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Herr Oberst

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  1. By the Gods... Well, forget that, if Slo Jaw is still around here spouting his drivel, then there can be no Gods, only demons and devils. Of course, pretending to fly a plane with a top speed rated in two digits probably fits Uncle Joe's mental capacity. No wait, he has broken into the three digit speed envelope, but that usually occurs just before an abrupt stop. Nods to Berli, Boo, Michael, et al. *sigh* Still no CMx2 WWII theatre... TTFN
  2. I must be updating my Ubuntu installation. How else could I be expected to take seriously the phrase, "Unpacking replacement gnome"? Unless I was here, of course, where we'd all like to replace the gnome...
  3. This thread still lives??? I guess it's true... you know, the saying that Evil still walks the land, and it's name is "The Pend Thread".
  4. While we all appreciate the presence of a Lady in the 'pool, I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that you do not have to endear yourself to us by providing "little peeks" of the late night activities at 'The House of Abbott'. I, for one, can do without seeing that last link which you obviously copied from his favorites list in Internet Explorer. That little item definitely falls into the category of "Too Much Information". No need to see the websites that he visits late at night after the blackout curtains have been drawn.
  5. If you start doing show tunes from My Fair Lady, I'm gonna go get my K98-K and blow yer brains out. Well, maybe I ought to pick a bigger target and shoot at yer arse... 'cause I'm not too good at shooting at something the size of a pea...
  6. But I *always* ignore things that Seanapoo writes... my mind stays just a bit clearer that way...
  7. No takers on the golf quote? That was OGSF way back a when... Next (and one of my personal favorites): "Christ on a crutch.... I'm a bloody AUSSIE!!"
  8. Lame a$$ Micro$oft $oftware... my Windows Mobile-based PDA thought there was a Daylight Savings Time change this weekend, and swapped the hour. When I corrected the time today, it moved every meeting by an hour as well... bastiges...
  9. Patch: Well done... No doubt I'll owe you a box of cookies when all is said and done. Boo: Oh very well... the first reference I have is Geier, but he could have well lifted it... Next up: "Great game BTW, I just love it. All the frustration of golf without the fresh air and exercise." Any takers? Hmmm? (You'll only have to endure 3 more after this... that's as far as my "Quotable quotes" file goes.
  10. Oh so close!!! But that comment was made ABOUT Mace! The question is, who said it?
  11. Boo staring at a weasel and sticking on a second tail? </font>
  12. WRONG! Boo boo bear... Any other takers? Those who have an ounce of wit more than Boo? Of course, that would mean that you must possess one ounce yourself...
  13. Well done Patch... next one up: "Now I have a plan that is so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel."
  14. Good god, it's true... some thing never die, no matter how much you wish for it. A cookie to who can answer this trivia question: Name the author of: "If all there was to the world was you lot, I'd be rootin for nuclear war and a chance for the cockroaches to show their stuff."
  15. Since it's YK2's thread, it must have some merit to it... Hello fair lady. For the rest of you lot... feh! Moving to a new home after 14 years sucks... collecting things, 'cause they have to be moved, sucks... remembering that you'll be moving back to your old place again in 9 months sucks... remembering that the old place will have a new kitchen, an additional 1600 sqft, and hardwired gigabit ethernet... rocks!
  16. I can see it now... the Schwarzkopf.. or the "Schwarz" for short... Luke, the GI: "OMFG, 1st platoon is taking heavy fire, what should we do?" mysterious voice: use the Schwarz Luke..." (nod to Mel Brooks)
  17. What do I do on Pengworld??? I hunt down and shoot genetic throwbacks to Pleistocene times like you... gills and all. Then I stick you on the barbie (doll, as in Vlad the Impaler) before feeding you to my dogs... mind you even they cannot stomach too much blackened Dalem before vomiting up their dinner. Thankfully,m they aren't the ones sitting at the computer, and I have better control of my stomach than they...
  18. Just you keep them wandering Cesspoolers up north, for they'll never get near my Macallan Cask Strength
  19. Congratulations, deputy dawg. I, for one, welcome our new overlord. {do us all a favor, and stage a coup when Old Foul Joe tries to come back} </font>
  20. Puschkin is pretty dense as far as the map goes around the city... dense enough to obscure most elevation marks, but gives you a good idea of the road network and relative density and size of buildings. Russian names w/German names. If you want approaches from the north-west, it'd be ok for roads and rails, but its a pretty populated area (at least from the map). The city is in the south-eastern portion of this grid. This one will get you about 4 km in any direction south or east, much much farther north or west. You'd need O-36-2-A & C to get the eastern approaches, and O-36-13-A & B to get the southern approaches if you had an operation in mind...
  21. Since I know you're all dying to know, here is what is in Herr Oberst's map library: Grids come off a 1:100,000 Russland Originalkarten master map 1:50,000 unless otherwise noted Mius River Bend area L-37-6-A, Bol.-Meschkowa, Ausgabe vom IV 43 L-37-6-B, DmitrijewkaL-37-6-B, Ausgabe vom III 43 L-37-6-C, Uspenskaja, Ausgabe vom IV 43 L-37-6-D, Kuibyschewo, Ausgabe von III 43 Kertsch area L-37-85-C, Majak-SSalyn, Ausgabe V24.V.43 L-37-85-D, Kertsch, Ausgabe v. 4.VI.43 Marfowka Area L-37-97-A, Marfowka, Ausgabe v.4.VI.43 L-37-97-B, Star. Karantin (Gorkom), Ausgabe v.4.VI.43 Rostow Area L-37-32-A, Rostow, Stand 21.XI.41 L-37-32-B, Akssaiskaja, Stand 22.XI.41 O-35-12-A, Bol. <sumfink>, Ausgabe vom V.43 O-35-12-B, Peternot, Ausgabe O-35-12-C, Djatlizy, Ausgabe vom V.43 O-35-12-D, Ropscha, Ausgabe vom I.43 O-36-1-A, Strelna, Ausgabe vom V.43 O-36-1-B, Leningrad, Ausgabe vom V.43 O-36-1-C, Krassnojew Sselo, Ausgabe vom XI.42 O-36-1-D, Puschkin, Ausgabe vom XI.42 O-36-2-A, Rschewka, Ausgabe vom I.43 O-36-2-B, Newskaja Dubrowka, Ausgabe vom v.43 O-36-2-C, Kolpino, Ausgabe vom IV.43 O-36-2-D, Nikolskoje, Ausgabe vom I.43 1:300,000 Stalingrad (big, good for operations, but lacking the detail for specific topography in a battle)
  22. Aah, sounds like time for another trip to the Library of Congress in DC for some more of my hard earned clams fed into the color copy machine down in the cartography section... they have a pretty good selection of captured maps. The folks there give you some strange looks when you ask "Do you have any 1:50,000 Schiesskarte from grid O-32?" I did manage to copy a good set from the Kertch peninsula, and a few other areas...
  23. So it's sing-song time eh? Ob's stürmt oder schneit, Ob die Sonne uns lacht, Der Tag glühend heiß Oder eiskalt die Nacht. Bestaubt sind die Gesichter, Doch froh ist unser Sinn, Ist unser Sinn; Es braust unser Panzer Im Sturmwind dahin. Mit donnernden Motoren, Geschwind wie der Blitz, Dem Feinde entgegen, Im Panzer geschützt. Voraus den Kameraden, Im Kampf steh'n wir allein, Steh'n wir allein, So stoßen wir tief In die feindlichen Reihn. Wenn vor uns ein feindliches Heer dann erscheint, Wird Vollgas gegeben Und ran an den Feind! Was gilt denn unser Leben Für unsres Reiches Heer? Ja Reiches Heer? Für Deutschland zu sterben Ist uns höchste Ehr. Mit Sperren und Minen Hält der Gegner uns auf, Wir lachen darüber Und fahren nicht drauf. Und droh'n vor uns Geschütze, Versteckt im gelben Sand, Im gelben Sand, Wir suchen uns Wege, Die keiner sonst fand. Und läßt uns im Stich Einst das treulose Glück, Und kehren wir nicht mehr Zur Heimat zurück, Trifft uns die Todeskugel, Ruft uns das Schicksal ab, Ja Schicksal ab, Dann wird uns der Panzer Ein ehernes Grab.
  24. Aah... here's your chance to do a little more Medieval re-enacement! Take said bucket, open your front window, yell "En garde!" and fling the contents out into the street... Just be careful that your brains don't go out with the rest of the busket contents... [edited 'cause it's damnable cold outside, and my fingers haven't thawed out yet from the drive to work. You remember work, don't you Seanachai? That's where you do something useful for someone and they pay you for it. Just to make sure you hadn't forgotten...]
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