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

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, look at it this way. Inside of 1 week they have Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day (which I take it somehow involves Premier League matches and drinking), then New Years Eve and New Year Day.


That is a good way to get tennis elbow if you don't stay in shape.

Oh, yeah...and it rains all the time.

1. I stay in practice all year round.
2. Wear a coat.

Exactly, you don't see those Kenyan marathon runners siting on their butts playing video games all year. Conditioning is key.

I am sure they are doing their research before they go on a marathon. Read down the article below about the 16 YO girl from Nigeria who decided to go to Canada for H.S. ( Exchange student?)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ ... -1.2479967

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[zuluhour]

Someday I hope I can open that strategic bombing screen.........

ps. Capt'n I had an interesting red the other day. "The Prisoner". It's from several hundred miles around you somewhere.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour
ps. Capt'n I had an interesting red the other day. "The Prisoner". It's from several hundred miles around you somewhere.

Sounds a lot closer than that. It sounds like my neighbor with the $10K mailbox. His divorce is final so the imprisonment is over now. [:D]

Speaking of divorce, SG and I went down to Dana Point to see a band the Pocahantas Girl wanted us to see. We were late because SG had to work the hospital. She apologized to PG.

SG: Sorry we're late.

FAM: Hey, somebody has to work.

PG: Not me. [:D][:D][:D] (She has a big house with no mortgage and gets $15K a month tax free alimony and child support. I had to admit she was correct in her claim.)

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ ... -1.2479967

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That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F [X(]

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today. [:D] (79F)

[zuluhour]

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Is it OK to advertise?

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ ... -1.2479967

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That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F [X(]

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today. [:D] (79F)

And here I was in NJ b*tchin about 28 degrees and in the single digits tomorrow. [&:]

I feel I need to get out the shorts and sunscreen after reading that! Ehh? [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************June 21, 1943(c)*************


Okinawa: We sweep with F6F's and Corsairs over Naha and effectively clean out the Tojos.
Then the Forts and 24's go in and scramble up the Vals on the ground. Good day for us. No sub attacks
on the transports or on Yorktown. We pick off a couple of AK's retreating from Anami Oshima.

Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Cam Ranh Bay: When you have aerial search by PBY's, the subs can vector in better.

Gen'yo mama!

Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73

Japanese Ships
TK Gen'yo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 33
TK Ogura Maru #1
TK Juko Maru
PB Sureboko Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

[Cap Mandrake]

Bangkok: We suspect JJ have moved their balsawood Nells back to Bangkok. They will threaten the Moulmein landing. They are certainly well protected.

Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet *


Then the RAF goes in. JJ is "not dead yet".

Afternoon Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 14

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator GR.III x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 5 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

[Argos]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ ... -1.2479967

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That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F [X(]

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today. [:D] (79F)

You should try fighting a house fire at that temp, or believe it or not a compost heap/wildland fire. -41 F with a nice insulating layer of snow will allow the heat to build up. Gear, hoses, trucks all will freeze to you (there are some great pics of trucks iced up when someone decides a monitor is a good idea). Our SOP is to bring in a school bus to thaw your crews out so you can get the breather masks off - Ambulances fill up too fast. Single car wrecks at those temps have a higher percentage of fatalities because they are less likely to get reported (OnStar is a help with this) and even break downs can be fatal (had rancher friends whose truck broke down between Whitlash MT and Kevin, MT - he froze to death trying to walk for help, she died in the truck). If you mess up you can freeze your truck solid, split all the lines, valves, and wreck pumps. Worst is freezing hose to the street - it stays there (two months was the local record) till the thaw and everyone gets an extra speed bump and a reminder that you are an idiot.

[Cap Mandrake]

Any place cold enough to have fire hoses frozen in the street for 4 months better have really, really good looking women or spectacular fly fishing.



I got this spice gift set for Christmas. There is something called "Albanian rubbed sage". [X(]

I am NOT going to eat anything that has been rubbed on an Albanian. I suppose it could be worse, Kirghiz rubbed sage or something like that, but it just sounds like a terrible idea to me.

[Argos]

Well, the unofficial state motto for North Dakota is rumored to be "A beautiful woman behind every tree."

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Any place cold enough to have fire hoses frozen in the street for 4 months better have really, really good looking women or spectacular fly fishing.

No, Cap, only two months. [:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Any place cold enough to have fire hoses frozen in the street for 4 months better have really, really good looking women or spectacular fly fishing.

No, Cap, only two months. [:D]

Pretend he hasn't read the Message (Manual)[:D]

[sprior]

Had a lovely Force 9 gale come through today coupled with a springtide meant the oggin was a bit high today.

[sanch]

While a student in upstate New York, went through a 4-5 week stretch of -10F nights and 0F to 10F days. Then, in late February, it finally warmed up to 25F. Wanted to grab my shorts and shades and go sunbathing!

[CaptDave]

When I was stationed at Offutt AFB we wore shorts and t-shirts to shovel our driveways when the temperature got up to 30.


Timely article in today's paper about Kenyans and their marathons. There was a tribe that was tired of the cheetahs killing their herds, so they chased the cheetahs. Those big cats are the world's fastest land animals, but only in spurts. After 4 miles the villagers caught up to the exhausted cats (which they captured and turned over to the wildlife officials).

[Amoral]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck
I am sure they are doing their research before they go on a marathon. Read down the article below about the 16 YO girl from Nigeria who decided to go to Canada for H.S. ( Exchange student?)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ ... -1.2479967

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Winnipeg is home for me, and I can assure you it is more hospitable than Mars.

Not warmer, I don't mean. But we have booze.

Factoring in the wind (which we like to do here because it makes us feel tough) it was -58F on New Years. No typo.

[Cap Mandrake]

We were in for a rough spell today as well. Temperature plumeted to 70. Wind gust up to 2 mph.

[Cap Mandrake]

Wait....was that annoying? [:)]