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

[Cap Mandrake]

Sakhalin and the Kuriles: The landings at Shimishuri-jima and Sakhalin go very well and are well coordinated, going in on D-Day as planned. Onnekaton-jima is one day late.
We are up against a Naval Guard unit at Shimishuri.. Not sure we brought enough. Did not expect an infantry unit at Shimi. We attack tomorrow.

Ground combat at Shimushiri-jima (132,51)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1468 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Defending force 3206 troops, 57 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Assaulting units:
46th Naval Guard Unit
21st Air Defense AA Regiment
34th Const Co

Defending units:
197th Infantry Battalion
198th Infantry Battalion
1/151st Combat Engr Bn /1
165th Field Artillery Battalion
107th USN Base Force /3


We discover a fairly competent SNLF at Shikuka

Pre-Invasion action off Shikuka (126,43)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Maryland
DD Saufley
APA Elmore

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

BB Maryland firing at Yokosuka 6th SNLF
DD Saufley firing at Yokosuka 6th SNLF


Landing at Onnekotan starts tonight.

[Cap Mandrake]

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:

[font="Times New Roman"]DON'T USE THIS
CRAPER CLOGE[/font]

[:D]

Several observations:

1) Someone is an astoundingly bad speller..WAAAAY..WAAAY worse than me (9 year old)

2) Instead of fixing the problem, they switch to another bathroom and wait for the old man to get home, even though there are able-bodied adults around all day
I should also mention that the technology to solve the problem is well tested and available in the garage and one could easily Google the operating instructions.

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

[Cap Mandrake]

Even worse, they are step-kids and one has kinda red hair (in a Norse kinda way)

I am reminded of the Innuit solution to annoying, borderline parasitic teens and young adults. They give them a hunting rifle and a couple of hundred rounds
(I know this seems counterintuitive but you will like the second part), 30 pounds of beans and some matches and they drop them off on a grizzly-infested island in the summer..then come back for them next spring.

Et voila! You have either a pile of bones or a responsible adult. [:)]

[poodlebrain]

I like option 4. Act like you have a guest named Craper Gloge who is into privacy so you leave the bathroom alone. If anyone else wants to use it they can deal with Craper issues.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Quite an odd thing happened. A turn came in!

Eh? Did you authenticate?

I check out every email NOT from one of 3 UC campuses trying to get money from me or BevMo or Meet Christian Singles in Your Area.

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Quite an odd thing happened. A turn came in!

Eh? Did you authenticate?

I check out every email NOT from one of 3 UC campuses trying to get money from me or BevMo or Meet Christian Singles in Your Area.

Why are you trying to meet non-christian singles in your area??

[Lecivius]

"3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. "

You should know by now it is ALWAYS your fault. It does not matter when, what, who, how, or why.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Wargmr

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs


Eh? Did you authenticate?

I check out every email NOT from one of 3 UC campuses trying to get money from me or BevMo or Meet Christian Singles in Your Area.

Why are you trying to meet non-christian singles in your area??

Well, it's not like I don't like Christian girls....I just like Shinto Girls better.

[Cap Mandrake]

I just noticed something. JJ probably has a full Naval guard REGIMENT at Shimushiri. I don't have much confidence 2 US Army '43 RCTs, a Bn of combat engineers and some arty will do it. Hope they don't impale themselves.

FOW is annoying. I have a Bn of Rangers and some tanks as reserve but they are prepped for Shikukua.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:

[font="Times New Roman"]DON'T USE THIS
CRAPER CLOGE[/font]

[:D]

Several observations:

1) Someone is an astoundingly bad speller..WAAAAY..WAAAY worse than me (9 year old)

2) Instead of fixing the problem, they switch to another bathroom and wait for the old man to get home, even though there are able-bodied adults around all day
I should also mention that the technology to solve the problem is well tested and available in the garage and one could easily Google the operating instructions.

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

Craper Cloge? Scottish?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:

[font="Times New Roman"]DON'T USE THIS
CRAPER CLOGE[/font]

[:D]

Several observations:

1) Someone is an astoundingly bad speller..WAAAAY..WAAAY worse than me (9 year old)

2) Instead of fixing the problem, they switch to another bathroom and wait for the old man to get home, even though there are able-bodied adults around all day
I should also mention that the technology to solve the problem is well tested and available in the garage and one could easily Google the operating instructions.

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

Craper Cloge? Scottish?

No, I believe the esteemed Mr. Crapper was a Yorkie. Maybe it's Yorkish?

Mr. Thomas Crapper of Yorkshire

[Cap Mandrake]

Here is the upstairs bathroom. Still needs some work.

[Cap Mandrake]

Hory crap! That-ah big picture!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:

[font="Times New Roman"]DON'T USE THIS
CRAPER CLOGE[/font]

[:D]

Several observations:

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

I bet they heard you muttering something about "Horycrappo Jima" and concluded that you must have dropped a small island in there ...

[Cap Mandrake]

OK...the balcony is done. We deviated a bit from the color scheme I gave to the HOA. I hope they don't bust my chops.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:

[font="Times New Roman"]DON'T USE THIS
CRAPER CLOGE[/font]

[:D]

Several observations:

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

I bet they heard you muttering something about "Horycrappo Jima" and concluded that you must have dropped a small island in there ...

A Ma Deuce you mean?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So I get home from work on Friday and there is this sign on one of the upstairs bathrooms:



[:D]

Several observations:

3) Even though it is almost certainly due to "feminine hygiene products", something I am pretty sure I d not use..they hold a pow wow and decide I am somehow responsible. [:@]

I bet they heard you muttering something about "Horycrappo Jima" and concluded that you must have dropped a small island in there ...

A Ma Deuce you mean?

Never heard the expression A Ma Deuce before, but I was inferring an overstacking problem involving Horycrappo Jima ...

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Never heard the expression A Ma Deuce before, but I was inferring an overstacking problem involving Horycrappo Jima ...

"overstacking problem" [:D]

Dropping a "Ma Deuce" is dropping a .50 cal machine gun in the water when landing at Horycrappo-jima. Droppins a "deuce" is quite a different matter.

[Cap Mandrake]

***************July 17, 1943(c)*************

The LYB's counter-attack. Something went wrong with the turn plans...either I sent Admiral Lord SPrior the wrong file or he opened the wrong
file...oh well...the attack at Shikuka will be tomorrow.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ sortie their carriers very quickly. They must have been in central Japan somewhere. Soryu and a CVL are perfectly positioned to defeat the 4 CVE's covering the Shimishuri landing in detail.

The CVE's have been stacked with Hellcats, anticipating a major threat from LBA.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Shimushiri-jima at 132,51

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3a Zero x 4
D3A2 Val x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Essex and Independence are 8 hexes distant from Soryu.
I would have expected an attack from them in 1943 but it is not to be. Instead, the CVE's have to duke it out alone.
Morning attack is nicely escorted but the TBF pilots are not really the A-tem and Soryu and Ryujo won't hold still.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Uruppu-jima at 129,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
A6M3a Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 17
TBF-1 Avenger x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu
CVL Ryuho

JJ comes back in the afternoon. I don't think they have a full air complement aboard.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shimushiri-jima at 132,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M3a Zero x 3
D3A2 Val x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Afternoon counterattack from the CVE's.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Uruppu-jima at 129,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 10
TBF-1 Avenger x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryuho
CV Soryu