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Can anyone share what's happening to Richard?
Thanks
Chuck
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He's posting plenty on Twitter so looks ok to me. Am I missing something?
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Spoke to Rich yesterday =he’s fine and feeling much better. He had some medical issues which all seem ok and he’s been taking a much deserved rest and recuperation. If you follow him on Twitter you will see he is still following his dream in building Renaissance Italian War’s Armies as per the Xmas Podcast where he speculated what army would he want the Christmas fairy to bring him!
Don
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Which help those not on Twitter, not a whole lot.
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There are some of us not on FB and/or Twitter, for a variety of good and not so good reasons.
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Doug
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He's posting plenty on Twitter so looks ok to me. Am I missing something?
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Fair enough Doug. Briefly... and the Biggest Richard can correct me... He has been painting Late WW2 germans in 28mm and late 15th century Swiss for an unspecified project. and an amusing cow story to go with them.
He is taking life slowly on medical advice that has involved a cardiologist~despite the difficulties imposed by covid restrictions to services.
Wishing him and the rest of us well MarkS
Which help those not on Twitter, not a whole lot.
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Doug
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He's posting plenty on Twitter so looks ok to me. Am I missing something?
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If *I* were Big Rich's doctor, I'd suggest his heart would feel much lighter if he'd simply finish the CoC Pacific Theater book.
But I'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one on tv ...
Tom Huntington
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Thanks Mark, much appreciated.
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Fair enough Doug.
Briefly... and the Biggest Richard can correct me...
He has been painting Late WW2 germans in 28mm and late 15th century Swiss for an unspecified project.
and an amusing cow story to go with them.
He is taking life slowly on medical advice that has involved a cardiologist~despite the difficulties imposed by covid restrictions to services.
Wishing him and the rest of us well
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Which help those not on Twitter, not a whole lot.
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There are some of us not on FB and/or Twitter, for a variety of good and not so good reasons.
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Doug
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[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
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Sent: 13 April 2021 04:29
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Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Richard status?
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Twitter posts have the answers
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He's posting plenty on Twitter so looks ok to me. Am I missing something?
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Glad he's doing well. Probably not enough curry.
Chuck
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Seconded. Anyway, he has too much to do to be unwell...? Easter isn't getting any further away,? and the CoC Eastern supplement isn't
going to write itself, nor the next Infamy handbook. I'd like the Arnhem book as well, but I blame Nick for that.
In all seriousness, it's probably as well for him to have a semi-enforced break, he always seems to have too much on his plate, and massive
ambitions to do more than is reasonable.
To anyone who hasn't run their own business it must look like a dream come true, getting to make money from your hobby, but it's very
hard work, marketing, promoting, selling, and all the time actually delivering the writing, the publications, coordinating testing, feedback, dealing with printers, delivery, etc.
So hope to hear he is much better, but in the meantime, we have plenty to be painting an gaming with, we will juts have to hold the ‘Oh Shiny’ syndrome in check for
the moment.
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If you really must have something new, then try another Lardy set you haven’t tried before
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What you mean is, he’s irreplaceable.?
That’s the trouble with a small business.?
When you are told that you are irreplaceable, you usually are.?
Unless of course you have just asked for a salary increase ;-)
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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Seconded. Anyway, he has too much to do to be unwell...? Easter isn't getting any further away,? and the CoC Eastern supplement isn't
going to write itself, nor the next Infamy handbook. I'd like the Arnhem book as well, but I blame Nick for that.
In all seriousness, it's probably as well for him to have a semi-enforced break, he always seems to have too much on his plate, and massive
ambitions to do more than is reasonable.
To anyone who hasn't run their own business it must look like a dream come true, getting to make money from your hobby, but it's very
hard work, marketing, promoting, selling, and all the time actually delivering the writing, the publications, coordinating testing, feedback, dealing with printers, delivery, etc.
So hope to hear he is much better, but in the meantime, we have plenty to be painting an gaming with, we will juts have to hold the ‘Oh Shiny’ syndrome in check for
the moment.
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If you really must have something new, then try another Lardy set you haven’t tried before
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Doug
Glad he's doing well. Probably not enough curry.
Chuck
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No matter the original size of the business, there comes a time when it is large enough that one must delegate.? From watching Rich's various oddcasts and videos, I can see that this is very difficult for him to do! But if he selects trusted associates to do the research and generate a synopsis it would reduce the workload. The same with the Yearly Magazines - surely there is someone other than Rich who can do that. Finally there are many fans who would love to generate Pint sized campaigns that would need culling and play-testing by the team with Rich's final approval before press. All this would grow the company while Rich could just cerry pick the projects that he likes best.
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I offer this fully knowing that I was never able to do it myself which is why The Courier eventually was sold off and died out. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
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Dick – I still remember “The Courier” fondly. It was the best of the American wargame magazines and is sorely missed. You deserve the credit for that excellent effort. Oh, and as one of the lucky subscribers I still have all the issues. ? Steve McHenry ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dick Bryant via groups.io Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 9:25 AM To: [email protected]Subject: [TooFatLardies] Richard status? ? No matter the original size of the business, there comes a time when it is large enough that one must delegate.? From watching Rich's various oddcasts and videos, I can see that this is very difficult for him to do! But if he selects trusted associates to do the research and generate a synopsis it would reduce the workload. The same with the Yearly Magazines - surely there is someone other than Rich who can do that. Finally there are many fans who would love to generate Pint sized campaigns that would need culling and play-testing by the team with Rich's final approval before press. All this would grow the company while Rich could just cerry pick the projects that he likes best. I offer this fully knowing that I was never able to do it myself which is why The Courier eventually was sold off and died out. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
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What Steve said.? I still have all my copies of The Courier, too.??
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Dick – I still remember “The Courier” fondly. It was the best of the American wargame magazines and is sorely missed. You deserve the credit for that excellent effort. Oh, and as one of the lucky subscribers I still have all the issues.
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No matter the original size of the business, there comes a time when it is large enough that one must delegate.? From watching Rich's various oddcasts and videos, I can see that this is very difficult for him to do! But if he selects trusted associates to do the research and generate a synopsis it would reduce the workload. The same with the Yearly Magazines - surely there is someone other than Rich who can do that. Finally there are many fans who would love to generate Pint sized campaigns that would need culling and play-testing by the team with Rich's final approval before press. All this would grow the company while Rich could just cerry pick the projects that he likes best.
I offer this fully knowing that I was never able to do it myself which is why The Courier eventually was sold off and died out. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
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Dick, I also remember the Courier. A great publication and I lived in Brockton for a couple of years.
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We had such great times putting the Courier together. But at some point, it becomes a business and no longer fun. ? Steve Manganiello ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dick Bryant via groups.io Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 6:25 AM To: [email protected]Subject: [TooFatLardies] Richard status? ? No matter the original size of the business, there comes a time when it is large enough that one must delegate.? From watching Rich's various oddcasts and videos, I can see that this is very difficult for him to do! But if he selects trusted associates to do the research and generate a synopsis it would reduce the workload. The same with the Yearly Magazines - surely there is someone other than Rich who can do that. Finally there are many fans who would love to generate Pint sized campaigns that would need culling and play-testing by the team with Rich's final approval before press. All this would grow the company while Rich could just cerry pick the projects that he likes best. I offer this fully knowing that I was never able to do it myself which is why The Courier eventually was sold off and died out. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
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Thanks for the Kudos, guys but it was a group effort. Also I don't want to have this thread go off message: Richard's Status" which means so much to of us Lardies!
Best to all
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Dick Bryant
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Also: had to smile, as my better half Is currently one of the editors with the Courier. 2nd best-selling regional paper in the UK. 1st
is the sister paper, the Press & Journal, and she works with them too.
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Not quite the same…?
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Thanks for the Kudos, guys but it was a group effort. Also I don't want to have this thread go off message: Richard's Status" which means so much to of
us Lardies!
That's my name, not my personality!
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Actually when I started publishing more formally with Copyright and issues sent to the library of congress, etc. I found that there are( or were) many publications entitled "the Courier" or "Courier". We were able to differentiate by calling ours "The Courier" thought most people would call it just "Courier".? We had a subtitle "America's Best Wargaming Magazine" which we could as we were the ONLY such magazine for a few years. It did mean that Hobby stores would not keep it on the shelves because of the "War" in the name. This was 1968-1972 with Vietnam and all that>
Here I went against my own suggestion about sticking to news about Richard's Condition" Sorry - Last Time, I promise.
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