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

[sprior]

Quote of the day:

Mrs Fraser: Do you know what "morale" is?
George Truscott, boy: Yeah, it's summing what the Wops ain't got.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I sat down to breakfast this morning and nearly choked on my kedgeree when I saw the Times of India crossword:

1 Across: Victorious
9 Across: Blair
3 Down: Ram

I didn't get 7 Up. Apperntly the answer is lemonade.

HMS Lemonade? Doesn't have much of a carry, does it?

[sprior]

HMS Lemonade? Doesn't have much of a carry, does it?

Has a bit of a sparkle to it.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I sat down to breakfast this morning and nearly choked on my kedgeree when I saw the Times of India crossword:

1 Across: Victorious
9 Across: Blair
3 Down: Ram

I didn't get 7 Up. Apperntly the answer is lemonade.

This reminds me of MI5 getting their undies in a wad over Overlord, Utah, Omaha, Neptune and Mulberry appearing as answers in the Telegraph crosssword in May 1944.

I have to admit I don't get the "Ram" bit. Or the "lemonade" thing, frankly. Lemonade is a good thing, right?

Oh wait, crossword answers don't go "up" either....D'oh ..."7 UP'...groan.

[Cap Mandrake]

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi ... c-of-1944/

[Cap Mandrake]

And if Admiral Lord Sprior has taken a subscritption to the Times of India I commend his level of immersion.

[sprior]

Another brave man lost

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... ng-VC.html

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Another brave man lost

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... ng-VC.html

Amazing story. Thanks for posting.

[alaviner]

end of the week tithe.
now time to relax

[Cap Mandrake]

No end of the week for me...have to work today and tomorrow...but at least the influenza horror is done.

**********************Marcn 22, 1943(c)*******************


Near Iba (Luzon): JJ moves closer to San Jose after standing off for 2 days. USS Trigger earns one of those flag thingys on her conning tower. [:)]



Kaga appears not to be hurt badly but it will likely take her out of the action for a bit. Payback for Yorktown.

[Cap Mandrake]

Then she lines up for a shot on Chuyo, which is evidently operating with Kaga, but misses.

Sub attack near Iba at 77,74

Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo
DD Arare

Allied Ships
SS Trigger

[sprior]

No end of the week for me

Nor me. Customer with dead switch port. Or so threy say.

Me: Have you replaced the cable?
Them: Er, no. I'll need to get the comms team involved.
Argh!

[Cap Mandrake]

Halfway between Panay and Jolo: This is near the NW tip of Mindanao where the transport traffic coming up throught the Celebes Sea makes its turn to the East. JJ has identified the weakness here. They send in Satsuki as a solo raider. She is unspotted during her run in. She finds the hapless William S Colley which has been trying to unload TWO 155mm shore guns for at least three weeks at Jolo. Some staff idiot sent her back towards Ternate but she was ordered back to Jolo to finish the job she was given. Then the same staff idiot accidentally sent her to San Jose where she was ordered to turn around and go back to Jolo again. Finally, she accomplishes something useful and uses up most of Satsuki's ammo. [:)]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Dumaguete at 76,86, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SC-744
xAK William S. Colley, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Mercifully, she is later sunk by a Jap sub.

We salute , the Sysiphus of Jolo.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

No end of the week for me

Nor me. Customer with dead switch port. Or so threy say.

Me: Have you replaced the cable?
Them: Er, no. I'll need to get the comms team involved.
Argh!

Just tell them it's a "vendor problem". That's what our guys do.[:D]

[witpqs]

No end of the week for me...have to work today and tomorrow...but at least the influenza horror is done.

As a friend of mine used to say, "It's Friday! Only two more days in the work week."

[sprior]

We are the vendor.

[Cap Mandrake]

**************SOUPAC HQ, Darwin, 03:40, March 22, 1943(c)*************


Jr. Navy Guy: Sir, we have a message from HMS Matai, near Leyte.

Sr. Navy Guy: We have a ship named after a delicious tropical drink?

Jr. Navy Guy: No sir, that would be "Mai-Tai".

Sr. Navy Guy: Ah, yes. Well, read it please.

Jr. Navy Guy: It's from a Lt. Baker, task force commander..

Sr. Navy Guy: Did you say an "LT"?

Jr. Navy Guy: Yes sir. It's the AI sir.

Sr. Navy Guy: "AI"?? Ah, never mind, just read it.

Jr. Navy Guy: Yes sir. It reads: "Have engaged and sunk en"

Sr. Navy Guy: That's it?

Jr. Navy Guy: Yes sir.

Sr. Navy Guy: What the Hell is an "en"? Go ask the Royal Navy Liason and see if he knows. Also, we were supposed to send back all the Royal Navy crap. Send her back............

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

We are the vendor.

Make sure the Paki janitor didn't unplug the power supply. Might also be a Chicom plot.

[Cap Mandrake]

Leyte: Important safety tip. These torpedo things are dangerous!

'
Sub attack near Baybay at 81,86

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-17, hits 4, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AM Matai, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Kapunda

[sprior]

a friend of mine

You have friends and spend time here?