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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/9/2013 11:45:54 PM

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*********"Share Day", SGJr(IV)'s neighboring first grade class***********

Imagine you you bring in your Tickle Me Pink Elmo doll to share and the kid before you has his dad bring in the ACTUAL FREAKIN' STANLEY CUP!

"Hory crap!"

The roots of these feelings of inadequacy will cost you tens of thousands in therapist bills, Cap'n.

Hey, I'm still trying to get over the trauma of winning "Most Improved" on my Pop Warner team...TWO YEARS IN A ROW!

If the kid in front of me on share day brought his REAL NHL STAR DAD WITH THE REAL NHL STANLEY CUP I would have had the sense to just lie down under the bus wheels and save the therapist bills.

You mean your school had school buses?!? Ohhhh...

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 2:13:08 AM

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You mean your school had school buses?!? Ohhhh...

Well, it wan't really a proper bus and all..........

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 3:10:54 AM

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Be honest - it was a little bus wasn't it?

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 4:59:05 AM

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Be honest - it was a little bus wasn't it?

No, it was pretty tall. Kinda short from front to back, though.

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 3:08:17 PM

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Burma: JJ brings in a new resh Chutai of Tojos.

Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 64,42 (Myitkyina)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34

Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 3
Martlet II x 1
Beaufighter VIc x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Vengeance I x 65
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
DB-7B x 14
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Vengeance I: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed

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

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 3:10:24 PM

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Broome: The last JJ controlled base in Oz. ALSP has looped around the blocking unit West of Derby. JJ has left a full Regt at Broome.

Morning Air attack on Broome , at 62,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet *
Port Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 148th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 148th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 3:44:19 PM

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I tried to rearm the BB's at Joro with 2 x 16K ton AE's. I got "operation points limit" notice or something of that nature (they drew fuel from AK's and AP's disembarking support troops at Joro) and did not increase their main gun ammo).

I ported them and rearmed the CL's and DD's. I hope next turn they will rearm. A group of LCT's will begin transporting 1st/102nd to San Jose.

Wasp is on her way to the battle zone from Sydney.

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 3:52:40 PM

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Started reading "Quartered Safe". The locals speak a very strange language.

.....................The author just explained it. It's Cumbrian dialect. No longer Gaelic, it's more like Middle English meets Apalachia

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 4:03:45 PM

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I finished The Generals. Pretty much every commander from GWI, Iraq and Aghanistan except Petreaus and Odierno get reamed. Shinseki gets a pass for correctly predicting troop needs in Iraq. One Marine general (Mattis?) gets credit for sacking a Colonel who was percieved to be too cautious.

Rumsfeld gets fed into a wood chipper along with his standing desk. Sanchez and the first guy in Iraq (forget his name) are composted and turned into fertilizer. Schwarzkopf is a concrete thinking blowhard.

Cheney and Gates are given credit for firing people.

Colin Powell is faulted for not retiring sooner.

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 6:22:11 PM

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I tried to rearm the BB's at Joro with 2 x 16K ton AE's. I got "operation points limit" notice or something of that nature (they drew fuel from AK's and AP's disembarking support troops at Joro) and did not increase their main gun ammo).

I ported them and rearmed the CL's and DD's. I hope next turn they will rearm. A group of LCT's will begin transporting 1st/102nd to San Jose.

Wasp is on her way to the battle zone from Sydney.

If the Ops Point limit was for the TF, it would show 1000 op points used opposite your BBs. It could also have been the AEs/AKEs that ran out of ops points. BBs use a lot of their points during re-arming and you seem to need two turns most of the time to re-arm anything with 16 inchers [guns I mean, not what you are thinking].

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RE: Wax on. Wax off. - 1/10/2013 6:48:40 PM

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I tried to rearm the BB's at Joro with 2 x 16K ton AE's. I got "operation points limit" notice or something of that nature (they drew fuel from AK's and AP's disembarking support troops at Joro) and did not increase their main gun ammo).

I ported them and rearmed the CL's and DD's. I hope next turn they will rearm. A group of LCT's will begin transporting 1st/102nd to San Jose.

Wasp is on her way to the battle zone from Sydney.

If the Ops Point limit was for the TF, it would show 1000 op points used opposite your BBs. It could also have been the AEs/AKEs that ran out of ops points. BBs use a lot of their points during re-arming and you seem to need two turns most of the time to re-arm anything with 16 inchers [guns I mean, not what you are thinking].

Indeed, the BB's had 1000 op points expended but the AE's did not. I have seen BB's with 16 in guns take two turns to rearm. Usually the front magazine first and then the rear, but in this case there was no 16 in ammo taken on. I think it was the fuel load that used up the op points. The AE's were able to rearm the CL's after the BB's declined.

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The Hood - 1/11/2013 3:30:53 PM

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Not that Hood, the one I live in.

Sadly, Pocahantas Girl, who is still married to her peripatetic husband, and who has 3 kids, has learned that her husband will be having a baby with his 25 yr old baby mama.

Similarly, the guy with the $10,000 mailbox has learned that his peripatetic soon to be ex-wife is shacking up with a younger dude and has left the three kids (including twin 7 year olds) with him. It wasn't hard to find a younger guy. The poor SOB is at least 75. I am no longer angry about him leaving his Port-a-potty on my lot for 8 mos. when he was remodling and then asking me when I was going to fix the grass in my front yard. I also forgive him for knocking my ass on the ground in a b-ball game once (it was a foul if you are wondering). His soon to be ex-wife always seemed crazier than bat **** to me.

We found this little Yorkie-thingy walking around in the front yard and she had no tags. It was getting to be coyote time so we took her in for the night. She was WAAAY smarter than my dogs and they were jealous so we had to put them out on the balcony

. The girls anmed her "Fifi". In the morning, SG Jr was assigned to walk her around the neighborhood and ask people if they knew the beast. We got a hit from the new guy up the street with the Porsche convertible. Now, to me, a Porsche and a Yorkie don't go together. Turns out they have Golden Retriever too. The Yorkie is "Georgia" and the Retriever is "Rebel". Guess where they are from. Nice, happy family with well behaved teenagers. I hope they don't try to put in a fancy outdoor grill or something.

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RE: The Hood - 1/11/2013 3:47:51 PM

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well behaved teenagers

Ha! Clearly, you don't know these kids well enough. This is an oxymoron.

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RE: The Hood - 1/11/2013 4:10:55 PM

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well behaved teenagers

Ha! Clearly, you don't know these kids well enough. This is an oxymoron.

You may be right. I might have mistaken social skill and a lack of slack-jaw as good behavior. For all I know they might be fornicating like rabbits and have grow lamps in their rooms.

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RE: The Hood - 1/11/2013 4:19:36 PM

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Reminds me of a (yes, I watch it from time to time) Judge Judy line:

Q: "How do you tell when teenagers are lying?"
A: "Their lips are moving."

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RE: The Hood - 1/11/2013 8:58:01 PM

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well behaved teenagers

Ha! Clearly, you don't know these kids well enough. This is an oxymoron.

You may be right. I might have mistaken social skill and a lack of slack-jaw as good behavior. For all I know they might be fornicating like rabbits and have grow lamps in their rooms.

There's always the chance Mandrake's right, too. Ask them about AE and find out if they're Canoerebel's relatives.

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RE: The Hood - 1/12/2013 8:28:20 PM

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OK, who's the wiseguy?

All of a sudden I am getting "pop-up" ads (this what they call them, it's not what you think) for single men in my area. Who is responsible?

Do you think it is because I googled for start times for Les Miz?

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 1:00:00 AM

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OK, who's the wiseguy?

All of a sudden I am getting "pop-up" ads (this what they call them, it's not what you think) for single men in my area. Who is responsible?

Do you think it is because I googled for start times for Les Miz?

Maybe the Clinic staffer who brought your printout with the "Hot Asian Action" header talked to your IT guys and they did a little something for you...

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 6:45:29 AM

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Do you think it is because I googled for start times for Les Miz?

No, that would be insufficient by itself. You didn't also happen to look up tickets for Liza Minelli concerts, did you? That would have been prima faciae evidence for the algorithms.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 9:38:34 AM

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The mem-sahib decides we have to watch some film called "The Notebook" By the end she she's blubbing like a little girl. Next day she mentions it to the DU who says she'd never heard of it until the toerag asked her to watch it with him. I asked if he also likes Liza Minelli movies. DU gives me icy stares. That's the problem with kids these days, no sense of humour.

Did I also tell you he won't eat green beans because they squeak?

Edit for freudian slip.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 1:36:05 PM

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Did I also tell you he won't eat green beans because they squeak?

One of the excellent English turns of phrase springs to mind for some reason when thinking of toerag: "Great prancing fairy."

ETA: Did you cry at "Notebook" too, Lord Admiral? C'mon, mate-you're amongst friends here-no one will tell.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:02:31 PM

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The mem-sahib decides we have to watch some film called "The Notebook" By the end she she's blubbing like a little girl. Next day she mentions it to the DU who says she'd never heard of it until the toerag asked her to watch it with him. I asked if he also likes Liza Minelli movies. DU gives me icy stares. That's the problem with kids these days, no sense of humour.

Did I also tell you he won't eat green beans because they squeak?

Edit for freudian slip.

It's almost like you don't like the guy.

Next gift exchange get him the "Remastered" release of the Yentil soundtrack.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:09:30 PM

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*****************Aboard HMS Conqueror, 55 �deg 24 'S 61� deg 32 'W, South Atlantic, 15:59 Zulu, May 2, 1982**************

XO: 15 seconds to impact.

Commander Chris Wreford-Brown: <peering through scope> BLOODY HELL! SHE'S GONE!

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:15:56 PM

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FYI, I am waiting for someone to tell us what happened before we continue.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:21:24 PM

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FYI, I am waiting for someone to tell us what happened before we continue.

C'mon mate-try a hard one. Even I can tell that something awry just happened to USS Phoenix in WWII(c), thus preventing the ultimate sale to and deployment by the Argentinians, and sinking of same by the British in the campaign for the Islas malv...erm...the Falklands.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:31:54 PM

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Yes, something is "awry" with USS Phoenix.

<EDIT> Ah...broody herr. Just realized.....It's USS Denver. Phoenix was off Cotabato.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:39:39 PM

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I was just debating whether she fell to enemy surface action or air attack. I'll put $5 on the latter.

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:46:12 PM

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****************Pontiac Dealership, Indianapolis, June 4, 1962*******************

Dwayne Hoover: <grabs door handle of new GTO..suddenly the car is gone, well most of it. Only the tires, door handles, hoses, belts, radiator, battery and radio antenna remain> WHAT THE HELL?

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:48:07 PM

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***********************March 8, 1943(c)**************************

Horn Is.: I think this is part of Wasp escort. If so, JJ may be aware of her approach. This may be important later.

ASW attack near Horn Island at 93,130

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Gansevoort
DD Meade

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RE: The Hood - 1/13/2013 2:54:01 PM

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San Jose: Now FO Downing, RCAF, will have something for his memoris. I haven't even looked at the replay yet, but..38 Zeroes, 39 Kates, 4 Vals..gotta be carriers....and more than one. The ground troops were from a construction engineer Bn. trying to get ashore to build up the airfield.

Morning Air attack on TF, near San Jose at 78,84

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
A6M3a Zero x 9
B5N1 Kate x 4
B5N2 Kate x 35
D3A2 Val x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Denver, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Clan Alpine, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Jenkins
DD Cony

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x D3A2 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
12 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-122 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.118 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes

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