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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 5:53:09 PM)
Mogami runs into one of her DD's

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 5:54:39 PM)
Mogami has been detached from the bombardment TF quote: Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Mikuma DD Uranami DD Makinami Allied ground losses: 306 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 Port supply hits 2 CA Mikuma firing at 7th RAN Base Force 7th RAN Base Force firing at CA Mikuma DD Uranami firing at Sabang DD Makinami firing at Sabang

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 5:58:27 PM)
Some RAF dive bombers were moved up to Langsa in case there were cripples from the night battle. Nice plan except for the part of not hitting the cripple. quote: Morning Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,72 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Martlet IV x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 11 Mohawk IV x 2 Vengeance I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Mogami, heavy damage

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:00:48 PM)
This is short range. Evidently, the Vengeance does not carry heavier bomb loads. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Martlet IV x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 11 Mohawk IV x 2 Vengeance I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Harusame, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Vengeance I bombing from 8000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese DD

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:02:08 PM)
Mogami and two DD's are claimed sunk. Based on daytime recon because it looks like the smaller group with Mogami is gone.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:05:03 PM)
Moluccas and the Sundas: Slow BB's bombard Boela and B-24's hit Ternate quote: Night Naval bombardment of Boela at 80,110 Allied Ships BB New Mexico BB Nevada CLAA Van Heemskerck DD Harding DD Gillespie DD Bailey DD Barton Japanese ground losses: 284 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Oil hits 1 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Port hits 9 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 2

RangerJoe -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:13:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake This is short range. Evidently, the Vengeance does not carry heavier bomb loads. quote: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Langsa at 46,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Martlet IV x 5 Hurricane IIc Trop x 11 Mohawk IV x 2 Vengeance I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Harusame, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Vengeance I bombing from 8000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese DD That is all but they definitely have the numbers to make up for it - especially against lightly armoured targets and one that already have had damage - especially float damage.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:13:53 PM)
We spotted a Jap troop convoy headed through the Sulawese/Borneo gap (Makassar Strait). They are headed South perhaps to retake Bima or evacuate Makassar or Balikpapan

RangerJoe -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:14:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The contractor talked me into a "shower seat" (raised tiled seat at back of the shower). It's all the rage, you see. That way I can shave my legs without tearing my hamstrings. Anyway, the tile guy was good and the fancy large Ukrainian tiles look good..but there is just one problem. I will try to post a picture. We don't need pictures of you shaving your legs. Just use Nair.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 6:17:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The contractor talked me into a "shower seat" (raised tiled seat at back of the shower). It's all the rage, you see. That way I can shave my legs without tearing my hamstrings. Anyway, the tile guy was good and the fancy large Ukrainian tiles look good..but there is just one problem. I will try to post a picture. We don't need pictures of you shaving your legs. Just use Nair. [:D]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 7:34:07 PM)
...the image is confusing because someone moved a mirror into the shower space but see if you can spot the problem. It's a steric hinderance issue. [image]local://upfiles/7983/21A0F8A9CC3142F6A59F9E2D1F50137B.jpg[/image]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 8:01:59 PM)
OK, here is the problem. We are upgrading to an actual porcelain terlet (as Archie Bunker would say). When you install the terlet there will not be enough room for a hinged shower door..or it has to be under about 17 in wide..which might work if you are a pre-body-shaming-non-plus-size Victoria Secret model.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 8:07:58 PM)
I can't believe how much these guys rely on the subs. The counter guys come down from LA with a big truck and big portable saws and drills...they set up outside and then they come inside and realize they don't have an even surface under the cabinets. It's not like I didn't warn the contractor supervisor sever days beforehand as it occurred to me it would be a problem too. They had to repack everything and come back another day. It's like Curley from the 3 Stooges is in charge.

RangerJoe -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 8:27:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake OK, here is the problem. We are upgrading to an actual porcelain terlet (as Archie Bunker would say). When you install the terlet there will not be enough room for a hinged shower door..or it has to be under about 17 in wide..which might work if you are a pre-body-shaming-non-plus-size Victoria Secret model. Why even have a terlet where you have the shower if you have enough space otherwise? Unless you have to clean yourself in the shower after using the terlet . . . [X(]

RangerJoe -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 8:29:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake I can't believe how much these guys rely on the subs. The counter guys come down from LA with a big truck and big portable saws and drills...they set up outside and then they come inside and realize they don't have an even surface under the cabinets. It's not like I didn't warn the contractor supervisor sever days beforehand as it occurred to me it would be a problem too. They had to repack everything and come back another day. It's like Curley from the 3 Stooges is in charge. Did you let the counter guys know about this? I am sure that they would have liked to know this right away.

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 9:22:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Mogami runs into one of her DD's And Meade collides with Rotherham - old RN/USN rivalry? [:D]

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/18/2021 10:14:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Mogami runs into one of her DD's And Meade collides with Rotherham - old RN/USN rivalry? [:D] And here I thought he was talking about swingers in the new bathroom.

anarchyintheuk -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/19/2021 4:07:06 AM)
I thought for a moment that you were going for some sort of shower/toilet fusion. Equal parts visionary and unsanitary.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/20/2021 3:13:48 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk I thought for a moment that you were going for some sort of shower/toilet fusion. Equal parts visionary and unsanitary. It depends. :-)

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/21/2021 2:30:29 AM)
***************Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, manufacturing floor, Port Melbourne******** Essington Lewis, CEO, standing on an elevated balcony: LADS! LADS! MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT A WIRRAWAY HAS BEEN LOST ON ANTI-SUBMARINE DUTY IN KAIMANA, NEW GUINEA! Workers: OOHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh! <everyone looks down> Essington Lewis, CEO, standing on an elevated balcony: NO, NO! THERE'S MORE! THE PILOT HAS BEEN RESCUED AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ORDER! Workers:** HUZZAAAAH!

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/23/2021 7:00:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake It's a steric hinderance issue. Who's the dumbass that gave them that floorplan? [:-]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 7:15:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake It's a steric hinderance issue. Who's the dumbass that gave them that floorplan? [:-] Well, it used to be a tub/shower with a sliding door. It would have worked without the stupid seat. They are putting in custom accordion glass doors with an extra hinge. That might actually look good. They just demo'ed my last bathroom only to find the drain lines run OUTSIDE the wall and can't be buried in the wall. This means the planned freestanding vanity won't work. [:@] This is the point of hiring a professional. They are supposed to know these things.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 7:21:40 PM)
Was making newborn rounds this week. Monday I had SEVENTEEN babies to see. [X(][X(] I think all the women under 40 ran out of Netflix things to watch 9 months ago. Even the non-Hispanic women are having babies. It's crazy. A mini baby boom. In 2026 they are going to have 75 kids in every kindergarten class

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 7:43:40 PM)
The contractors are afraid of me now. The take a while to answer my texts, but they were suffering from the misapprehension that Stalker Girl was an angelic figure because she told them she worked in a burn unit and how she took care of a badly burned firefighter for 3 months. I'm the one writing the big ass checks and they are following her around like puppies. Anyway, she is seriously pissed because we have to walk down 3 flight of stairs to take a leak in the middle of the night and the painters flaked out and the floor guy had to go back to Mexico to help his abuela and yada, yada, yada and all sorts of sob stories and SG keeps taking it out on me as a proxy but THIS time I'm at work and she calls me because the electricians have questions....and then Dor, the "foreman" who can't remember 3 things at once comes in to meet with the county inspector and I hear....... "Are you Dor? "Yes" "What the f*** is up with the floors? The plumbers can't work because the floors aren't done and I have to walk down 3 flights of stairs in the middle of the night and..." [:D][:D][:D] The guy is just getting a new orifice. So much for the angelic misapprehension

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:39:54 PM)
***********August 5, 1943(e)******* Sulawese, Sumbawa, Tolo Bay:** USS Saury is guarding the entrance to Tolo Bay (NW of Kendari) and manages to torpedo a Jap DD. Presumably, this group is passaging SW toward Timor or Roti or Sambawa or Flores. At the very least they will have to detach Hatsuzuki quote: ASW attack near Taliaboe at 73,103 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuzuki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage CA Chikuma DD Wakazuki DD Niizuki Allied Ships SS Saury, hits 2

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:48:26 PM)
Damnit, these guys were unspotted. Looks like an effort to retake Bima. Damned effective bombardment. Nawlins', Wichita, two CL's and 3 DD were headed to Bima but some staff clown had them set to refuel so they topped off at Koepang and wasted 400 op points so they miss the rendezvous quote: Night Naval bombardment of Bima at 63,110 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 11 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CL Isuzu CL Oyodo DD Arashi DD Tokitsukaze DD Yukikaze DD Hayanami DD Makigumo Allied ground losses: 164 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled Vehicles lost 20 (9 destroyed, 11 disabled) Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 43 Port hits 27 Port supply hits 3

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:52:12 PM)
LYB's bring in a bunch of hotshot Gorgeous Georges which are too much for the newbie replacement F6F pilots. Also some of the F6F's are flying LRCAP from Flores so the numbers are misleading. quote: Morning Air attack on Bima , at 63,110 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 27,800 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 35 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 54 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:52:59 PM)
quote: They just demo'ed my last bathroom only to find the drain lines run OUTSIDE the wall and can't be buried in the wall. This means the planned freestanding vanity won't work. Sure it will. Just design a retro-look with the pipes outside the wall. M&M Creative Architectural can probably help with that.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:55:06 PM)
We do have enough fighters left to disrupt the Jap medium bombers. quote: Morning Air attack on Bima , at 63,110 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 F4U-1 Corsair x 3 F6F-3 Hellcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged No Allied losses Runway hits 1

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (7/24/2021 8:57:36 PM)
Suddenly there are Zekes arr ovah prace near Kendari. Hmmm? quote: Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 33 A6M5b Zero x 7 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

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