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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/11/2010 2:57:46 AM

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Finally, as a squadron nears its withdrawal date, I keep expecting the withdraw option to light up, but it just does not. I end up "disbanding" the unit. Does this satisfy the withdrawal requirement?

No, disbanding and withdrawing are 2 seperate functions. If a unit is due to withdraw then you should withdraw it.

Sprior,

Aren't there some units that the "withdraw" button is not active? In these cases, I believe that the 'disband' feature serves the same purpose. This may have been corrected with a recent patch, but this used to be the case.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/11/2010 3:00:53 PM

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I will allow the Mayans may have been good at astronomical notions of time...they just seem to have trouble with the European 24 hr night/day thing.

Me: <trying to get to work on time because we have an electronic medical record at work and the secret reason the Feds are pusing for this is so they can know precisely when docotors start working when they make the switch over to hourly pay (at $24/hr plus benefits)> Savina, Nos vamos, ahorita!

Mayan Houskeeper: Si, me voy.*

Me: <sitting in my car with the radio on distracted by some outrage on NPR...looks at clock> MADRE DE DIOS! <honks horn for Mayan housekeeper to look at big stone tablet in kitchen and get her Mayan booty out to the car>

* I don't recall "ir" being a reflexive verb, but it seems to be used with reflexive pronouns for emphasis...sort of like "let's get out of here" instead of "we are leaving".

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Darwin - 10/11/2010 3:30:19 PM

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The LYB's are building up Wyndham airfield and now have grown too big for their little britches and are now attacking Darwin by air.

Wyndham is level 2 with 59 fighters (Oscars and Zeroes). Darwin is level four. They have come at us 3 days in a row with highly effective Zero sweeps, decimating the P-40 squadron there. Today we sent up 7 P-38's piloted by the best pilots of the squadron and they kicked Zero butt. The Sallys did get through, destroying one B-17 on the ground, but then the B-17's hit back without escort, shaking off the CAP of Oscars and denting the runway to the tune of 22%.

The LYB's have given up covering their troops near Katherine with LRCAP so the Allied air attacks are getting more effective. 32nd ID (US) is halfway to Alice Springs. It will take them a few weeks to reach the battle scene.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 5:29:08 AM

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Me: <trying to get to work on time because we have an electronic medical record at work and the secret reason the Feds are pushing for this is so they can know precisely when doctors start working when they make the switch over to hourly pay (at $24/hr plus benefits)> Savina, Nos vamos, ahorita!

Hey, I hear the Feds will ultimately compromise and pay us time and a half for overtime once we work more than our baseline requirement of 168 hours a week!

And where did you hear $24/hr? I heard $12/hr would be the best they could do "in order to save Medicare for all Americans."

Ah, the EMR---I feel your pain. Makes me far slower and less efficient by duplicating everything I already do, but putting in the infrastructure provides gigabucks in new sales to our infant, struggling IT industry.

Our administrators love the EMR: after all, since they currently regard MD time as a limitless, largely untapped and completely free resource (at least while we're paid on salary, not by the hour), putting the EMR in place is no skin off their backsides. Once they have to pay us by the hour like everyone else, though, I reckon they will change their minds in a hurry.

Santos Mio! Ayudame, Nuestra Senora!

BTW, good job at Wyndham---Gotta love those fork-tailed devils...

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 6:23:23 AM

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We have Beaufighters on CAP at Darwin too now.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 3:25:15 PM

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Lord Admiral Sprior
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My dearest Spri;

What do you think about a quick landing at Norfolk Is to gain access to the airfield and begin an airlift by C-47 of troops from New Scotland? As it would be on an emergency basis, there could be very little troop prep. Do you estimate that 2 regiments might carry the day?

Also of note is the absence of Kaga and her CVL for some time. Any thoughts on their next move?

I have detached 4 USN DD's toward Sydney to act as an escort for the RN CV there. It seems the Admiralty wants some destroyers back.

Swimmingly;

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 3:59:28 PM

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We have Beaufighters on CAP at Darwin too now.

And quite handsome they are too. Almost a shame to send them into battle.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 4:26:57 PM

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Me: <trying to get to work on time because we have an electronic medical record at work and the secret reason the Feds are pushing for this is so they can know precisely when doctors start working when they make the switch over to hourly pay (at $24/hr plus benefits)> Savina, Nos vamos, ahorita!

Hey, I hear the Feds will ultimately compromise and pay us time and a half for overtime once we work more than our baseline requirement of 168 hours a week!

And where did you hear $24/hr? I heard $12/hr would be the best they could do "in order to save Medicare for all Americans."

Ah, the EMR---I feel your pain. Makes me far slower and less efficient by duplicating everything I already do, but putting in the infrastructure provides gigabucks in new sales to our infant, struggling IT industry.

Our administrators love the EMR: after all, since they currently regard MD time as a limitless, largely untapped and completely free resource (at least while we're paid on salary, not by the hour), putting the EMR in place is no skin off their backsides. Once they have to pay us by the hour like everyone else, though, I reckon they will change their minds in a hurry.

Naw. They'll just outsource their MD needs to the Cubans. If I hear one more word about their fantastic health care program and their free universal health care I'm going to...well, como se dice hematemesis en espanol?

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 6:33:23 PM

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Almost a shame to send them into battle.

But only almost.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 6:42:13 PM

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Fleet Admiral Mandrake,
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My Dear Mandy,

It seems such a shame that somewhere as English sounding as Norfolk Island is in the hands of beastly foreigners (present company excepted). Do what you think is necessary to restore the island to its rightful owners. I suspect a couple of regiments should be enought to shift it.

As for those carriers I think they've slunk off to safer pastures for now. I suspect that Tonga might be next on their shopping list but it will a month or two for them to recuperate and rebuild after their bloody nose at New Edinburgh.

I hope you don't mind if I pass on the opportunity to invest in your venture on Norfolk Island. There is a perfectly good RN CV at Sydney should you require her services in this venture.

Yours

Lord High, etc, etc.

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 7:40:12 PM

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************Favorite Table, Hula Club, Oahu, May 28, 1942************

Befuddled looking Fleet Admiral sitting at table reading telegram with Sapphire martini, straight up, two olives sitting on the table (the martini is on the table, I mean, not the Admiral): Tonga? Where the Hell is Tonga? <calls out to waitress in utterly unauthentic Hawaiian costume with preposterously abbreviated grass skirt (the waitress, not the Admiral)> SWEETHEART! Another one, please, this one is sweating a bit (the martini not the Admiral)<motions to martini> and I wonder if you have any National Geographics in the back?

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 7:43:15 PM

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************Favorite Table, Hula Club, Oahu, May 28, 1942************

Befuddled looking Fleet Admiral sitting at table reading telegram with Sapphire martini, straight up, two olives sitting on the table (the martini is on the table, I mean, not the Admiral): Tonga? Where the Hell is Tonga? <calls out to waitress in utterly unauthentic Hawaiian costume with preposterously abbreviated grass skirt (the waitress, not the Admiral)> SWEETHEART! Another one, please, this one is sweating a bit (the martini not the Admiral)<motions to martini> and I wonder if you have any National Geographics in the back?

Wow. Livin' large on Oahu. Conspicious consumption. Don't most common folk usually drink Gin or Vodka martinis?

ETA: Question re: the RN CV: Since when did they start having 'perfectly good' ones? Is this a ship class that I'm unfamiliar with?

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/12/2010 7:58:34 PM

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************Favorite Table, Hula Club, Oahu, May 28, 1942************

Befuddled looking Fleet Admiral sitting at table reading telegram with Sapphire martini, straight up, two olives sitting on the table (the martini is on the table, I mean, not the Admiral): Tonga? Where the Hell is Tonga? <calls out to waitress in utterly unauthentic Hawaiian costume with preposterously abbreviated grass skirt (the waitress, not the Admiral)> SWEETHEART! Another one, please, this one is sweating a bit (the martini not the Admiral)<motions to martini> and I wonder if you have any National Geographics in the back?

Wow. Livin' large on Oahu. Conspicious consumption. Don't most common folk usually drink Gin or Vodka martinis?

Hey, the extravagant use of ten botanicals (including "licquorice"..whatever that is) in a time of war display a type of reckless insouciance that is very attractive to women. Plus, the bottles look cool.

After all, why have a Goddmaned empire if you can't have some Goddamned botanicals in your Goddamned cocktail? That is what I always say. Also, I have the Pacific Fleet credit card.

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ETA: Question re: the RN CV: Since when did they start having 'perfectly good' ones? Is this a ship class that I'm unfamiliar with?

That means anything other than that piece of steaming dog excrement that is Hermes.

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Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/12/2010 8:37:29 PM

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*******Attic of small dry cleaner establishment, Balboa, Panama, May 28, 1942********

LYB1: <broadcasting on clandestine shortwave> Rong Ranger here. Come in Riberty one. Rong Isrand here! Rong Isrand here! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio (probably somewhere in Venezuela or Bolivia but I am not going to look up which is closer so just work with me): Rong Ranger this Riberty one. You not on isrand, ovah.

LYB1: Riberty One this Rong Ranger. Rong Ranger not say on isrand, Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Ranger there? Ovah.

LYB1: No Riberty One, Rong Ranger here. Rong Ranger not say Ranger here. Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Rong Isrand ship there? Ovah.

LYB1: YES! YES! Riberty One this Rong Isrand..I mean this Rong Ranger..Rong Isrand ship here! Ovah!

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Isrand....I mean Rong Ranger.. Riberty One here. Rong Ranger report Rong Isrand here..I mean there. Ovah.

LYB1: HAI! I mean roger Riberty One! Rong Isrand here now. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger you sure not Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Hai! Ranger short for Rong Ranger. Ranger come second. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You say Rong Isrand ship come then Ranger ship come? Ovah.

LYB1: No, Riberty One, Ranger ship NOT come. Rong Ranger not come either. Rong Ranger not even have date in 6 months. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You sure Rong Isrand ship not rearry Ranger ship. Rong Isrand ship rook rike Ranger ship? Ovah.

LYB1: No! Rong Isrand ship NOT Ranger ship! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: How you sure, Rong Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Rong Ranger sure because Rong Isrand ship say broody Rong Isrand right on broody side of broody ship! Broody Hell, Riberty One are you broody idiot? <there is a loud crash at the attic door and two Marines in tropical helmets surge into the room> Rong Ranger signing off......

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/12/2010 9:46:52 PM

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Ha ha ha -OMG. How did you write this? It's worse than she sells sea shells (she sarels sea sherals?)

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/12/2010 11:01:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*******Attic of small dry cleaner establishment, Balboa, Panama, May 28, 1942********

LYB1: <broadcasting on clandestine shortwave> Rong Ranger here. Come in Riberty one. Rong Isrand here! Rong Isrand here! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio (probably somewhere in Venezuela or Bolivia but I am not going to look up which is closer so just work with me): Rong Ranger this Riberty one. You not on isrand, ovah.

LYB1: Riberty One this Rong Ranger. Rong Ranger not say on isrand, Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Ranger there? Ovah.

LYB1: No Riberty One, Rong Ranger here. Rong Ranger not say Ranger here. Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Rong Isrand ship there? Ovah.

LYB1: YES! YES! Riberty One this Rong Isrand..I mean this Rong Ranger..Rong Isrand ship here! Ovah!

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Isrand....I mean Rong Ranger.. Riberty One here. Rong Ranger report Rong Isrand here..I mean there. Ovah.

LYB1: HAI! I mean roger Riberty One! Rong Isrand here now. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger you sure not Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Hai! Ranger short for Rong Ranger. Ranger come second. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You say Rong Isrand ship come then Ranger ship come? Ovah.

LYB1: No, Riberty One, Ranger ship NOT come. Rong Ranger not come either. Rong Ranger not even have date in 6 months. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You sure Rong Isrand ship not rearry Ranger ship. Rong Isrand ship rook rike Ranger ship? Ovah.

LYB1: No! Rong Isrand ship NOT Ranger ship! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: How you sure, Rong Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Rong Ranger sure because Rong Isrand ship say broody Rong Isrand right on broody side of broody ship! Broody Hell, Riberty One are you broody idiot? <there is a loud crash at the attic door and two Marines in tropical helmets surge into the room> Rong Ranger signing off......

Apprause!

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/13/2010 2:14:32 AM

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Hummmmm.....makes one wonder how those LYB ever snuck up on Pearl Harbor. Very funny.

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/13/2010 3:17:05 AM

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Let's get back to the bar in Oahu.

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/13/2010 3:35:59 AM

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Hear, hear! Sapphire martinis are always good!

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/13/2010 4:34:56 AM

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Naw. They'll just outsource their MD needs to the Cubans. If I hear one more word about their fantastic health care program and their free universal health care I'm going to...well, como se dice hematemesis en espanol?

I think it goes like, "Ay Yi Yi! Yo vomito sangre! Vamos a los Estados Unitas o Inglaterra immediamente! Yo necessito un doctor verdadero!

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/13/2010 4:55:58 AM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*******Attic of small dry cleaner establishment, Balboa, Panama, May 28, 1942********

LYB1: <broadcasting on clandestine shortwave> Rong Ranger here. Come in Riberty one. Rong Isrand here! Rong Isrand here! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio (probably somewhere in Venezuela or Bolivia but I am not going to look up which is closer so just work with me): Rong Ranger this Riberty one. You not on isrand, ovah.

LYB1: Riberty One this Rong Ranger. Rong Ranger not say on isrand, Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Ranger there? Ovah.

LYB1: No Riberty One, Rong Ranger here. Rong Ranger not say Ranger here. Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Rong Isrand ship there? Ovah.

LYB1: YES! YES! Riberty One this Rong Isrand..I mean this Rong Ranger..Rong Isrand ship here! Ovah!

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Isrand....I mean Rong Ranger.. Riberty One here. Rong Ranger report Rong Isrand here..I mean there. Ovah.

LYB1: HAI! I mean roger Riberty One! Rong Isrand here now. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger you sure not Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Hai! Ranger short for Rong Ranger. Ranger come second. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You say Rong Isrand ship come then Ranger ship come? Ovah.

LYB1: No, Riberty One, Ranger ship NOT come. Rong Ranger not come either. Rong Ranger not even have date in 6 months. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You sure Rong Isrand ship not rearry Ranger ship. Rong Isrand ship rook rike Ranger ship? Ovah.

LYB1: No! Rong Isrand ship NOT Ranger ship! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: How you sure, Rong Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Rong Ranger sure because Rong Isrand ship say broody Rong Isrand right on broody side of broody ship! Broody Hell, Riberty One are you broody idiot? <there is a loud crash at the attic door and two Marines in tropical helmets surge into the room> Rong Ranger signing off......

Mandrake, please tell me that you never heard Abbott and Costello do "Who's on first?".....Otherwise, we're going to be in for a long war....

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RE: Chesty....not Puller - 10/13/2010 5:39:21 AM

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Naw. They'll just outsource their MD needs to the Cubans. If I hear one more word about their fantastic health care program and their free universal health care I'm going to...well, como se dice hematemesis en espanol?

I think it goes like, "Ay Yi Yi! Yo vomito sangre! Vamos a los Estados Unitas o Inglaterra immediamente! Yo necessito un doctor verdadero!

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/13/2010 8:51:49 AM

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we're going to be in for a long war....

You only just noticed?

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/14/2010 6:06:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: Moondawggie

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*******Attic of small dry cleaner establishment, Balboa, Panama, May 28, 1942********

LYB1: <broadcasting on clandestine shortwave> Rong Ranger here. Come in Riberty one. Rong Isrand here! Rong Isrand here! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio (probably somewhere in Venezuela or Bolivia but I am not going to look up which is closer so just work with me): Rong Ranger this Riberty one. You not on isrand, ovah.

LYB1: Riberty One this Rong Ranger. Rong Ranger not say on isrand, Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Ranger there? Ovah.

LYB1: No Riberty One, Rong Ranger here. Rong Ranger not say Ranger here. Rong Ranger say Rong Isrand here. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger this Riberty One. You say Rong Isrand ship there? Ovah.

LYB1: YES! YES! Riberty One this Rong Isrand..I mean this Rong Ranger..Rong Isrand ship here! Ovah!

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Isrand....I mean Rong Ranger.. Riberty One here. Rong Ranger report Rong Isrand here..I mean there. Ovah.

LYB1: HAI! I mean roger Riberty One! Rong Isrand here now. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Rong Ranger you sure not Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Hai! Ranger short for Rong Ranger. Ranger come second. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You say Rong Isrand ship come then Ranger ship come? Ovah.

LYB1: No, Riberty One, Ranger ship NOT come. Rong Ranger not come either. Rong Ranger not even have date in 6 months. Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: Roger Rong Ranger. You sure Rong Isrand ship not rearry Ranger ship. Rong Isrand ship rook rike Ranger ship? Ovah.

LYB1: No! Rong Isrand ship NOT Ranger ship! Ovah.

LYB voice over radio: How you sure, Rong Ranger? Ovah.

LYB1: Rong Ranger sure because Rong Isrand ship say broody Rong Isrand right on broody side of broody ship! Broody Hell, Riberty One are you broody idiot? <there is a loud crash at the attic door and two Marines in tropical helmets surge into the room> Rong Ranger signing off......

Mandrake, please tell me that you never heard Abbott and Costello do "Who's on first?".....Otherwise, we're going to be in for a long war....

Marine Commandant, Balboa:...look, all I want to know is the of the Jap spy at the canal.

Intel Officer: Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: What do you mean, wrong? I was asking you. What is his name?

Intel Officer: No, Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: Doh! Look. Suppose I were to go down to the little dry cleaners and knock on the door. Who would answer the door?

Intel Officer: No, that would be Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: I'm just asking you!

Intel Officer: And I'm just telling you! It would be Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: And if I knocked twice?

Intel Officer: Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: So, if I went down there and knocked three times it would be wrong, right?

Intel Officer: Exactly! That's what I am trying to tell you.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: OK, suppose I go down there an ring the doorbell. Is the wrong guy going to answer the door?

Intel Officer: Probably, unless he is on the radio.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: I suppose you are going to tell me the wrong guy is going to be on the radio too.

Intel Officer: Almost certainly unless he answers the door......

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/14/2010 6:16:10 AM

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we're going to be in for a long war....

You only just noticed?

Actually, I thought you guys were going to break those LYBs at Noumea, and then it would be "Home to you in '42!"

I still think you were jobbed by some gameyness and a bad electronic die roll, but, as you say, "C'est la guerre."

Keep up the fine work and AAR!

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/14/2010 6:19:40 AM

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Marine Commandant, Balboa:...look, all I want to know is the of the Jap spy at the canal.

Intel Officer: Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: What do you mean, wrong? I was asking you. What is his name?

Intel Officer: No, Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: Doh! Look. Suppose I were to go down to the little dry cleaners and knock on the door. Who would answer the door?

Intel Officer: No, that would be Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: I'm just asking you!

Intel Officer: And I'm just telling you! It would be Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: And if I knocked twice?

Intel Officer: Rong.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: So, if I went down there and knocked three times it would be wrong, right?

Intel Officer: Exactly! That's what I am trying to tell you.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: OK, suppose I go down there an ring the doorbell. Is the wrong guy going to answer the door?

Intel Officer: Probably, unless he is on the radio.

Marine Commandant, Balboa: I suppose you are going to tell me the wrong guy is going to be on the radio too.

Intel Officer: Almost certainly unless he answers the door......

My worst fears realized! Gotta love it, Cap!

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/14/2010 9:11:50 AM

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It's gonna be a Rong war.

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RE: Balboa...not the one is San Diego - 10/14/2010 3:00:55 PM

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It's gonna be a Rong war.

Yes, for all you know you could have a Rong guy in Ceyron too, though I think the cover story may not hold up so well in Aden. Do they even have dry creaners there? Hell, for all we know, they could know every time we get a naval reinforcement.

But then there is China....phhht...good ruck with that.

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New Scotland and New Rorke's Drift - 10/14/2010 8:20:30 PM

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******************May 29, 1942***************

New Scotland: 72,000 angry LYB's drank deeply of the Emperor-Brand Kool-Aide and attacked Geiger's men at La Foa. They were repulsed with about 5500 casulaties and about 2000 KIA. This would be a good thing but it consumed supply and now nearly all units there are in the red. It was a serious samckdown for the Japs. I don't think they can attack again for 4-5 d unless they have fresh troops.

A plan to try to take Norfolk Island back from the Asiatics and put some C-47's there is in motion but it will likely be too late. I think we can have 3 regiments, a BB for bombardment and a cruiser force for surface security as well as 2 USN and 1 RN carrier for CAP ready to land in 6 days. Figure 2 days to capture the island and it means no C-47 flights in for over a week. The PBY's are doing a good job. Much of the undisrupted and PBY portable portion of 2nd Marine Regt is out now. The PBY's will now work on the Army regiments, leaving 8th Marine and the tanks as a rearguard. Suprisingly, some of the 75 mm pack howitzers are getting out. I called off the Hornet evac of wildcats. There are only 6 operational F4F's at La Foa. It is not worth the risk to the carrier TF. This is a political problem because a Royal Navy F4F depleted squadron may be lost. Nobody tell Lord Admiral Sprior.

New Rorke's Drift: The RAAF Beaufighters at Darwin were deflowered in the most bestial of fashion, losing 6 airframes. The Sallys got through again and torched another B-17 on the ground. The B-17's hit back at Wyndham but took heavy fire and one was lost on the return flight. A fresh squadron of B-17E's has been sent from Tahiti to Oz. The 6 P-38's are ordered to sweep again over Wyndham and the operational B-17's will go back. We still need to contend the airspace over Darwin.

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Hula Club - 10/14/2010 8:32:42 PM

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****************Hula Club, Oahu, May 28, 1942********************

Fleet Admiral Mandrake: <samples a macadamia nut encrusted mahi mahi croquette while "reading" a 1935 edition of a National Geographic article titled, "Tonga, the Other Polynesia". Turns page to reveal a picture of topless young, smiling Tongan women paddling an outrigger canoe> HOOTCHIE MAMA! Somebody get my personal PBY ready. We are going on an inspection tour of Allied defences on Tonga!

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