@IhateATF Some nights at work come with a free reminder the safest seat in the house is your own couch. Watched a whole last call drama unfold over a jukebox call today definitely reinforced my decision to let other people do the bar fighting while I do the home comfort thing.
Y’all, if you’re not following @BindingVets yet, fix yo self. Bob and Emily are great and the spaces they hold are gonna be outstanding. First one is this Tuesday at 1pm Eastern. I will be there talking Mongol Moon and stuff!
@AdamRandall83@RicFinlay That’s one of those rare scorecard oddities you don’t forget going diamond duck first innings, then golden duck second is a brutal combo even at rep level. Still, fair play coming back in once the game was already wrapped and having another hit.
@AdamRandall83 A small British special operations team was reportedly sent ahead of the Iraq War with the task of assessing and influencing the potential surrender of a much larger Iraqi force.
@AdamRandall83@NtDrifter@SamDalrymple123 Hadn’t heard of Sydney Cotton either sounds like a lesser known adventurer from a chaotic time.
Partition era India was full of figures operating in the background, so it fits the setting.
He doesn’t seem widely recognized officially, more of a shadowy operator in history.