Vacillator
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On 3/16/2022 at 4:25 AM, Vergeltungswaffe said:
Glad you're back.
@General Jack Ripper I'm glad you're back (again).
Not glad about your PC problems.
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6 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
Kay Summersby's bit on the side
I read that she was his 'confidante'... I wonder what he confided whilst wetting the bed
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42 minutes ago, Falaise said:
To tell the truth in Normandy it normally rains regularly
Well you are close to l'Angleterre so we probably share the weather
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9 minutes ago, Artkin said:
If your game is failing to save files, then there is already a file in one of the folders under Game Files.
Good point, it will not over-write a file with the same name, it will fail to save.
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I just followed his procedure and did not have a problem, file saved and is in my Outgoing Email folder.
The flashing underscore was there as he described, i.e. “It’s a New Dawn 001_ “ (underline is flashing) but the actual saved filename is It’s a New Dawn 001 so I think it just shows you where the cursor is in the box. However his report then shows Email save failed. It’s a New Dawn001_ could not be created and this does have an underscore in it, not sure why? The space before the 001 has disappeared in his fail message as well, but that may be just a typo.
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3 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
As a young whippersnapper you are too young to have been there during '44. To quote Kay Summersby's bit on on the side, "Don't you people ever have a god damn summer".
For much of Epsom it was a mixture of heavy rain and brief sunny intervals.
You make a reasonable point, my memories are indeed of more recent visits, during which I had better luck with the weather and a warmer welcome than that extended by the likes of the 12th SS.
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7 hours ago, Falaise said:
Is it everything in the folder Steph? Happy to give it a try but my memories of Normandy are dry (weather-wise at least) and sunny. Lovely!
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4 minutes ago, akd said:
Longer version of previously seen Ukrainian artillery video:
So artillery, king of the battlefield again. Wow!
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24 minutes ago, TheVulture said:
Russian supply column a few km NE of Karkhiv got whacked. It's not going well for the Russians in this part of Ukraine. (And quite a lot of the this randomly blowing up near Belgorod are only just over the border in this area too).
That one is worth watching to the end. Jeez Louise...
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9 hours ago, sross112 said:
I'm with Steve that I don't think the US will stop support for a long time. The old eastern bloc nations will also continue support for however long they have to along with Sweden and Finland. I'm sure Canada and Australia will do what they can as well, but just the eastern bloc nations and the US can keep the UA equipped and going on their own for a long time.
And your list of supporters may be missing one or two other countries?
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41 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
M777 artillery
BBC News showing M777s being loaded on planes... So probably happened a day or two ago
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2 minutes ago, MSBoxer said:
How long will it take to train them up to even the low standards of active duty forces concerning unit cohesion?
And even equip them properly. The guy in the back row is probably wondering about that, unless he just chose a bad time to try 'photo-bombing'.
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7 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
It is fascinating to me how good the quality is of OSINT that us "amateurs" are able to make pretty accurate judgements of how the war is going.
Since day one of the invasion if not before, this forum has given me a far better view of what's going on, thanks to everyone involved
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3 minutes ago, George MC said:
Following screenshots show this attack going in
As said elsewhere
, fantastic George, love it!
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Just now, George MC said:
oops wrong thread though!
Oh well that's a minor detail, blame it on me if you like
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2 minutes ago, George MC said:
Following screenshots show this attack going in
Love it George, fantastic!
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On 4/19/2021 at 5:58 PM, Artkin said:
Hello? Why is everyone terrified of getting beat on this forum?
LOL. I know this was a while ago, but funny.
I don't have BS or I'd happily get beaten by you (ooh err missus). I have all the WW2 titles but perhaps that's not your thing right now...
Anyway my PBEM opponents all came from this site. Long live this site.
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Excellent. Love the graphics and the reporting. And stuff like this:
1 hour ago, IICptMillerII said:Artillery does not have to kill to be effective. Despite the light casualties caused, reducing my ability to maneuver is just as debilitating.
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1 minute ago, IMHO said:
Under the sanctions regime banks cannot process the payments. So that the debtor may want to pay the interest yet the banks won't process the payment and the debtor will end up in default anyway.
Thanks, immediate question answered. I have more but I'll do that elsewhere
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4 minutes ago, sburke said:
that only gets him another 4 weeks
This is a world I've not really visited. So I'm not up to speed and would welcome enlightenment on:
'a U.S. license allowing Moscow to make payments is due to expire'
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1 minute ago, acrashb said:
I thought so at first. But if you look at the orange-painted tow ring, it's attached to the hitch on the truck and nothing else is.
Okay, you got me there (mental note, zoom in on any photograph before commenting
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So @TheVulture probably has the answer as he described above.
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2 minutes ago, TheVulture said:
I'd have guessed that towing it by the barrel is probably better in that regard, since the barrels are pretty long. The strain on the barrel from towing the weight of the gun is relatively small and mostly along the length of the gun, which is the direction it is strongest in.
Towing it the other way around would have the gun's wheels close to the towing connection, which means that the barrel could easily swing sideways much wider than you'd expect (unlike towing by the barrel, where the whole carriage will just follow the truck). This could easily lead to the barrel taking hard lateral blows close to the muzzle, which is the situation most likely to bend the whole barrel or flatten the tube out of being cylindrical, both of which could be catastrophic.
That makes sense.
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3 minutes ago, acrashb said:
the barrel is the part that needs to, at least, remain straight.
That D-30 pic shows it being towed not by the barrel. Whereas the first pic (assume it's an M777) is being towed by the barrel.
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15 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
UKR trops blew up railroad bridge between Lyman and Raihorodok (SW from Lyman). Road bridge still stand for a while.
Why blow the rail bridge first and not the road? Seems like a train was on it?
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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This bit is fun: