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RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:38 pm
by sprior
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: sprior
Again, the deadliest plane in the allied arsenal is a biplane:
I'd say a tip of the hat to the Fleet Air Arm is in order.
Yep, extra tot for the Airey Fairies.
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:39 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: sprior
Yes, it's way off to the northwest.
I've lost all respect I used to have for the Indian Ocean and now find it a particularly irksome body of water.
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:42 pm
by sprior
ORIGINAL: zuluhour
It does have an enclosed cockpit.
That'll be it then.
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:50 pm
by sprior
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: sprior
Yes, it's way off to the northwest.
I've lost all respect I used to have for the Indian Ocean and now find it a particularly irksome body of water.
It has fond memories for many a matelot. (Including this one).
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:10 pm
by Lomri
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
So I am out walking the dogs last night and I spy this reward poster.
It says:
$500 REWARD
Wow. That gets my attention. Think how many bottles of Bombay Saphire I could buy with that?
STOLEN/LOST
Oh..it must be a breeder dog or a beloved family pet. That is a lot of money.
"Sulcata Tortoise/Requires Special Diet and Medications"
[X(][X(]
$500 reward for a ****ing turtle! [X(] Somebody has WAAAAY too much money. How could you fall for a turtle? And who is going to steal a turtle? A rogue band of soup wholesalers? The thing is probably coyote scat already.
I don't see why this is so confusing. That damn turtle stole $5000 from me!!
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:32 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
So I am out walking the dogs last night and I spy this reward poster.
It says:
$500 REWARD
Wow. That gets my attention. Think how many bottles of Bombay Saphire I could buy with that?
STOLEN/LOST
Oh..it must be a breeder dog or a beloved family pet. That is a lot of money.
"Sulcata Tortoise/Requires Special Diet and Medications"
[X(][X(]
$500 reward for a ****ing turtle! [X(] Somebody has WAAAAY too much money. How could you fall for a turtle? And who is going to steal a turtle? A rogue band of soup wholesalers? The thing is probably coyote scat already.
Dude....it's not a
turtle, it's a
tortoise. Hmmph...speciesist. [:-]
That's almost as sad as some do-good / know-nothing ers broke into one of the animal housing units at my wife's alma matter and released the desert tortoise they had there. They figured that it would do well in the large pond in the middle of the campus, so they set it free in there.
That's precisely where 'the authorities' found it the following day-immobile and past, I'm afraid. Gone off to meet 'is maker. Shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir invisible.
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:40 pm
by Cap Mandrake
double post
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:42 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Lomri
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
So I am out walking the dogs last night and I spy this reward poster.
It says:
$500 REWARD
Wow. That gets my attention. Think how many bottles of Bombay Saphire I could buy with that?
STOLEN/LOST
That has been my experience too. You meet a nice turtle. You let them into the family and then the damn thing turns around and stabs you in the shell.
Oh..it must be a breeder dog or a beloved family pet. That is a lot of money.
"Sulcata Tortoise/Requires Special Diet and Medications"
[X(][X(]
$500 reward for a ****ing turtle! [X(] Somebody has WAAAAY too much money. How could you fall for a turtle? And who is going to steal a turtle? A rogue band of soup wholesalers? The thing is probably coyote scat already.
I don't see why this is so confusing. That damn turtle stole $5000 from me!!
That has been my experience. You meet a nice turtle down on its luck. You try to hlep it out and then the damn thing turns around and stabs you in the shell.
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:43 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Lomri
I don't see why this is so confusing. That damn turtle stole $5000 from me!!
That has been my experience. You meet a nice turtle down on its luck. You try to hlep it out and then the damn thing turns around and stabs you in the shell.
That's what happens when you
hlep out turtles. [:'(]
RE: Lost opportunities....
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:20 am
by moore4807
Just my $.02 - I just saw last week that 4 tortoises were found in a back yard "somewhere in the swamps of Jersey". Said tortoises were of the +500lb variety and they were "crying out" according to neighbors, who were feeding them when the PD arrived. They are apparently of the same size and from the area of the Galapago's Is. variety. Now, what do you feed a +500 lb tortoise? and how often? and why would you pay $500 to get it back so you can feed it medication and even more food? The world wonders...
With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:49 pm
by Cap Mandrake
*************Dog Green Beach, Australia, 07:40, october 6, 1942*******
There is the confusion of an amphibious landing evident all along the beach.
Major Hazard, 7 Worcesters: Your report, Captain?
Captain Generic: Sir, we've encountered no hostiles, just two aboriginals on the dune over there.
Major Hazard, 7 Worcesters: SPLENDID! we've routed the little yellow bastards! I'll make my headquarters under those trees over there. A splendid day, captain!
Captain Generic: Yes, sir, very fine weather...it's just..
Major Hazard, 7 Worcesters: Just what captain? Out with it son.
Captain Generic: Well, sir...it's Dog Green, sir....wasn't that supposed to be a North facing beach?
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:53 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:55 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Like Admiral Lord Sprior said...."Yay Wildcats"
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:12 pm
by Cap Mandrake
OK...now what?
I think we shot down every single Kate on the Jap raid and 5 more that never took off. We lucked out that the Vals went after some AK's.
I added them up
20 Kate sorties
19 Zero escort sorties
26 Val sorties
That might just be
one Jap fleet carrier. If so, it is extraordinary they sent it back in. These guys are NOT giving up.
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:45 pm
by Cap Mandrake
From 2 days ago (battle time)
Japanese Ships
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Zuikaku
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Kirishima, Torpedo hits 2
CA Takao, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Suruyame
DD Ariake
As I recall, Soryu was alleged to have suffered a fuel explosion
Then Yesterday:
34 Vals
31 Zeroes
9 Kates lost as their carriers sunk
Zuikaku, no doubt ready for action. Ryuho...maybe? Soryu..maybe?
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:55 pm
by Wirraway_Ace
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
OK...now what?
I think we shot down every single Kate on the Jap raid and 5 more that never took off. We lucked out that the Vals went after some AK's.
I added them up
20 Kate sorties
19 Zero escort sorties
26 Val sorties
That might just be one Jap fleet carrier. If so, it is extraordinary they sent it back in. These guys are NOT giving up.
Or 11 carriers (per the mouseover) with 5 planes per carrier
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:08 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace
Or 11 carriers (per the mouseover) with 5 planes per carrier
Yes..it could be an fiendishly clever LYB strategy to distribute the planes among 11 carriers to limit a knockout blow on one carrier.
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:13 pm
by Cap Mandrake
If there really are 145 carrier planes then it has to be at least 2 fleet carriers. Of course, as there were only 43 documented Jap carrier bomber sorties detected by us last turn there is some disconnect in the "data".
I suppose the claim of 11 carriers might have been overstated. [;)]
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 pm
by khyberbill
Sometimes the Fog of War is more like a Typhoon!
RE: With 7 Worcesters
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 pm
by Wirraway_Ace
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace
Or 11 carriers (per the mouseover) with 5 planes per carrier
Yes..it could be an fiendishly clever LYB strategy to distribute the planes among 11 carriers to limit a knockout blow on one carrier.
It occured to me, because that is exactly what I would do. Think of confusion it would cause among the enemy, never knowing if my carriers actually had their aircraft or not.