red_bus wrote:Of course, I knew that America has its charms - big cars, cheap automatic weapons, the birthplace of D&D*, great 1980s teen movies, etc.. etc.. But I never thought of it as somewhere where you would actually choose to live. However, perhaps I have been misjudging the place. This Saturday morning as I lay in bed listening to the radio - as is my normal habit at the weekend - I listened to a broadcast from one of our BBC foreign correspondents about the State of Montana. It made it sound enchanting. Perhaps I should think of emigrating "Montana is a beguiling place. It looks as if the foothills of the Alps have been super-sized and then placed under a vast blue sky. The air tastes like champagne, the light is crystal clear and at this time of year the sweeping fields are covered in a yellow flush of wild mustard blossom. The emptiness is populated by bison, buffalo and horses that seem to roam wild and look upon their human guests with gentle curiosity. And this bewitching landscape produces some of the most charming free range souls you'll ever meet. "Sounds nice! [here is the full report as a web page]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/f ... 130714.stm* maybe we could launch a campaign to have Gary Gygax's head on Mt Rushmore? Or Dave Arneson? Or both their heads on one broad shoulder - like an Ettin
bombadil wrote:...There was a pile of heads stacked up around me at the end of every day. Very cold work. No gloves, blowing snow, bloody knife handle slippery as hell...