JoeA64
@joea64.bsky.social
House rabbit parent (Daisy & Redmond), #boardwargames, fan of classic movies & TV (especially the spy genre) & their actresses, #alternatehistory, #fashionhistory, #vintagepinup & the #Napoleonic & #Edwardian Eras. #SlavaUkraini
#BOTD: Jean Shrimtpon, along with Twiggy the most iconic supermodel of the 1960's. She got in some trouble in Australia, as recounted below, for wearing a skirt that was FOUR INCHES (gasp!) over her knees.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#BOTD: Jean Shrimtpon, along with Twiggy the most iconic supermodel of the 1960's. She got in some trouble in Australia, as recounted below, for wearing a skirt that was FOUR INCHES (gasp!) over her knees.
Gentlemen, I feel it appropriate to inform all of you that I am a stan of the Iron Marshal.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gentlemen, I feel it appropriate to inform all of you that I am a stan of the Iron Marshal.
@nopipbutcpip.bsky.social came by just now to bring me some extra bunny stuff and got to meet Daisy as well as renew his acquaintance with Redmond. Daisy, who may be even more boisterous than my first REW Fernando, was on her best behavior for our visitor. #bunnysky #rabbits #bunnies
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
@nopipbutcpip.bsky.social came by just now to bring me some extra bunny stuff and got to meet Daisy as well as renew his acquaintance with Redmond. Daisy, who may be even more boisterous than my first REW Fernando, was on her best behavior for our visitor. #bunnysky #rabbits #bunnies
Also: (bridge area detail)
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Also: (bridge area detail)
Maybe this will help if you don't already have it in your files? I just found it on Reddit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Maybe this will help if you don't already have it in your files? I just found it on Reddit.
Here's one *I* haven't seen before - it's from Alamy, so watermarked. This was obviously taken at the beginning of her career in the late 1880's when she was still a teenager, judging from the hairstyle and dress; also, VERY unusually for her, she's *not* smiling.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Here's one *I* haven't seen before - it's from Alamy, so watermarked. This was obviously taken at the beginning of her career in the late 1880's when she was still a teenager, judging from the hairstyle and dress; also, VERY unusually for her, she's *not* smiling.
He was the father of well-known Edwardian-era actress Ellaline Terriss (who, until the Falklands War of 1982, was probably the most famous personage to come out of those islands). I've always thought she was one of the prettiest stage stars of the era, with a particularly nice smile.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
He was the father of well-known Edwardian-era actress Ellaline Terriss (who, until the Falklands War of 1982, was probably the most famous personage to come out of those islands). I've always thought she was one of the prettiest stage stars of the era, with a particularly nice smile.
Of course, nothing can compare to the famous image of Helen Chandler about to get nibbled on by Bela Lugosi. That's sexual surrender if ever I saw that expression:
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Of course, nothing can compare to the famous image of Helen Chandler about to get nibbled on by Bela Lugosi. That's sexual surrender if ever I saw that expression:
I'm really not kidding about the "monster game" part. This picture, showing the game maps laid out on a floor, makes it look as big as SPI's and GDW's/GRD's legendary super-size World War II igames, "War in Europe"/"War in the Pacific" and "Europa" respectively.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm really not kidding about the "monster game" part. This picture, showing the game maps laid out on a floor, makes it look as big as SPI's and GDW's/GRD's legendary super-size World War II igames, "War in Europe"/"War in the Pacific" and "Europa" respectively.
#BOTD: British film/TV star and author Diana Dors (originally named Diana Mary Fluck, so it's pretty obvious why she availed herself of a stage name!) She dated noted ethologist Desmond Morris when they were teens, and was at one time married to Richard Dawson of "Hogan's Heroes".
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#BOTD: British film/TV star and author Diana Dors (originally named Diana Mary Fluck, so it's pretty obvious why she availed herself of a stage name!) She dated noted ethologist Desmond Morris when they were teens, and was at one time married to Richard Dawson of "Hogan's Heroes".
Miss Swanson does not approve.
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Miss Swanson does not approve.
BOTD 10/22/1943, Catherine Deneuve. (Still from "The Last Metro".)
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BOTD 10/22/1943, Catherine Deneuve. (Still from "The Last Metro".)
#BOTD: Joan Fontaine (10/22/1917 - 12/15/2013). Shown here in a promo still for 1948's "The Emperor Waltz", a musical set in 1900's Vienna in which she starred opposite Bing Crosby.
October 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#BOTD: Joan Fontaine (10/22/1917 - 12/15/2013). Shown here in a promo still for 1948's "The Emperor Waltz", a musical set in 1900's Vienna in which she starred opposite Bing Crosby.
She had a widely varied film career aside from her outings with Groucho and the boys; one of her more unusual roles was an uncredited cameo as Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg in the Kay Francis movie "Storm at Daybreak" (released the same year as "Duck Soup", 1933).
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
She had a widely varied film career aside from her outings with Groucho and the boys; one of her more unusual roles was an uncredited cameo as Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg in the Kay Francis movie "Storm at Daybreak" (released the same year as "Duck Soup", 1933).
#BOTD Anna Neagle (1904-1986), real name Florence Marjorie Wilcox (husband Herbert Wilcox, who produced & directed almost all her films, one of the biggest British movie stars of the 1930's and '40's. She specialized in glamour and historical roles. #vintagefilm #classicfilm #filmsky #classicactress
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#BOTD Anna Neagle (1904-1986), real name Florence Marjorie Wilcox (husband Herbert Wilcox, who produced & directed almost all her films, one of the biggest British movie stars of the 1930's and '40's. She specialized in glamour and historical roles. #vintagefilm #classicfilm #filmsky #classicactress
Westworld, you say? (looks)
Bah! 0/10, no Gunslinger. (My maternal grandmother once saw Yul B. in a revival of "The King & I" and remarked on his incredibly mesmerizing eyes.)
Bah! 0/10, no Gunslinger. (My maternal grandmother once saw Yul B. in a revival of "The King & I" and remarked on his incredibly mesmerizing eyes.)
October 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Westworld, you say? (looks)
Bah! 0/10, no Gunslinger. (My maternal grandmother once saw Yul B. in a revival of "The King & I" and remarked on his incredibly mesmerizing eyes.)
Bah! 0/10, no Gunslinger. (My maternal grandmother once saw Yul B. in a revival of "The King & I" and remarked on his incredibly mesmerizing eyes.)
I say "ostensibly" because their main antagonists, Thrush, knew exactly where it was and attempted to attack the installation several times. Which is where this image comes from, having been shot for the pilot episode:
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I say "ostensibly" because their main antagonists, Thrush, knew exactly where it was and attempted to attack the installation several times. Which is where this image comes from, having been shot for the pilot episode:
I'm trying to find the photo of him and Illya Kuryakin actually showing their ID, but this is Napoleon Solo's U.N.C.L.E. identification card from the second-season episode "The Nowhere Affair":
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm trying to find the photo of him and Illya Kuryakin actually showing their ID, but this is Napoleon Solo's U.N.C.L.E. identification card from the second-season episode "The Nowhere Affair":
And the odd game out - not a wargame, but an intriguing-looking strategy game of marriages and intrigue set in Renaissance Genoa, Brides & Bribes (Spaceballoon Games, Kickstarter edition w/extras).
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And the odd game out - not a wargame, but an intriguing-looking strategy game of marriages and intrigue set in Renaissance Genoa, Brides & Bribes (Spaceballoon Games, Kickstarter edition w/extras).
Final price drop (to $5 each) and I got the following:
A Mighty Fortress (Excalibre)
A House Divided 2nd edition. (GDW)
Soldier Kings (APL)
1862 quad (SDC)
7 Days Battles (Decision)
Lee at the Crossroads (SimCan)
Omaha Beachhead (VG)
#boardwargaming #boardwargames
A Mighty Fortress (Excalibre)
A House Divided 2nd edition. (GDW)
Soldier Kings (APL)
1862 quad (SDC)
7 Days Battles (Decision)
Lee at the Crossroads (SimCan)
Omaha Beachhead (VG)
#boardwargaming #boardwargames
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Final price drop (to $5 each) and I got the following:
A Mighty Fortress (Excalibre)
A House Divided 2nd edition. (GDW)
Soldier Kings (APL)
1862 quad (SDC)
7 Days Battles (Decision)
Lee at the Crossroads (SimCan)
Omaha Beachhead (VG)
#boardwargaming #boardwargames
A Mighty Fortress (Excalibre)
A House Divided 2nd edition. (GDW)
Soldier Kings (APL)
1862 quad (SDC)
7 Days Battles (Decision)
Lee at the Crossroads (SimCan)
Omaha Beachhead (VG)
#boardwargaming #boardwargames
At a #boardgaming convention this morning w/ a big estate sale w/ lots of #boardwargames. I got ahold of @tdraicer.bsky.social ‘s “Barbarossa to Berlin”(for @gmtgames.bsky.social ) at $20 had my eye on “Stalin’s War” too but someone else snagged it first. Waiting for next price drop to $10 at noon.
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
At a #boardgaming convention this morning w/ a big estate sale w/ lots of #boardwargames. I got ahold of @tdraicer.bsky.social ‘s “Barbarossa to Berlin”(for @gmtgames.bsky.social ) at $20 had my eye on “Stalin’s War” too but someone else snagged it first. Waiting for next price drop to $10 at noon.
#Boardwargaming grail game acquired; volume 13 of @gmtgames.bsky.social ‘s Great Battles of History series, “Chandragupta”, covering the rise of India’s greatest empire before the Mughals, the Mauryan Empire, contemporary with the Diadochi and the rise of Rome.
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#Boardwargaming grail game acquired; volume 13 of @gmtgames.bsky.social ‘s Great Battles of History series, “Chandragupta”, covering the rise of India’s greatest empire before the Mughals, the Mauryan Empire, contemporary with the Diadochi and the rise of Rome.
Will *you* ever even come close to being as cool as he was?
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Will *you* ever even come close to being as cool as he was?
WWI might not have happened the way it did had Bismarck not been essentially fired by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
WWI might not have happened the way it did had Bismarck not been essentially fired by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890.