Wine and Siege Warfare. They go together well.

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• My day in a nutshell.


• What really sucks is I went to Lodi for nothing. A poorly-written Return order meant that I went after something another office was retrieving already.


• At least I got to drive through Lodi's wine country. Very pretty this time of year.


• Which reminds me, I need to grab a bottle of Earthquake.. something


• Been rewatching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Helm's Deep always makes me scream. You do not build a long, straight ramp up to your gate! You put a 90° turn or two in there to prevent the enemy from bringing up a battering ram. You also build a section that you can raise.


• And what idiot built a drain that large when you have freaking caves you could run the drain water into?


• I do like the orc Olympic torch bearer.


• Of course, the Rohirrim generally fail as warriors. You have an army marching towards you, largely foot mobile. Send out cavalry raids to harass them. Ride to within bowshot, loose a flight, ride away. Do this multiple times over the course of a couple of days. You won't cause many casualties, but you will degrade efficiency and slow their march.


• But then Théoden King seems to be a bit of a prat in all things.


• Maybe it's time to reread the books again. It's been 20 years.


• Wow, Wikisurfing is addictive. Look away from the LotR pages, Doug.


• Let's go Giants!

Comments

[crankyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

hmmm - more Magyar or Hun than Viking.

maybe Cossack.