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

[Cap Mandrake]

Ritter Yerrow Baahstards are not consanguineous..well, Nagumo maybe. They see us coming.

TF 473 detected by Japanese Level Bomber at 41,46 near Madras
TF 475 detects Japanese Aircraft at 40,45 near Madras

By ra way...41,16 is 16 hexes from Rangoon..so what kind of bomber does that have to be? Class?

[Cap Mandrake]

BB Haruna is reported to have been sunk near Iba on Mar 23, 1943

[Cap Mandrake]

Loss of xAK West Shipper on May 17, 1942 is admitted

We wait 10 months to announce the loss of an AK? Hmmmmmm? Something very odd here. I sense a story.....

[Cap Mandrake]

The Brown twins have a hat trick in different squadrons at San Jose..

MAJ Brown, W.A. of 8th FG/35th FS is credited with kill number 2
MAJ Brown, W.A. of 8th FG/35th FS is credited with kill number 3
CPT Brown, P. of 15th FG/47th FS is credited with kill number 6

Paul was always trying to match his older brother......

[Cap Mandrake]

<MESSAGE POSTED AT OFFICER'S QUARTERS, NO. 82 SQDRN, CHITTAGONG>

[font="Courier New"]Lads, please remember to engage landing gear "DOWN" lever prior to landing approach.


Thank You

Grp. Capt. Gill[/font]

Vengeance I from No.82 Sqn RAF crashes on landing
Vengeance I from No.82 Sqn RAF is damaged on landing

[Cap Mandrake]

Intelligence reports:

Fusan Fortress is located at Fusan(103,55) [:D][:D][:D]

6th Guards Division is planning for an attack on Port Hedland [:D][:D][:D]

5/22nd Tank Regiment is loaded on xAK Jinshu Maru moving to San Fernando
8/22nd Tank Regiment is loaded on a Japanese xAK moving to San Fernando

Well, OK. There is something useful.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Mandrake Household*********

SG Jr(III, 11 year old, Adopted but not red-headed) gave me some lip the other night. She was arguing with me about bedtime because the analog clock hadn't made the time switch. I had to count to twenty and put on an epsiode of "House of Cards" to decompress.

In the morning, a report was made to the Discipline Officer (SG). SG threatened to beat her mercilessly if she tried that again. SG also announce that I had been granted delegated authority to use the cat-o-nine-tails. The seven year old, SG(IV) chimed in, hoping, I guess, to reinforce the lesson.


SG Jr(IV): Mom can hit harder too.

FAM: No she can't.

SG Jr(IV): Yes she can. She's not a senior citizen.

FAM: <Ouch! Them's fightin' words pardner> No she can't. I can bench press 200. <As soon as I said it I realized how lame that sounded>

SG: Still? [:@][:@]

[sprior]

You know it's true...

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Tech Support at my ISP************

FAM: I can't use the internet.

Tech Support: Is your TV signal working?

FAM: Yes, yes it is.

Tech Support: Did you try rebooting your computer?

FAM: Yes, yes I did.

Tech Support: Hmmm, let me get you to a level 2 support technician....... [:D]

[sprior]

*****Tech Supprt at HP*****

Me: The printer won't print
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?
Me: I'm third line support, can we cut to the techie bit please?
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

*****Tech Supprt at HP*****

Me: The printer won't print
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?
Me: I'm third line support, can we cut to the techie bit please?
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?

Oh, THAT'S what those guys are called.

....after some debate the call is transfered...


"HEL-lo <very brief non-native Anglophone pause> MY name EES CHREES-tee-un. how MAY I help you?

[pompack]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

*****Tech Supprt at HP*****

Me: The printer won't print
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?
Me: I'm third line support, can we cut to the techie bit please?
HP Plonker: Is it plugged in at the outlet?

Oh, THAT'S what those guys are called.

....after some debate the call is transfered...


"HEL-lo <very brief non-native Anglophone pause> MY name EES CHREES-tee-un. how MAY I help you?

Ran into a new one today

Unsolicited call: "Hello, my name is Pahnda (that's really what he said). I work for your Internet Service Provider (note generic, name not supplied). Our server is sending messages that you have a virus. Our Virus Cleaner needs to see your computer immediately. Can I have your credit card number so we can schedule the visit as soon as possible". [8|]

[sprior]

The naughty end of a 22,000lb Grand Slam bomb:

[sprior]

A Mossie

[sprior]

The interior of a DC3

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

The interior of a DC3

Nice of them to put those big community urinals in like that but where were they supposed to sit?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

The naughty end of a 22,000lb Grand Slam bomb:

It almost looks like the front end is armored. Was it designed to penetrate before going off?

[Cap Mandrake]

Another day of invasion interruptis. I'm not sure I have the strength.


So...I'm sitting in my office yesterday trying to do my 214 electronic tasks...and they are STILL going up. New tasks appear faster than I can do them. A yong guy with a clipboard is going around the suite looking in the rooms. I assume he is one of the IT hardware guys so I try to get him to fix something....


Earnest young man: Oh no, I'm with the "Zero Waste" project. I see you have two bins, one standard and one recycle.

Me: Well, actually, this one is for shredding.

Earnest young man: Oh no, we recycle it after we shred it?

Me: Seems like a lot of work.

Earnest young man: Well zero waste, you know. <said with genuine enthusiasm>

Me: <I am tempted to check the back of his neck and see if he has a data port> So let me get this straight. The ZERO WASTE project has you drive around to the various sites and inventory the trash cans?

Earnest young man: We call them "bins" now.

Me: Ah, how progressive!

[sprior]

Was it designed to penetrate before going off?

Yep.

the Grand Slam would reach near-supersonic speed, approaching 320 m/s, and penetrate deep underground, with the explosion causing a camouflet (cavern) and shifting the ground to undermine a target's foundation.

[Crackaces]

Me: <I am tempted to check the back of his neck and see if he has a data port> So let me get this straight. The ZERO WASTE project has you drive around to the various sites and inventory the trash cans?

Thats like Al Gore flying around the world in a G5 touting the virtures of reducing our carbon footprint, and that we are all going to die of global warming .. [8D] Its the intent not the results that are important .. [;)]