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

[Mynok]

*Must be an enemy vessel

[:D][:D][:D]

[sprior]

Clogs claimed!

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 23

xAK Kinkasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Clogs claimed!

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 23

xAK Kinkasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

The sky is blackened with Uglofortresses and you guys want a free dress day for one near miss? Really? [:'(]

Speaking of motivation, my friend told this story. He got drafted to coach a girl's soccer team...8 yr. olds. [:D] He doesn't know anything about soccer except that it is good to score goals.

Their team is absolutely terrible. The girls are worried about orange slices at half time and their hair ribbons. Nobody stays in position. Nobody wants to play goalie. And then they start asking to be taken out during the game. [:D] Were are talking severe motivational deficiency. He and the other dad helping him coach have a confab and come up with an incentive program. They offer a $5 bill to any girl who scores a goal. It works like magic. They turn into maniacal demons on the field..headers..sliding tackles..charging the goalie. Utter abandonment. They feel no pain. They have no fear. They are like a bunch of 8 yr olds on PCP. They crush the next team they play. Of course, the other teams can sense they are up against mad dogs. They win 3 straight and then the story gets to the league President. They are severely chastised and are barred from coaching in the league in the future. Problem solved.

[Cap Mandrake]

Ironically, the aggression toward the Jap planned landing at Kendari has resulted in well escorted Jap landings.

[cantona2]

heheheeh first refusal on evacuation ships out of singapore [:D][:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Ryujo and friends are operating off the Celebes, perhaps as a testing of the waters before another go at Kendari. The US carriers (Lexington and Enterprise) are about 300 miles SE of the Torres Strait moving toward Timor. They are apparently unspotted. I have asked for volunteers among the fleeing Fillipino tramp steamers to steer close to the West coast of Sulawese as bait to draw Ryujo further South.

Admiral Halsy is about to wet himself with excitement.

[Cap Mandrake]

*******Officer's Mess, USS Enterprise, 90 mi East of Cooktown, 13:30, Dec. 25, 1941******

Cook: ...but he asked for it.


Ship's surgeon: Look, sailor, I am ordering you. Do NOT serve the Admiral any more raw hamburger. Do you realize what E. coli could do to his colon?

[modrow]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Admiral Halsy is about to wet himself with excitement.

I was aware of the Whiskey - Whisky spelling alternative, but unaware that it extends to Halsey - Halsy [8D] Very British, I say...

Hartwig

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: hartwig.modrow

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Admiral Halsy is about to wet himself with excitement.

I was aware of the Whiskey - Whisky spelling alternative, but unaware that it extends to Halsey - Halsy [8D] Very British, I say...

Hartwig

It's Jackspeak [;)]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
and are barred from coaching in the league in the future.

I'm guessing that this was the effect he was aiming for. [:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*******Officer's Mess, USS Enterprise, 90 mi East of Cooktown, 13:30, Dec. 25, 1941******

Cook: ...but he asked for it.


Ship's surgeon: Look, sailor, I am ordering you. Do NOT serve the Admiral any more raw hamburger. Do you realize what E. coli could do to his colon?

Who knew he had such gourmet tastes. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

It's almost as if the Japs are trying to trick us.

Jap troops announce themselves at Kendari in a most abrupt fashion. We need more search aircraft. (Dates corrected)

[Cap Mandrake]

So stalker girl gets this rescued 10 mos old puppy to keep my 7 year old dog happy. The thing has the coloring of a Rottweiler but the head of Australian Shepherd or something. She is surprisingly smart despite her tiny little head. [:D] And my 85 lb lab plays with her like a puppy herself. It really has worked out well...except...well, you see, she was billed as being "crate trained", which as far as I can tell means she wont **** in a crate, just everywhere else.

So yesterday AM I spy a giant tootsie roll that really looks like it came from another species. My first thought was..."ouch the poor thing". Then I came back to reality..."serves her right". Anyway, Stalker Girl is off to work, so it is down to me. I grab a shovel and some newspaper and carry the stuff outside and chuck it on the hill. The tootsie roll ends up on top of the paper, dead center over a big picture of Peyton Manning.

"Hmmm...Kismet".

[Cap Mandrake]

One of the most exciting things about AE is how battles often turn on decisions made 2 game weeks (or longer) ahead of time and, even when you start to feel prescient, that is when the fit is going to hit the Shan. The current battle in Kendari is a good example. The movement of Boise from Soerabaja to help will be delayed a day because she just came out of a repair stand-down 2 days ago and the paint is apparently not dry yet. Similarly, the movement of the US carriers racing through the Torres Strait was begun nearly 2 weeks ago off Tarawa. I had originally planned to refuel at Brisbane but decided on Sydney in order to take on more fighters and convert one bomber squadron to SBD's from SB2U's. This added perhaps two day. On the transit past Port Moresby, two of the escort DD's collided, slowing Halsey's ships by perhaps 200 miles of travel before the damaged DD could be detached. Now they are two days out from a strike from Kendari, even at a sprint.

There is already a good size Jap force ashore at Kendari with armor, so the bastion will likely fall, but we might still be able to inflict a serious blow. Force Z and the Dutch cruisers are headed East from Soerabaja. If the US carriers can neutralize the Jap light carriers, it could be serious carnage. Exciting stuff. New Search aircraft are moved in to make sure it is not a trap with the KB about.

[BrucePowers]

That trap thing would really be bad.

Have you sent the commanders of the search squadrons to Leavenworth yet or are you trying to save the political points[:D]

[sprior]

That was damned unsporting, sneaking around like that.

Tally ho!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

That was damned unsporting, sneaking around like that.

Tally ho!

Indeed! Damned unsporting. It merely reinforces my distrust of the Little Yellow Bastards. I propose we give them a sound thrashing to serve as a lesson on etiquette.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

She is surprisingly smart despite her tiny little head. [:D]

Stalker Girl? [&:]

I had originally planned to refuel at Brisbane but decided on Sydney in order to take on more fighters and convert one bomber squadron to SBD's from SB2U's.

Be careful about when you perform squadron upgrades - very different than WITP. When you first upgrade the new planes get a big boost of maintenance time. I've seen it be nearly a month before all planes in a carrier squadron became ready, although it seems to vary. Many people have taken to coordinating upgrades with carrier maintenance.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

She is surprisingly smart despite her tiny little head. [:D]

Stalker Girl? [&:]

[:D]

I had originally planned to refuel at Brisbane but decided on Sydney in order to take on more fighters and convert one bomber squadron to SBD's from SB2U's.

Be careful about when you perform squadron upgrades - very different than WITP. When you first upgrade the new planes get a big boost of maintenance time. I've seen it be nearly a month before all planes in a carrier squadron became ready, although it seems to vary. Many people have taken to coordinating upgrades with carrier maintenance.

Hmmm...the dive bomber upgrade seemed to go well. One carrier has F3F's, the other has Buffalos. I didn't upgrade the Buffalos as there were not enough F3F's in the pool....just filled out the fighter squadrons to 27 planes.

[Chickenboy]

ETA: Never mind. Quicker fingers and minds than my own have the jump on my observation...[:'(]