years ago but these go really well with K&C 95th rifles, their other Napoleonic ranges together with TGs new British Napoleonic Gloucesters.

I now have all the JJD Peninsula range apart from the French horse drawn ambulance..This seems a really rare thing.

My penance for such a great start to a beautiful sunny and warm spring weekend morning was a spot of gardening, supermarket shopping in Exeter, late lunch in a Persian themed restaurant (food was poor) and then five and half hours of opera, live from the Met New York beamed into our local cinema.

Living with my first wife I was a pasty munching, cider swilling, rock thumping, football loving neanderthal. My second wife is from middleclase stock. Classically trained on piano and violin, well traveled, achieved partner level in her working life with a first class degree from Oxford.

To adapt I have subsequently learnt to enjoy fine wines matched with certain foods, romantic country walks, classical music and even the opera as my rough edges were smothered over. The constant in my life being toy soldiers.

My current wife gets less annoyed by delivery days than the first! I can handle the rest of my evolution and even grab the occasional cider and pasty down the village pub while my father, brother in law and I are season ticket holders at our local football club. We regularly ruin a perfectly good Saturday afternoon by watching a very poor team attempt to win a game.

Thank God for the toy soldiers and a wife more understanding of delivery days than when I had to sneak them into the house or pray the first Mrs Emery was out when the deliveries arrived. I now just spend less time in the pub and enjoy the second Mrs Emery's superb cooking.

She has just nudged my, it's time for me to get up and make tea for that Sunday morning lie in before the working week starts and the opportunity to earn more toy soldier vouchers.

And of course check out the contents of those parcels.

Gary

 

[villagehorse]

Interesting, a snap shot of a typical day in your life. Sounds like you have found your stride in this stage of career and giving it the best shot. Go Gary. Robin.