Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴
@panzerpete.bsky.social
Socialist, amateur historian, wargamer, failed poet and painter, Permanent PA to a cat. E-Scooter Owner/Rider/Aficionado
Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
It's now that sort of day
July 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It's now that sort of day
Le Franc Tireur Issue 14
Scenario: FT250 Decimation
The setup for Saturday's game. Probably starting on VASL at 2PM NZT (1AM UTC). HIP units, fortifications and bore-sighted locations not shown of course.
Scenario: FT250 Decimation
The setup for Saturday's game. Probably starting on VASL at 2PM NZT (1AM UTC). HIP units, fortifications and bore-sighted locations not shown of course.
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Le Franc Tireur Issue 14
Scenario: FT250 Decimation
The setup for Saturday's game. Probably starting on VASL at 2PM NZT (1AM UTC). HIP units, fortifications and bore-sighted locations not shown of course.
Scenario: FT250 Decimation
The setup for Saturday's game. Probably starting on VASL at 2PM NZT (1AM UTC). HIP units, fortifications and bore-sighted locations not shown of course.
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 3/20
June 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 3/20
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 2/20
June 17, 2024 at 1:17 AM
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 2/20
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 1/20
June 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 1/20
Not a TV viewer but the last thing I watched were these guys, just before I start on Shogun. I should be good to go.
April 22, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Not a TV viewer but the last thing I watched were these guys, just before I start on Shogun. I should be good to go.
introduce yourself with:
One book: Omer Bartov, German Troops and the barbarisation of warfare, Eastern Front 1941-45
One film: The Apartment (1960)
One album: Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
One TV show: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980)
One book: Omer Bartov, German Troops and the barbarisation of warfare, Eastern Front 1941-45
One film: The Apartment (1960)
One album: Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
One TV show: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980)
April 19, 2024 at 4:47 AM
introduce yourself with:
One book: Omer Bartov, German Troops and the barbarisation of warfare, Eastern Front 1941-45
One film: The Apartment (1960)
One album: Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
One TV show: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980)
One book: Omer Bartov, German Troops and the barbarisation of warfare, Eastern Front 1941-45
One film: The Apartment (1960)
One album: Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
One TV show: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980)
Post perfect albums from the 90s that isn't nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains.
Here's my four from that time
Here's my four from that time
April 6, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Post perfect albums from the 90s that isn't nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains.
Here's my four from that time
Here's my four from that time
so just had my scooter stolen brazenly from right outisde my door at the lodge about 90 minutes ago. Fuck me.
Varla Pegasus, less than 500ks on the clock. Might be the only Varla Pegasus in Wellington as I had to order it from sole dealer in Auckland
#mtvictoria #wellington
#kikorangi
Varla Pegasus, less than 500ks on the clock. Might be the only Varla Pegasus in Wellington as I had to order it from sole dealer in Auckland
#mtvictoria #wellington
#kikorangi
April 6, 2024 at 1:46 AM
so just had my scooter stolen brazenly from right outisde my door at the lodge about 90 minutes ago. Fuck me.
Varla Pegasus, less than 500ks on the clock. Might be the only Varla Pegasus in Wellington as I had to order it from sole dealer in Auckland
#mtvictoria #wellington
#kikorangi
Varla Pegasus, less than 500ks on the clock. Might be the only Varla Pegasus in Wellington as I had to order it from sole dealer in Auckland
#mtvictoria #wellington
#kikorangi
Speaking of favourite childhood books that indirectly had career implications:
Should I buy these bibles of my pre-teens?
Should I buy these bibles of my pre-teens?
March 31, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Speaking of favourite childhood books that indirectly had career implications:
Should I buy these bibles of my pre-teens?
Should I buy these bibles of my pre-teens?
Reskeet with the first album you bought with your own money.
March 28, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Reskeet with the first album you bought with your own money.
To illustrate my point
February 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM
To illustrate my point
This is why I rate Kane higher than Kohli, Root and even Steven Smith (despite anything Jarrod Kimber might opine as he caters to his Indian fan base)
#nzcricket
#nzcricket
February 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
This is why I rate Kane higher than Kohli, Root and even Steven Smith (despite anything Jarrod Kimber might opine as he caters to his Indian fan base)
#nzcricket
#nzcricket
My 70s childhood mind read that as Barnabas Collins as I attended a school named St Benedicts around the same time Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows game was en vogue
January 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM
My 70s childhood mind read that as Barnabas Collins as I attended a school named St Benedicts around the same time Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows game was en vogue
The wind is a lie. It's more like earhquake weather - Still asf but the birdsong is still going...for now.
January 21, 2024 at 4:13 AM
The wind is a lie. It's more like earhquake weather - Still asf but the birdsong is still going...for now.
The first boardgame arrival of the season.
One of the smaller Kickstarter bundles for a boardgame I've purchased but the theme is everything. Now to get some card sleeves and figure out how I'm going to paint the minis. Good thing is that shipping to NZ was painless.
#boardgaming
#cyberpunk2077
One of the smaller Kickstarter bundles for a boardgame I've purchased but the theme is everything. Now to get some card sleeves and figure out how I'm going to paint the minis. Good thing is that shipping to NZ was painless.
#boardgaming
#cyberpunk2077
January 17, 2024 at 1:47 AM
The first boardgame arrival of the season.
One of the smaller Kickstarter bundles for a boardgame I've purchased but the theme is everything. Now to get some card sleeves and figure out how I'm going to paint the minis. Good thing is that shipping to NZ was painless.
#boardgaming
#cyberpunk2077
One of the smaller Kickstarter bundles for a boardgame I've purchased but the theme is everything. Now to get some card sleeves and figure out how I'm going to paint the minis. Good thing is that shipping to NZ was painless.
#boardgaming
#cyberpunk2077
I grew up listening to the sound of these streets
January 11, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I grew up listening to the sound of these streets
First 50th anniversary album of the year - Crime of The Century- Supertramp - this one gets played start to finish
January 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
First 50th anniversary album of the year - Crime of The Century- Supertramp - this one gets played start to finish
New Zealand is the last stop for Container ships and given the realities of scale, being this small at the butt end of the world trading routes means we incur cost that major producers do not, such as unladen or empty cargo space. I use the picture below as a visual guide (a little hyperbolic but..)
December 12, 2023 at 2:07 AM
New Zealand is the last stop for Container ships and given the realities of scale, being this small at the butt end of the world trading routes means we incur cost that major producers do not, such as unladen or empty cargo space. I use the picture below as a visual guide (a little hyperbolic but..)
C/W Food
Stage II of Better Living Through Baking therapy complete:
Savoury Muffins a bastardisation of the classic Edmonds Cheese muffin, but with oodles of Capsicum, cheese varieties and some bacon
Not 100% successful, some sinkage
but it'll do for a first go
#kikorangi
#bakingaotearoa
Stage II of Better Living Through Baking therapy complete:
Savoury Muffins a bastardisation of the classic Edmonds Cheese muffin, but with oodles of Capsicum, cheese varieties and some bacon
Not 100% successful, some sinkage
but it'll do for a first go
#kikorangi
#bakingaotearoa
November 28, 2023 at 12:42 AM
C/W Food
Stage II of Better Living Through Baking therapy complete:
Savoury Muffins a bastardisation of the classic Edmonds Cheese muffin, but with oodles of Capsicum, cheese varieties and some bacon
Not 100% successful, some sinkage
but it'll do for a first go
#kikorangi
#bakingaotearoa
Stage II of Better Living Through Baking therapy complete:
Savoury Muffins a bastardisation of the classic Edmonds Cheese muffin, but with oodles of Capsicum, cheese varieties and some bacon
Not 100% successful, some sinkage
but it'll do for a first go
#kikorangi
#bakingaotearoa
Here's an idea of the NZ moat.
November 27, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Here's an idea of the NZ moat.