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RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:11 am
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Naw, I had that tooth filled years ago...then the filling fell out...so it was rotorootered out again and a bigger filling applied...then the tooth cracked...so I needed a root canal with a temporary filling...then I waited 7 years <nobody told me that was too long>..so now another rotorooter and a new temp filling and now that has to be drilled out again next week and I need to have any microscopic cracks filled then recapped...then I go back in August to have the cap drilled out again and a permanent crown applied.
I know the dentist figures he can get another three or four payments out of that tooth, but isn't it time to clamp down and insist on an implant? I understand the werewolf
and vampire
ones are big with the hip people these days (not that I'm one of them) ... (and also not that anyone ever thought I was!)
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:48 am
by Cap Mandrake
My dad just got a dental implant at 83 [:D] He fought for that tooth way longer than I. The Mandrake clan fights for their teeth.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:58 am
by Cap Mandrake
*************July 18, 1943(c)**********
Sakhalin and the Kuriles: The Canadians start landing at Shimushiri and are pretty badly disabled as they were not prepped for this lovely isrand.
Improbably, some staff flunkie forgets to order the attack at Shikoku. [:-] [8|]
A previously damaged CL and her sister ship are lurking about by Etoforu and get pummeled.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Etorofu at 127,54
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 24
SBD-5 Dauntless x 15
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CL Noshiro, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:08 am
by Cap Mandrake
Borneo: JJ sends some TK's to Brunei??? They get spotted by B-25's from Palawan.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Brunei at 65,87
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
TK Chinkai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK Teiyo Maru
TK Kenwa Maru
Miri: We bring in some more infantry and Miri falls. A prep bombardment by Santa Fe and Mahan is waaaay too effective,,wrecking the airfield which was the point of the exercise.
Never seen a CL do that much damage.
Night Naval bombardment of Miri at 64,87
Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe
DD Mahan
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Ground combat at Miri (64,87)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1800 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70
Defending force 1283 troops, 6 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Allied adjusted assault: 42
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied forces CAPTURE Miri !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Kanga Force Battalion
2nd/102nd Infantry Battalion
3rd/102nd Infantry Battalion
Defending units:
8th JNAF Coy
4th Naval Construction Battalion
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:17 am
by Cap Mandrake
*******FOB San Miguel**********
FAM: <looking at battle reports> Yubari? Really? How many times has that damn thing been sunk already?
Moana: It's almost as if damage reports are irrationally exuberant.
FAM: Yes, yes. I was wondering the same thing.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:25 am
by Cap Mandrake
Did I tell this story? Hell, I can't remember.
So I am watching Blues Brothers during my infirmity with SG III. There is a great scene where Ray Charles runs a music store and a musician complains the action is dead on the piano. Ray comes out from behind the counter and starts playing Shake Your Tail Feathers.
The other musicians join in...the folks outside start dancing..great scene.
SG III watches the whole thing...pauses...then says "He's acting like he's blind" [:D][:D]
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:34 am
by Cap Mandrake
I was horizontal for about 4 d...so I watched everything on Netflix...even a 3 1/2 director's cut of Das Boot with no subtitles.
You can pretty much make out everything that is going on just from context, the acting, the occasional homologous German word and some knowledge of submarines.
The thing is fantastically filmed with great sets. Did they really have a working boat for the surface shots?
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:49 am
by Cap Mandrake
Neighborhood update Quiet...almost too quiet. No screaming matches at night in the 'hood. The couch cushion hasn't been pissed on for 2 months.
PG is claiming she is going to move to a smaller place in a town named after a saint because her ex is threatening to go BK. I thought the $15K per month was unsustainable.
The nice but nerdy guy from across the street with a Harvard law degree and a PhD from MIT moved out...I guess...either that or he was killed
by a coven of blonde witches and they put his parts in a pickle jar. There are like 5 women over there about the same age and no men....except a carpenter and some painters from Jalisco.
Come to think of it, I don't think I have seen the carpenter for a week either. Maybe I should go over and introduce myself?
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:10 pm
by Mike McCreery
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Neighborhood update Quiet...almost too quiet. No screaming matches at night in the 'hood. The couch cushion hasn't been pissed on for 2 months.
PG is claiming she is going to move to a smaller place in a town named after a saint because her ex is threatening to go BK. I thought the $15K per month was unsustainable.
The nice but nerdy guy from across the street with a Harvard law degree and a PhD from MIT moved out...I guess...either that or he was killed
by a coven of blonde witches and they put his parts in a pickle jar. There are like 5 women over there about the same age and no men....except a carpenter and some painters from Jalisco.
Come to think of it, I don't think I have seen the carpenter for a week either. Maybe I should go over and introduce myself?
I guess that depends on how much you like pickle jars....
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:35 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Did I tell this story? Hell, I can't remember.
So I am watching Blues Brothers during my infirmity with SG III. There is a great scene where Ray Charles runs a music store and a musician complains the action is dead on the piano. Ray comes out from behind the counter and starts playing Shake Your Tail Feathers.
The other musicians join in...the folks outside start dancing..great scene.
SG III watches the whole thing...pauses...then says "He's acting like he's blind" [:D][:D]
Bill Cosby told this story about Ray Charles...
He went over his house one time, whether to pick him to go somewhere or whatever I forget. So Ray is getting ready and (memory fuzzy, someone, probably) Ray's wife tells Bill to go in. The bathroom itself is in the dark, but in the light from the hallway Bill can see him at the sink, leaning over the sink a few inches from the mirror.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm shaving."
Bill is caught totally aback. "But, but..."
"What is it?
"The light is off."
"Turn it on if it bothers you!"
[:D]
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:37 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
"He's acting like he's blind" [:D][:D]
It's acting. He's a very accomplished actor. Been doing that particular bit since he was born, if memory suits. [8|]
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:39 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
PG is claiming she is going to move to a smaller place in a town named after a saint
Angels stadium? She's likely to find some suitable fodder there.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:44 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
PG is claiming she is going to move to a smaller place in a town named after a saint
Angels stadium? She's likely to find some suitable fodder there.
Heidi Fleiss's old place.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:17 pm
by Chickenboy
They Sainted Heidi Fleiss? Man, that new Pope really *is* liberal-inclined. [X(]
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:17 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
"He's acting like he's blind" [:D][:D]
It's acting. He's a very accomplished actor. Been doing that particular bit since he was born, if memory suits. [8|]
Close! According to the movie "Ray" , he lost his sight around age seven when he failed to save his little brother from drowning. Some kind of PTSD reaction.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:17 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: witpqs
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
PG is claiming she is going to move to a smaller place in a town named after a saint
Angels stadium? She's likely to find some suitable fodder there.
Heidi Fleiss's old place.
Now hold on. I'm not sure that is really fair. Sure, PG seems to bed every tradesman that comes to the house but I don't think she asks for payment. Well, maybe a little extra attention to the pool filter, but that's it.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:52 pm
by witpqs
Well, I guess she is leaving the built-in BBQ behind.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:18 pm
by witpqs
Second page!
For a minute there I thought that this AAR had been lost on an IRS hard drive.
RE: RIP???
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:40 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: witpqs
Second page!
For a minute there I thought that this AAR had been lost on an IRS hard drive.
I heard that the NSA/FBI/CIA found a link to this AAR on the hard drive of some ex-employee named Snowdon, and they have
installed software that inhibits posts by Mssrs. Mandrake and Prior. They are investigating every use of the word "bomb"
in this thread, and trying to find out what happened to "The Most Interesting Man In The World".
RE: RIP???
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:10 am
by rtrapasso
I heard that the NSA/FBI/CIA found a link to this AAR on the hard drive of some ex-employee named Snowdon
And where are the Snowdons of yesteryear?