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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/3/2012 11:04:54 PM   
Onime No Kyo


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have ties older than Admiral Lord SPrior.


I think he is miffed about the loss of Warspite in the battle for New Scotland.


Maybe you need some new ties....



That goes without saying. I had an appointment with an ophthalmologist today that looked yonger than my son.

Fortuantely, I was spared the indiginity of those huge eye doctor sun protectors.


So you left the office with your walker with the tennis balls on the back legs and your dignity intact. Good for you!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/3/2012 11:15:53 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/3/2012 11:42:55 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'll get you...and your little dog too!


Bah! I'm not afraid of you. Its the flying monkeys I fear....

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:24:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'll get you...and your little dog too!


Bah! I'm not afraid of you. Its the flying monkeys I fear....


Little known fact, when the Wizard was giving the Scarecrow "brains" it wasn't a diploma he was reading from - it was the WITP AE players manual!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:32:48 AM   
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ORIGINAL: desicat


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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'll get you...and your little dog too!


Bah! I'm not afraid of you. Its the flying monkeys I fear....


Little known fact, when the Wizard was giving the Scarecrow "brains" it wasn't a diploma he was reading from - it was the WITP AE players manual!




Then we can deduce the Wizard bought the boxed version?

I figure the Wizard was the kind of guy who would give up in Feb '42 when he lost a couple of carriers.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:36:49 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: desicat


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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'll get you...and your little dog too!


Bah! I'm not afraid of you. Its the flying monkeys I fear....


Little known fact, when the Wizard was giving the Scarecrow "brains" it wasn't a diploma he was reading from - it was the WITP AE players manual!




Then we can deduce the Wizard bought the boxed version?

I figure the Wizard was the kind of guy who would give up in Feb '42 when he lost a couple of carriers.



If only he hadn't given his medal away to the Lion.....

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:42:12 AM   
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I have ties older than Admiral Lord SPrior.


Only if you inherited them from your grandfather

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:44:07 AM   
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It could be more fiber is needed on the menu plan at Kandy House.


Spithead Pheasant, Babies Heads and **** on a raft never hurt anyone. Cheesie Hammy Eggies on the other hand...

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 12:46:04 AM   
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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 3:15:37 AM   
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A gerund:







It looks like a member of the royal family but I cant quite place a finger on who....

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 6:19:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Grollub

"By Odin"? I didn't know that the LYBs were Norse mythology worshippers? Who sold that concept to them?


OK, for careful readers of this AAR, how 'bout a multiple choice quiz: Who sold that concept to them?

(choose only one of the following correct answers)

A. Milo

B. Milo

C. Milo

D. A&C are correct.

E. Only B is correct.

F. A, B & C are all correct.

Remember: guessing incorrectly will be subtacted from your overall score...

(Or something like that from the National Medical Board Exam format back in the 1970's....)

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 1:04:39 PM   
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OK, for careful readers of this AAR


I'm sorry...for who? I can't think of any careful readers of this AAR.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 3:18:29 PM   
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A white-haired man walks slowly to the mailbox. There are 4 pieces of mail, all routine save for the last, which is a well-traveled envelope with a return address that says, "Bal Hai Club, 69 Fremantle St., Perth, Australia".

He sets his jaw and looks at the horizon. After a moment, he tears the letter to shreds.

< Message edited by Cap Mandrake -- 7/4/2012 3:48:46 PM >

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 3:33:03 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		***************Employee Meeting, Bali Hai Club, Perth, Jan 17, 1943(c)**************


Man in fine linen slacks:....Right, so next Wednesday we push off for Darwin..train to Townsville, then a drive to Normanton, then a boat. Travel expenses on me and the Jap subs have moved off to the North..as I am told <he winks at Yossarian>. Darwin is a nice town. Lots of Marines. They drink a lot and tip well. I have already made the appropriate liason with the Shore Patrol. Idi, I think you will be fine, Darwin is actually owned by the US now. Any questions? Ok...that's all I got. Let's knock 'em dead tonight. <the group begins to disperse>

Wait, Yossarian, you crazy SOB, help me tape up this shipment. <they begin to work on some boxes>


Hirsute man: <takes out a book of which there are hundreds of copies> "What Do the Norse Gods Mean to You; A Beginner's Guide" by Thor Heyerdahl. "Thor", you gotta be kidding? Who buys this crap?


Man in fine linen slacks: You would be surprised Yossarian, you culturally insular clod. <he pastes a large shipping label on one of the boxes. It reads "Amazon Booksellers, a Division of M&M Enterprises">


Hirsute man: Say, Milo, I need your advice.


Man in fine linen slacks: Fire away, amigo.


Hirsute man: Well, it's my pops. He won't return my letters.


Man in fine linen slacks: He thinks your dead, you crazy SOB.


Hirsute man: Yes, but I'm not dead.


Man in fine linen slacks: Ergo this conversation. You know, there are certain fringe benefits to be being dead. The Army can't throw you in Leavenworth. It would be double jeopardy. Hey, why do't you just go back and see him. You can't be AWOL, you are dead. I'll give you a sabatical.


Hirsute man: Yeah, I thought about that, but it's his ticker. I'm afraid it will kill him.


Man in fine linen slacks: Yossarian, what did you say the family priest's name was? In Gilroy, I mean.


Hirsute man: Kerkorian, Father Kerkorian, why?


Man in fine linen slacks: I have an idea.


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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 3:55:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Gorong: Yeah, I don't know where that is either. Ceres was supposed to be covering the landing of engineers at Boela. Fortuantely, part of the carrier CAP was overhead.


I wonder if one of these Betty jockeys was that guy in the cartoon. Not a very good job of "avenging", was it?

Morning Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,112

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Ceres
DD Jupiter


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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 3:58:37 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Port Headrand: Another milk run for the Bollingbrokes. No attack on Amiral Lord SPrior's cruiser force either. Like he said, "We raugh at them! <spits on ground>"

Morning Air attack on Port Hedland , at 57,129

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V x 27
Beaufort VIII x 19
Bolingbroke IV x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 50
B-26 Marauder x 6
B-26B Marauder x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:01:17 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Ambon: Another smackdown. There aren't enough B-24's or the war would be over already.

Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 47


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 14 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 damaged
Ki-56 Thalia: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:04:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		China: Now we DO literally have Japs up the Wasu*

Ground combat at Wasu (79,8)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4175 troops, 127 guns, 320 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Defending force 1039 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Japanese adjusted assault: 448

Allied adjusted defense: 7

Japanese assault odds: 64 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wasu !!!


* This is called "sampling", not plagiarism

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:08:20 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Katherine/Darwin Corridor: The road is now open and both Katherine and Daly are drawing suppries. JJ 20th Div is being destroyed. We keep telliing them they should give up but it's the Kool-aide thing.

Ground combat at 75,127 (near Katherine)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5898 troops, 63 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Defending force 1251 troops, 21 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 656

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 656 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
527 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 3


Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Motor Brigade
4th Armoured Brigade
1st Motor Brigade

Defending units:
38th/C Division
20th Division
2nd Recon Regiment

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:14:25 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Boela: Mopping up. Honestly, there is really no need for the Koreans to throw themselves off the cliff like this. They could just surrender and then move to LA in '46 and open up a liquor store. The Naval Guard boys would never get visas, of course. They would have to go to Tijuana and try to get across there. Plenty of gardening opportunities in 1950's LA suburbia, though. I wish they would look at the bigger picture. We don't hav any fish head soup but some fried spam would probably do them good.

Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 305 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Defending force 422 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 6

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1
36th USN SeaBees /1
1/198th Coast AA Bn /1
27th USN SeaBees /1

Defending units:
III/66th Naval Guard Unit
55th Construction Battalion


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III/66th Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

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55th Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:39:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		My first wife's grandfather used to own a nice little place in Santa Monica with a nice back yard. He worked as a bellman and then a security guard at Warner Bros and he owned a half-million dollar house free and clear in Santa Monica. He used to complain about his real estate taxes...$280 dollars a year! Great guy, though.

He had a Japanese gardener who was just as old. This was long after the boys from Morelia had replaced 99.99% of the Japanese gardeners.

They were like an old married couple. Funny as Hell. They argued about the garden every time Mr. Matsumoto came to do the yard. That's how they addressed each other, Mr. Matsumoto and Mr. XXXXXXX. One time, my grandfather-in-law trimmed the beautiful old Camelia bush on his own. This thing was about 12 ft tall and would produce hundreds of flawless white blossoms every February. Every leaf was a rich dark green. I don't think a leaf ever fell off the thing. It was like the freakin' slow movement of the Pastoral Symphony. It could bring tears to your eyes it was so beautiful.

When Mr. Matsumoto found out. Hory Crap! ****a hitta fan!

"Mr. XXXXXXXX! Why you cut brossoms? Rook what you do to Cameria!"

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:44:30 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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****a hitta fan!



The website bleeping software speaks Japanese too!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 4:46:56 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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<tries to remember the value of Pi to 68 digitis to prove everything is working>

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 5:19:28 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		By ra way, the number of digits of Pi which one has memorized is a very good predictor of geekdom.

I am pretty sure than any figure over 15 digits will guarantee virginity untill graduate school, at least.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 6:40:11 PM   
sprior


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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 7:53:38 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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I learned only 9.



Wait...counting the decimal point or not?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 8:12:58 PM   
sprior


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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 8:24:24 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: sprior

Including. Obviously.



Well, only 8 digits then. You should be OK.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/4/2012 10:03:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: sprior

Including. Obviously.



Well, only 8 digits then. You should be OK.


It's a lot simplier just to remember the macro PI() ...

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/5/2012 6:23:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Gorong: Yeah, I don't know where that is either.


[shakes head] Oh, Cap'n. Where did we, your semi-faithful readers, gorong with you?

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