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RE: Thank you & God bless - 2/13/2014 12:33:08 AM

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The Dragon transcription software people asked to talk to doctors who were using their software. The site manager sent them down to me. I think she figured I would gripe and moan instead of being polite. Normally this would be true but they sent a team, one guy, who was obviously the honcho, but who looked like Putin after spending 25 years at Sochi lying in a beach chair........ and a seriously hot Dragon Lady.

The Dragon Lady was along, I suspect, to break the ice and prevent moaning and complaining. It worked. I would ask her a question and the guy would answer.

You know, even when you KNOW you are bing worked, it is almost impossible to resist. It's quite pitiful really.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 12:40:47 AM

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<in my office, opening mail, letter from Obstetrician in community>

"Dear Dr, Mandrake;

Thank you for your kind referral"

Me: Huh? I don't remmber sending her a patient? <I look at the patient name. 17 yr old girl (who already has an 18 month old chidl) with whom I spent 20 minutes telling her how birth control pills work, made sure it was covered by her "health plan" (MediCal of course

>

<FACE PALM>

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 1:48:14 AM

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<in my office, opening mail, letter from Obstetrician in community>

"Dear Dr, Mandrake;

Thank you for your kind referral"

Me: Huh? I don't remmber sending her a patient? <I look at the patient name. 17 yr old girl (who already has an 18 month old chidl) with whom I spent 20 minutes telling her how birth control pills work, made sure it was covered by her "health plan" (MediCal of course >

<FACE PALM>

Would you rather have received that letter from Planned Parenthood?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 4:38:17 PM

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Would you rather have received that letter from Planned Parenthood?

Nope.

Planned Parenthood never sends consultation notes, especially to a building named after a saint.

I think I can guess why they don't.

Also, I know the grandmother, who is now the primary caregiver of the 18 month old. She would never allow that to happen even though I can see the fatigue on her face every time she comes in. The 17 year old is quite happy to be a mother and very likely this is her desired outcome, but she would be completely overwhelmed without the grandmother's support.

Never met the father. I would lay odds he is a "toe rag", as Admiral Lord SPrior might say.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 4:46:57 PM

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It seems Admirar Rord Fabertong is either assembling the new 1/6th scale 25 Lbr gun he got for his birthday or he has been captured by the Saxons or the Angles or the Vikings again.

So, I was thinking this morning, what would the weight of the projectile be for a 1/6th scale 25 Lbr gun, if the geometries and material densities were unchanged?

Easy...25 / 6. right?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 5:39:50 PM

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So, I was thinking this morning, what would the weight of the projectile be for a 1/6th scale 25 Lbr gun, if the geometries and material densities were unchanged?

Easy...25 / 6. right?

We all know the weight of a shell is proportional to the square root of the radius of the hypotenuse multiplied by the number of spanners in a bag.

A 1/16 model needs a LOT less spanners than the real thing.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 6:08:52 PM

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...number of snappers in a bag.

Are you going to make us look that up too?

So what do you think is going on with the turn? Have the Vikings been active again or did it just stop raining so the whole isrand is outside in the midday sun?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 6:12:26 PM

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Damn, my dyslexia strikes again!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 6:24:04 PM

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did it just stop raining so the whole isrand is outside in the midday sun?

Only mad dogs and.. oh yeah, that'll be it.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 7:34:31 PM

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If your REALLY want to know...

About 2 ounces.

While there will be some variation due to exact geometry, you can just multiply the original weight by the cube of the reduction/magnification factor. In this case, 25#/216 = .12#. That's about 1/8#, or 2 ounces.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 8:26:52 PM

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If your REALLY want to know...

About 2 ounces.

While there will be some variation due to exact geometry, you can just multiply the original weight by the cube of the reduction/magnification factor. In this case, 25#/216 = .12#. That's about 1/8#, or 2 ounces.

CORRECT! Inverse cube.

Give the man a cee-gar! Heck, no give him a brand new Ventura GR.V with a snazzy powder blue paint job, 6 1/2 hrs on the engines and pristine enameled ash trays.

Morning Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,66 (Naha)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
Ventura GR.V x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Ventura GR.V: 1 damaged
Ventura GR.V: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ventura GR.V bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Oh....Jeez, sorry about that.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 8:40:11 PM

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*******************July 2, 1943(c)***************

Okinawa: We brow up Japan-mens truck.

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB North Carolina
BB North Carolina firing at 48th Division

They return favah by browing up North Carorina on way back to Batan Isrand.

Sub attack near Naha at 93,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-176

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1
DD Stanly

Gaak. I hope she doesn't need dry dock time. North Carolina had only 3 escorts becuse 1 DD was sent to the yards for bondo and a new air filter. I brame the staff.

We do manage to likley sink I-19

ASW attack near Kume-jima at 94,65

Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Endicott
DD Grayson
DD Dewey
DD Cushing
DD Conyngham

JJ is unready to give up at Naha, even after some fairly effective raids by medium bombers from Miyako-jima and Batan Is.

Ground combat at Naha (95,66)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 15065 troops, 156 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008

Defending force 42753 troops, 805 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
1st Ind.Tank Co
Guards Mixed Brigade
1st/B Division
1st/C Division
38th Field AA Battalion
19th JAAF Base Force
39th Field AA Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
4th Shipping Engineer Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
41st Field AA Battalion
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
25th Air Flotilla
29th Field AF Construction Battalion
58th Field AA Battalion
50th JNAF Coy

Defending units:
22nd Marine Regiment
161st Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Marine Division
8th Australian Division
Southwest Pacific
2nd Medium Regiment
2nd Eng Amph Bde
F Det USN Port Svc

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 8:43:35 PM

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quote:

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If your REALLY want to know...

About 2 ounces.

While there will be some variation due to exact geometry, you can just multiply the original weight by the cube of the reduction/magnification factor. In this case, 25#/216 = .12#. That's about 1/8#, or 2 ounces.

CORRECT! Inverse cube.

Only if it's round. Are those shells round?

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Give the man a cee-gar! Heck, no give him a brand new Ventura GR.V with a snazzy powder blue paint job, 6 1/2 hrs on the engines and pristine enameled ash trays.

Morning Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,66 (Naha)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
Ventura GR.V x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Ventura GR.V: 1 damaged
Ventura GR.V: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ventura GR.V bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Oh....Jeez, sorry about that.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 8:52:18 PM

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If your REALLY want to know...

About 2 ounces.

While there will be some variation due to exact geometry, you can just multiply the original weight by the cube of the reduction/magnification factor. In this case, 25#/216 = .12#. That's about 1/8#, or 2 ounces.

CORRECT! Inverse cube.

Only if it's round. Are those shells round?

No, they aren't round, but both the radius and length of the shell would be reduced by a factor of 6 so a cylindrical shell would also vary with an inverse cube. They are usually cylindrical with a taper at the end.

Seems like one could even approximate the taper as a series of short cylinders stacked together like coins.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 9:00:20 PM

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 9:04:43 PM

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Maybe we should ask Alfred.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 9:08:28 PM

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Formosa: We find a milk run for the idle dive bombers at Karenko and JJ has 13 Tojos flying over our own base?????? Arr your bases are berong to us!

Afternoon Air attack on 4th/B Division, at 87,64 (Karenko)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 4
SBD-5 Dauntless x 57

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/13/2014 9:48:57 PM

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...number of snappers in a bag.

Are you going to make us look that up too?

So what do you think is going on with the turn? Have the Vikings been active again or did it just stop raining so the whole isrand is outside in the midday sun?

Don't you mean whore isrand?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 3:31:23 PM

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Easy there tiger. Quite a few people rive there....and they speak Engrish....sort of.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 3:50:49 PM

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Surprise?

We have so many ships transiting the Northern Pacific you have to believe somebody has broken radio silence. Plus, JJ will likely have seen Shemya build up to level 5 and Adak to a level 6 port, given that we announced it in the Los Angeles Times and on every radio sation North of Whitehorse. No enemy subs spotted yet. Our subs in the Sea of Okhotsk seem not to be geting reconned heavily.

One of the target bases has been built up to level 2. That's a good thing as long as it hasn't been reinforced.

We haven't seen Shokaku and the CVBL in a bit...or Kirishima. Makes you wonder if they are waiting for us.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 4:53:49 PM

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Maybe we should ask Alfred.

We were both wrong; not even if the projectiles were round. A round object radius=1 has volume ~4.189, a round object radius=6 has volume 904. 904^1/3 (cube root) = 9.669.

I they were square, 2x2x2 would have a volume of 8. 12x12x12 would have a volume of 1728. 1728^1/3 (cube root) = 12.

Or rectangles, 2x2x10 would have a volume of 40. 12x12x60 would have a volume of 8640. 8640^1/3 (cube root) = 20.520.

Maybe cube root is an approximation that somebody worked out for 1/6th scale for that actual shape of projcetile?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 5:20:50 PM

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Maybe we should ask Alfred.

We were both wrong; not even if the projectiles were round. A round object radius=1 has volume ~4.189, a round object radius=6 has volume 904. 904^1/3 (cube root) = 9.669.

I they were square, 2x2x2 would have a volume of 8. 12x12x12 would have a volume of 1728. 1728^1/3 (cube root) = 12.

Or rectangles, 2x2x10 would have a volume of 40. 12x12x60 would have a volume of 8640. 8640^1/3 (cube root) = 20.520.

Maybe cube root is an approximation that somebody worked out for 1/6th scale for that actual shape of projcetile?

Good analysis. A cylinder of radius 1 and length 5, which is a close approxmation, would have a volume of Pi*r^^2*L = 15.7 and one six x the size would be 3391.2....which is a ratio of exactly 216 ....which is 6 cubed.

This is exactly the answer CaptDave provided and he even stipulated it was an approximation.

I say he earned himself a brand new Ventura GR V with the snazzy paint scheme.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 5:49:19 PM

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Upgrade him to a PBJ if he has the miles?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 5:52:07 PM

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Deleted.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 7:20:16 PM

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It's 3 months until my birthday so you've got time to club together and but me this: https://www.myonlinebooking.co.uk/tankmuseum/shop/product.aspx?catid=13&id=7181

You could just borrow the one outside Aldershot railway station - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanaplin/4178045095/

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 7:32:29 PM

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They've got some at Southwick Fort too but I don't have a towing bar:

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 8:16:39 PM

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How much fun would it be to put one in your yard, lower the elevation and aim it an annoying neighbor.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 8:18:15 PM

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Load canister.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 8:40:35 PM

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Load canister.

Beehive round at 70 yds.

Trim the hedge while your at it.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/14/2014 8:49:45 PM

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Pharmacy instructions have been simplified to 3rd grade levels and are no longer even full sentences....more like steam of consciousness notions.

"Chew and swallow" as if the average patient would chew the pill and keep it in their cheek pouch. Today, I picked up a medicine (no, it wasn't Cialis) that said "Swallow whole". That's all it said.

So I asked the clerk

Me: Do I swallow the whole bottle?

Nice Asian clerk: These instructions.

Me: Right, but my question is what do I swallow whole? The bottle or just one pill?

Nice Asian clerk: <several seconds of processing information then her eyes grow wide...well, wider> Oh, no sir! Just one pill at time!

Me: Oh, thank you. You've been very healpful!

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