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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

B-24's hit JJ ground troops at Manira. Carriers take up station NW of Iba.

Could be exciting.

Forgive me for forgetting and not skimming back through five thousand posts or so, but does the IJN still posses Musashi or Yamato?

Yamato sunk by SBD's operating from that little island north of Darwin during the battle for Darwin.

Musashi was beat up badly by USS Washington as I recall.

There could well be Jap BB's at Iba tonight. That is what the two fast USN BB's are for. Even so, we are a bit thin. That's why it's fun. [:)]


I should add that JJ still has carriers as well. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

I Have checked my email about 10x already this AM. Quite pitiful, really.



I had a dream I borrowed a small fishing boat and it started to leak so I dove in to see what was wrong. That's when I noticed the "hull" was made of wicker and I could see the sky through the hull.


Anyone know what this means?

[Cap Mandrake]

March 1, 1943(c). Heap big fight a Jolo. Musashi v. Washington. Of course, she will be back. Washington is almost ready.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 74,90, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi, Shell hits 10, heavy fires
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kuma
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 10, on fire
DD Gwin
DD Sims, Shell hits 2
DD Fanning, Shell hits 1
DD Phelps, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dewey

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I Have checked my email about 10x already this AM. Quite pitiful, really.



I had a dream I borrowed a small fishing boat and it started to leak so I dove in to see what was wrong. That's when I noticed the "hull" was made of wicker and I could see the sky through the hull.


Anyone know what this means?

Not sure. Perhaps you should look it up in Wikerpedia. [:'(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

March 1, 1943(c). Heap big fight a Jolo. Musashi v. Washington. Of course, she will be back. Washington is almost ready.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 74,90, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Musashi, Shell hits 10, heavy fires
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kuma
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 10, on fire
DD Gwin
DD Sims, Shell hits 2
DD Fanning, Shell hits 1
DD Phelps, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dewey

Very good show on the part of the Arries here. A better than even exchange.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I Have checked my email about 10x already this AM. Quite pitiful, really.



I had a dream I borrowed a small fishing boat and it started to leak so I dove in to see what was wrong. That's when I noticed the "hull" was made of wicker and I could see the sky through the hull.


Anyone know what this means?

Not sure. Perhaps you should look it up in Wikerpedia. [:'(]

Right...maybe it was some kind of reference to Thor Heyerdahl...by Odin! He was in WWII(a) or maybe it was (b). Here is Ra II. Not really wicker, more like reeds, but it does have a rising sun on the sail. Odd..... Ra I sunk...maybe it was wicker?

[Cap Mandrake]

Here is Thor in WWII(a or b)

[Chickenboy]

Man-the Marlin Perkins likeness is uncanny. I half expect some Panthera genus to jump on the guy off of stage left.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour



Forgive me for forgetting and not skimming back through five thousand posts

Do we have to?

[sprior]

Meanwhile in unnoticed in the hubbub we captured Mykitkina. Which is not easy to type after a bottle of Chateau de Chasselas.

[sprior]

Another shot of the airfield at the M-place

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: zuluhour



Forgive me for forgetting and not skimming back through five thousand posts

Do we have to?

What? Forgive him? I assume that would be a voluntary gesture.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: zuluhour



Forgive me for forgetting and not skimming back through five thousand posts

Do we have to?

What? Forgive him? I assume that would be a voluntary gesture.

Rule 1: Never volunteer for anything.

[BBfanboy]

Congratulations on another milestone - page 400 in production and post #12,000 at the end of the page!

Zuluhour grossly underestimated the number of posts to be scanned! [:D]

[perkinh]

The Marines won't land ...its John Wayne movie night. They are watching the great war flick "Reunion in Paris". They should be good and &%^**& off tomorrow though.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Gabede

The Marines won't land ...its John Wayne movie night. They are watching the great war flick "Reunion in Paris". They should be good and &%^**& off tomorrow though.

If the Marines don't land to help the 503rd I will be, as ALSP might say, "very cross".

Middle of the night in the UK. Admirar Rord Fabertong runs the turns.....it seems I will have to wait even longer. [:(]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I Have checked my email about 10x already this AM. Quite pitiful, really.



I had a dream I borrowed a small fishing boat and it started to leak so I dove in to see what was wrong. That's when I noticed the "hull" was made of wicker and I could see the sky through the hull.


Anyone know what this means?

You read " The voyage of the RA" before going to bed?

Oops. Should of read all of the posts before responding. Anyway Kon Tiki is in the theaters this week. Balsa wood rafts work some much better in the Pacific

[Cap Mandrake]

I sent the wrong file in my haste. A day of AE gaming wasted, WASTED! <sobbing in an unmasculine fashion>

[Cap Mandrake]

Let's see. 8 hr time difference....even if he works for the government and can sneak out the back by 3:30 PM...he can't be home much sooner than 4:00PM...5 minutes to make sure the kids aren't playing with a loaded hunting rifle or something..15 minutes to run the turn...5 minutes to upload.

That does it. I'm not looking at my email until 08:25. Hey, I could get ready for work? Maybe be on time for once?


Nah.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see. 8 hr time difference....even if he works for the government and can sneak out the back by 3:30 PM...he can't be home much sooner than 4:00PM...5 minutes to make sure the kids aren't playing with a loaded hunting rifle or something..15 minutes to run the turn...5 minutes to upload.

That does it. I'm not looking at my email until 08:25. Hey, I could get ready for work? Maybe be on time for once?


Nah.

Don't break with tradition [;)]