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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 1:00:14 AM   
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We will build a pyre for you.


Ummm....Quapla!

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Glycogen body - 10/19/2007 2:40:13 AM   
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I think you were right the first time, it was stegosaurus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus

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"Second brain"

Soon after describing Stegosaurus, Marsh noted a large canal in the hip region of the spinal cord, which could have accommodated a structure up to 20 times larger than the brain. This has led to the famous idea that dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had a 'second brain' in the tail, which may have been responsible for controlling reflexes in the rear portion of the body. It has also been suggested that this "brain" might have given a Stegosaurus a temporary boost when it was under threat from predators.[5] More recently, it has been argued that this space (also found in sauropods) may have been the location of a glycogen body, a structure in living birds whose function is not definitely known but which is postulated to facilitate the supply of glycogen to the animal's nervous system.[21]




Ahhhh...so that's what made me buy those tickets...the glycogen body. I've always had an odd desire to sit in bird baths and I ate a worm once when I was a kid too. The thing must be huge.

Check this out...a strategic plan with a one month horizon I..err..I mean Pownall hatched in Burma actually worked. Let's hear it for the glycogen body! Huzzah!

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RE: Huge Glycogen body at work - 10/19/2007 3:12:23 AM   
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Cmmdr Jacobs of USS Sargo was right. Cyclone Narinder seems to be losing steam. The weather is still pretty lousy but Imphal is clear and a few B-17's manage to get airborne from Dacca The Japs pick on the poor RAF Mohawks but pay a price against the hot-shot USAAF P-40 pilots operating from Imphal. I bet they don't try that again. Because of the proximity of friendly ground forces, the majority of the Allied pilots shot down are recoverd after "hitting the silk".




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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 4:08:57 AM   
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I think you were right the first time, it was stegosaurus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus

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"Second brain"

Soon after describing Stegosaurus, Marsh noted a large canal in the hip region of the spinal cord, which could have accommodated a structure up to 20 times larger than the brain. This has led to the famous idea that dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had a 'second brain' in the tail, which may have been responsible for controlling reflexes in the rear portion of the body. It has also been suggested that this "brain" might have given a Stegosaurus a temporary boost when it was under threat from predators.[5] More recently, it has been argued that this space (also found in sauropods) may have been the location of a glycogen body, a structure in living birds whose function is not definitely known but which is postulated to facilitate the supply of glycogen to the animal's nervous system.[21]




Actually, both are correct - many large sauropods including Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, etc. apparently had these structures... calling them a brain is a bit generous, they are thought to perhaps be just large neural plexi (plexuses), sort of like a solar plexus, that might control the legs... the glycogen body is another theory.

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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 5:31:34 AM   
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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 3:58:13 PM   
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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 4:48:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Basically lots of sugar molecules stuck together in a chain.  Glycogen is somewhere between sugar and fat as far as speed of energy release goes.   We store a lot in the liver and it gives the energy needed by the body for any activity beyond a short sprint.  I assume a glycogen body is just an organ designed to store the stuff.

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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 5:43:30 PM   
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Basically lots of sugar molecules stuck together in a chain. Glycogen is somewhere between sugar and fat as far as speed of energy release goes. We store a lot in the liver and it gives the energy needed by the body for any activity beyond a short sprint. I assume a glycogen body is just an organ designed to store the stuff.


What he said. A glucose polymer. I am pretty sure human beings don't have a "glycogen body" unless it is vestigial. The stuff is in skeletal muscle and the liver. The current thinking holds that your average blob of glucose polymers, no matter how they might be configured, are not capable of sentience. Despite this new insight, the Japs are still delivered a bloody nose in Burma and something still made me buy those tickets.

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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 7:26:43 PM   
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.......... line here |   bobo here.

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RE: Boise... - 10/19/2007 7:36:41 PM   
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You should send boisie to burma she sounds like she is good at collecting intelegence.

You misspelled 'essence'...


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RE: Boise... - 10/20/2007 2:14:16 AM   
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You should send boisie to burma she sounds like she is good at collecting intelegence. plus yall could have fun in the mud.............



.......... line here |   bobo here.


Rofl

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RE: Boise... - 10/20/2007 2:14:35 AM   
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You should send boisie to burma she sounds like she is good at collecting intelegence.

You misspelled 'essence'...



And speaking of crossed lines.....

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 6:03:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think old rtrapasso hit it...When you have an 80 foot-long body, the signal produced by noxious stimuli disturbing the hind legs takes a long time to travel up the low-speed unmyelinated spinothalamic tract to reach the brain. A ganglion in the caudal spinal cord can substantially decrease the time interval for a flexor reflex arc to be activated, thereby allowing said sauropod to extract said hindlegs from the closing jaws of an ambushing raptor before the brain even recognizes that bad juju is going down caudally.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see if Chennault's sweep strategy is a well thought-out fronto-cortical response to noxious Japanese air activity over the IJA 70th Division, or a poorly considered spinal reflex response instead.

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 4:22:56 PM   
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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 4:42:29 PM   
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So far I count a psychiatrist, a paediatrician and a radiologist. I'm presuming Moondawggie is one as well though, what's your specialty? Anyone know of any others?

I'm sure people wouldn't be surprised at the number of sharks... umm, I mean lawyers... who play but I didn't expect so many docs. I don't know a single one in Ireland, other than myself, who wargames

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 4:46:15 PM   
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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 4:51:07 PM   
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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 4:58:21 PM   
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"John, are you going to pick up with your AAR in the CapMandrake game?  Those of us who 'subscribed' hope so.  After all, it's impossible to figure out what's going on from Mandrake's AAR - it's full of talk about randy women in Idaho who study dinosaur ganglions to figure out whether apatosaurs enjoyed amaretto sours."

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 5:02:22 PM   
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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 5:09:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hehe, I just started reading this AAR yesterday but I have to admit I love it. "I don't want to be a Bohr" LOL!!!!

And any AAR which can bring DINOSAUR neurology into the fray just has to be classic. Now, to be air I don't think that the real issue was how quickly the dinosaur's reflex arc could be activated. As a psychiatrist I'm bound to argue that what was FAR more important was HOW that dinosaur would feel about almost being eaten 6 weeks later. Did it have flashbacks? Did it almost re-experience the attack? Did it have nightmares and did it have an increased startle response --- possibly mediated by this same caudal plexus ( I personally never bought the glycogen body explanation )? Why aren't we focussing on the IMPORTANT questions here people????    And really I think the most important question is precisely what sort of topiary the nurse DID go for if it wasn't some famous WW2 battleship. Honestly let's prioritise!!!

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 5:15:41 PM   
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I'm a lawyer turned magazine publisher and editor, but I confess I have difficulty figuring out what's going on in Cap's entertaining AAR.  I admitted my confusion yesterday in a post in a thread by Cap's opponent, John 3rd:

"John, are you going to pick up with your AAR in the CapMandrake game?  Those of us who 'subscribed' hope so.  After all, it's impossible to figure out what's going on from Mandrake's AAR - it's full of talk about randy women in Idaho who study dinosaur ganglions to figure out whether apatosaurs enjoyed amaretto sours."


That research is old news. Yes, dinosaurs did enjoy amaretto sours.

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Paris, plaster of - 10/20/2007 6:13:38 PM   
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Gen Pownall: Can you tell me, Col., what progress have 7th Armoured made toward the rail junction?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: They report very diffciult going, especially for the Stuarts and lorries, sir. They estimate 25 miles to the rail junction.

Gen Pownall: 25, you say? Why, weren't they only 27 miles 2 days ago?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Yes sir. They are encountering many natural obstacles.

Gen Pownall: Blast!.... Still, I am pleased with their effort. The enemy have made no attack at Myitkyina and we have certainly succeeded in pinning the Jap reinforcements at the rail junction...a full division and an armoured brigade. How go the air drops? Are we meeting their needs?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Yes, sir, in general I think we are but there was an emergency request from the chief medical officer of 7th Armoured just his morn. It seems they are desperately short of plaster of Paris.

Gen Pownall: Plaster of Paris? Oh dear God! It must be Hell.
May God protect them.

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Yes sir, may He.

Gen Pownall: May he what, Col.?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Oh, no sir. It wasn't a question sir. I simply meant "may He", sir.

Gen Pownall: Look, Col., I am busy man. Let's not talk in code, shall we? Are you asking my permission that he may do something?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Oh, no sir. I shouldn't think it necessary, sir. I was simply agreeing with your sentiment, sir.

Gen Pownall: And what sentiment was that, Col.?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Well, sir. <beads of sweat break out on his stiff upper lip> That He may..or..might, perhaps.

Gen Pownall: Who is "he", Col.? <now clearly irritated>

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: Why, God, sir.

Gen Pownall: Look, Col., I shan't have my officer's invoking God's name falsely. Is that clear? I shan't warn you again....Now, I want you compose yourself and answer this simple question. Who is the "he" of which you speak?

Generic British HQ Staff Officer, hair neatly trimmed and well oiled, uniform meticulously pressed by one of 3 Indian servants in his employ: <now consumed with pallor, wet stains under his arms, a schoolboy trauma which had been supressed for 20 years is recalled> Gu---Gu--Gu--GuGu--Gu-Gu--Gu.........



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Henderson field - 10/20/2007 6:21:31 PM   
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RE: Henderson field - 10/20/2007 6:29:48 PM   
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it was oriented in a strict North/South layout.


with an almost military precision I'd say. Now that's dedication to wargaming.

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 8:04:11 PM   
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Gees, there are WAY too many doctors here for sure .

So far I count a psychiatrist, a paediatrician and a radiologist. I'm presuming Moondawggie is one as well though, what's your specialty? Anyone know of any others?




Throw in a Pathologist....

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 8:48:07 PM   
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Throw in a Pathologist.... 


If its into a communal grave it'd be my pleasure.

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 9:02:45 PM   
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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 9:06:27 PM   
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I know, hence my response .

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 9:18:08 PM   
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Terminus,
I know, hence my response .


Ouch!

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RE: Those pesky sauropod ganglia... - 10/20/2007 9:18:59 PM   
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