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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 2:52:00 PM

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Good afternnon chaps

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 2:55:12 PM

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This could have been my new page.

Hi Dixie!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:02:48 PM

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This could have been my new page.�

Hi Dixie!

Hi mate. How're you doing?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:12:37 PM

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Tithe...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:21:45 PM

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Hi Dixie. Hi VSWG. Hi T.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:24:09 PM

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This could have been my new page.

Hi Dixie!

Hi mate. How're you doing?

I'm fine. I could use a week off, though - a couple of weekend trips (like the one to London) just don't add up to a real vacation.

How are you?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:24:40 PM

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Hi Bruce.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:24:48 PM

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Hey T, I bought something yesterday that was manufactured in Denmark. Never in a million years would I have thought it would have been made there.

Dice. I bought a set for use with some miniature rules. I was very pleasantly suprised. I was figuring China for sure.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:26:33 PM

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Is this another fine product from the makers of Zoing(TM)?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:28:28 PM

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Things are well here in Florida. The contractor has finished disassembling the old kitchen. The new wiring is done and we are awaiting an inspection. After that he will do the drywalling.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:29:32 PM

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Hey T, I bought something yesterday that was manufactured in Denmark. Never in a million years would I have thought it would have been made there.

Dice. I bought a set for use with some miniature rules. I was very pleasantly suprised. I was figuring China for sure.

I would much rather buy something made in Europe over China or a number of other countries.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:34:56 PM

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Hmm, alone again..............

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:35:20 PM

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He ponders the current situation..........................

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:37:05 PM

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You can stop pondering.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:39:27 PM

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I had to get someone to respond.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:43:56 PM

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Hey T, I bought something yesterday that was manufactured in Denmark. Never in a million years would I have thought it would have been made there.

Dice. I bought a set for use with some miniature rules. I was very pleasantly suprised. I was figuring China for sure.

Danish dice... Well, I never...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:46:21 PM

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The Patrick O'Brian novels are excellent. Set in the Napoleonic age they follow the careers of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, usually sailing on the HMS Surprise. The books are written in period language, which takes awhile and a good dictionary to get used to, but are rewarding yarns.

Horatio Hornblower books are good but are a bit to formulaic for me. Sort of like Horatio Alger stories.

Moby Dick is a terrific novel on many levels, again the prose can be difficult for some.

The Killer Angels and Gods and Generals are both worth reading.

The Sharpe's series (Sharpe's Rifles Etc...) are also a fun read even if they seem to be able to load their Napoleonic rifles as quickly as bolt actions .

There are probably more but its late

Thanks, notes taken.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:47:46 PM

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Hey T, I bought something yesterday that was manufactured in Denmark. Never in a million years would I have thought it would have been made there.

Dice. I bought a set for use with some miniature rules. I was very pleasantly suprised. I was figuring China for sure.

Were they made of spam...it's a natural resource you know.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:55:19 PM

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Nope. They are a decent set of dice

Actually, I bought 2 sets.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 3:58:11 PM

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This could have been my new page.

Hi Dixie!

Hi mate. How're you doing?

I'm fine. I could use a week off, though - a couple of weekend trips (like the one to London) just don't add up to a real vacation.

How are you?

Today is the first full day off I've had in the 13 days I've been here

It's back to work again tomorrow as well

I've already had heat exhaustion, I was suffering on the third day. I'm still fairly white though, I've managed to avoid sunburn with plenty of factor 50 sunblock

Since then I've been OK. I'm looking forward to getting home where 2 litres of water is a daily intake, not just 30 minutes worth. I have never been anywhere this hot, 50C may only be halfway to boiling, but it's like that most of the day. It's usually above 30 by the time I'm up in the morning and it doesn't drop below that until after I'm back in bed, if at all.
The jets don't like the heat either, the high temperatures cause the fuel to expand whilst it's in the tanks. This has the unfortunate effect of causing the jet to throw the 'excess' fuel onto the dispersal

It also limits the amount of fuel we can put into the jets before they can't get off the deck. The engines hold their heat for a lot longer as well, with the result that I've burnt myself several times on hot pipes etx whilst refilling oils.

I've not seen any scorpions or camel spiders yet, but I have seen a few gekkos. Maybe friends of Onime?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 4:03:05 PM

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Hey we have geckos in Florida. You want me to send you one? We had one living in our bathroom for a month

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 4:25:54 PM

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Sounds like "fun", Dixie... Wandering around in an oven all day and all night. When you come home again you'll probably get a cold.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 4:34:06 PM

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Good Morning Friends.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 4:52:32 PM

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Sounds like "fun", Dixie... Wandering around in an oven all day and all night. When you come home again you'll probably get a cold.

Possibly. I'm already finding most of the aircon too cold. Mostly because of sweaty overalls

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 5:27:56 PM

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Nope. They are a decent set of dice

Actually, I bought 2 sets.

You can never have too many dice. Also, you can never have too much ammunition.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 5:50:47 PM

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Sounds like "fun", Dixie... Wandering around in an oven all day and all night. When you come home again you'll probably get a cold.

Take a hair dryer and spend the day blowing it in your face. Also, don't turn it off when you go to sleep. Loads of fun.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 5:51:35 PM

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Second time up today - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 5:53:48 PM

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Hi Dixie! Good to see you. I'm glad you're becomming acclimated to the weather in your "vacation spot".

All of my time stationed in the Middle East was aboard ship at sea, with the exception of a couple of days of liberty. I love the Navy!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 5:59:00 PM

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Pffft!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 8/10/2008 6:06:59 PM

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You guys have never spent an 8 hour shift in the un-airconditioed portion of an MLP on a hot Florida summer day

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