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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/1/2015 4:28:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Already, the Shinto-boys are consumed with victory disease and are bombarding us with gloating emails. We have them right where we wanted them. Well they're at the strongest relative to us they will ever be and so far they've sunk 1 battlecruiser and maybe 1 carrier and damaged another. See...how can you argue with optimism like that? [:D]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/1/2015 4:37:40 PM)
We(I) lost Lexington on June 28, 1941(c)..although that time we at least sunk a CVL and CVE.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/1/2015 4:42:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake We(I) lost Lexington on June 28, 1941(c)..although that time we at least sunk a CVL and CVE. Wow, that's an unfortunate start. Lose Lexington before the onset of hostilities? Bummer.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/1/2015 4:49:48 PM)
I am pretty sure Sgt Minderbinder had something to do with that.

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/1/2015 5:08:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake We(I) lost Lexington on June 28, 1941(c)..although that time we at least sunk a CVL and CVE. Wow, that's an unfortunate start. Lose Lexington before the onset of hostilities? Bummer. It was sold off as scrap under a no-bid contract, then sold back to USN(c) for an exorbitant price on Dec 7, 1941(c).

sprior -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 6:57:03 PM)
So today I started my Couch to 5k journey. 53 yo, 6'4 and 18 stone jogging across Southsea Common is not a pretty sight.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 7:01:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior So today I started my Couch to 5k journey. 53 yo, 6'4 and 18 stone jogging across Southsea Common is not a pretty sight. Well, good on you for trying, mate. But nothing to be embarrassed about. You sound fit to me. BTW, the "stone:pounds:kg" translation (for us non-English) is 10:1:2.2, right?

sprior -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 7:25:50 PM)
14lbs to the stone

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 7:52:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior 14lbs to the stone Of course! It's like the metric system for a 14 toed salamander from the late Devonian. Everyone should switch over

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 7:53:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior So today I started my Couch to 5k journey. 53 yo, 6'4 and 18 stone jogging across Southsea Common is not a pretty sight. Splendid! When the weather warms up you can go shirtless and give Miss Funfanny a thrill.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 7:59:42 PM)
Enterprise has 35% fire and can make 21 kts. Saratoga swims with the fishes. JJ has several options to finish off Enterprise. I think we are going to need devine help or perhaps Sgt Minderbinder.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:26:42 PM)
I used to run 40 miles a week. But then I stopped.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:53:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Well?.................Bluff..or...not? I haven't been reading this thread regularly for some time, so I'm behind in my reading. But I'd say 'not a bluff'. Hope this helps.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:54:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake We discover they are NOT bluffing. Ah. So. [:D]

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:55:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior Claudes? This isn't KB this is the CVLs and CVEs. Hai!

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:57:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: zuluhour interesting, Vals score 21% and Kates 2%. Assuming all the Kates carry the tube of death. Cheddar brats? [&:]

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/2/2015 8:59:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior 14lbs to the stone D'oh! [;)]

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 3:08:37 AM)
Cap'n? Lord Admiral? You guys there? [&:]

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 3:32:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy Cap'n? Lord Admiral? You guys there? [&:] I think it was the cheddar brats quip that did it.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 4:07:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy Cap'n? Lord Admiral? You guys there? [&:] I'm in the official period of mourning.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 4:12:31 AM)
************Bar at the Royal Hawaiian******** FAM: <sets down a report> Bartender, double please. Barkeep: Of what? FAM: Doesn't matter. Foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday: What-ah wrong, my friend? FAM: Well, I shouldn't talk..but...you guys are from LA....we lost Enterprise. 2nd foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday too:** BANZAI! <is elbowed heaviry by othah ferrow>

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 5:13:04 AM)
********December 27, 1941(e)********** Improbably, no, almost miraculously, Lexington escapes any damage on the 27th...at least according to the combat text file...but not the combat replay. Not sure how we repeat that tomorrow.

Chijohnaok2 -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 5:49:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake ************Bar at the Royal Hawaiian******** FAM: <sets down a report> Bartender, double please. Barkeep: Of what? FAM: Doesn't matter. Foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday: What-ah wrong, my friend? FAM: Well, I shouldn't talk..but...you guys are from LA....we lost Enterprise. 2nd foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday too:** BANZAI! <is elbowed heaviry by othah ferrow> Kirk is not going to be happy.

Mike McCreery -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 11:31:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: chijohnaok quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake ************Bar at the Royal Hawaiian******** FAM: <sets down a report> Bartender, double please. Barkeep: Of what? FAM: Doesn't matter. Foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday: What-ah wrong, my friend? FAM: Well, I shouldn't talk..but...you guys are from LA....we lost Enterprise. 2nd foreign looking man in Hawaiian shirt..same one he had on yesterday too:** BANZAI! <is elbowed heaviry by othah ferrow> Kirk is not going to be happy. He shouldnt complain. How many of those ships did he total?? I remember him sending one crashing through the atmosphere of a new planet. What do you think the deductible is on one of those??

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 1:17:48 PM)
The thrust vector for Kirk's Enterprise is quite obviously not on axis with the center of mass. Every time you step on the gas the thing would pinwheel like Hell throwing the crew in their sissy uniforms into bulkheads and ceilings. If you were unlucky enough to be in the crapper at the time they would have to write a letter home to your family.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 1:52:47 PM)
The plan: Lexington task force relabeled as "Escort" to try to trick the target planning guy with the KB. LRCAP from PM. Few dive bomber remnants at PM have their range chopped down so they might get lucky on a SCTF. No CAP over PM to soak off some bombers toward the AK's there. Cripples from the previous day's battle pretty much on their own. [image]local://upfiles/7983/30BBA0B8904443A5B581833C0295F338.jpg[/image]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:01:56 PM)
JJ, recognizing we might block the exits to the Bismarck, has SCTF out ahead. Either that or they got lucky. We do not get free shots at their carriers. Indianapolis and her sister ship are set on high threat tolerance because the mission is important. Indianapolis holds her own agains Hiei Night Time Surface Combat, near Umboi Island at 100,125, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 2 CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1 CL Natori DD Kasumi DD Fubuki DD Shirayuki Allied Ships CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2 DD Craven

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:08:22 PM)
HMAS Wollongong is sent West from Rabaul to cause trouble. They succeed in using up a few rounds of BB ammo. Fortunately, there are no real people aboard or I might have more trouble sleeping. Day Time Surface Combat, near Cape Gloucester at 101,124, Range 16,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Ise BB Hyuga DD Umikaze DD Suzukaze Allied Ships AM Wollongong, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:12:31 PM)
Now it is time for Houston guarding the Western patrol box. JJ has BB's "arr ovah prace" Houston pays the ultimate price but does manage to set both BB's alight and Flusser sinks Hatsukaze. This is a prolonged gunfight. Most likely the BB magazines are low and they will be out of the fight tomorrow. Day Time Surface Combat, near Cape Gloucester at 101,124, Range 23,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 4 BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2 DD Hatsukaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Arare Allied Ships CA Houston, Shell hits 22, and is sunk DD Flusser, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:16:33 PM)
An IJN cruiser force nearly catches Lexington but runs into retreating Indianapolis. We lose this battle but probably another surface group out of the fight for tomorrow. Day Time Surface Combat, near Oro Bay at 101,130, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone CA Atago, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Tanikaze DD Oshio DD Arashio Allied Ships CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Craven, Shell hits 2

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