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ORIGINAL: CaptHaggard quote:
ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo quote:
ORIGINAL: CaptHaggard BB— Once again, I truly appreciate your rapid and accurate responses. OK, I am done hampering the performance of my own ships. The bad news is I have exactly ONE DMS in the Marianas. I have 5-6 in the Pescadores area—all banged up except for a pair of them. I definitely wanted to get those back to Saipan, with the idea of doing something like what you describe above. I had them in a MS TF and intended to send these back as part of the vast TFG armada, in the departure hex and set on "Follow the (Lead) TF". But—in a repeat result when I tried to do the very same thing with the MS TFs when we left PH for the Marianas—everyone left but the MS TF. It was too dangerous to try and catch up, so the two healthy DMS remained at Pescadores. QUESTION: Why are MS TFs singularly resistant to "Follow" in a Task Force Group, in which all other types of TFs do just fine in that regard? It is simply a matter of changing their designation to "Surface Combat" TF or "Escort" TF or imbedding them in other TFs, thus avoiding "MS" designation? I thought the "MS" inability to "Follow" was an anomaly the first time, but now I'm pretty convinced something else is up... Morning after Thanksgiving. A tough one. One couple brought over (an unexpected) 4 bottles of pinot to blind taste, then the 3 bottles we already had airing were naturally next, then the cabs and syrahs during dinner... by then I'm having a helluva time, once again co-owner of earth, when the one dude pulls out a 2001 bottle of French sauterne to have with the pumpkin mousse the Adjutant made. "You have to have this, Hag—this is probably the only 100-rated Robert Parker wine you'll ever have, because you're so cheap." So the cheapskate indulged. Dessert wines, man—they'll get you every time—those efficient high-sugars say "Danger—will supercharge hangovers". Anyhow... onward we trudge... Thanks again for your insights, BB! Hag Captain Haggard- Apparently, you had quite a bout with Thanksgiving Day. However, I take exception with the comment alleging that you are "cheap." You and the Adjutant are an extremely generous couple and I for one am appreciative for the impeccable hospitality the two of you have always extended to me and for all the good times throughout the years that we have had together Nice of your friend to bring that bottle of wine. I'm curious, what does a 2001 Bottle of French Sauterne cost? Your pal, -Terry Thank you, Rio. Re "cheap"—what he meant was I draw a much tighter purse-string when it comes to high-end wines. He was joking but he is right. For years I thought a carefully chosen vintage below $25 could equal the high-end stuff, and sometimes it does. But my belief was, in the main, wishful thinking. Now my typical bottle exceeds $25 by a good margin, but I do not want to know about the next rung up, I don't want to fork over hundreds for a bottle of wine. At what price-point the principle begins or ends, I don't know, but I'm happy with my "OK but not great" cellar, and that's that. So yeah, in this crowd, regarding wine, I am cheap. Proudly. It sounds like you and I are similar in our tastes, and I completely agree that the average guy should not blow hundreds of dollars on a brief dalliance with the taste of the wine. I top out around $60CDN for a nice Amarone Valpolicela or Cheateâu Neuf de Pape.
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