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  1. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jmac:

    yes dear, yes dear. whats that? you said the lawn hasn't been mowed in what? 4 weeks? 4 weeks!!!! i'll get right on it. where's that damn save button.......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Bloody hell.

    Well I am single, how can you tell?

    Basically the lawn hasn't been mown in about 4 months.

    My excuse for this is I claim to be enviromentally friendly.

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  2. I think what Juardis is trying to say is that the lowest Green? experience level is meant for units that have no combat experience. So after being in 2 or 3 battles in an operation it should go up an experience level to conscript? for the remaining battles in the op. This representing that the unit has now experienced combat and learnt a few tricks of the trade.

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  3. I must say Andreas I am most impressed all that within 40 minutes of my original post.

    My mention of poor old Serbia was actually referring to the Austro-Hungarian overreaction to the assasination, which then led to the domino effect of hey if you pick on him i'll pick on you.

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  4. Oh bugger this, none of you are asking the right bloody questions!

    The right questions are.

    1. Do the boats come supplied with fishing rods and tackle?

    2. Is there enough ice in the boat to keep two slabs of beer cold for about 4 hours?

    3. And probably most important is there a pub near the river/sea? (just incase we can't be bothered putting the boat in the water)

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  5. Hey Bullethead I actually have a KE-GO Type 96 "knee" Wok in the kitchen. My Grandfather, who served in the RAN, brought it home with him after the war. It has a bit of a story to it, I will try to get it out in at least a semi-coherent fashion.

    At the time my Grandfather aquired the T96 Wok he was serving in submarines. His submarine had come across a Jap troop ship that was dead in the water. Rather than waste a torpedo the sub surfaced to sink the ship with its deck gun (my grandfather being one of the sailors that serviced the deck gun). Well while they were firing on the troopship my Grandfather witnessed the actions of one Japanese soldier who calmly tied a white rag around his head, picked up his Type96 Wok filled with what appeared to be rice of the Class E variety. The Jap soldier then charged along the deck of the ship and jumped over the side hurling the Wok towards the sub.

    The Sub of course was well out of range of such a weapon, even when used in such an unorthodox manner (i.e. throwing). However one unexpected thing occurred, totally against all commonly held opinion of this weapon, the Wok floated and actually drifted to the submarine where my Grandfather lent over the side and picked it up. So thats how a KE-GO Type 96 "knee" Wok ended up in my kitchen.

    Oh by the way the Jap soldier drowned seems he couldn't swim.

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  6. Decided to preorder when I first saw the Beta demo back in Oct/Nov '99. Actually submitted the preorder on the 10th May 2000 after reading a post mentioning the IMMINENT release of the Gold demo. Yes the very same post that sparked the Gold demo riots I will never forget the level to which formerly upright citizens debased themselves, those terrible hours will stay with me till the day I die.

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    [This message has been edited by Speedy (edited 06-14-2000).]

  7. Great idea Dar, I have actually seen footage of an operation similar to what you are describing. It was a crossing of the river Meuse in 1940, first of the German assault troops went across under fire in dingies(sp?)

    , then the film showed the combat engineers building a replacement bridge under fire while an armoured column waited in the background. It was amazing stuff to watch and I agree it would be great for a CM operation.

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