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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 8:54:36 AM

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This why allied DC is so much better than JJs:

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 2:03:17 PM

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Hummmmm, the uniform talking looks just like Popeye's nemesis, Bluto. The entourage looks like a bunch of DC bureaucrats (Bureau of the Navy, Torpedo Ordinance Div).

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 2:05:04 PM

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You forgot the labels for the crocs in the Darwin photo.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 3:28:23 PM

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The craziest naval firefighters have to be the Russians....

"Ivan...go in reactor room and hoook up steam pipe again...try not breath"

Has anyone seen damage control on Russian ships in AE?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 3:59:55 PM

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DU just got offered a part time at the local supermarket. No more pocket money from me!

I imagine that must be a wonderful feeling.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:05:14 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:09:32 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

Your just like the IMF with your mean-spiritied austerity program...but at the same time enjoying all your fancy French wines. You are the 1%.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:11:06 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

A different approach might be less likely to produce conflict ..

"Have you thought about budgeting money for clothes, food, and other necessary items .."

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:15:43 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

Good stuff what.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:18:00 PM

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But the very best thing about her job is the hours:

Fri 6pm - 10pm
Sat 4pm - 10pm

There go the parties and evenings out with the BF. Oh dear.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:23:49 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

Your just like the IMF with your mean-spiritied austerity program...but at the same time enjoying all your fancy French wines. You are the 1%.

...says the wealthy Southern California physician / well-known humor author.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:24:01 PM

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We were out today and somehow the subject got around to buying clothes for the summer holidays.

Me: Now that you have a job I won't have to pay for your clothes anymore
DU: What????????

A different approach might be less likely to produce conflict ..

"Have you thought about budgeting money for clothes, food, and other necessary items .."

"... so that you'll have enough money to buy food when you are hungry?"

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:24:34 PM

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But the very best thing about her job is the hours:

Fri 6pm - 10pm
Sat 4pm - 10pm

There go the parties and evenings out with the BF. Oh dear.

Is this the same BF / prat unit as last year? Oh dear, oh dear indeed.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 4:32:05 PM

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Yes it is, although he is known as Toe-rag to myself and Mrs P.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 5:26:53 PM

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Your daughter sounds like mine was - she loved to spend money - as long as it was other people's. When she started earning her own it was rarely spent.

About the hours of work - I thought 10 PM was about the time young people started to party. Don't tell me this newly independent working girl still has a curfew!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 5:30:44 PM

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Don't tell me this newly independent working girl still has a curfew

Damned right she does.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 5:33:46 PM

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This why allied DC is so much better than JJs:

Need some help understanding this one - over here, "Sunbeam" is a kitchen appliance manufacturer.
I am aware there is also a car model called Sunbeam but no cars are visible in the picture and I see no reason to suppose the firefighter would go out and bleed on one.
I know also that "Sunbeam" is military radio code for the CO of a unit. I doubt any of his subordinates would be so concerned with his dry cleaning bill.
Is there another "Sunbeam" that this refers to?

EDIT: Correction, lest anyone call me on it, now that I think about it some more the correct Military radio code is SUNRAY for the CO and MOONBEAM for the 2 i/c. "Sunbeam" is the result of my head dumping half the stuff I ever knew and condensing the remainder to fit limited capacity.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 5:56:00 PM

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Is there another "Sunbeam" that this refers to?

Said with gritted teeth it has a whole new meaning. Junior ratings who upset me I called "sunshine", say it with menace and griited teeth soon make all but the most foolhardy cringe.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 6:05:35 PM

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D'oh! (insert Homer Simpson smiley here - we really need one of those). Sunshine/sunbeam - should have figured that one out!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 6:24:56 PM

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D'oh! (insert Homer Simpson smiley here - we really need one of those). Sunshine/sunbeam - should have figured that one out!

It's like a whole 'nuther language.

I am still trying to figure out what "Toe-rag" means. I am betting on something not flattering.

Rare footage of Admiral Lord Sprior instilling discipline among the "junior ratings".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUc62jD-G0o&feature=endscreen&NR=1

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 9:02:55 PM

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I am still trying to figure out what "Toe-rag" means.

A definition as good as any:

toe rag

The definition derives from old England where convicts used to tie bits of shirt around their toes and feet as a make shift sock, hence "toe rag" means scoundrel, criminal, thief, indencent/unlawful person etc.

Or just git*. I added that bit.

*Just in case. Git: Total and utter tosser who is incapable of doing anything other than annoying people, and not in a way that is funny to others. Best used idly. e.g. "Git."

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 9:14:39 PM

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Yes, but how could you differentiate from a 'shabby', as in Ken Shabby? If memory suits, he wears toe rags (and raises polecats for peace).

Would it be considered 'proper' English slang to use 'He's a right git', or is that just redundant?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/30/2012 10:26:54 PM

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New recruit training.

...is this some kind of conceptual art piece which comments on native american struggles against american imperialism? quite the battle between sitting bull and the statue of liberty...

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 2:09:46 AM

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New recruit training.

...is this some kind of conceptual art piece which comments on native american struggles against american imperialism? quite the battle between sitting bull and the statue of liberty...

I think it may be the Hiawatha Campground off old 66 near Joplin, MO. Hiawatha is on top of the coffee shop and rental office out front. I am pretty sure the boots on the soldiers are not regulation either.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 7:01:58 PM

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***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>

Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.

Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.

Chief: What do you mean, they?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.

Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.

Chief: How large is that, Peabody?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.

Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 7:39:45 PM

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Sonar room HMS Revenge 1984:

Sonar Chief: So, can you tell me why we call it a waterfall display?
Me (doing my submarine qual): Because it looks like a waterfall?
Sonar Chief: Er, yes.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 8:22:55 PM

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Sonar room HMS Revenge 1984:

Sonar Chief: So, can you tell me why we call it a waterfall display?
Me (doing my submarine qual): Because it looks like a waterfall?
Sonar Chief: Er, yes.

You do realize you probably hurt his feelings?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 8:36:15 PM

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********************Jan 3, 1942*****************

Darwin/Bathurst: The great bulk of the unloading is done at both locations. Tranpsorts left Darwin today. A few are left at Bathurst. Bathurst airfield is not quite ready so LRCAP is still flying from Gove. Again no air raids over Darwin (3rd day). Colorado and Maryland will bombard tonight. JJ tried an arty bombardment at Darwin but the counterbattery fire was brutal, much more than we could have achieved with our attack.

PT tenders arriving Bathurst today. Seaplanes in operation at Bathurst have pushed back the search area to well past Kopeang.

Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 13005 troops, 116 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 526

Defending force 43462 troops, 715 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368

Japanese ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Engineer Co
38th/A Division
18th Tank Regiment
38th/B Division
53rd JNAF AF Unit
52nd JNAF AF Unit
107th JAAF AF Bn
22nd Ind.AA Gun Co
5th Div /2

Defending units:
6th Australian Division
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
6th Marine Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
7th Australian Division
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
South Pacific
2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
2/9th Field Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Marine Defense Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
I US Amphib Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
16th USN SeaBees /1

Saumlaki: Irrustrious started back to Sydney and then on to Gibraltar. The US CV/CVE's moved North to cover the main landing at Saumlaki. This will consist of a Marine Def Bn, and engineers to build up the airfield. Some Bettys went after the carriers.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 79,118

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 15
F4F-3A Wildcat x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

A LYB night surface raid at Saumlaki is more of a threat because they can approach without being spotted more easily. Also the airfield build site is on the NW side of the island.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 9:20:39 PM

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***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>

Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.

Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.

Chief: What do you mean, they?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.

Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.

Chief: How large is that, Peabody?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.

Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.

Thanks to service on C130s, I have hearing damage and tinnitis so I hear ringing in my ears all the time; will the Chief pay for my getting laid too??

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 5/31/2012 9:43:59 PM

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***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>

Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.

Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.

Chief: What do you mean, they?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.

Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.

Chief: How large is that, Peabody?

Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.

Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.

Thanks to service on C130s, I have hearing damage and tinnitis so I hear ringing in my ears all the time; will the Chief pay for my getting laid too??

I think the point is that Sonarman 1st Class Peabody is quite interested in technical matters and is....well.....not yet accustomed to the company of women, if you get my drift.

Is there something you want to tell us?

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