THIS SHOULD NOT BE READ BY IMPRESSIONABLE WARGAMERS WHO DREAM AT NIGHT! During the course of the editor's wartime experiences in North Africa he encountered the French Moroccan Goums, native Irregular soldiers with a talent for scouting and patrolling. Seemingly, to encourage the Goums to make a nuisance of themselves, they were paid a small sum for every ear they brought in. This practice caused alarm amongst the Allies because, when detached from the body, there is not much difference between a German, a British, a French or an American ear! To avoid mislaying any ears they might have collected, each Goum had a large half-moon shaped needle attached to a length of string, tied to the metal canopy stay of the vehicle in which they travelled, the ears being threaded on this cord and "cashed in" at the end of the journey. To get to the point of this preamble, a long upholsterer's needle threaded with nylon cord can be used to make an inexpensive rough and ready binder for copies of this or any other magazine. Tie a knot at the end of the nylon and thread the copies on it, adding a copy of the magazine each month as it comes out. Well, do you think the ending was worthy of the beginning - and will this cause the more bloodthirsty among us to start formulating wargames rules for ear-collecting? Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 168 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com