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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/21/2011 8:38:10 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/21/2011 8:56:14 PM   
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"Cairns Crash Kills Ku Klux Klansmen. Clever Crew Co-operation Congratulated."

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/21/2011 11:05:38 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/22/2011 1:04:32 PM   
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Caesar and Cicero would both be proud of you!


You mean "Caesar and Cicero congratulate you copiously."

BTW, 200 pages?!?!

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/22/2011 2:40:48 PM   
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Caesar and Cicero would both be proud of you!


You mean "Caesar and Cicero congratulate you copiously."

BTW, 200 pages?!?!


Very good! You've inspired me:

Caesar and Cicero candidly convey copious congratulations!

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/22/2011 3:10:47 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/22/2011 4:11:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		***********Bali Hai Dance Club, Perth, Nov. 10, 1942(c)**********

Man in fine linen slacks: <on the phone>

They are NOT Chinamen, they are Japs......

Well, that is the gig you took, my friend......

No chance in Hell. The contract says one month. You are already into me for two weeks of the contract with those stupid asbestos suits you wanted..........

Listen to me. You do NOT want to make Yamashita mad. The guy is incendiary......

Incendiary, you know, a hot head.....

Well, of course they are bombing. It's a seige for Christ's sake. Look, just stay away from 77th Regt and 6th Guards from 08:00 to 10:30 every morning but don't tell the Japs. Mr. Honda lights the smoke pots there every morning to guide the bombers....

Alright, I will have Mr. Honda build you guys a slit trench northeast of town. You can wear your fancy asbesots suits during the raids......

Honda? No, he's not a Chinaman. He's Australian......

No, not Austrian. <rolls his eyes at the hirsute man sitting next to him at the bar>. AUSTRAAAAIIIILIAN. His crew is Mexican, however. I suppose you have a problem with that?......

Here is how I know you are going to fulfill the contract. It is a 300 mile walk to Exmouth and you clowns wouldn't make it 3 miles in those suits. I will send a PBY to pick you up on Pearl Harbor day and I don't want to hear any more whining. Comprende, amigo? <hangs up>

Consanguinity, Yossarian, that's the problem.

Hirsute man: Consan-what?

Man in fine linen slacks: Yossarian, you semi-literate, SOB, consanguinity. It means of the same blood.

Hirsute man: Milo, you are a pedantic SOB, you know that?

Man in fine linen slacks: I should guard against that, shouldn't I?

Hirsute man: Why change now, you entirely predictable SOB?

Man in fine linen slacks: IDI! Give this offensive SOB a drink!

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/22/2011 4:13:44 PM   
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We don't want them killed in transit. Their reinforcement of PH can only be good for the Allies.






Good stuff, Cap'n.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 2:45:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: Gridley380

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Caesar and Cicero would both be proud of you!


You mean "Caesar and Cicero congratulate you copiously."

BTW, 200 pages?!?!


Very good! You've inspired me:

Caesar and Cicero candidly convey copious congratulations!


Curiously, Caesar and Cicero's candid conveying of copious congratulations carries critical consequences for the Cap.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 3:56:47 PM   
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Way back when, Admiral Lord Sprior chose to leave Br. 18 Div at Tennant for possible exploitation overland toward Darwin. I thought it wouldn't work because of the supply problems on the crappy track from Alice, but, it seems that after the Beta, supply is slowly accumulating at Tennant and Daly Waters. Evidently, he is bringing up more forces for a push toward Katherine. At the very least, one of the JJ divisions that had previously been in the area is now at PH. He has also assembled the Aussie Paras at Alice...hmmmm? this might actually work. Suppose, 18th Div and some armour pushes on Katherine, perhaps with some Para drops to make some noise...JJ sends help to Katherine, then the USMC lands behind them at Darwin. We would need the carriers, but it is looking like a massive stalemate (given the current forces and provided the heavies at Meekathara continue to suppress the airfield and disrupt the JJ groudn troops) at Port Hedland.




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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:03:42 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:10:58 PM   
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Running out of money.


Good news for you, then: you'll get ~$80/bimonthly paycheck more through February! Who says our government can't solve all our problems?

Para-assault on Fenton (the dot hex between Darwin and Katherine) can be useful to interdict JJ's supply route and rail reinforcements to Katherine.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:13:28 PM   
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I thought it wouldn't work because of the supply problems on the crappy track from Alice, but, it seems that after the Beta, supply is slowly accumulating at Tennant and Daly Waters.


This is very very good news indeed!!! I noticed this and a discussion exists in my thread. I believe this behavior has changed and can be exploited against a complacent IJ opponent. Keep the thread updated and how supply is working for you .. I have the very same problem to solve and have committed the 1 AUS Corps to solve it ...

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What did you do in the war, Daddy? - 12/23/2011 4:37:33 PM   
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Squadron Leader James Elster, RAAF had wanted to lead men into battle since he could remember. When war broke out in Europe, he tried to volunteer for the RAF to be close to the action in the Battle of Britain, but his elderly mother imposed upon him to stay closer to home. When the Japs attacked Darwin, he could contain himself no longer. He quit his job as assistant professor of 19th Century French Literature at Swinburne University Of Technology in Hawthorn and procured himself a commission in the RAAF. He wanted to fly the Spitfire, but, alas, there were none to be had so he was qualified on the Wirraway.

He was spotted immediately for his aptitude. Unfortunately, his aptitude was all about doing involuntary ground loops. He was certified prematurely in order to not risk the lives of any of the valuable instructors any further. The training squadron commander had this to say of young Elster upon his graduation, "I am quite certain that men will follow this young officer anywhere, although chiefly out of curiosity". The wing psychiatrist had this to say, "Somewhere, there is a village without its idiot".

After much thought, it was decided to assign Sqdrn. Leader Elster to a transport training squadron in Albany. It was deemed safer to not allow him access to weapons. Despite his disappointment at not flying the Spitfire against IJN aces, Sqdrn, Leader Elster applied his full intellect, indeed his full being to the new assignment.

Sqdrn. Leader Elster: Now look here Flight Officer, I want you to pay attention. This is crucial. Always load the first class mail last. In that way, it will also be first off the plane.

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RE: What did you do in the war, Daddy? - 12/23/2011 4:40:56 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:46:39 PM   
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Running out of money.


Good news for you, then: you'll get ~$80/bimonthly paycheck more through February! Who says our government can't solve all our problems?


Oh! Can I get free cheese too? I love cheese. A litle binding but delicious.

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Para-assault on Fenton (the dot hex between Darwin and Katherine) can be useful to interdict JJ's supply route and rail reinforcements to Katherine.


Yes, I believe the LYB's pulled the same stunt on us.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:48:42 PM   
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Keep the thread updated and how supply is working for you ..


It is updated. This is all the faster the turns come in.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/23/2011 4:52:36 PM   
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Keep the thread updated and how supply is working for you ..


It is updated. This is all the faster the turns come in.


Excellent! I have a couple of more months to go to kick my operations off .. I am still building up Tennant Creek But it would be nice to know if this works because I am going to committ a lot of forces in a couple of months to take Daily Waters ..

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 7:59:03 PM   
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Today (12-26), I showed up 28 1/2 hrs early for work.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:23:16 PM   
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The jungle Ration Mk.II provided a full days ration for two soldiers in the field. The ration consisted of:

1 Tin (5 or 7 ounce) of either Fish and Egg, Breakfast Pork, Ham and Egg, or Chopped Liver and Bacon (The 4 Flavors, in order, constitute the breakfast meat portion of each of the 4 menus)

1 Tin (10 to 14 ounce) of either Preserved Meat (Bully Beef), Meat and Kidney Pudding, Stewed Steak (or Irish Stew), Chopped Ham and Beef (Spam-like in a round can)

1 Square metal "Biscuit Tin" of "Other food stuffs", containing:

Oatmeal blocks (Either 2 single cubes or a double stick-generally made in Canada)

Biscuits Plain and/or Enriched

Chocolate (High Temperature, various flavours)

Milk Powder (Boxed) or Sweetened Condensed Milk (Foil Tube)

Tea Blocks (Tea, Sugar and Whitener combo sufficient for one 12-ounce mug each) OR

Tea Tablets (Very strong compressed Tea in a small drum called SBC "Service Blend, Compressed", but often called "Some Blokes Choke"), which was at times said to have the aroma and taste of old socks, OR

Tea Bags (Canadian Red Rose-This was like finding a good prize in Cracker Jacks!)

Salt Tablets,

Vitamin Tablets (Chewable flavoured ones)

Boiled Sweets (generally not counted but used to fill voids in tin)

Jam (Pressed) (The Chivers disks in cello)

Cheese (Tin or Foil Tube)

Sugar Tablets (8 of them in a variety of packages, but most often a drab cube box)

Salt (boxed)

Chewing Gum

Fizz Tablets (Vitamin enriched)

Lemon Crystals

Matches (not camouflaged!)

Latrine Paper (not camouflaged!)

Additionally, there was either a flat or tub shaped tin of 20 Cigarettes



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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:36:31 PM   
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When is that?

Way back when, Admiral Lord Sprior chose to leave Br. 18 Div at Tennant for possible exploitation overland toward Darwin

Always have a Plan B. And a reserve. This is Op Stoat.

I thought it wouldn't work

You never said anything...

Evidently, he is bringing up more forces for a push toward Katherine

Yes, he is.

He has also assembled the Aussie Paras at Alice...hmmmm? this might actually work.

One of our plans has to eventually.

it is looking like a massive stalemate given the current forces

Yes it is, it looks like JJ favours a solid crust instead of a crumple zone.

Now we have David Tennant we can start to put fighter cover over Darwin if/when we choose to assault it from the sea. After the war the official history will state that the original Otter was but a feint...

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:37:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey! Admiral Lord Sprior is back from his grappling training camp in Northumberland!

Was I right about the expedition up the dirt track to Darwin?

Re. the jungle rations, I think I would start smoking and trade away my chopped liver tins.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:38:54 PM   
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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:45:56 PM   
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This thread has 200000 hits, my god you lot are sad.


Shhh.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:49:16 PM   
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Yes it is, it looks like JJ favours a solid crust instead of a crumple zone.




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Now we have David Tennant we can start to put fighter cover over Darwin if/when we choose to assault it from the sea.


I think you mean Daly. The current P-38 model can't reach from Tennant.

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After the war the official history will state that the original Otter was but a feint...


And a bloody convincing one it was!

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 9:52:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: sprior

This thread has 200000 hits, my god you lot are sad.


Shhh.



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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 10:06:34 PM   
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Hey! Admiral Lord Sprior is back from his grappling training camp in Northumberland!

Was I right about the expedition up the dirt track to Darwin?

Re. the jungle rations, I think I would start smoking and trade away my chopped liver tins.


You were right! About the trading the liver for the smokes.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 10:07:47 PM   
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After the war the official history will state that the original Otter was but a feint...


And a bloody convincing one it was!


Yes, but don't the victors usually write the official histories of the war?

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 10:23:15 PM   
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The transition back to the life of work does not go well on my first try.

Today (12-26), I showed up 28 1/2 hrs early for work.


Yesterday when you wrote "tomorrow" I sorta wondered and figured you were working an emergency clinic or something...

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RE: Before teleprompters - 12/26/2011 10:27:47 PM   
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After the war the official history will state that the original Otter was but a feint...


And a bloody convincing one it was!


Yes, but don't the victors usually write the official histories of the war?


Admiral Lord Sprior! Admiral Lord Sprior! They are being mean again!

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