Desert Dave

Haven't seen it, quite likely, Never will. I'd recommend: Cabaret and Night of the Generals.

All the best to your Grandfather, He served in one of the few "Good Wars." Haven't had many of those since, Exceptions being Gulf War I, And Afghanistan (... from American perspective, and ONLY in my opinion - who else's should I have?). ALL the others, and I DO mean... every other one, Were notso good. My point was, and remains, that Our fat-*ssed politicos PROMISE these kids - MOSTLY Poor, with not enough "connections," And so - unable To "buy" their way out of it, Yea verily, they Get out the jingoistic, chavaunistic Flim-flam and sham machismo rhetoric To promise those Great! War glories, and yet, Once maimed or O/W ripped all apart, Well, They just can't seem to find enough $$$$$ To pay for the rehabilitation necessary. THAT's the crime I was referring to, and, IMHO, We should see LOTS of our past AND current politicos Wearing prison garb. In a REAL prison, not enny Country Club, So - that way they can REALIZE The extent of their crime, And, Like the pot-smoker caught with A couple joints, Do the time, eh?

Come to America M8, Take a tour of the VA Hospitals here, LOTS of Vets, From old and new wars - torn all to shreds, Physically, mentally, Or worse, Living and dying on the street, Nope - don't get much Accomplished medical attention, as, RE: recent developments revealed About Walter Reed there in D.C. Like in that Movie, Which I'd recommend you see, Once or a dozen times, Don't matter, You'll get the PIC, M8. "Coming Home" With Jon Voight And that true, Red white & blue American (... who is great enough to admit past mistakes, unlike WAY too many who cannot - EVER get over it) Jane Fonda. Every week I see 'em, When I go out there, Help out a little, as I can, And, Ride on out in the Gov't Van Friday or Saturday night, Sometimes when it is below freezing, TRY to talk them... home, come in Off the street. Some still in fatigues, Beaten, weary, drug-stricken, Carrying bad memories Like empty ammo clips Hanging off their ragged clothes. Cartoons are one thing. What it IS, brother, Is... another. Fat, tired old men Who NEVER were in any war, Nor their own sons neither, Sending the young ones Off to do their insanely Inspired - dirty work. It's a crime, a shame.

Couldn't agree more, Jeff, And I will continue to work diligently With manifold suggestions For more random/variant events, Rest assured. Within reasonable "historical framework," But of course, And, Also work to eliminate as many Of those - yet existant - "gamey exploits" As possible. There IS a huge difference between Random and Exploit, Literally or figuratively.

Cold as Ice. To the devil! With the suprising! Sides of the dice. I'll internalize the scripts, Will - tantalyze - the Lion With a dazzle Of mein whips, With... the... gift I was lucky enough to get, IE, A sweet & complete set of brains. That other - yip & yowl Cat? He can do the back & forth flips. LOL, Well, it's as I've ever surmised: Terif wins - since the other guy Chooses to lose.

And, So that the Allies could not base Long-range heavy bombers On Crete so to smash to smithereens The Ploesti oil-fields. I agree... could have a "Crete Effect" (... similar to, but less effective than "Malta Effect") And I have supported that very idea For a couple years now.

Bill... IF you are using a Fleet script (... and not a "naval loop script) similar to the one that follows: _______________________________________ ; UK evacuates fleets from Red Sea { #NAME= UK Evacuates Fleets from Red Sea #POPUP= UK Evacuates Fleet from Red Sea #FLAG= 1 #TYPE= 2 #COUNTRY_ID= 1 #TRIGGER= 100 #LEVEL= 0 #SIZE= 1 #BUILD_LENGTH= 0 #LENGTH= 10 #GOAL_POSITION= 123,40 #GOAL_POSITION= 36,33 #GOAL_POSITION= 44,17 #GOAL_POSITION= 52,11 #DATE= 1939/09/01 ; Set friendly positions: ; 1st Line - Glasgow Port #FRIENDLY_POSITION= 61,13 ; Set variable conditions: ; 1st Line - UK politically aligned with Allies and not surrendered #VARIABLE_CONDITION= 1 [2] [100] [0] ; Set tactical conditions: ; 1st Line - Jerusalem not tactically threatened (dummy condition) #TACTICAL_CONDITION= 119,34 [3] ; 1st Line Set activate position (Axis unit in Alexandria) ; 2nd Line Set activate position (Axis units approach Cairo) #ACTIVATE_POSITION= 111,34 [0,0] [1,1] [1] #ACTIVATE_POSITION= 114,37 [1,1] [2,2] [1] ; Set dummy cancel position (single neutral unit at position 0,0). This is not possible as no ; unit can occupy tile 0,0 so event will not be cancelled due to #CONDITION_POSITION #CANCEL_POSITION= 0,0 [0,0] [1,1] [0] } ___________________________________________ THEN - what you have to do is "instruct" the evacuating fleet (... which would NOT appear when FOW is off since it has already gone) To go BEYOND the 2nd Goal Position. IE, send it up towards mid Atlantic, or as in the above example, near Ireland. What is happening is this: There is no "transit DELAY" so the ship is immediately and constantly going back & forth in a loop. Try that and it should work... it did for me.

While yer at it, How about? The long-barreled 75mm PzIV Without "track skirts?" As is, They look too much alike, can Hardly tell 'em apart, Like it was in the old-days funny papers With them - Katzenjammer kids!

Ack and alack! :eek: Out-voted 101 to 1! [... here, as in Beta, Hubert gets 100 votes to each of our one] However, I STILL say the Panther SHOULD arrive before the Tiger. (... which was a "birthday TOY" for A Hit, who gushed over them rush-job wonder weapons, the un-holy, evil-dreaming - fool!) BECAUSE: 1) It was in service and effective FAR MORE than that lumbering fast flash one and done done! crash-machine, AKA: Tiger. 2) Agree that it was, for the most part THE best Tank, oh, until the mid 1950's, AND ipso - should be ON the battlefield sooner than the Tiger. I say again, Panther should be ON the battlefied by July 1943 at the latest... if it remains at L-5, it may not even be available in most games to help turn aside the red tide at Orel/Kursk, [... especially for TaoJah, who NEVER has ANY luck! Seems impossible, but, he insists...) and so Da-Da Cabaret in Berlin will be demolished and turned into a humm-drum Soviet tractor factory too much sooner! Well, No big deal, I've been out-voted MANY times. Last time, It was 7 billion to one. See, I had proposed a World wide requirement That ALL humans (... and a couple animals) Might ONLY use 1963 Schwinn 3-speed bike For transport to & fro upon the earth. [... no need to rely on dinosaur sediments! and too, Ozone layer will remain somewhat intact, thereby reducing 'em horrendous skin cancers!] THIS time I only lost by 100 votes! But it's not over 'till it's OVER, What does ennybody else got to say? Panther first, or that... fast Flash & crash machine? [ April 11, 2007, 05:00 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

GErman tank production during WW-2: Panzer I... 1,500 Panzer II... 1,000 [Czech T-38... 1,400] Panzer III... 15,000 - primary tank from 1940-42 Panzer IV... 9,000 (Guderian recommended many MORE) Panzer V ("Panther)... 4,800 - 1st used at Kursk in July 1943 Panzer VI ("Tiger")... 1,400 Panzer VII ("King Tiger")... 500 - 1st used May 1944 Whichever sprites are used (... Fernando's are the best by far, IMO), the Panther should - whether by date or number produced, **PRECEDE the Tiger on the battlefield. T-38's could very well be omitted altogether. Instead, I would combine I & II, Then - III, IV(early & late), V and VI, In that order. ___________________ BTW: Shouldn't this thread be over in the "mods" forum? [ April 10, 2007, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

Some things never change. The closed eyes you are born with, The surprised eyes when you Die. First knowing not. Perhaps, happy day, knowing how. The fraction was Creation. The Golden Age of Greece. Charlemagne's Gual. The Beast in the labryinth, A myth received - about Crete? And, Not least, You, A leap-for-joy school-boy, Released, In a bell-ringing hall. That was the day - recall? 1511, 1622? 1733? 1890? ANY date and, all, Is... now! Nope, some things just Never change.

A couple strange days later, It still applies. It's not always what something is WORTH, It's what it does to your soul. Sometimes a fetish is a fetish IS a fetish, and can Lead to really weird dreams. Yeah, I used to see that kind of stuff When I lived in Germany. Down broken cobble-stone roads, In hidey-holes where there were cobwebs In all 4 corners of the narrow window, or, Poor German kids from poor families Would ask me if I would like to have Such & such a thing. For a price. Not knowing what else to do About this new intrigue, I had asked my Old Man about it. He said that if I brought ANY of that Trash into the house, He would throw it - and me, Should I insist on clutching it - out. Collecting is alright, but, personally, I think I'll stick to old Baseball cards and comic books. To each their own sort of totem I guess is how I'd say it.

My favorite Comic, I couldn't put it down hardly! :cool: Well, STILL are folks shootin' each other All over the place, Only now, Some gangsters and punks THINK usin' an Uzi is cool. Gone are the days Of straight-shooting, Each man with equal Chance at - slap-holster And fastest draw. Liked it back then, A WHOLE lot better.

Lookin' out my gaming-room window About now, This is darn near Dead-on what I see... Yep, WAY too CROWDED, but, You can walk a few miles in any direction And set yerself - free. Better have sturdy Worked pliant boots, A scarf of some sort, Broad-brim hat, And - a snake-bite kit Though; nope, It's no easy as Apple-pie! Go.

Used to, old hand, In high school and Army tour And at University, but, Time went by, Fast! As you probably full well realize, and Time got... COMPRESSED, so to speak, And so, Decided to CONDENSE things A little more. On forums anyhow. When I'm tendin' the Garden, I'll speak with the shrubs & trees And the Yucca and Gila Monsters And Road-runners and what-not, In more, ummm... flowery prose.

This is that great Comic I was Talkin' about... Guess I'll have to look around on e-bay (... yard sales would be one in million chance I suppose) And see if any are still out there. Usta trade 'em back & forth, Same as the baseball-cards, Wish I would've kept a couple Of these, tho.

I'll respond over here, maybe No objections? (... could be? some ain't liken 'at great Gestalt - is Daffodils before the torrents of Spring?) Since THIS thread seems To have run outta steam? I reckon we'll see on that There, but, My words ain't enny iota "wiser" Than what you've mentioned Over these many years, yep, I ALWAYS read yer posts, SM, No matter WHAT is tropic or topic, Nuts & bolts, Or - RE: "Kid Colt" (... do you happen to remember that FABULOUS Comic Book? I can't find NOBODY who does! :confused: ) O/T even, or maybe a bit about Them Alamo kind of Guys, Travis, and Bowie, and Crockett, Who'all, IMO, VERY LIKELY learned stuff For themselves, as well. Can't imagine enny a' them Plainly American Pioneer sorts of Cats, Then the going got awful Wrack & ruin tough, Twistin' 'round - backwards, And askin', forlorn-like: "Hey, What do I... do... NOW!" LOL! [ March 21, 2007, 08:04 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

Skip it then. Wait for something you like better! :cool: BTW, WRT the topic at hand, I would do this: Learn things MOSTLY for yourself. Trial and error. Play and play and play. That way, You are your OWN man, Not somebody else's creation.

_______________ The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. --- O Khayam ______________________ Hey, Life, She just ain't fair ; sit Beside me - here, And relieve your weary Writing-wrist, and compare The following pair: One is pummeled with a cudgel, Often, woe, often - and for no Apparent reason; an other Fares better - and some would insist! It's surely due to wile & grit, A sturdy, brute, dilligence, and, That brawn, or wit, you are born with. But, it's Mostly - just... being - a lucky duck! Nothing to do about that, Except - simply, exist - under The mid-day sun, enhuddled In nocturnal shade and - yes! Refresh! In a gifted drifting of mist. --- the newly bloomed Daffodil! on the hill-side in my back-yard ___________________________________

That's Lizard King, jjr, Not Lizard Man Nor Lizard Dude, Or Lizard Wizard Has got sulphrous talons 'Stead of only bony fingers, neither Either, eh? My kind of abnormal Cat, @-Man :cool: I had the - ummm, pleasure of knowin' 'im (... sort of, say, in the way you ken actually KNOW a Bengal Tiger, for instance) When he lived in my neighborhood Here in Desert City, And also out at Big LA's Whiskey A Go Go That one time, LOL, he was not So far ripped out and gone, baby, gone! You could NEARLY understand 'Is X-tremely lively jive kinda Mad-hatter patter. Yep, jjr, MORE flat-out charisma flyin' Every witch-a-way offa That ACTUAL Bad Cat than ANY Person I've ever known, uh huh, (... tho, Bobby Kennedy had that same outrageous stuff, only different, whiter, so to speak) It was akin to... standin' alone In midst of mighty ferocious thunder And lightning storm! BTW... once did a 40 page research paper For an Abnormal Psych class On - WHY In tarnation! Are the really great "Show-Folks?" [... as you coulda been, IF only... ] Almost always... umm,what is ordinarily Considered by the crowd, as - freaks, Clowns, No good-niks, Slap 'em 'n smack 'em sorts of Anti-social disordered dudes? IOW, Crazy *ss flakes, man, and too, Drivers of rods or Moto bikes - ain't got no brakes! :eek: Anyways, This here "thesis" included A couple other back alley Cats That you would know: Jimmy Swaggert, And Ted Turner. [... I only considered characters from roughly, oh, 1963 to 1983] I would send you a copy of the treatise, Except, You had PROMISED me One a' them there Camp Rambo T-shirts, Only I never did get it. Maybe IF I should join? One a' them there tree-house clubs? THEN I'd finally get mah cut-off T? :confused: (... gettin' closer to "The End," here, so not to worry O/T dis-liking Kin )

Well Liam, I'd have to say it's notso much "In the blood" (... though I think I understand what you are intending) As it is, In the brain. That ancient... Lizard Brain. The kind you find in this old creature Common hereabouts Where I live. Covered over with sheerest veneer Of ol' Huck Finn's Adolescently despised - "Civilization." And, IMHO, It ain't limited by skin colour, As Conquistadores and Idi Amin And Genghis and recent blood feud Between India & Pakistan Among VERY many other "races" Has amply vampirely proved, Over and over and over, All throughout the Ages. Whole clans have gone "mad." Are now. Will again. Though, I am optimistic. One day... a kind of "collective epiphany" shall occur. A "common and unspoken" agreement To QUIT! All the scratch and snatch & grab, That "base" sneer and ice Cold command. Proof of that? Have none, Empirically speaking. Instead, I'll say... it NEEDS to happen, and Fair soon. Perhaps that is the ONLY impetus Necessary? [ March 15, 2007, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]

Hi-ho, vveedd. What you say? Sure, Given my isolated place and state, I am - once in a while, Happy to see almost ANYONE. The Beggar Man, The Tax Man, Flim Flam Man, Mad Max the anti-cop, Rag Man in 'is fly flop shoes, Pale Rider on plodding Plow Horse, And, of course, Even - this guy Who is, THIS time... I soon find out, savage! As a crazy radio talk-show host, And toting a sawed-off shot - e's after My 19 and 56 model... washer machine! Turns out 23 straight payments! PRECISELY - on time, Ain't gonna cut it. ... I had asked for - 3 day extension? They say - NO way Jose! [... BTW, my name ain't Jose, they seem... a bit flippant, eh?] The TidePool Mega-Corp (... which is based in Bermuda, like so VERY many another USA - USA - USA! Kind of Corps - so to avoid paying ANY Taxes - hey what! Lucky ducks!) Anyway, They have NO interest In... EXCUSES, They are like Saint Peter At the Gate, in that way, Oh say, As in THIS case - due to exorbitant Cost of gasoline - driving The (... coughing) VW Kamper Wagen Across Desert City So to visit a dying Friend... from days of Old, When it was We'd tripped the kaleido-light Out of sight... clear to Death Valley California, April of '69 it was, In search of Fool's gold, Well, why ever not? We ain't around for very long After all, as many right here Will soon enough learn, and so TidePool MegaCorp sent Repo Dude So to yank the in/out-flow hoses, which he did proceed to do With a mighty crass alacrity! It's alright, I got this crick? Runs across The gulley-wash back yonder. Couple times a year I carry the heap on down, Then it rains a spell up In them Watermellon Mountains, And there's a couple flat rocks And! A Lime deposit close to hand, so, Knock-knock on green wood! All's right with the World, I am good! To go! You?

One of the critical features Of the board game Was the "drift" of the Para units (... ack! Even into the Sea!) And the size of the landed troops. I guess you'll have some of the "engineers" At reduced size... what would be True cool, IF we had a script Where AB would become incapable Of further Air Assaults (... perhaps - "AI instructions" of some kind or editable ability to ONLY allow Air Ops within certain time frame?) Which would allow you to use the right sprite Throughout the game. :cool:

Have played the Avalon Hill Board game many times, Quite a challenge For Axis player, but great fun! Your early version Is lookin' good! :cool: **Should you need any help with testing (... you may not and would prefer to get it mostly done yerself, and that's Cat's Pajamas) O/W... post up When it's ready. You'll likely get plenty of offers To lend a hand, Myself included.

I have these, Even with VERY latest patch, But, ONLY on the far right side of screen Where the Xtra row of half-tiles are. They go away when I right click Anywhere on the screen.