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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 9:45:54 AM   
Grollub


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Status: offline 		"See Spot run ..." etc.

I thought we had emptied the humorous content of that expression already, in post #98 and further on? (http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2354835)

I'm so confused

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 1:35:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: sprior

So, last night me, mem-sahib and DU were all laying on our bed reading books.

Memsahib: This is nice, we should do this more often.
Me: We should all read a chapter from our books out loud for the others to hear.
Memsahib: Yours would be "This was the most important ship of its time and had 12 guns.
Me: Yours would be "My momma made me live in a tin can and eat frogs"
Memsahib: Hers would be "His skin was sparkling, their eyes met..."
Me: "... and then nothing happened"

At this point the 14 yo SU walked in..

Me: And his would be "See Spot. See Spot run. Run Spot Run."

The DU was still giggling 5 minutes later.



Hehe. Making fun of one's family is good for endless hours of entertainment. Of course, don't let anyone else try it.

Even at 14, the SU would have no trouble passing the high school exit exams in the LA Unified School District.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 1:37:01 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Grollub

"See Spot run ..." etc.

I thought we had emptied the humorous content of that expression already, in post #98 and further on? (http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2354835)

I'm so confused



See Milo. See Milo scam. Scam Milo scam.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 2:00:32 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Formosa starts to crumble. The airfields at Taichu and Kagi are undamaged but likely don't have aviation support as they have been unused. 75 dive bombers at Karenko along with F6F's and F4F's all flagged under Thirteenth Fighter Command will mean a bad day for WJD ships that come within range. Range is now maxed out because the CAP is gone at Takao.




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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 6:20:57 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Cost accounting for Sakhalin/Kurile attack.

Released and prepped within next 2 weeks.

Sakhalin: 3 1/3rd infantry regts, 1 Bn armor, arty, combat engineer bn., support

Onnekotan-jima: (9K WJD)3 Canadian infantry Bn., arty,

Shimushiri-jima: (Likely just construction or aviation support engineers defending) 2 Infantry Bn, support, Air HQ, combat engineers

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/12/2013 6:43:10 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:07:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Japan sorties her carriers. Soryu and a CVL appear out of the mist, 100 mi S out Horycrappo-jima. Meanwhile, 2 CA's are spotted passing through the channel between Formosa and Iriomote.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:23:29 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		We have a cruiser force at Horycrappo-jima, San Francisco, Wichita (with Radioman 1st Class Campbell aboard), Juneau and 4 DD's at Crappo. We have 3 CL's and 5 DD's at Karenko. Somehow, the inscrutaburh Japanese get this far without being spotted.

First up. Unescorted Helens from Okinawa attack Horycrappo-jima without escort. They get murderized. Next up a Marine aviation attack from Batan Is. USMC SBD's and some snazzy Corsairs attack the carriers at 280 miles range. There was a USN TBF squadron assigned to the same HQ but they did not bother to get out of bed. It isn't enough of an escort. Too bad. There were 70 P-40K's and 13 P-38's with the same HQ that might have gone along if the staff had thought to give them drop tanks. Dumb asses. Most of the SBD's that get through attack a DD. At least they got our of their bunks.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,68

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M3a Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Katsutade
CV Soryu

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:29:06 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Next up USN SBD-5's at 200 mi range from Karenko. You never get the kind of coordination form a land base (even with a good Air HQ) you get from carrier attacks. 2/3rd's of the dive bombers are getting their oil checked or something. Nice escort, though. No, NO. NO! The BIG ONE! ATTACK THE BIG ONE! Secondary exprosion seen on Ryuho. Still, not very impressive. This was our chance to take out Soryu.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,68

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3a Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18
SBD-5 Dauntless x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 1
CV Soryu

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:32:18 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Miyako-jima at 91,68

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
SBD-5 Dauntless x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryuho
CV Soryu

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:35:10 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		2 more squadrons of dive bombers...the CAP is shot up. Go get 'em! ......No, NO, the carriers! Atack the carriers.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iriomote at 89,64

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 1

Allied aircraft
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 16
SBD-5 Dauntless x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CA Takao
DD Shirakumo

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:38:57 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		The carriers go after Ching Lee at Karenko. Our CAP is week because the P-47's are sweeping over a base with no fighters. I blame the staff.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Karenko at 87,64

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 8
B5N2 Kate x 14
D3A2 Val x 34

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A2 Val: 15 damaged
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Bomb hits 2
DD Fletcher
DD DeHaven
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 4
CL Richmond, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1

No afternoon attacks by either side. You have to say we lost that exchange and JJ had MUCH more to lose potentially.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:42:54 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		USN: 3 CL's damaged. At least 2 will need yard time most likely.

IJN: Takao hit pretty badly. Ryujo, non-fatal hit.

If they are smart, they will retire next turn. This wasn't a golden opportunity for us..it was platinum opportunity with rare yellow diamond encrusted crap. They sail right into a hornet's nest of dive bombers on the first turn they are posted to Karenko and they do more damage than we do.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 1:52:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Meanwhile, over Formosa, the rubble is reorganized at Takao airfield and Kagi airfield gets absolutely pulverized by B-25's. Tomorrow we hit Taichu and Taihoku. Recon flights over Okinawa today. That should cause some alarm. In fact, they might have thought the CA's at Horcrappo-jima were the first step in an Okinawa landing.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 2:05:27 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 2:07:47 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		B-17's over Takao...first time in the war. It's War Plan Orange...just a little late.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 8:21:52 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		So I get tasked to picked up 8 year old SG IV from school last week. I'm not expected to be doing that normally.

I show up.

SG IV: Oh! Hi!

SG IV's 8 year old girlfriend: Oh, is that your grandfather?

SG IV: <immediately realizing implications> Uhh, no. But I WISH he was!

Pretty good recovery for an 8 year old. I was more amused than anything but I did surreptitiously step on the other kid's lunch.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 8:24:27 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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SG IV: You go too sleep too early. You are such a buzz kill.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 9:30:06 PM   
zuluhour


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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/13/2013 10:06:50 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

B-17's over Takao...first time in the war. It's War Plan Orange...just a little late.

No! Those are Mac's B-17s arriving over target a little late.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/14/2013 12:25:17 PM   
sprior


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Status: offline 		That Woman was on the TV last night:

DU: How old is Oprah?
Memsahib: Nearly 60 I think
DU: OH, I thought she was in her fifties.
Me: Um....

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/14/2013 1:19:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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New math

The Oprah has reached the age of the coproliths.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/15/2013 2:16:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		***********May 24, 1943(c), Deserted Beach, Daito Shoto, 200 mi SE of Okinawa, a PBY with a glossy gray paint job with orange pinstripes is tethered to the shore*********

Man in fine linen slacks: .....Do I understand that you actually WANT the Russians to enter the war against Japan? They have 10 times the tanks you do and theirs actually work.

Gen. Yamashita: No, no Miro! Not-ah against Japan men, WITH Japan men.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/15/2013 2:24:00 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		***********Chart room, NORPAC HQ, Dutch Harbor, May 31, 1943(c)**********

Lt. Bering: <newly arrived charts in arms> Commander, these coordinates for Onnekotan-jima seem off to me. Do you want to take a look? 55 Deg 0' 3''N 166 Deg 16' 23'' E.......

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/16/2013 2:56:38 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		We broke quite a few WJD pranes on ground at Takao yesterday. We lost 15 SBD-3/5.




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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/16/2013 3:33:26 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		One of the CL's at Karenko has 45% flotation damage but the other isn't bad at all. The third is unscathed. The combat report was a bit hyperbolic.




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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/16/2013 5:36:06 PM   
Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***********Chart room, NORPAC HQ, Dutch Harbor, May 31, 1943(c)**********

Lt. Bering: <newly arrived charts in arms> Commander, these coordinates for Onnekotan-jima seem off to me. Do you want to take a look? 55 Deg 0' 3''N 166 Deg 16' 23'' E.......


This Lt. Bering chap-is he strait?

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/16/2013 5:37:03 PM   
Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake



New math

The Oprah has reached the age of the coproliths.


Been meaning to comment on this for a while now, Cap'n. In horses, they're fecoliths per se.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/16/2013 5:38:17 PM   
Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: sprior

That Woman was on the TV last night:

DU: How old is Oprah?
Memsahib: Nearly 60 I think
DU: OH, I thought she was in her fifties.
Me: Um....


Well, she could have been 64. That would have been nearly 60. Your concept of time is so one dimnensional.

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RE: Get your kicks..on route 66 - 11/17/2013 1:25:18 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Nothing happened...nothing...well almost.

We raid Naha harbor..they fool us...they no show up.

Soryu and the CVL prudentry run away.

They bomb one of our taffys at Horcrappo-jima with unescorted Vals from Okinawa...we shoot them down.

We bomb Kagi and Taihoku and Crark...that kind of stuff.

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