[Female German snipers??]

Originally posted by Philippe:

And where, pray tell, was Alexander's boyfriend Hephaistion while all of this cavorting with female Amazons was supposedly going on?

He was probably the reason for 'his difficulty with the process'.

[Female German snipers??]

Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Firefly:

Actually I read somewhere that his nickname was 'Jumbo'...

Aren't you confusing him with Wilson?

Michael </font>

[Female German snipers??]

Originally posted by Juju:

Okay, so the book has Dempsey spelt wrong, not Montgomery, who actually addresses him with "my dear Simbo."

Actually I read somewhere that his nickname was 'Jumbo', but when asked he would never explain

why.

I'll leave it to the forum to draw their own conclusions.

[Please everyone look at this]

I just realised that we missed this thread's first birthday. We could have had a party.

[Female German snipers??]

Dempsey

[Female German snipers??]

Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:

Walcheren

I was using the Dutch spelling, which White also does .

[Female German snipers??]

I also saw mention of something similar in Peter White's 'With the Jocks'. White, an officer in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, tells of an instance during tha landings on Walchern island, where he was supervising the landing of equipment and evacuation of the wounded, when a carrier driver constantly came under sniper fire in his trips to and from the front line. Finally getting fed up with this the driver dismounted and shot the sniper, only to find it was a women. White says it was not clear if she was German army or a civilian collaborator.

[Armour. How has it progressed???]

I'm not a fan of Manchester United, but I don't think they're up to funny things in Iraq. Keep the loony political theories in the General Forum where they belong. I've been enjoying the stuff on armour penetration though.

[The Cheery Waffle thread: some assembly required, Master Goodale NOT included]

Hey, Prince, you need a shave.

[Use of the Bren Gun Tripod in Commonwealth Forces]

*Sigh* and this thread showed such promise. We'd nearly neatly diverted it into a discussion of the works of James Joyce, their influence on contemporary literature and weapons theory and men with smoking thingies; then what happens? The bloody gnome gets unbanned, that's what happens. BFC fix etc.

[Use of the Bren Gun Tripod in Commonwealth Forces]

Originally posted by gunnergoz:

I just want to know why the seated chap's crotch is smoking...then again, maybe I don't...

He's clearly been reading some of the steamier passages of Mr. Joyce's books.

[The Cheery Waffle thread: some assembly required, Master Goodale NOT included]

Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

I am the Heat Death of the universe. Beware ye mortals.

Famine

I thought you were the No Food Death of the Universe.

[*** ACCURATE StuG IIIG (mid) Mod w Zimmerit and alt. side skirts!***]

I thought alt.side.skirts was one of those strange Usenet groups.

[The Cheery Waffle thread: some assembly required, Master Goodale NOT included]

Originally posted by Snarker:

The rest of you, LISTEN UP LIKE YOU HAVE A SET (of ears, you filthy minded puss packs!)

Jagged Alliance, XCom fans - Silent Storm is now available in North America and it gets two :mad: 's up! Learning curve is moderate, (some of the hot keys are a little odd) but the graphics are excellent! GRGGGAAAAAARGHGHAAARGH!!!! THE ENVIRONMENT IS FULLY DESTRUCTIBLE!!!!!! Tons of 'splodies!!!!

I used a BAR and a captured MG34 to chip away the front of a house to get at the maggot meat inside. Blew the windows in, and even took down the bricks with enough hits. Not to mention you can shoot through the floors or ceilings to get the sniper pinning the rest of your buddies down.

Anyone with a ATI card is warned to save often - something in their drivers sometimes drops you out of the game... apparently they didn't want nVidia to keep the annoyance factor all to themselves.

You obviously haven't reached the bit with Panzerkleins. Men walking around in a suit of armour that can't be penetrated by a panzerschreck stretch my suspension of disbelief, not to mention ruining the play balance.

[ April 07, 2004, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: Firefly ]

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Wow! That Fiefdom thread must have got nasty since I last checked it.

[Rank of section commanders]

Originally posted by Joachim:

They are force type based. Italians or Romanians have other ranks than Wehrmacht.

Well the last time I checked, Italians, Rumanians and Germans spoke different languages . Your point about the SS though does suggest that special cases can be made, perhaps SS fanbois outnumber Commonwealth fanbois.

[Rank of section commanders]

I doubt it's poor resarch, after all this analomy (as well as the one where battalion commanders have to be majors) was brought to BFC's attention back in the CMBO days, which is, I believe, where Michael E. remembers the 'engine limitation' explanation from. I don't have access to the CM source code, of course, but I suspect the internal tables of rank are language-based rather than nationality-based. You need someone from BFC to confirm this though.

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Originally posted by Axe2121:

Note to self: stay out of the GF for, oh, a year or two.

The secret to a happy life on the GF is to extract the urine from everyone. The fun part is that half of the dim buggers are too stupid/FOS to notice.

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Originally posted by Axe2121:

Chutney and haddock? Oatmeal and tripe? Or pickled ham hocks at the pub?

Remind me to avoid Canadian restaurants.

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to YK2 for yesterday, if she's still reading.

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Originally posted by Mace:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by vskalex:

How did your fist get so big?

Mace </font>

[How do i win "Cemetery Hill"?]

I think it was produced for all those people who complain that playing the AI is too easy .

[CMAK auto-translate?]

Deleted, as Rune came up with a bettter answer.

[He's a Waffle; she's a Waffle; Wouldn't you like to be a Waffle too?]

Originally posted by Boo Radley:

[You want feedback, Sparky? How's this: giving a person mortars when the visibility is lower than the minimum range is just cruel.

At least he didn't give you air support.

[MasterGoodale's threat of Cherry Waffle: Cameo Edition]

Aussie journalist, Clive James, once remaked that the hardest thing when he first came to Britain was adjusting to life in a country where the flora and fauna weren't actively trying to kill you.