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RE: EVAC - 10/28/2010 8:26:32 AM   
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RE: EVAC - 10/28/2010 8:27:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Besides which Fenton, at least i think that's what it's called, has small garrison precisely in order to prevent there being a nip in the air.

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RE: EVAC - 10/28/2010 2:30:16 PM   
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Besides which Fenton, at least i think that's what it's called, has small garrison precisely in order to prevent there being a nip in the air.



"Nip in the air"...that is pretty bloody funny

Yes, indeed, Fenton has a samll garrison. I imagined that is why it was there. Just saw a Mavis over Fenton twice in last game turn and since you dont have any ships there, I suspected the LYB's may have been up to something. If they do land this turn, I think they will have to shock attack the brigade arriving from Darwin. This will go badly for the "Nips in the Air Bn".

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RE: EVAC - 10/28/2010 2:37:50 PM   
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Takes more than a swede to kill off The World's Worst AAR (tm)


Indeed, I imagine it would take the combined efforts of all the Nordic countries.

The problem seems to be one of time dilation in Nippon. This is the phenomenon young Yossarian has noticed.


You would think that the fact that both Yamashiro and Nagato have fallen off our sunk ships list, not to mention the capture of most of 4 regiments in La Foa, would be a motivator. I may have to go back to filler.

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RE: EVAC - 10/28/2010 2:51:05 PM   
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both Yamashiro and Nagato have fallen off our sunk ships list,


To paraphrase The Princess Bride:

Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your ship here is only MOSTLY sunk. There's a big difference between mostly sunk and all sunk. Mostly sunk is slightly floating. With all sunk well, with all sunk there's usually only one thing you can do. Organise a diving holiday.


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Filler - 10/28/2010 3:06:42 PM   
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Sir Dudley: Right then, let's have a go at it. I declare the 1st meeting of the Roayl Navy plenary noMENclature steering sub-committe open for business. We have with us today a Captain Webster, USN, to make sure we don't offend our American cousins with any politically inopportune noMENclature. <upper crust laughter makes the rounds> Captain Webster, have you any questions before we start?

Cpt. Webster: Yes sir, you said "noMENclature"?

Sir Dudley: Why yes, Cpt., I believe I did.

Cpt. Webster: Well sir, meaning no disrespect, but shouldn't it be "NOmencalture"?

Sir Dudley: My good Cpt., you are here to keep us from offending Americans, not to transform us. <more upper crust laughter at Cpt's expense>

Cpt. Webster: Yes sir. <thinks to himself "Goddamned arrogant sliver-spoon-in-the-mouth-powdered-wig-wearing moma's boys. They can suck my Colonial ****"> Point understood.

Sir Dudley: Right then. First order of business, aircraft carriers. Adjectives or mythological figures?

Subservient Admiral 1: I rather like the myhological ones, sir.

Subservient Admiral 2: But there is the example of Hermes.

Subservient Admiral 1: Good point there. I'll demur.

Sir Dudley: Right then! Adjectives it is! This is going splendidly!......

<wiriter leaves to take the dogs out before they crap on the Colonial carpet>

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RE: Filler - 10/28/2010 3:24:58 PM   
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... but shouldn't it be "noPERSONclature"?





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RE: Filler - 10/28/2010 3:41:59 PM   
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At first I thought Cpt. Webster was going say

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... but shouldn't it be "noPERSONclature"?






Dood;

This is 1942(c)

Stay tuned for boorish behavior toward Wrens. For now I have to go clean up the carpet. <note to self---cut down on Pinhead's wet food>
<second note to self--what are you thinking chowderhead--go upstairs and get ready and pretend you didn't see it. Savina will have to clean it up before she vacuums. I hope >

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RE: Filler - 10/28/2010 5:08:43 PM   
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At first I thought Cpt. Webster was going say

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... but shouldn't it be "noPERSONclature"?






Dood;

This is 1942(c)

Stay tuned for boorish behavior toward Wrens. For now I have to go clean up the carpet. <note to self---cut down on Pinhead's wet food>
<second note to self--what are you thinking chowderhead--go upstairs and get ready and pretend you didn't see it. Savina will have to clean it up before she vacuums. I hope >

Cheer up, then. Could be worse:

http://cbs4denver.com/news/dog.nails.eat.2.1983819.html


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Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 8:00:27 PM   
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South Pacific: 13 Bettys (either from Noumea or Koumac) attacked a cruiser security force at Suva without escort and were swatted down by 10 P-40B's of 78th FS, which has been stationed at Suva for 4 mos and has never seen the enemy before. They knocked down 5 Bettys and damaged most of the rest. There will likely be op losses on the flight back. Way to go 78th FS

B-17's raided Norfolk for entertainment. There are still Oscars flying but the Bettys seem to be gone.

Oz: The Japs have evidently deduced that Darwin is largely abandoned and have now switched their attacks to Katherine aerodrome. One P-39 was lost. No Nips in the Air seen.

The Jap landing group is near Merauke but has not come ashore. Maybe they are headed to Horn Is. They were attacked by USS Snapper which hit a PB (naturally the torp goes off when it hits a former anchovie boat). RNN KXIV failed to hit anything as did the B-26's from Horn Island.*


* Did I spell "anchovie" right?

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 9:24:56 PM   
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Did I spell "anchovie" right?


No

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:17:00 PM   
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Did I spell "anchovie" right?


No


It didn't look right. Maybe I can "paste" "anchovy" into the previous post.


I found this book on Nips in the Air





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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:20:07 PM   
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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:34:23 PM   
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NitA's and Nells.....

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:37:28 PM   
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Did I spell "anchovie" right?


No


It didn't look right. Maybe I can "paste" "anchovy" into the previous post.


I found this book on Nips in the Air





It looks like the guy on the end has been detailed to plunger out a stopped up latrine!

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:38:20 PM   
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I found this book on Nips in the Air






The guy on the right is gonna have a hard landing.

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:49:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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Did I spell "anchovie" right?


No


It didn't look right. Maybe I can "paste" "anchovy" into the previous post.


I found this book on Nips in the Air





It looks like the guy on the end has been detailed to plunger out a stopped up latrine!


That is the mother of all potato masher grenades.

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 10:52:32 PM   
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You can imagine the jumpmaster, "OK you ****heads, hook up!"

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 11:04:27 PM   
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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 11:40:12 PM   
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Actually, the poor sod on the left has it the worst. First they give him a khaki-colored skirt to wear and then there is the helmet

You can imagine the jumpmaster, "OK you ****heads, hook up!"




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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/28/2010 11:56:35 PM   
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It looks like the guy on the end has been detailed to plunger out a stopped up latrine!

I think maybe he's one of those Teiko drummers. They use big drum banger thingies...

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/29/2010 12:36:37 AM   
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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 1:47:23 AM   
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I'm 5 ft 2, I jump out of airplanes without a chute and I have a drum banger thingie.....do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?

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RE: Dud....dud....dud.....dud....NOT DUD.....dud - 10/29/2010 1:50:19 AM   
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At least he and his buddy in the middle have ... parachutes!

Maybe that's a pogo stick adaptation the right guy has to compensate for the lack of a 'chute.

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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 3:50:46 AM   
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both Yamashiro and Nagato have fallen off our sunk ships list,


To paraphrase The Princess Bride:

Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your ship here is only MOSTLY sunk. There's a big difference between mostly sunk and all sunk. Mostly sunk is slightly floating. With all sunk well, with all sunk there's usually only one thing you can do. Organise a diving holiday.



Zounds, Admirals/Lords sir, perhaps you are finally running up against the new, improved Quantum Mechanics/Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Combat Resolution Improvement implemented in WITP AE.

Simply put, the resolution outcome algorithm states that once you know that you really sank a given ship (energy state precisely defined), the program demands that you can't have any idea where it sank. Similarly, if you're sure a ship is located right here, then you can't know if it's undamaged, injured, or sunk.

Simple quantum physics, amigos, now available on the virtual macroscopic level! This could lead to the Unified Field Theory Einstein was searching for! It may even replace current String Theory!

Some refer to this ambiguity/duality as the "Schroedinger's Cat/"Battleship Nagato" Paradox.

But it's actually quite simple: once you know that you sank a ship here, it can't be here any longer, or really be sunk. Capiche?

Quantum computing. Quantum wargaming. The way of the future!

Now I think I'll take a sip from this fresh cold one I'm holding in my hand...Ah, now there's no doubt about where it is and that it's cool and tasty! Thank goodness quantum mechanics still doesn't apply to Budweiser...


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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 3:55:19 AM   
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Yes it does. It clearly indicates Bud is rice wine with a bad aftertaste.


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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 5:04:14 AM   
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One turn after she was seen afloat, Nagato is alleged to have sunk again East of Shortland.

It's not impossible, but still.

Also, Mutsu is alleged to have sunk in two places, near New Scotland and near Nagasaki.

When we catch this Heisenberg guy there WILL be a firing squad. I promise.

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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 5:07:20 AM   
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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 5:19:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		The way I read this, the lead force is to take out Horn Is and then the second transport group and carriers will head either through the Torres Strait to attack Cooktown or Cairns ore even Townville or they will turn south to gain a lodgement at Normanton.

Strangely, the poorly guarded support ships fleeing Darwin HAVE NOT been attacked by air from Port Moresby. This is most curious. Possibilities:

1) The lead group near Horn Is is bait to draw us North at which time PM will have 50 Bettys and 100 Zeroes.

2) Too many resources were consumed in the seizure of New Scotland (12 Bettys were killed only last turn over Fiji)

3) Last time they tried to hit Allied shipping near Horn Is, they were whacked pretty badly by Allied fighters....and they are just gun shy.

There are two USN carriers at Wellington with one RN carrier but there are only 26 attack planes between them and I just upgraded the Stringbags to Albacores so it wil take a few days.

Wasp just arrived in Panama...too far away and they know it.

One US carrier and one RN carrier at Pearl tidying up a bit. There are two and 1/2 TBF squadrons and 1 1/2 SBD squadrons and a complement of Albacores and some 45 Marine F4F's or so.

I think it is time to get everything to the South Pacific ASAP.

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RE: EVAC - 10/29/2010 5:34:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Cooktown has no garrison. Cairns has a brigade and level 2 1/2 forts.

Normanton has 5 Matildas and armoured sorghum harvesters.

The more I think about it, it seems odd to head for Cooktown from the NW when you could get there with more secrecy via the Jomard Passage East of New Guinea.

My assessment is their target is Normanton and the Horn Is attack is to seal the flank.

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