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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:00:57 PM

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Realized earlier today that I'm out of books to read.

Just ordered Shattered Sword, MacIntyres Operation Mincemeat and O'Haras Struggle for the Middle Sea to rectify the problem.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:01:57 PM

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Read the first two. Both are great.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:02:32 PM

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... and while I'm waiting for delivery, I'll fall back on a re-reading of this;

"Oh freddled gruntbuggly" ...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:03:38 PM

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Read the first two. Both are great.

I've heard nothing but great reviews on those two, so yes, that's why I ordered them. Third is an unknown but looks promising.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:03:58 PM

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Hey, UNP.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:05:45 PM

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Better book than a tv series.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:07:15 PM

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Read the first two. Both are great.

I've heard nothing but great reviews on those two, so yes, that's why I ordered them. Third is an unknown but looks promising.

Yup, just looked up the third one . . . i'm thinking of getting it too.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:08:59 PM

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Better book than a tv series.

Dunno. Never seen the TV series.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:10:10 PM

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... and while I'm waiting for delivery, I'll fall back on a re-reading of this;

"Oh freddled gruntbuggly" ...

"Vogon poetry is the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent, of his poem, Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning, four of his audience members died of internal hemorrhaging, and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council, survived by gnawing one of his own legs off... The very worst poetry in the universe died along with its creator, Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex... in the destruction of the planet Earth."

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:13:47 PM

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... it would've been intresting to know if there is/was any story behind that name (Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings)

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 4:28:42 PM

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Read the first two. Both are great.

I've heard nothing but great reviews on those two, so yes, that's why I ordered them. Third is an unknown but looks promising.

both are good though the former tends to get misquoted alot. I've lost track of the # of times i've corrected posters who declare that PER SWORD.....Japanese carrier doctrine was FLAWED.

thats not what the authors said at all.

My only critique of "sword" is that the authors at times try too hard to present new relevent data to a battle already overexposed in literature. Best part was the breakdown of Japanese deck ops.....they filled in the holes left by Peatte in his "Sunburst" book

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 5:18:03 PM

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Hi all,

Good afternoon!

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 5:51:08 PM

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one third thru "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest"...do swedes really drink that much coffee?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 5:53:20 PM

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I hope it's better than the book

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 5:56:11 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 5:56:57 PM

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I hope it's better than the book

sorry, meant reading the book...weakest of the three so far IMHO

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:09:59 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

[corporate speak follows, KEM, please forgive the transgression...]

At the end of the day, Kwik E Mart, we have to expand our horizons to incorporate the diversity of others. Reaching out to others is part of our new team engagement paradigm. It is one of our core guiding principles. Absolute criticality of purpose can only be realized when we utilize collaboration on tasks. Team buy-in is an essential ingredient to our success.

[corporate speak ends]...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:17:13 PM

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one third thru "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest"...do swedes really drink that much coffee?

Yes.

The scandinavian countries are "world champions" when it comes to per capita coffee consumption. The Finns are first, Sweden second, Norway third and Denmark fourth.

Source: European Coffee Report 2009

ETA: Slightly different order (but older data) at Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita

ETA2: These quotes describes our coffee culture quite well; Comments taken from a review of one of Larssons' books where he asked the same question as you did KeM

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"It is clear from this review that Kamp has never spent any time in Sweden or any other Scandinavian country. The coffee drinking in Scandinavian society is a normal social behavior, not the �overcaffeinated� condition Kamp describes. When Swedes get together for any occasion they will share a cup of coffee accompanied by a slice of cake. Coffee is served on almost all occasions, and Larsson is only depicting what is a cultural custom of the country. For this reason it seems incorrect to insinuate that Larsson�s early death was due to enormous coffee consumption. Swedes love their coffee."

... and ...

"As a Swede, I feel the need to address two misconceptions about Swedish culture in David Kamp�s otherwise excellent review of �The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet�s Nest.� The characters� constant coffee drinking is in no way unusual. Coffee is the beverage that accompanies a conversation. In American genre writing, a drink would take the place of coffee; in a British book, it would be tea. That said, Swedes do love their coffee, and plenty of it. Travelers beware: A surefire way to be irrevocably cast as a wimp is to ask for decaf."

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:21:18 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

[corporate speak follows, KEM, please forgive the transgression...]

At the end of the day, Kwik E Mart, we have to expand our horizons to incorporate the diversity of others. Reaching out to others is part of our new team engagement paradigm. It is one of our core guiding principles. Absolute criticality of purpose can only be realized when we utilize collaboration on tasks. Team buy-in is an essential ingredient to our success.

[corporate speak ends]...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:42:45 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

[corporate speak follows, KEM, please forgive the transgression...]

At the end of the day, Kwik E Mart, we have to expand our horizons to incorporate the diversity of others. Reaching out to others is part of our new team engagement paradigm. It is one of our core guiding principles. Absolute criticality of purpose can only be realized when we utilize collaboration on tasks. Team buy-in is an essential ingredient to our success.

[corporate speak ends]...

ok, that gets you my version of T's frankentoe...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:44:24 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

Welcome to the 21st Century, KeM. That one's been around for years.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:45:42 PM

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gotta love corporatese...the latest catch phrase floating around in SAP land is to "reach out" to associates in other departments and businesses to get buy-in or collaboration on tasks...what the frick is wrong with "communicate" or "contact" or "meet with"...grrrrrr!!!!...i guess people are too lazy to use the language we supposedly learned growing up...it's easier to just use some crap sounding jargon....

gaaaaahhhh...i need coffee...

[corporate speak follows, KEM, please forgive the transgression...]

At the end of the day, Kwik E Mart, we have to expand our horizons to incorporate the diversity of others. Reaching out to others is part of our new team engagement paradigm. It is one of our core guiding principles. Absolute criticality of purpose can only be realized when we utilize collaboration on tasks. Team buy-in is an essential ingredient to our success.

[corporate speak ends]...

Thats pretty weak for corporate speak, CB. I can still understand wtf youre talking about.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:51:55 PM

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Norwegians

Call Center in Norway

(I provide internet support over the phone. I am the only qualified technician working today. I also happen to be female.)

Me: �Welcome to [company name] internet support. My name is [name]. How can I help you?�

Customer: �Oh, hello sweetheart. I didn�t realize I�d reached the reception. Would you please connect me to internet support?�

Me: �This is internet support. What can I do for you?�

Customer: �I want help with a technical problem. I can�t talk to you. I want to talk to a man!�

Me: �Sir, I can assure you that I�ll be able to help you with your technical problem. I am the qualified technician here today.�

Customer: �You are a girl! You have no clue how to help me! This is man stuff. I demand to speak with a man!�

(This continues for ten minutes. The customer gets more and more aggravated, and starts yelling nasty comments. I give up, and connect him to my coworker, who sits next to me. My coworker is male.)

Coworker: �Welcome to [company name] internet support. My name is [name]. How can I help you?�

Customer: �Finally, a man! My internet is so unstable these days; I can�t seem to stay on it! It takes forever to load and the speed is horrible!�

Coworker: �Sir, I see the problem, and I�m sending a report. It will be fixed on Monday.�

Customer: �What? It�s Saturday! Why do you have to wait until Monday? I want it fixed now!�

Coworker: �Well, we would need a qualified technician to log into the system to fix your line. It�s Saturday, so there is only one qualified technician working.�

Customer: �Get him to fix it now! I demand to speak with him!�

Coworker: �Sir, you have already spoken to her.�

Customer: �Wait. Her?�

Coworker: �Yes. You spoke to our only qualified technician earlier today. You yelled profanities at her, and demanded to speak to a man.�

Customer: �So, I�ll be lucky if my internet is up again on Monday?�

Coworker: �You�ll be lucky if you have internet at all.�

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:54:00 PM

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Yay! Go Norway!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 6:54:49 PM

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Yay! Go Norway!

Stop sucking up!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 7:03:06 PM

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It's just part of our preparations of reinstating our union with them that we broke in 1905.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 7:03:54 PM

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It's just part of our preparations of reinstating our union with them that we broke up in 1905.

Whats the other part?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 7:07:37 PM

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It's just part of our preparations of reinstating our union with them that we broke in 1905.

Aren't you vying for their affections against 'King Europe'?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 7:08:28 PM

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It's just part of our preparations of reinstating our union with them that we broke up in 1905.

Whats the other part?

Convincing them that the Danes are a great threat to us both. That's why we need to reinstate the union.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/3/2011 7:13:55 PM

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Is there hope for this argument? Convincing comparatively intelligent neighbors that the DANES are a threat to anyone? Oh sure, they may be a threat to public decency or a menace to the local beer stash, but a THREAT threat? C'mon-that's pretty hard to swallow, isn't it?

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