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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/20/2015 10:44:30 PM   
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Suggest you be a good neighbor and share plans with them for a truly best on street $15,000 built in BBQ grill.


Brilliantly devious but I they already have a custom outdoor kitchen with a brick pizza oven. Maybe a reflecting pond?


I agree with witpqs - ponds get taken over by bugs and scum, unless SG want a cleaning lad to come over twice a week to take care of things.

Just go with the $10,000 mailbox with jockey figure holding fishing pole and arm draped over a pink flamingo ...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 10:06:28 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 12:51:21 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 2:15:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		BB Fanboi: Chickenboy-san confused. Canada mens erect reader that rikey farr down stairs on purpose? It ah seem most unusuarh for cocktail party behavior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyiiR2ZSNs

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 2:17:07 PM   
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Bad joss, Canada-mens! Jockey figures with-ah brackface not popurah in enrightened Southern Carrifornia.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 5:30:51 PM   
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BB Fanboi: Chickenboy-san confused. Canada mens erect reader that rikey farr down stairs on purpose? It ah seem most unusuarh for cocktail party behavior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyiiR2ZSNs

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Yes Chickenboy! Man with boyish behavior not likely to strut, posture and make war just to prove his manhood, unlike some world leaders and US presidential candidates ... Besides, our comedians need fodder too!

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/21/2015 5:34:02 PM   
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Bad joss, Canada-mens! Jockey figures with-ah brackface not popurah in enrightened Southern Carrifornia.

Chickenboy-san want Mandrake-san to paint jockey face yerrow??!

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 12:41:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		I sent in a refi request to a mortgage broker and some guy named Brent Manlove called me back.

He said he was calling from some place called Bugis Street

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 1:21:10 AM   
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I sent in a refi request to a mortgage broker and some guy named Brent Manlove called me back.

He said he was calling from some place called Bugis Street

Interesting name. Old French Aristocracy. Can you imagine serving on the USS Manlove though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Manlove_(DE-36)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 1:57:44 AM   
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I sent in a refi request to a mortgage broker and some guy named Brent Manlove called me back.


Hai! Chickenboy-san work with-ah his pahtnah. Mr. Ben Dover very herpfurh. His boss, a most honorabre Mr. Hugh G. Wrekshan, arso strongry recommended.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 2:29:47 PM   
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Daddy "Big legs" Lobster: Now...I want everyone to wait until you can't hear the Fish and Game boat..then we make a run for it.

Jr.: Oh, we are going to be rich! We'll be swimming in butter.

Daddy "Big legs" Lobster: Don't you EVER say that again! We are fleeing octopus on lobster violence..PERIOD! Everyone got that?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 2:40:11 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 2:42:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Will the prewar BB's be able to rearm at Auckland (Level 5 port, 36 naval support)?

Mauna Loa is still burning at Noumea. Fire level now 86. Hard to find anyone willing to go put it out.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 2:45:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		USS Pyro (AE) is probably still 4 days out from Tanna. We need to rearm our BB's and get them back to Noumea.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 4:04:59 PM   
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Will the prewar BB's be able to rearm at Auckland (Level 5 port, 36 naval support)?


Without even looking it up, I really doubt it. Can you get an AKE or AE there?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 6:25:10 PM   
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Will the prewar BB's be able to rearm at Auckland (Level 5 port, 36 naval support)?


Certainly not main gun ammo.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 7:08:00 PM   
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Will the prewar BB's be able to rearm at Auckland (Level 5 port, 36 naval support)?

Mauna Loa is still burning at Noumea. Fire level now 86. Hard to find anyone willing to go put it out.

The table in the printed book says for 14" Mark VII you need 576 naval support and for the 14" Mark 8 you need 540. (one of these gun marks is British).
For 16"/45 Mark 5 you need 874 ns.

Don't be afraid to run that AKE at full speed - it will have a long time disbanded to deal with damage.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 7:21:39 PM   
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Will the prewar BB's be able to rearm at Auckland (Level 5 port, 36 naval support)?

Mauna Loa is still burning at Noumea. Fire level now 86. Hard to find anyone willing to go put it out.

The table in the printed book says for 14" Mark VII you need 576 naval support and for the 14" Mark 8 you need 540. (one of these gun marks is British).
For 16"/45 Mark 5 you need 874 ns.

Don't be afraid to run that AKE at full speed - it will have a long time disbanded to deal with damage.



Right..back to the original plan which was to send USS Pyro to Tanna which already has an AD and AO. We also have another AD coming with Pyro so Noumea can have its own AD again.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 7:22:37 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 7:35:22 PM   
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Does the USN have an AK class that can be converted to AKE in March 42?


In stock scenarios the US starts with somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 xAKs that can convert to AKEs and a handful that can convert to AEs.

Over the course of the first three months they get somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 more entering.

If the Allied player has a heads up awareness of this and starts the conversions immediately he can quickly have more ammunition ships available than locales they can be used at.

A player without a heads up awareness will likely have these valuable ships hauling supplies.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 8:10:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		We lost USS Lassen during a Jap bombardment of Noumea. Mauna Loa not go boom yet but still burning.

Pyro is nearby.

We have 4 AK or AG at Pearl which are convertible to AKE/AE

We have 5 at Suva that are capable of conversion but would probably have to go Auckland because Suva is not big enough.




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 8:15:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		The thing is it is only March 1, 1942. I don't remember seeing this many USN BB's in action in the South Pacific in February 42 in any other AAR. Normally, most of the USN BB's are badly misshapen at this point or they are being saved for bombardment missions in 1944

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 8:20:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Found 4 more at Auckland so we will have some help in 12 d.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 8:25:41 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 8:26:38 PM   
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If the Allied player has a heads up awareness of this and starts the conversions immediately he can quickly have more ammunition ships available than locales they can be used at.

A player without a heads up awareness will likely have these valuable ships hauling supplies.


Don't think I don't know where you are going with that.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 10:46:43 PM   
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Does the USN have an AK class that can be converted to AKE in March 42?


Funny. As the Japanese player, I've got more 'convertible' xAKs than I can shake a stick at. I couldn't possibly hope to use all of them.

It seems as though scarcity could provide market forces for a supplier that isn't afraid of living in the grey zone between empires...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 10:55:07 PM   
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Sailor: I hear tell there is no place to rearm the battlewagons. Sydney is under air attack. Mauna Loa is burning, Lassen sunk, Pyro is 4-5 days out and that's it for entire Paicifc and Indian Oceans.

Young US Army Air Corps Sergeant in crisp uniform futher down the bar: <stands bolt upright in an apparent "Eureka" moment. He begins to smile>


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/22/2015 11:13:15 PM   
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Right..back to the original plan which was to send USS Pyro to Tanna which already has an AD and AO. We also have another AD coming with Pyro so Noumea can have its own AD again.


Does it seem odd to you that a ship hauling tons of high explosive ammunition is called the "Pyro"? Must really instill confidence in the damage control teams......

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/23/2015 4:55:54 AM   
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Right..back to the original plan which was to send USS Pyro to Tanna which already has an AD and AO. We also have another AD coming with Pyro so Noumea can have its own AD again.


Does it seem odd to you that a ship hauling tons of high explosive ammunition is called the "Pyro"? Must really instill confidence in the damage control teams......


Damage control team?

Too late for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mount_Hood_(AE-11)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/23/2015 5:26:44 AM   
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Right..back to the original plan which was to send USS Pyro to Tanna which already has an AD and AO. We also have another AD coming with Pyro so Noumea can have its own AD again.


Does it seem odd to you that a ship hauling tons of high explosive ammunition is called the "Pyro"? Must really instill confidence in the damage control teams......


Damage control team?

Too late for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mount_Hood_(AE-11)


Had to happen - just look at the bad joss:
- named for a volcano - check
- same name as a British battlecruiser that blew up - check
- same name as a British Admiral whose battlecruiser blew up at Jutland - check

OK, that's it - three strikes - yer out!


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