Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..did I miss anything?

Did the guitar make it?

**************22:45, Feb 15, 1943(c)**************


Gunner's Mate First Class Kowalski straddles a section of wooden hull. He takes one last look around the debris and then begins to paddle toward the nearest island. His paddle is a 1934 Gibson.



Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Aoba
DD Kiyonami
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SC-709, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Pugh, K.K. crosses the 'T'
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
CA Atago engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 7,000 yards
SC-709 sunk by DD Kiyonami at 7,000 yards
Ijuin, Matsuji orders Japanese TF to disengage
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

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ORIGINAL: sprior

The countries we never bothered invading

The countries never invaded by the British:

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..did I miss anything?

Did the guitar make it?

**************22:45, Feb 15, 1943(c)**************


Gunner's Mate First Class Kowalski straddles a section of wooden hull. He takes one last look around the debris and then begins to paddle toward the nearest island. His paddle is a 1934 Gibson.



Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Aoba
DD Kiyonami
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SC-709, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Pugh, K.K. crosses the 'T'
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
CA Atago engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 7,000 yards
SC-709 sunk by DD Kiyonami at 7,000 yards
Ijuin, Matsuji orders Japanese TF to disengage
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

Hmm ... thus begins another mysterious cult ... ?

ETA: Could it be that the Gibbon apes just are a language deviation of "Gibson ape"? Something to ponder ...

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ORIGINAL: sprior
The countries never invaded by the British:

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: sprior
The countries never invaded by the British:

We've got to find you lot another hobby. Philately?

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ORIGINAL: Frank

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ORIGINAL: sprior

The countries we never bothered invading

The countries never invaded by the British:

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Just take Luxemburg off the list. This county was formerly a part od Austria_Hungrary and the HRE, which both were invaded by English. The same is true for Liechtenstein.
Burundi was a part of Imperial German East Africa and was of course invaded by the British while WW1. So don´t be so humble ;-)

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“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.
No thanks. I try not to drink at lunchtime.”
So do I. But I never quite make it.”
I feel like **** all day if I drink at lunchtime.”
Me too. But I feel like **** all lunchtime if I don’t.”
Yes, well it all comes down to choices, doesn’t it?” he said. “It’s the same in the evenings. Do you want to feel good at night or do you want to feel good in the morning? It’s the same with life. Do you want to feel good young or do you want to feel good old? One or the other, not both.”
Isn’t it a tragedy?”
¯ Martin Amis, Money

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“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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ORIGINAL: sprior

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“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.

Fizzy? No thanks a drop of Cote Du Rhone will go down nicely though.

A DTS is for kids. Or if you're really hard core a pint of cider with an oggy in the civvy canteen in the forenoon standeasy. Sad to say I've done it a few times.

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One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

By ra way, is this true? What is the fastest way to get a carrier form Panama to Ceylon? (The Med is not open yet)

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

By ra way, is this true? What is the fastest way to get a carrier form Panama to Ceylon? (The Med is not open yet)

Are we assuming that you haven't read the manual?

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Until we get photographic evidence of "Pocohantas Girl"'s Halloween outfit, sir, I must remind you that your library privileges have expired.

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I just wish somebody would have asked before they sent her to Panama without escorts. Where did she come from? Gibraltar? An Eastern US yard?

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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OK...I'm sending her to South Africa with 3 DD's. Maybe that small surface group at Exmouth can join her there?

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Until we get photographic evidence of "Pocohantas Girl"'s Halloween outfit, sir, I must remind you that your library privileges have expired.

I am NOT going to post pictures of my neighbor's bare arse.

A) It would be unethical to do so without permission

B) Her ex husband works out.

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ORIGINAL: sprior

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I just wish somebody would have asked before they sent her to Panama without escorts. Where did she come from? Gibraltar? An Eastern US yard?

Here you go:

In late December 1942, Victorious was loaned to the US Navy after an American plea for carrier reinforcement. During this time, she was code named (but not renamed) as USS Robin for signals purposes (derived from the character "Robin Hood".) After a refit in the United States at the Norfolk Navy Yard in January 1943, Victorious passed through the Panama Canal to operate with the United States forces in the Pacific.


Victorious arrived at Pearl Harbor in March 1943 and was taken in hand for conversion for the operation of USN Wildcat and Avenger aircraft and the addition of more close range weaponry. She was ready for service by May and sailed with USS Saratoga for the south-west Pacific. Her role with Task Group 36.3 was to support US landing operations and provide defence against attacks by Japanese warships. The two aircraft carriers had Anglo-American aircrews, with air-cover provided by Victorious and strike aircraft by Saratoga. In August, 1943, Victorious and Saratoga provided air support for Allied forces during the invasion of New Georgia (Operation Cartwheel). In September 1943, Victorious returned to the naval base at Scapa Flow, arriving in mid-October.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Until we get photographic evidence of "Pocohantas Girl"'s Halloween outfit, sir, I must remind you that your library privileges have expired.