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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 6:57:18 PM

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What banks and men have in common...............After withdrawal they both loose interest.

Sorry about that.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 7:19:37 PM

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I'm just glad that when I served we knew who the bad guys were. Although reading this book the Soviets were always playing catch up and Mao really wanted a nuclear war.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 8:09:04 PM

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[chuckle] Swedish commercial; "Looking for a new job?"

Thats actually an American commercial, so there.

I found the English used in the commercial very offputting. I'm unfamiliar with that dialect or jargon. Were they speaking "New York"?

It's scandimerican. I thought you northern folk would be familiar with it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 8:12:46 PM

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Terminus, what is a git? �

Warspite1

It's a pregnant camel.

Much like bunghole is an opening in a barrel.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 8:17:35 PM

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I'm just glad that when I served we knew who the bad guys were. Although reading this book the Soviets were always playing catch up and Mao really wanted a nuclear war.

I know who the bad guys are in relation to me.

The SWO.
Aircrew.
Officers in general.
Adminers.
PTIs.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 8:38:24 PM

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We didnt have PTIs on boats. I once asked on our our health bods why he didn't exercise at sea. His answer - becuase if you could analyse like I can you wouldn't breathe more that you had to - was my excuse for spending evenings watching movies.

And the officers were always the bad guys.. We had one new one arrive who would walk aroing 1 Tube and hover. I told my watch to ignore him and he'd slowly back away. he didn't last long. We had others worse...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 8:44:25 PM

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I'm just glad that when I served we knew who the bad guys were. Although reading this book the Soviets were always playing catch up and Mao really wanted a nuclear war.

Darn, ain't it the truth. Know quite a few people who wax nostalgic about the "old days". One knew what the threat was and its level of capability, and who were the generals, and how they normally thought, and how this, and who that, and what tfo.

Oh, but life was so much simpler then;
We're younger than that now.

Like the man says, war is an extension of politics. So what are the politics? Whatever one may think of Brother Quadafi, he has put Libyan crude on the world market according to its stats. Libyan crude is light/sweet, probably the lightest/sweetest that is available on the world market. This is significant way beyond the bbl production figures.

So, on the one hand, there's this serious jerk pimple who gets his backdoor people to bomb airliners, but who plays according to the rules for resource flow. On the other hand, there's the rebels, who may or may not be democratic, but who might have a skoosh of Shia in their mix. Neither side is likely to exhibit any sort of political/social thought or consequence. One must think about what a successful revolution will involve.

On a purely national interest scale, I'm for the guy who keeps the light/sweet flowing. The Libyan thing is between Lucifer and Beelzebub. Your choice of evils.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 9:09:51 PM

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To change the subject, isn't it about time for FPS developers to MAYBE start to use a new engine? The Unreal engine is REALLY showing its age.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 9:39:51 PM

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Best of luck on that...fraid it isn't in my area of interest. Never played one. Never will.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 9:42:13 PM

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I liked Flashpoint. And Duke Nukem.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/18/2011 11:51:54 PM

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Who said that playing wargames is of no use? Just finished a match in a quiz league I'm participating in. Have to answer eight questions in max two minutes. Mixed multiple choice and "writing" questions. One question was to name the place where 150+ British troops fought off 3-4000 Zulu warriors in 1879. I still remember playing the Rorke's Drift game on my old C64. Another question was what name the current Indonesian capital of Jakarta formerly had - that's Batavia

... and the third question with direct bearing on my hobby was what code name for the German assault on Moscow in 1941 had

Questions are drawn at random. Quite lucky with the draw this time.

ETA: Not always lucky with the draw. Remember the first time I had a match against a guy who is a surgeon. Of course we had to have four questions directly related to anatomy and/or medicine. Lost that match

ETA2: I misremembered the platform for the Rorke's Drift game - played it on the Amiga.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:31:39 AM

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Because I want my Thread Brothers to live happier lives ( from an article I read concerning health tips ):

" 4. Have hotter sex

The researcher: Alan Hirsch, MD, director, Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation

The lesson: Smelling popcorn can boost your sex life. "Our studies found that men respond to just about any scent with increased penile blood flow. Skip the pricey perfume�it upped blood flow by only 3%. The smell of cheese pizza increased it by 5%; buttered popcorn, by 9%; and the combined scent of lavender and pumpkin pie, a whopping 40%." "

I told my wife to go look for some lavendar flavored popcorn. I don't think she believed me.

That's awesome! I happen to love the smell of both lavender and pumpkin pie!

Maybe I can talk my wife into sharing a lavender bath while we feed each other pumpkin pie (with lots of whipped cream of course).

Well, we do have some pumpkin bread here .....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:36:22 AM

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Hi all,

Zssssssssssss time...

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:37:43 AM

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I got a suspicious-looking e-mail today, supposedly from Blizzard. It thanked me for "being an early supporter of StarCraft II" and informed me that because of this "support", my battlenet account had been "upgraded" to download a free 30-day version of World of Warcraft.

All I had to do was click on a link in the e-mail.

Yeah. Sure. I'll go right ahead and do that.

Even if I WANTED to play World of Warcrap, which I don't, there's not enough free playing time in the world to make me click on a link in an e-mail.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:39:06 AM

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And finally, I've been playing Total War: Shogun 2. It's pretty, but seems unstable on my rig. If any of you guys want it, you might want to wait for the first patch.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:41:28 AM

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Thread, there's a lot of spambots on the forum at the moment. Management seems unwilling or unable to clear them out in a timely fashion and morons keep responding to them, drawing more.

This place is becoming untenable.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:45:08 AM

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

What banks and men have in common...............After withdrawal they both loose interest.

Sorry about that.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:52:32 AM

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And finally, I've been playing Total War: Shogun 2. It's pretty, but seems unstable on my rig. If any of you guys want it, you might want to wait for the first patch.

Sounds exactly like Empire TW when they released that. Took half a year before they had it stable. Avoiding that game company since then.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:55:58 AM

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Who said that playing wargames is of no use? Just finished a match in a quiz league I'm participating in. Have to answer eight questions in max two minutes. Mixed multiple choice and "writing" questions. One question was to name the place where 150+ British troops fought off 3-4000 Zulu warriors in 1879. I still remember playing the Rorke's Drift game on my old C64. Another question was what name the current Indonesian capital of Jakarta formerly had - that's Batavia ... and the third question with direct bearing on my hobby was what code name for the German assault on Moscow in 1941 had

Questions are drawn at random. Quite lucky with the draw this time.

ETA: Not always lucky with the draw. Remember the first time I had a match against a guy who is a surgeon. Of course we had to have four questions directly related to anatomy and/or medicine. Lost that match

ETA2: I misremembered the platform for the Rorke's Drift game - played it on the Amiga.

I know that my knowledge of World Geography , however good it is, is much better for having poured over a LOT of maps for 30 years

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 12:59:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

And finally, I've been playing Total War: Shogun 2. It's pretty, but seems unstable on my rig. If any of you guys want it, you might want to wait for the first patch.

Fuuny you said that, my son and I were talking about getting that as we had fun with the first one when he was younger. I think we will just put that off for a bit longer.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 2:28:09 AM

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Well, T-I hope you're happy. Wife unit and I dropped 4 large at a Danish furniture company-Dania. Between that and Legos for the boy, the vikings are still taking home plenty of new world plunder from this household.

I will say that the quality of the furniture was a notable step up from other global viking furniture purveyors who shall remain nameless. I'll also say that some of the woodwork at Dania was excellent quality-chairs and tables especially. Some of the table designs (hidden leaves that pop out) were brilliant.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 2:34:52 AM

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Rant mode on....

Hey drivers, the turn indicator is there to warn the other drivers what you are planning to do, not to confirm what they have already figured out you are doing!

I get so tired of people hitting their brakes and then finally using the turn indicator as they commence the actual turn. It's supposed to be a warning that they are going to slow down to make a turn. Then again, most drivers are idiots - at least in this country...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 2:35:49 AM

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It's a worldwide phenomena.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 2:43:30 AM

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I guess that's somewhat comforting, though having been in West Africa and seen the driving there, it's really more a full time game of chicken. Their roundabouts are a constant merge-and-destroy exhibition.

What really bugs me is the goobers who think the acceleration lane for merging onto a highway is actually a 4-way stop lane.

Can't count the times I've almost rear-ended a granny who stops in the acceleration lane.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 2:59:51 AM

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Rant mode on....

Hey drivers, the turn indicator is there to warn the other drivers what you are planning to do, not to confirm what they have already figured out you are doing!

I get so tired of people hitting their brakes and then finally using the turn indicator as they commence the actual turn. It's supposed to be a warning that they are going to slow down to make a turn. Then again, most drivers are idiots - at least in this country...

Or they people in the far left lane who want to exit right.

Or the slow moving vehicles in the passing lane.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 3:02:59 AM

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Good night friends

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 3:09:11 AM

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ORIGINAL: stuman

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: stuman

Because I want my Thread Brothers to live happier lives ( from an article I read concerning health tips ):

" 4. Have hotter sex

The researcher: Alan Hirsch, MD, director, Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation

The lesson: Smelling popcorn can boost your sex life. "Our studies found that men respond to just about any scent with increased penile blood flow. Skip the pricey perfume�it upped blood flow by only 3%. The smell of cheese pizza increased it by 5%; buttered popcorn, by 9%; and the combined scent of lavender and pumpkin pie, a whopping 40%." "

I told my wife to go look for some lavendar flavored popcorn. I don't think she believed me.

That's awesome! I happen to love the smell of both lavender and pumpkin pie!

Maybe I can talk my wife into sharing a lavender bath while we feed each other pumpkin pie (with lots of whipped cream of course).

Well, we do have some pumpkin bread here .....

I love pumpkin bread, too. There's a theme here.

My lovely wife enjoys the smell of cooking pumpkin pie and bread, but can't stand the taste. She bakes them for me anyway. She really loves me.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 3:11:08 AM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

And finally, I've been playing Total War: Shogun 2. It's pretty, but seems unstable on my rig. If any of you guys want it, you might want to wait for the first patch.

I came on board after the first Shogun, with MTW. I picked up M2TW and just really started playing it last year. I guess I enjoy the period more than the other TW games, although I've heard very good things about Shogun. Maybe from the bargain bin one day.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 3:12:12 AM

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Thread, there's a lot of spambots on the forum at the moment. Management seems unwilling or unable to clear them out in a timely fashion and morons keep responding to them, drawing more.

This place is becoming untenable.

I only know of a couple that post in THE THREAD!!!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 3/19/2011 3:16:40 AM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

And finally, I've been playing Total War: Shogun 2. It's pretty, but seems unstable on my rig. If any of you guys want it, you might want to wait for the first patch.

I came on board after the first Shogun, with MTW. I picked up M2TW and just really started playing it last year. I guess I enjoy the period more than the other TW games, although I've heard very good things about Shogun. Maybe from the bargain bin one day.

i enjoyed the original Shogun many years ago, but when i dusted it off and tried to play again on a new machine, it didn't work well at all (all the tactical battle controls were reversed or didn't work at all). Several people complained of it on the support forum as well, but AFAIK the problem was never addressed.

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