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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/11/2015 9:12:00 PM   
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This purely for the purpose of historical immersion.





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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/11/2015 10:07:38 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


Splendid! Are you a Duluth School of Mime alumnus?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/11/2015 11:59:38 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


Splendid! Are you a Duluth School of Mime alumnus?




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/12/2015 12:04:09 AM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


Splendid! Are you a Duluth School of Mime alumnus?






Odds are I'd get the silent treatment from her too...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/12/2015 11:47:55 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 1:44:01 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


Splendid! Are you a Duluth School of Mime alumnus?






Odds are I'd get the silent treatment from her too...


Do you want to talk about it? We won't say anything.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 1:48:19 PM   
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LYB's also landing at Akyab today.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 2:25:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		SG dragged to a party at one of her home IV infusion clients. Beautiful place with outdoor bar, bigscreen,
fireplace, waterfalls, giant pots..the whole nine yards....just installed at great cost. This means, of course, that they will be divorced inside of three years but I didn't tell anyone as that would ruin the party.

Place was full of $500+ an hour lawyers. So I'm watching the highlights of the USC/Stanford game and a guy who looks like Quincy Jones with a Rolex walks up and says...

"I just lost $500 on that game" Now, to me, that is a pretty big sports bet but I try to show empathy. Instinctively, I know not to look impressed. I order him a free drink and he asks me where I live..so I tell him. He tries not to look impressed.


Now it's his turn. "I'm down in the Hunt Club (big estates in San Juan Capistrano). I had a place down at the beach too but we sold it..we just didn't want to give up to the privacy of 6 acres"

It is now obvious what the game is here. This is what you call a "d*** waving party". No, not that...the idea is to show off how much money you have. It think one is supposed to establish a pecking order by the end of the night. The best thing is to not cooperate. It bugs the crap out of them.

All the wives have had plastic surgery. The hostess greets me and SG and blabs on about what a great catch SG is and I nod politely but I can't help looking at her lips which are so full of silicon she looks like a platypus. I swear I thought the bottom one was going to explode the next time she made the "B" sound. The bottom lip had evidently just had a tune up because it stuck out about 1 cm further than the top.

I kept telling myself.."Smile..DONT LOOK AT THE LIPS..DONT LOOK AT THE LIPS". Now, don't get me wrong, there were some serious breastesses with nipplage all over the place but I never once had to tell myself "DONT LOOK AT THE HEADLIGHTS" because the lip thing was so over the top it was like transporting to another planet. All the women went to the same pilates class and the female instructor was there. She was dangerously fit if you know what I mean.

SG and I were talking to this smart "Swedish" guy who did not look like any Swede I ever saw and spoke slightly accented Engrish but not with a Swedish accent. It was right after the San Bernardino attack and SG starts swerving into an anti-muslim rant. I kick her under the table but it's too late. He's an "Afghani-Swede" and he rises to defend islam. of course, this doesn't stop him from powering down alcohol and checking out all the breastesses.

I don't want to give the wrong impression. It was a fun party. That's the magic of alcohol.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 2:25:35 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.



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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 2:51:51 PM   
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SG dragged to a party at one of her home IV infusion clients. Beautiful place with outdoor bar, bigscreen,
fireplace, waterfalls, giant pots..the whole nine yards....just installed at great cost. This means, of course, that they will be divorced inside of three years but I didn't tell anyone as that would ruin the party.

Place was full of $500+ an hour lawyers. So I'm watching the highlights of the USC/Stanford game and a guy who looks like Quincy Jones with a Rolex walks up and says...

"I just lost $500 on that game" Now, to me, that is a pretty big sports bet but I try to show empathy. Instinctively, I know not to look impressed. I order him a free drink and he asks me where I live..so I tell him. He tries not to look impressed.


Now it's his turn. "I'm down in the Hunt Club (big estates in San Juan Capistrano). I had a place down at the beach too but we sold it..we just didn't want to give up to the privacy of 6 acres"

It is now obvious what the game is here. This is what you call a "d*** waving party". No, not that...the idea is to show off how much money you have. It think one is supposed to establish a pecking order by the end of the night. The best thing is to not cooperate. It bugs the crap out of them.

All the wives have had plastic surgery. The hostess greets me and SG and blabs on about what a great catch SG is and I nod politely but I can't help looking at her lips which are so full of silicon she looks like a platypus. I swear I thought the bottom one was going to explode the next time she made the "B" sound. The bottom lip had evidently just had a tune up because it stuck out about 1 cm further than the top.

I kept telling myself.."Smile..DONT LOOK AT THE LIPS..DONT LOOK AT THE LIPS". Now, don't get me wrong, there were some serious breastesses with nipplage all over the place but I never once had to tell myself "DONT LOOK AT THE HEADLIGHTS" because the lip thing was so over the top it was like transporting to another planet. All the women went to the same pilates class and the female instructor was there. She was dangerously fit if you know what I mean.

SG and I were talking to this smart "Swedish" guy who did not look like any Swede I ever saw and spoke slightly accented Engrish but not with a Swedish accent. It was right after the San Bernardino attack and SG starts swerving into an anti-muslim rant. I kick her under the table but it's too late. He's an "Afghani-Swede" and he rises to defend islam. of course, this doesn't stop him from powering down alcohol and checking out all the breastesses.

I don't want to give the wrong impression. It was a fun party. That's the magic of alcohol.


Parties like that make me yearn for a Yurt in the Rockies, a massive slip-fracture in the Hayward fault and an assortment of firearms with silicon-defeating ballistic tips on 'em.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 2:53:12 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.




I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 2:55:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thirsty Pagan is a good place for microbrew and pizza.

When I went back up a few years ago it was in July. Everywhere in the state, temps were in the mid-90s. I saw the city sitting in a fog bank and knew it would be good. When we got into town, the temperature dropped to 56.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 3:03:02 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.




I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.



You should go during the summer. Both days are nice.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 3:34:10 PM   
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Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.


ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.




I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.



You should go during the summer. Both days are nice.


Used to drive the North side of Lake Superior in summer going to visit relatives. The scenery is spectacular but the days were brutally hot and A/C was a luxury in cars back then rather than standard equipment. The kids were dying in the heat so we stopped where the road dipped close to the lake and went down to wade in the water. It was ICE cold! Your blood vessels contracted so quickly your feet hurt and your BP went up! Lake Superior never warms up!

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 3:46:11 PM   
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. It was ICE cold! Your blood vessels contracted so quickly your feet hurt and your BP went up! Lake Superior never warms up!



Baah. You discount the salubrious health effects of the leeches.

Not to mention the mosquitos with the wingspan of a B-17 (D model)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 3:47:08 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 7:08:22 PM   
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I do miss potato sausage.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 8:31:01 PM   
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I think it's more Norwegians and Finns that ways. Door County is more Swedish.

I do miss potato sausage.



I try to miss them too. It's hard to get off your boot.






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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 8:39:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		The first time I saw a cow pie when I was a kid I wondered how a cow could move its ass with such precision.

Later, I wondered if they go the other way in the Southern Hemisphere. I love science.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:14:41 PM   
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N&IC and New and Improved Hebrides(N&IH): Doh! missed opportunity.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Efate at 120,154, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Tatsumiya Maru
PB Yamahagi Maru #3
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Kotohira Maru

Allied Ships
DD Shaw
DD Stuart

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway

There goes the taro harvest.

Night Naval bombardment of Efate at 120,154

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
DD Shaw

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 3

DD Stuart firing at Efate
DD Shaw firing at Efate

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:16:49 PM   
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The others got through

Submarine attack near Tanna at 121,158

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Exporter, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Steel Exporter is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:17:40 PM   
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Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
DD Brooks
DD Crane

DD Brooks firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
DD Crane firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:18:46 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 23,390 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:20:33 PM   
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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 12
P-400 Airacobra x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:23:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		China: A bunch of LYB tanks stage a riverine assault NE of Chihkiang. We take heavy casualties but break a shedload of Type II's

Ground combat at 78,49 (near Chihkiang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4963 troops, 12 guns, 534 vehicles, Assault Value = 669

Defending force 33554 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1220

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 1219

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 142 (30 destroyed, 112 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1541 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 166 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
3rd Division
12th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
26th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
7th New Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
15th Group Army
24th Group Army
57th AT Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 9:24:33 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 10:49:22 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 10:50:28 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/14/2015 11:01:30 PM   
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The first time I saw a cow pie when I was a kid I wondered how a cow could move its ass with such precision.

Later, I wondered if they go the other way in the Southern Hemisphere. I love science.


I can't be the only person here who wants to know the answer - does it? In the name of science of course.....

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/15/2015 12:45:41 AM   
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I'm pretty sure these are armor piercing..







Hey look! A nice Catholic girl. I should go help her do a Novena.

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