THE THREAD!!!

[bradfordkay]

I've had some decent luck with US subs in '42 in my PBEM. In early August Triton put a torpedo into Shokaku and Silversides put a torpedo into Hiyo. In late October Albacore put another torpedo into Shokaku (third time she has swallowed a fish in our game - the first came from K XII).

As of mid-November '42 my fleet boats (not S-boats) have sunk only eleven ships so far (according to the intel report, for what that can be trusted), though they have damaged many more.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Good afternoon tithe!

Stuffed to the brim... sister in law had birthday...

Did you eat her like you did your MIL? [X(]

I'm starting to understand where the Little Red Riding Hood story came from. [:'(]

[:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Terminus]

Bedtime... I'll leave you guys with this thought: aren't you glad you never had to cross the Atlantic in something like this?

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot. [:D]

It's called tradition [:D] Maybe one day you colonial chaps will be able to have some oy your own. 96 league teams plus several other professional (full time) teams outside the lowest professional league. Pretty much every town (and a lot of villages) has their own team, either full time or semi-pro. Lincoln has three football teams (Lincoln City, Lincoln United and Lincoln Moorlands) and it's only a small place.

The teams are named after all sorts of things from a princess to an army regiment. I'm actually quite proud to be a Lincoln City supporter, over 125 years of history with almost nothing to show for it [:D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Bedtime... I'll leave you guys with this thought: aren't you glad you never had to cross the Atlantic in something like this?

Warspite1

Yes...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot. [:D]

Warspite1

I was only offended when you said Arsenal was a very cool name...[:-] Okay, okay I admit if it wasn't for the fact that they are %$@?!@ Arsenal, then yes it would be a very cool name. Especially given their history. Having originally been based in Woolwich, home of the Royal Arsenal. They used to have a classic club badge with a great cannon, a latin motto etc, but they changed it to some simple dumbed down cannon design on a non-descript background (see what happens when you muck about with tradition?).

As for the clubs: e.g. Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday [&o], Preston North End [&o], Plymouth Argyle [&o][&o] and of course the piece de resistance Tottenham Hotspur [&o][&o][&o] each has their name, club colours, nick-name, badge and ground (sadly the ground names are changing as clubs move to proper stadiums rather than the shacks they played at in nineteenth century) but otherwise these things are for the most part unchanged down the years. Most of the 92 league clubs are around 100 years old - a great many, well over that figure.

Priceless...[&o]

As for Scunthorpe - there is worse. One of the TV channels took to using just two letters for each club to advertise the score in the top right hand corner of the TV. Nearly all clubs have well known short names, so using two letters was a rather stupid idea in the first place. However, they binned the idea not long into the project - no doubt because Colchester United v Northampton Town would have been a little embarrassing.....[;)]

[RUPD3658]

Next question:

What is the real difference between scn 1 and scn 2?

I have played scn 1 one time as the Allies. With my WiTP PBEM experience am I ready for an AE PBEM or do I need to learn more of the AE quirks first? I now have a lot of free time on my hands and miss being baffled and battered by a human opponant.

[BrucePowers]

RUPD!!!!!!!!

How have you been?

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Next question:

What is the real difference between scn 1 and scn 2?

I have played scn 1 one time as the Allies. With my WiTP PBEM experience am I ready for an AE PBEM or do I need to learn more of the AE quirks first? I now have a lot of free time on my hands and miss being baffled and battered by a human opponant.

Scn2 has Japan loaded for bear with extra ground units, more a/c production (and pilots I think) and extra naval units.

[bradfordkay]

"It's called tradition Maybe one day you colonial chaps will be able to have some oy your own."

We do have our own sports traditions. To me, the coolest (and most widespread) is college football (american football, of course). We have 116 Div I teams, and hundreds more in smaller divisions.

My own alma mater, the University of Georgia, has been playing intercollegiate football since 1892. Our oldest rivalry is with this year's national champions: Auburn University. These two schools have played 114 annual games since 1892 (no team fielded in either 1917 or 1918 and there was another year or two where we didn't play) and Auburn leads the series 54-52-8. However, in total points scored in the games, UGA leads 1809 - 1771. The truly interesting part of this rivalry is that both teams have a winning record in the opponent's stadium - something that is nearly unheard of in such a long running rivalry.

Professional sports have their own traditions here, but the teams are not as widespread as your football teams. Baseball has the largest number of professional teams, soccer the least.

I happen to prefer collegiate sports as I love the traditions that have developed over the years. The Army-Navy game, for example, has been played on a neutral field since 1899 and even the enlisted men in both services love to brag about victories (even though the cadets of both academies go on to become officers).

At Auburn University, victories are celebrated by "rolling" (throwing rolls of toilet paper) some oak trees on a downtown corner. This tradition has been severely hurt this winter because a fan of their most hated rival Alabama poisoned the trees. At my school victories are celebrated by students ringing the chapel bell all night (as well as getting totally plastered, like anywhere else).

Professional sports have rivalries, but few traditions - especially since the advent of "free agency" (except for the tradition of the Yankees having the biggest payroll in their sport).

[sprior]

Speaking of traditions, anyone remember the field gun crews at the Royal Tournament?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxz4aPoudv8

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Speaking of traditions, anyone remember the field gun crews at the Royal Tournament?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxz4aPoudv8

Warspite1

Certainly do!! Quality [&o]

Did you ever take part Sprior?

[sprior]

Of course not, I'm sane. When I was on Whale Island doing explosives traing the Pompey field gun team used to praceice next to our class room. It was cool watching them.

I did do the Brickwoods field gun but that's tame by comparison.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Zssssssss time... [>:][>:][>:]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Mynok]

Of course not, I'm sane.

Got any documentation proving that? [:'(]

[sprior]

Yep, they gave me a certificate to prove it when they let me out.

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Of course not, I'm sane. When I was on Whale Island doing explosives traing the Pompey field gun team used to praceice next to our class room. It was cool watching them.

I did do the Brickwoods field gun but that's tame by comparison.

I'm on dialup, so I can't watch your videos. Are these breechloading guns, or muzzle loaders? I used to work for teh National Park Service on their ACW cannon demonstrations, firing a 12lb Napoleon gun/howitzer. At Kennessaw Mountain outside of Atlanta we once hit a MARTA bus with a wad of tin foil (he happened to come around a bend in the road at the wrong moment - the road was closed to all but bus traffic and the gun captain wasn't listening for the sound of the bus approaching. Or maybe he was and wanted to have some fun!).

[Mynok]

Yep, they gave me a certificate to prove it when they let me out.

Of Bedlam?

[sprior]

Are these breechloading guns, or muzzle loaders?

Breech loaders

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

Yep, they gave me a certificate to prove it when they let me out.

Of Bedlam?

Yep been there*

*It's now the Imperial War Museum.