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The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 7:29:33 PM

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De Jap carriers, dey fool me, dey show up and dey sinka my sheeps.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 8:16:12 PM

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Ouch, but I love the background on the screenshot.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 8:18:27 PM

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Ouch, but I love the background on the screenshot. �

Thanks...now identify it.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 8:25:37 PM

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Not me. You mistake me for one of the grognards that roam these halls.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 8:32:43 PM

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Ouch, but I love the background on the screenshot. �

Thanks...now identify it.

Hmm ... I'd venture a guess on the Salerno landings, 1943.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 8:42:49 PM

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Kinda looks like this map or something in the vicinity of it.

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RE: Ersatz kibitz - 5/26/2010 10:38:56 PM

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Irish whiskey is excellent, especially Bushmills Black. But a good Islay malt has so much more character. I am currently enjoying a nice bottle of Talisker from the Isle of Skye. So good.

This is what happens when Martians go native. Parents, please, talk to your children before they become another statistic.

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RE: Ersatz kibitz - 5/26/2010 10:46:13 PM

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If memory suits from "Mars Attacks!", the martians were quite enamored with our women and drink. It's easy to see how they would be so easily led astray. They weren't as fond of the yodelling, IIRC.

I'll have to keep this lesson in mind if I have any MARTIAN CHILDREN, Yuri.

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RE: The New Oy Vey - 5/26/2010 11:11:26 PM

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Kinda looks like this map or something in the vicinity of it.

Salerno landings it is. German counterattack on American beachead.

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Headlights - 5/27/2010 6:01:44 PM

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Yesterday was one of those days where almost every mom of a newborn who came in to get their baby checked was wearing preposterously low cut tops. The mom's just kept getting better looking and the tops lower cut. It got so bad by the third one I was pretty sure it was a practical joke and I began to check for the hidden camera. Here is the thing. Breast feeding causes a previously ample bosom to supersize, so naturally, I suppose, they want to show off, but yesterday there seemed to have been a communal decision to suspend decorum and common sense. Even the mid thrity something mom's bringing in their teen sons for sports clearance were amazingly good looking .........and I still cant believe anyone would dress like that in front of their son.

I kept thinking of my high school driver's education teacher, Coach Ringstrom (after 10 years he had risen to the rank of Head Freshman football coach). He was dumb as a brick but his advice was sound, "Don't look at the oncoming headlights, look to the side of the road"

I guess I will start wearing my Viking Long Boat Ceremony ring too.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 6:11:01 PM

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Today I read a book about U-Boats and had a tooth broken by a dentist.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 6:20:29 PM

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Today I read a book about U-Boats and had a tooth broken by a dentist.

Wait....did you make that up?

Since when do they have dentists in England?

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 6:26:37 PM

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I never make anything up

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 7:11:45 PM

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**************Feb. 26, 1942*************

New Scotland: Remember when I said the Japs weren't moving on New Edinburgh? I was wrong. The intel was bad. The 4th Div. of the Imperial Japanese Army is on the outskirts of New Perth (La Foa). At New Perth are two US Army regiments and one USMC regt plus two arty bn. and about 50 Grants behind level one fortifications. At New Edinburgh are USMC 2nd Regt., now fully formed, I Amphib Corps HQ, VII Bomber Command HQ, a Marine CD unit and engineers of various types. There are quite a few ships at New Edinburgh. As the Jap carriers are now NE of Efate, they will be ordered into port in the hope the Jap carrier aircraft are not set to port attack. New Ullapool is now a level one airfield and has some zeroes operating there. This is bad. It woudl be nice to use New Edinburgh as a port for naval bombardments of the Jap base but the AE I have in route now cannot safely get in.

No further shipping losses in theater today.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 7:13:45 PM

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I never make anything up

Looks interesting. I always wondered how the Germans got away with mid-ocean rpelenishment of their subs for a while. Do give us an update when you get to part where the USN captures the Engima machine.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 9:05:52 PM

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I never make anything up

Do give us an update when you get to part where the USN captures the Engima machine.

Hey! We DID capture an Enigma machine in the war.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 10:05:44 PM

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Looks interesting.

When I wrote my history paper, "The Strategy and Devevelopment of the German Navy, 1926 to 1945" this book was very useful.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 10:52:29 PM

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Yesterday was one of those days where almost every mom of a newborn who came in to get their baby checked was wearing preposterously low cut tops. The mom's just kept getting better looking and the tops lower cut. It got so bad by the third one I was pretty sure it was a practical joke and I began to check for the hidden camera. Here is the thing. Breast feeding causes a previously ample bosom to supersize, so naturally, I suppose, they want to show off, but yesterday there seemed to have been a communal decision to suspend decorum and common sense. Even the mid thrity something mom's bringing in their teen sons for sports clearance were amazingly good looking .........and I still cant believe anyone would dress like that in front of their son.

I kept thinking of my high school driver's education teacher, Coach Ringstrom (after 10 years he had risen to the rank of Head Freshman football coach). He was dumb as a brick but his advice was sound, "Don't look at the oncoming headlights, look to the side of the road"

I guess I will start wearing my Viking Long Boat Ceremony ring too.

Maybe wearing dark sunglasses will help.......disguise your staring.

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RE: Headlights - 5/27/2010 10:53:23 PM

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I never make anything up

That does NOT look like a book about dentists. Liar!

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Placemarks - 5/29/2010 10:46:31 PM

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The massive number of engineering troops at New Ullapool were able to build up the airfiled to level 1. This complicates matters. Without the carriers, however, it will be vulnerable as the Allied field at New Edinburgh is nearly level 4...then the 17's can come in and bounce around the Taro plants the Jap's have.

USN SBD's heavily damage a Jap AK with engineers aboard but losses are too high. The fighters encounter Zeroes from Hiryu. I'm not sure if they flew off to the field like the USN fighters did or if they are on LRCAP. I suspect the former. I have refueled the 6 DD's at New Edinburgh....they will attempt to hit the transports on the night of 28/29 and get to air cover. I have recalled the crusier groups laying off to the South.

Do enough people have Google Earth that I can do a Google Earth movie?

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Death Struggle - 5/29/2010 11:10:56 PM

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Somebody has to lose this battle....eventually. The Japs are throwing tranpsorts and troops at the problem and I am throwing troops and aircraft. The KB is also suffering some wear and tear...adn is tied down.

VII Bomber Command HQ at New Edinburgh is helping. The attacks are better coordinated. Again the poor SBD's are set to naval attack with F4F support. The B-26's and A-20's will attack the airfield at New Ullapool. There are about 45 operational USAAF fighters now on New Scotland, most are P-39's but a few are the fancy new P-400's. I figure with a number that high they must be fantastic.

6 USN DD's are set to raid the shipping at New Ulapool tonight. They seem to be the superior force but we shall see. Meanwhile, Adm. English's crusier force should reach the CAP at New Edinburgh by tomorrow at daylight. The second CA and CL force is one day behind.

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RE: Death Struggle - 5/30/2010 2:04:23 AM

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Cap... if you're going to lose some ships, please try to lose them in the lighter colored areas of your map. That way, they'll be more likely to make for a nice diving location in the future...�

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Facebook Peril - 5/30/2010 5:25:17 PM

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My brother-in-law's home theater installation business has slowed down with the recession. He isn't one to take it lying down. Instead, he takes it sitting down. He has turned into a Facebook aficionado. Facebook has this feature to link you to groups that might have known you in some capacity in the past....like in high school, for eg. So, he decides he is going to throw himself a 50th birthday party and he elects to invite all his facebook links from his old high school.

He now lives only about 4-5 miles from his old high school (now on the good side of the tracks). The party theme is Gilligan's Island. It sounds like fun so I go as the Professor (white dress shirt and khaki slacks) and Stalker Girl goes as Lovey. We get there about an hour after the listed start time and there are, I am not kidding, at least five 50 year old Skippers with fat guts and sailor hats from my brother-in-laws old high school. It's like they have never seen free alcohol before.

The keg is already down to foam and the Skippers are stumbling around glad handing everyone and saying "I love you man" to people they met 3 minutes ago.

He finally had to turn off the circuit breaker at 12:30 to kill the outdoor lights to get rid of them.

Facebook is dangerous.

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RE: Facebook Peril - 6/1/2010 10:27:12 AM

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First reports seem to indicate that once more Allied surface forces kick Johny Jap's arse.

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RE: Facebook Peril - 6/1/2010 6:31:53 PM

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Inquiring minds wanna know. Spill it, homey.

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RE: Facebook Peril - 6/1/2010 10:22:55 PM

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Inquiring minds wanna know. Spill it, homey.

Yes! Mole updates! With Scleenshots!

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No Scleenshots - 6/2/2010 2:31:50 AM

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NO scleenshots. Mandlake at work. Mandlake get ass kicked by boss...oh wait...I dont really have one..still, if I had AE here it would really tick off the IT guys.

Of course, there is still Google maps.

I put an aggressive, inspirational Lt. Cdr is command of the USN DD force. The guy needs to cut down on the androgens a bit, but I give him credit for driving all the Jap ships away from Koumac. 4 DD's made it safely back to New Edinburgh and a cruiser force arrived safely from the South.

A surprising collection of aircraft was found at New Ullapool (Vals, Kates, Zeroes and Mavis) considering the dive bombers and torpedo bombes cant attack from a level one airfield. The USAAF HQ commandr at New Edinburgh has definitely picked up the coordination level of the attacks, especially among the medium bombers which are now all VII Bomber Command. The field is now level 4 and is now graced with 12 B-17's. It looks we will win the air war in New Scotland. The USN crusiers will make another run at New Ullapool the night of 3-1/2 to scare off any returning Jap transports.

I dont know what got ashore before the arrival of the DD's. There were almost no ground casulaties reported among the Jap transports.

The fighting has severely depleted 2 USN and 1 Marine F4F squadrons as well as 4 USN and one Marine SBD squadrons. This will make the two remaining USN carriers in the South Pacific of limited use for some time but we also managed to shoot down a fair number of Jap carrier planes and put a torpedo in the Shokaku. Unless the Japs have landed another division or can shut down Noumea with carrier aircraft, I now believe their expedition in New Scotland will fail.

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RE: No Scleenshots - 6/2/2010 5:18:54 PM

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Oops, looks like you did it again.

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RE: No Scleenshots - 6/2/2010 5:34:39 PM

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Oops, looks like you did it again.

Hi Brittainy. He's not that innocent.

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RE: No Scleenshots - 6/2/2010 6:30:51 PM

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Oops, looks like you did it again.

Do you mean the breech of the Ultra Secret For Your Eyes Only Code system by using real place names or the surface combat WWF smackdown at Kou...er..I mean..New Ullapool?

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