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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: sprior

PS. Too much Chateau de Chasselais with dinner

How is that even possible? [&:]

What if you are already hitched and you are really rich and you drink a whole bunch of Chateau de Chasselais and you develop a severe case of wine goggles and you father a child with a 50 year old illegal alien? Would that qualify as too much?

Only if you're a governor of a large state.

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Dixie




How is that even possible? [&:]

What if you are already hitched and you are really rich and you drink a whole bunch of Chateau de Chasselais and you develop a severe case of wine goggles and you father a child with a 50 year old illegal alien? Would that qualify as too much?

Depends on whether anyone finds out...

EDIT: I think sprior is safe from being rich, so he's probably safe. Unless you mean he's rich in years.

I think you mean rich in experience.

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake



What if you are already hitched and you are really rich and you drink a whole bunch of Chateau de Chasselais and you develop a severe case of wine goggles and you father a child with a 50 year old illegal alien? Would that qualify as too much?

Depends on whether anyone finds out...

EDIT: I think sprior is safe from being rich, so he's probably safe. Unless you mean he's rich in years.

I think you mean rich in experience.

I don't.

ORIGINAL: sprior

Would a straight European guy do that?

We're secure enough in our sexuality that we can talk to anyone without feeling threatened.

How about them Bears, playing in London next week? [:D]

ORIGINAL: sprior

What's for dinner?

Beef!

Both Admiral Lord Sprior and I are rich in experience. We both know all the good places to get your damaged ships fixed up. [:)]

Nevada lives another day. She is about a week out of Geraldton at 3 1/2 kts in favorable seas.




***************Aboard USS Nevada, crews mess, 240 nm NNE Geraldton*****************


Boatswain's mate Knutsen: Flying fish again?

Canner, Fitter and Turner behind counter: It's got a lovely lemon-butter sauce.

Boatswain's mate Knutsen: Yeah, but it's still a fucking flying fish.

CPO: Do you want seconds Knutsen?

Boatswain's mate Knutsen: Not really Chief.

CPO: Then EAT IT and shut the **** up unless you are some kind of ******* Admiral and nobody told me. We don't have any refrigeration.

My own medical group sent me a bill for $1.26 [:D][:D]

I saw another doctor in the group because I thought I was going to die. Apparently I was mistaken. After I stopped laughing at the bill I got in the mail, I felt sorry for the other poor schlub. A lousy $1.26 for a freakin' digital rectal exam. That's all he got? Especailly after I had cucumber salad and humus the night before. [X(]


Anyway, I went upstairs to the business office to have some fun. I get upstairs and there is a really cute 20 something working the counter. I am getting so old that cute girls don't make me nervous anymore.

Hi. I need to pay for my digital rectal exam. $1.26

Oh, hi Dr. Mandrake. Did we send you a bill?

No, a big guy named Lucha came to my door. He sounded like this. <I do a wiseguy voice>

Oh, I'm so sorry. It doesn't look like we sent this account to collections.

At this point, I am thinking, "Hory crap! Do we really do that?" She looks genuinely concerned..and cute..did I mention that?
I decide to let her off the hook.

Oh, no, I was kidding about the guy named Lucha.

Oh, I'm so glad. How would you like to pay that?

Well, I was hoping to set up some kind of payment plan.

A...payment plan?

Yes, maybe 18 cents a month or something?

Well...I'd have to check with my manager.

At this point the manager is listening from behind an open door. "MANDRAKE, QUIT BOTHERING MY HELP!" [:D] The manager used to be cute and she evidently isn't afraid of me either.

Well, it sounds like one of those times you hope everything does not come out alright...literally speaking...of course.
ps. I take it you did not inquire of the cute one any particular gel or ointment she might prefer for said procedure, you know, inquiring minds want to know.

Off track question for Mr Sprior, As an avid Lambretta and Vespa rider, Is there still some popularity with the "little wheels" over there?

Some but not a huge amount.

Sorry to be dense Mister Sprior Sir, but were you answering the scooter question or the ointment question?

Thanks L. Sprior.

The "ointment" shouldn't be an ointment but should instead be water based and it shouldn't have any extract of Serrano peppers either....even if this was a really good year.

Nor will there be any stories of non-ficitional employers asking non-fictional (or even partly fictional) employees what kind of ointment to use because this story of WWII(c) is know to be frequented by junior partners of D,C&H Employment Practices Division trolling for cases.

****************October 19, 1942*************

An impudent wee jap dobber DD bombarded Exmouth destroying a didgereedoo cutural display and severely angering an 18 foot saltie.

Yorktown should be 21 days out from a new spit shine. Wasp and Illustrious will be ready before that. The WJD CV's have disappeared for 2 d.

Ground bombardment at PH results in equal disruption to both sides. Clearly, we aren't ready for an attack yet, but at least we hit something. PH airfield was hit by the 17's and the ground troops chiefly by the mediums. More bombing and mayhem to come. Broome and Wydham appear shut down for now.

Air support troops landing at Meruake today wtihout a Jap air attack....that is good.

I doubt DC&H would dare to bring a case against Lord Hill and Adm Marx. OOPs wrong thread.[:D]
curious here, have you guys lost any oilers? you seem able to support large Tfs off Western Oz. I dont seem to have enough of them for two fronts.

*****************October 20, 1942****************


Oz: JJ was spotted trying to run in transports at PH. We started a surface group to head up around the corner from Geraldton and set most of the mediums at Meekathara to naval attack. Surprisingly, they are landing without apparent protection from a surface group and the carriers were not spotted either. Neither is there any Jap air at PH.

When the sun came up the airfield was hit again and the most well trained groups went after the transports, getting two bomb hits. These are laden transports, apparently transporting troops of Jap 5th Div. If there was any doubt they mean to fight it is now gone. We shall see if our surface group got cold feet or even if they are unspotted. If not, there may be an opportunity for an intercept.

Here is the group landing troops at PH. This seems big enough to be the whole 5th Div. That seems a Hell of a risk to sail in there with no surface group.

It does make one wonder if it an elaborate bait.


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-26 Marauder x 6
B-26B Marauder x 6
P-38F Lightning x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Buenos Aires Maru
xAK Tazan Maru
xAK Nako Maru
xAK Tamaki Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
APD Nadakaze
xAP Kamakura Maru
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Erie Maru

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

*************October 21, 1942**************

Oz: WJD 5th Division was not disuaded from unloading at PH by some B-26's and B-25's so Admiral Lord Sprior sent in the Dreadnaught class HMS Decoy which had been on sentry duty at Exmouth.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Nadakaze
DMS W-5
DMS W-6
xAK Nako Maru
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Erie Maru
xAK Tazan Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Ada Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Hakodate Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Seizan Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Tamaki Maru, heavy fires
xAK Hokuriku Maru
xAP Kamakura Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Miike Maru
xAP Buenos Aires Maru
xAP Montevideo Maru

Allied Ships
DD Decoy

Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


There were no bomber attacks either owing to weather or retreat of the Jap troopships (or both). If they send them back tonight there weill be heavier Allied SCTF's

Looks like it worked out well for the LYBs reinforcement schedule. All told, they only had some 250 casualties whilest disembarking the bulk of a 13,000-strong division over those two days. You're going to have to hit them harder than that to make an impression, Cap'n.

We have Repulse and North Carolina in one force on their way and South Dakota and a CL one day behind.

Also a force of one USN CL and 4 DD's should be in the area. We may not need the heavies.

The appearance of at least parts of 5th JJ Div at PH raises the issue of more Allied firepower to defeat them. SWPAC is tapped out except for Aus I Corps which had been previously prepped for Broome. I could lend Admiral Lord Sprior some Marines from SouPac so that I Corps could be ready to exploit at Broome.