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RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:02 pm
by sprior
I am still trying to figure out what "Toe-rag" means.
A definition as good as any:
toe rag
The definition derives from old England where convicts used to tie bits of shirt around their toes and feet as a make shift sock, hence "toe rag" means scoundrel, criminal, thief, indencent/unlawful person etc.
Or just git*. I added that bit.
*Just in case. Git: Total and utter tosser who is incapable of doing anything other than annoying people, and not in a way that is funny to others. Best used idly. e.g. "Git."
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:14 pm
by Chickenboy
Yes, but how could you differentiate from a 'shabby', as in Ken Shabby? If memory suits, he wears toe rags (and raises polecats for peace).
Would it be considered 'proper' English slang to use 'He's a right git', or is that just redundant?
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:26 pm
by Kwik E Mart
ORIGINAL: sprior
New recruit training.
...is this some kind of conceptual art piece which comments on native american struggles against american imperialism? quite the battle between sitting bull and the statue of liberty...
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 11:09 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart
ORIGINAL: sprior
New recruit training.
...is this some kind of conceptual art piece which comments on native american struggles against american imperialism? quite the battle between sitting bull and the statue of liberty...
I think it may be the Hiawatha Campground off old 66 near Joplin, MO. Hiawatha is on top of the coffee shop and rental office out front. I am pretty sure the boots on the soldiers are not regulation either.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:01 pm
by Cap Mandrake
***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>
Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.
Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.
Chief: What do you mean, they?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.
Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.
Chief: How large is that, Peabody?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.
Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:39 pm
by sprior
Sonar room HMS Revenge 1984:
Sonar Chief: So, can you tell me why we call it a waterfall display?
Me (doing my submarine qual): Because it looks like a waterfall?
Sonar Chief: Er, yes.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:22 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: sprior
Sonar room HMS Revenge 1984:
Sonar Chief: So, can you tell me why we call it a waterfall display?
Me (doing my submarine qual): Because it looks like a waterfall?
Sonar Chief: Er, yes.
You do realize you probably hurt his feelings?[:D]
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:36 pm
by Cap Mandrake
********************Jan 3, 1942*****************
Darwin/Bathurst: The great bulk of the unloading is done at both locations. Tranpsorts left Darwin today. A few are left at Bathurst. Bathurst airfield is not quite ready so LRCAP is still flying from Gove. Again no air raids over Darwin (3rd day). Colorado and Maryland will bombard tonight. JJ tried an arty bombardment at Darwin but the counterbattery fire was brutal, much more than we could have achieved with our attack.
PT tenders arriving Bathurst today. Seaplanes in operation at Bathurst have pushed back the search area to well past Kopeang.
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13005 troops, 116 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 526
Defending force 43462 troops, 715 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368
Japanese ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Engineer Co
38th/A Division
18th Tank Regiment
38th/B Division
53rd JNAF AF Unit
52nd JNAF AF Unit
107th JAAF AF Bn
22nd Ind.AA Gun Co
5th Div /2
Defending units:
6th Australian Division
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
6th Marine Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
7th Australian Division
2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
South Pacific
2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
2/9th Field Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Marine Defense Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
I US Amphib Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
16th USN SeaBees /1
Saumlaki: Irrustrious started back to Sydney and then on to Gibraltar. The US CV/CVE's moved North to cover the main landing at Saumlaki. This will consist of a Marine Def Bn, and engineers to build up the airfield. Some Bettys went after the carriers.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saumlaki at 79,118
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 15
F4F-3A Wildcat x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 75
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
A LYB night surface raid at Saumlaki is more of a threat because they can approach without being spotted more easily. Also the airfield build site is on the NW side of the island.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:20 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>
Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.
Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.
Chief: What do you mean, they?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.
Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.
Chief: How large is that, Peabody?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.
Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.
Thanks to service on C130s, I have hearing damage and tinnitis so I hear ringing in my ears all the time; will the Chief pay for my getting laid too??
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:43 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>
Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.
Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.
Chief: What do you mean, they?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.
Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.
Chief: How large is that, Peabody?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.
Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.
Thanks to service on C130s, I have hearing damage and tinnitis so I hear ringing in my ears all the time; will the Chief pay for my getting laid too??
I think the point is that Sonarman 1st Class Peabody is quite interested in technical matters and is....well.....not yet accustomed to the company of women, if you get my drift.
Is there something you want to tell us? [:)]
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:40 pm
by MateDow
ORIGINAL: princep01
Hummmmm, the uniform talking looks just like Popeye's nemesis, Bluto. The entourage looks like a bunch of DC bureaucrats (Bureau of the Navy, Torpedo Ordinance Div).
I thought it was the captain from the TinTin.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 11:00 pm
by BBfanboy
One can never have too much "company of women", but some damn computer wargame published in England seems to occupy much of my time these days ... and nights too - at my age sleeping eight hours at a stretch is rare so I pester the working class online as a break from playing the game.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:28 pm
by perkinh
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************Sonar Room, USS Cassin, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:20, Jan. 2, 1942(c)****************
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Chief, come listen to this <hands over headphones>
Chief: <listening....hears low pitched "mmmmmmmmmmmm:> Peabody! That's 60 cycle, damn it!
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Yes, that is what I thought at first too. But it's intermittent and non-random.
Chief: Peabody, you are supposed to be looking for Jap subs. It's probably the hot plate in the galley again. Maybe the cook turned it off because the coffee was hot. Did you think about that?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Sure, that's what they WANT us to think.
Chief: What do you mean, they?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: I'm not really sure chief, but there is an intelligence behind this. The signal is pulsatile and the time of the pusles are perfectly proportional to the first 4 Mersenne Primes so far.
Chief: <listens again and hears the same "mmmmmmmmmmmmm"> It doesn't sound "pulsating" to me, Peabody.
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Right, that because of the proportionality, Chief. The 5th Mersenne is large number.
Chief: How large is that, Peabody?
Sonarman 1st Class Peabody: Well, if I am right, this signal will last about 4 1/2 months.
Chief: GODDAMNIT PEABODY! I TOLD YOU TO STOP READING THAT JULES VERNE CRAP! JUST LISTEN FOR THE GODDMAN JAP SUBS BEFORE THEY FIRE A TORPEDO UP YOUR ASS! <turns to leave...then stops and turns to another sailor> Kowalski, make sure Peabody gets laid when we get back to Sydney. I'll pay for it.
Thanks to service on C130s, I have hearing damage and tinnitis so I hear ringing in my ears all the time; will the Chief pay for my getting laid too??
I think the point is that Sonarman 1st Class Peabody is quite interested in technical matters and is....well.....not yet accustomed to the company of women, if you get my drift.
Is there something you want to tell us? [:)]
Depends...will the Chief pay if i say?
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:52 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Gabede
Depends...will the Chief pay if i say?
I will pay for your consort...
up to $5, but you have to post the picture of your "date".
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:12 pm
by Cap Mandrake
*****************40 fathoms underwater, 20 mi NNE Darwin, 08:25, Jan. 2, 1942(c)*****************
<We see the interior of a large craft composed of carefully machined surfaces of an arsenic-carbon-vanadaium alloy. The design is fantastically unergonomic and, to tell you the truth, is not even that aesthetic either. I am pretty sure that the race which designed this craft has no gays..or Italians either. A large, grey-green trident shaped hand perhaps 18 in in length adjusts an apparent control lever. At the end of each digit is a thick protective covering of hardened hair which is covered by a vile green-brown muck that smells of...well...frankly it smells like shit because it is. I mean, you would think an advanced race like this could devise a better strategy to get waste product off their hind quarters, but, there you have it. The room reverberates with a loud "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM">
Chief: GODDAMNIT Wortj#esqrxx! Can't you fix that damn 60 cycle? It's drivng me nuts.
Helmsamn First Rate Wortj#esqrxx: Workin' on it, Chief.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:19 pm
by khyberbill
up to $5, but you have to post the picture of your "date".
I am not sure if we want to see a $5 date.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:36 pm
by danlongman
Damn! Wrong thread.... I am dyslexic.
Thought it said "Bring Me The Diego Of Head Garcia"
bye
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:28 pm
by Moondawggie
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Gabede
Depends...will the Chief pay if i say?
I will pay for your consort...
up to $5, but you have to post the picture of your "date".
Cripes, Mandrake, even back in the 70's a lousy $5 wouldn't get you in the door of a "Social Club" in Olongapo or Gate 2 Street/Kadena.
Up the ante, big spender!
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:17 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Moondawggie
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Gabede
Depends...will the Chief pay if i say?
I will pay for your consort...
up to $5, but you have to post the picture of your "date".
Cripes, Mandrake, even back in the 70's a lousy $5 wouldn't get you in the door of a "Social Club" in Olongapo or Gate 2 Street/Kadena.
Up the ante, big spender!
No, you misunderstand. The fun would be in seeing how many teeth she has.
RE: Hearts and Minds
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:19 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Jan 3...landing the delayed follow-on troops for Saumlaki. Lautem apparetnly has no garrison...hmmm. There is a full USMC regiment 100 prepped for Lautem......but they are still in Suva.
