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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

It could have been worse. At one place I was shopping a female cashier had a Chemo therapy bald head and was talking to a customer.
I am not sure what the rest of conversation was but the customer as she walked off said, " As long as you have your health".[&:]

Ouch! The Brewster is trailing smoke as she disappears below the clouds.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

It could have been worse. At one place I was shopping a female cashier had a Chemo therapy bald head and was talking to a customer. I am not sure what the rest of conversation was but the customer as she walked off said, " As long as you have your health".[&:]

Here's hoping something cheers up your Cashier.

As a leukemia pt (in remission) my response would have been hurling a can of beans/fruit/vegetables at her... But then again I've been told I have anger management issues [:D][;)][:D]

Merry Christmas to all. I got my relatives tickets to Trans Siberian Orchestra. http://www.trans-siberian.com

I made that mistake of taking all the relatives to see T.S.O. - my M-I-L complained it was too loud and hurt her ears (???) F-I-L leans over and says to her, why didn't you take your hearing aids out?

The resulting fight was a 2 hour spectacle involving 3 generations of the family. [:'(] I had to promise to never do anything like that again!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

[sprior]

Not sure what to add to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25495087

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Not sure what to add to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25495087

26. He might have had kids. [:(]

He gets back from a cruise, sends a letter to his family and then they send him out again on another boat. Uggh.

[Cap Mandrake]

At least nobody tried to regift the fruitcake. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Well, that was fun...spectacular amounts of eating and drinking...lapse into stupor....now get up and do it all over again at my sisters house.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

************Pranning (not for Christmas)***********


All of the first wave for Okinawa is fully embarked. Off we go! 98K troops with more to come.

Yorktown is likely spotted at her current position 200mi WNW of Palau. I couldn't be sure from the combat replay but it is likely that JJ will port their ships or scatter them.
Or perhaps bring in fighters or set up bombers at Beazelbob. Better to send Yorktown up towards her station near Batan Is.

Naha airfield is already starting to repair. We will have to switch the B-24's there tomorrow.

About 1200 LYB's on Kume-jima. Nobody on Okinerabushima. We can do an air drop on Okinerabushima and the regiment for Kume-jima should be enough.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: moore4807

I made that mistake of taking all the relatives to see T.S.O. - my M-I-L complained it was too loud and hurt her ears (???) F-I-L leans over and says to her, why didn't you take your hearing aids out?

[:D][:D] FIL is the earnest problem-solving type I can see.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, that was fun...spectacular amounts of eating and drinking...lapse into stupor....now get up and do it all over again at my sisters house.[:)]

I'm off to my mum's tomorrow for another major pork out.

[Cap Mandrake]

So my brother brings his friend to the Christmas party dressed up like Santa. Damned impressive $1200 Santa suit, 340 real life pounds, big white beard, authentic red cheeks, maybe even too red...if you know what I mean. Smelled like a Dominican too...the cigar, not the baseball player.

So we send in the little kids...and then all the cute girl cousins (like 12 of 'em 17 to 28)....I think Santa liked that part.

Then I suggest to my sister that she sit on Santa's lap for a picture.

Sister1: I know who Santa is. I'm not sitting on Santa's lap. [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

79 degrees on Dec 26.....daffodills popping out of the soil before Christmas....hmmmmm?


I am beginning to have some serious doubts on the Global Cooling hypothesis.

[zuluhour]

I am remiss forgetting to wish you fellows a happy holiday! I typically read the threads at work where it would be unethical for me to comment. Please feel free to tilt one for me should either of you run out of reasons to bend the elbow. I have thoroughly enjoyed your impeccable teamwork and attention to detail.......am I in the right thread???... 

[sprior]

I'm putting this book on my Amazon wish list: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoid-Huge-Ship ... huge+ships

This is the review that convinced me I needed it:

As a U-Boat captain operating in the North Atlantic, my crew and I have found this book invaluable. Simply by doing the exact opposite of the advice contained within this tome, we have been able to increase our sunk tonnage in the last three months by 36.7%. Have to go - just sighted another Huge Ship. ALARM! VORBEREITEN DIE TORPEDOS!

[Simonsez]

79 degrees on Dec 26.....daffodills popping out of the soil before Christmas....hmmmmm?


I am beginning to have some serious doubts on the Global Cooling hypothesis.

Well, here in balmy Milwaukee, I have about 17 inches of the white %#$^@ on the ground, it's been on average 5 degrees coolder than the normal this month - looking at a high of 5 - 8 degress C over the New Year and my dog (a she) has to pee standing up, lest she gets stuck frozen to the ground. Somehow I doubt there is either global cooling or warming going on, its just what the planet does and as George Carlin once famously said - "It can shake us off like a bad case of fleas anytime it wants." [:D]

Looking forward to another year of enjoying this mockumentary you have going. Keep up the good work. Cheers and Happy New Year!

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I'm putting this book on my Amazon wish list: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoid-Huge-Ship ... huge+ships

This is the review that convinced me I needed it:

As a U-Boat captain operating in the North Atlantic, my crew and I have found this book invaluable. Simply by doing the exact opposite of the advice contained within this tome, we have been able to increase our sunk tonnage in the last three months by 36.7%. Have to go - just sighted another Huge Ship. ALARM! VORBEREITEN DIE TORPEDOS!

[:D]
Well apparently it came in third for oddest book title of all time, behind Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers and People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It.

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

[Argos]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I'm putting this book on my Amazon wish list: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoid-Huge-Ship ... huge+ships

This is the review that convinced me I needed it:

As a U-Boat captain operating in the North Atlantic, my crew and I have found this book invaluable. Simply by doing the exact opposite of the advice contained within this tome, we have been able to increase our sunk tonnage in the last three months by 36.7%. Have to go - just sighted another Huge Ship. ALARM! VORBEREITEN DIE TORPEDOS!

I'm not sure whether to be more alarmed by the proliferation of huge ships or the fact that there was a U-Boat operating in the North Atlantic as recently as last April. Hopefully Oprah/Dr Phil will be covering these scourges soon (with A. Cooper following up with a sound boot-licking during ratings week).

[Cap Mandrake]

"mockumentary" [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

******************June 18, 1943(c)**************


PI/Formosa/Ryukyus: Benham and Duncan are headed to escort the troopships leaving Iba and Batangas. We discover why this was necessary. Rittah Yerrow Baaahstard subs ar ovah prace.

ASW attack near Batan Island at 84,70

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Benham
DD Duncan

SS RO-60 is sighted by escort
DD Benham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Duncan attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack near Vigan at 80,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Benham, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Duncan


Rast gasp attack from Manira. I hope this rittah yerrow baaahstard that finished off Arried CVE at Batangas a month ago.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,72

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 1

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
APA J. Franklin Bell


Sneaky WJD's ambush a B-25 over Taihoky. Still don't know where they are coming from. When the Corsairs show up they are gone...of course.

Morning Air attack on Taihoku , at 87,63

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 26
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2


Not sure where these Tojos over Naha are coming from. Probably Naha field itself. It's just relentless trying to keep everything suppressed.

Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses




Raids over Nago and Daito Shoto go in today but are only moderately effective.

[Cap Mandrake]

Someone told me nuts are good for you so I am going through all these Sees candy boxes lying about and eating all the chocolate covered almonds. It's important to consider one's health during the holidays.

[witpqs]

Someone told me nuts are good for you...

So that's why you hang out here! [:D]