Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

Pharmaceutical reps used to be about 80% female and displayed a non-random bias toward physical attractiveness when compared to the general population.

Due to the industry retrenchment, most of the younger ones got fired so they are beginning to look a lot more like the general population. Just as well. I banned them from my office so I could get work done. [:)]

[sprior]

The countries we never bothered invading

The countries never invaded by the British:

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..did I miss anything?

Did the guitar make it?

**************22:45, Feb 15, 1943(c)**************


Gunner's Mate First Class Kowalski straddles a section of wooden hull. He takes one last look around the debris and then begins to paddle toward the nearest island. His paddle is a 1934 Gibson.



Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Aoba
DD Kiyonami
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SC-709, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Pugh, K.K. crosses the 'T'
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
CA Atago engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 7,000 yards
SC-709 sunk by DD Kiyonami at 7,000 yards
Ijuin, Matsuji orders Japanese TF to disengage
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

[:D]

Hmm ... thus begins another mysterious cult ... ? [:'(]

ETA: Could it be that the Gibbon apes just are a language deviation of "Gibson ape"? Something to ponder ...

[frank1970]

ORIGINAL: sprior

The countries we never bothered invading

The countries never invaded by the British:

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Just take Luxemburg off the list. This county was formerly a part od Austria_Hungrary and the HRE, which both were invaded by English. The same is true for Liechtenstein.
Burundi was a part of Imperial German East Africa and was of course invaded by the British while WW1. So don´t be so humble

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Grollub




Did the guitar make it?

**************22:45, Feb 15, 1943(c)**************


Gunner's Mate First Class Kowalski straddles a section of wooden hull. He takes one last look around the debris and then begins to paddle toward the nearest island. His paddle is a 1934 Gibson.



Night Time Surface Combat, near Sorong at 82,107, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Aoba
DD Kiyonami
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
SC-709, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 89% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Pugh, K.K. crosses the 'T'
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
CA Atago engages SC-709 at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Aoba engages SC-709 at 7,000 yards
SC-709 sunk by DD Kiyonami at 7,000 yards
Ijuin, Matsuji orders Japanese TF to disengage
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

[:D]

Hmm ... thus begins another mysterious cult ... ? [:'(]

ETA: Could it be that the Gibbon apes just are a language deviation of "Gibson ape"? Something to ponder ...

Viking dude is right. Along those same lines, I wonder if perhaps a primitive Kuereg cappucino machine washed up along the shores of the Panamanian jungle to give rise to these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_monkey

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior
The countries never invaded by the British:

We've got to find you lot another hobby. Philately?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior
The countries never invaded by the British:

We've got to find you lot another hobby. Philately?

I always think of that one as a cross between Philandering and Flattulence, two of the more prominent male hobbies ...[X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Frank

ORIGINAL: sprior

The countries we never bothered invading

The countries never invaded by the British:

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Just take Luxemburg off the list. This county was formerly a part od Austria_Hungrary and the HRE, which both were invaded by English. The same is true for Liechtenstein.
Burundi was a part of Imperial German East Africa and was of course invaded by the British while WW1. So don´t be so humble

Yes...and Sweden too. Once, as Britain in Diplomacy, I invaded Sweden. I hear Chad is pretty much a shithole and the Central African Republic is so bad nobody ever came up with a name. I don't think you are missing much.

[Cap Mandrake]

“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.
No thanks. I try not to drink at lunchtime.”
So do I. But I never quite make it.”
I feel like shit all day if I drink at lunchtime.”
Me too. But I feel like shit all lunchtime if I don’t.”
Yes, well it all comes down to choices, doesn’t it?” he said. “It’s the same in the evenings. Do you want to feel good at night or do you want to feel good in the morning? It’s the same with life. Do you want to feel good young or do you want to feel good old? One or the other, not both.”
Isn’t it a tragedy?”
¯ Martin Amis, Money

Last night I chose feeling good at night. Then I had to get up at 5:30 and go to the conference. I regretted my choice.

[sprior]

“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.

Fizzy? No thanks a drop of Cote Du Rhone will go down nicely though.

A DTS is for kids. Or if you're really hard core a pint of cider with an oggy in the civvy canteen in the forenoon standeasy. Sad to say I've done it a few times.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

“I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine. “Want a drop of this?” I asked him.

Fizzy? No thanks a drop of Cote Du Rhone will go down nicely though.

A DTS is for kids. Or if you're really hard core a pint of cider with an oggy in the civvy canteen in the forenoon standeasy. Sad to say I've done it a few times.

Well, we didn't really have fizzy red wine either. We had some "margaritas" with Sauza, lime juice, Agave nectar and a little bit of apple cider. I know it sounds kinda sissy but they were good. That did most of the damage, I suspect. Then we had two Cabs for dinner (Rodney Strong and Coppola). Both were really good.

French wine costs too much here thanks to the Fed and QE1-3. Lots of superb California wines though, especially the Cabernets.

That transport taffy loading at Perth got bolloxed up again and was loading suppries with the troop still on the dock. I switched them to onload again.

RN fast BB's headed for Diego (Garcia, not the saint)

Aus 7 Div arriving Perth 2-3 d with an escort carrier.

Sent another pre-war USN BB to South Africa for dent removal.

Resolution ready at Pearl in about 2 weeks.

Yorktown is 41 days out. I am doing the AA suite upgrades on her escorts. Also putting in a nice water slide on C deck.

One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

If you need P-38's, you can take the H model inventory for the best P-40 squadron in India.

[Cap Mandrake]

*********Observations*********


I suspect JJ will not be happy with the fruits of their raid on Sorong. They sunk 2 APD's and made Mrs. Rodriguez very sad but they didnt touch the transports. 2 USN DD's were dinged up.

One of their CA's (Atago I think) took 3 500 lb bmb hits and some 5 in. gunfire. They also had a DD dinged up pretty good.

Lots of transport activity in Mindanao and Cebu and places like that. Either they are reinforcing or bugging out. [:)] Mindanao is too far from Ternate for a para assault. Looks like I'll have to take Tai-elanden and then build up to level 2. Maybe Djanges in SW Mindano is ungarrisoned and I can send in APD's with a Marine Raider Bn.

[Cap Mandrake]

One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

By ra way, is this true? What is the fastest way to get a carrier form Panama to Ceylon? (The Med is not open yet)

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

By ra way, is this true? What is the fastest way to get a carrier form Panama to Ceylon? (The Med is not open yet)

Are we assuming that you haven't read the manual?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

One of your Adjective carriers just arrived Panama. Looks like off map to South Africa and thence to Ceylon is the best??

By ra way, is this true? What is the fastest way to get a carrier form Panama to Ceylon? (The Med is not open yet)

Are we assuming that you haven't read the manual?

Yes, yes, asume away. It sure SEEMS like it should be shorter...the Atlantic being smaller than the Pacific and all..but one still has to drive around Africa. Also there is the business of avoiding detection and subs....and not acquiring system damage.

I just wish somebody would have asked before they sent her to Panama without escorts. Where did she come from? Gibraltar? An Eastern US yard?

[Chickenboy]

Until we get photographic evidence of "Pocohantas Girl"'s Halloween outfit, sir, I must remind you that your library privileges have expired. [:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Until we get photographic evidence of "Pocohantas Girl"'s Halloween outfit, sir, I must remind you that your library privileges have expired. [:'(]

I am NOT going to post pictures of my neighbor's bare arse.

A) It would be unethical to do so without permission

B) Her ex husband works out.

[Cap Mandrake]

I'll figure it out myself.

[Cap Mandrake]

+ Cape Town to colombo = 10,840 nm

[Cap Mandrake]

Not even close Panama to Perth is 9,400 by itself and then we have to take a wide detour in the IO.