[OT] Anyone out there?

Test. No traffic in 15 hours?

Looks like you're talking to yourself. :-)
Must be everyone stuck to the news

John Rebori ETN2 (Discharged)
USN 1976 - 1982
ex-USS Pegasus PHM-1

From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@sonic.net>

> Test. No traffic in 15 hours?

Pong to your Ping. "Don't you know there's a War on?"

According to a computer show I was watching yesterday (thursday night), The US
bombing is so skillfull, that the Iraci Internet provider in Bagdad is still
on the web...

The show host called up their web site.

Is this cool or what?

Donald Hosford

> Alan and Carmel Brain wrote:

> From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@sonic.net>

From: "Donald Hosford" <Hosford.Donald@acd.net>

> According to a computer show I was watching yesterday (thursday

God is an Iron*. I've given some advice to a guy with the blogname of Salam
Pax
in Baghdad. See http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

I referred him to the Israeli Defence Force Homefront Command Web site
http://www.idf.il/homefront/english/ns-welcome.stm
as being the best general source of civil defence information.

The Arabic (!!!) version is at
http://212.179.112.116/homefront/alarm-arb.pdf
courtesy of an Israeli blogger http://imshin.blogspot.com/

One of the best websites for news is the at
http://warblogcorner.blogspot.com/

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 18:01:08 +1100 "Alan and Carmel Brain"
> <aebrain@webone.com.au> writes:

Anybody fighting on the table top? I am limited to wrenching myself away from
the TV assemble Stan Johansen's 25 mm figures. Talk about losing layers of
skin to super glue (no acetone in the house.) BTW, these are nice figures....

Gracias,

Thanks, I forwarded these to work. I will check them out Monday. "Research"
you know...

Gracias, Glenn

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 23:15:57 +1100 "Alan and Carmel Brain"
> <aebrain@webone.com.au> writes:

> >> Test. No traffic in 15 hours?

And Friday night (US time) to Sunday afternoon is usually quieter than
weekdays anyway. Either some people don't have web access at home, or else
possibly they have a life (I know, it sounds unlikely, but...)

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 10:54:57AM -0500, Laserlight wrote:

> And Friday night (US time) to Sunday afternoon is usually quieter than

Rumours of "having a life" have been greatly exaggerated.

R

URL of the day: http://www.gulfwardrinkinggame.com/

And Friday night (US time) to Sunday afternoon is usually quieter than
weekdays anyway. Either some people don't have web access at home, or else
possibly they have a life (I know, it sounds unlikely, but...)

Life? Oh yeah that thing before marriage.....I faintly remember something
about that....)

Well, it was 0630 to 2250 PST. Trying not to stay glued to the tube.

Painted 3 battalions (Command Decision) of 1940 French in the past 2 days.

Michael Brown

[quoted original message omitted]

Now, now, Alan... not fair to be tossing more zingers at our
absent Combat Engineer when he's not around to receive.... ^_-

http://warblogcorner.blogspot.com/2003_03_22_warblogcorner_archive.html#
200027588 (apologies if that gets cut up over two lines or anything.)

Warblogcorner is a sweet place to read up on what's happening, though. Thank
you for the link!

                           Aaron

> --- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:

Sorry, I was at GAMA for four days, and then my 'net porn research was backed
up... The only gaming I have done is product demos I particpated in at GAMA:
100 Kingdoms fantasy TTG, War Machine Steampunk TTG, Den of Thieves card game,
and Fudge rpg. I will have full reports of it
all on my site by next weekend. Hopefully I can bully my brother-in-law
to a game of Dirtside Thursday night. He'll probably whine about 40K, but you
never know...

> --- glenn m wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:54:57 -0500 "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
writes:
> >> Test. No traffic in 15 hours?

Guilty, for a few more months anyway...

or
> else possibly they have a life (I know, it sounds unlikely, but...)

Married, two kids, one special needs, Hell House, no handyman genes, a full
time job, miniatures to paint, scenarios to plan, games to play, acronyms to
explain to Beth when I post, my kids want a graden
(?!?!?!?!)
- who has time for a 'life'?  Much less a "real life"?   Yes, even geeks
have a life, we just try to evade it.

LOL!

Gracias,

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:54:57 -0500 "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
writes: <snip>
> And Friday night (US time) to Sunday afternoon is usually quieter than

 Once a month *  I get to play at one of the local shops - usually
(sssh, don't tell anyone) a fellow's ongoing Nappies campaign in, <furtive
glance, whisper> 25 mm figures. I really need to get those 6 mm historicals
ready for a game... Since the local BMHGA [Big Muddy Historical Gaming
Alliance] club is historicals only (except during cons where it is anything
historical or anything Miniatures) I have to get the SF and Fantasy done at
cons locally. Or solo...

Gracias,

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Roger Burton West wrote:

> URL of the day: http://www.gulfwardrinkinggame.com/

That's a good link... Here's another oddity of Shrub's Crusade:
http://www.agonist.org/archives/000801.html#000801

Oh, and weapons inspection attempts continue, despite official
non-compliance & an ongoing war:
http://www.cynatech.demon.co.uk/
.. by a creative group of UK peace protestors...

I'm currently without cable TV; using the internet as your major news source
can be a surreal experience. Google "Iraq war" and you never, ever know what's
coming up...

Oh, and a very, very good multimedia presentation by the CBC on propaganda,
information warfare and similar:
http://www.cbc.ca/webone/psyop/

From: "Aaron Teske" <mithramuse@yahoo.com>

> Now, now, Alan... not fair to be tossing more zingers at our
http://warblogcorner.blogspot.com/2003_03_22_warblogcorner_archive.html#
200027588

I wish to state for the record that I'm only following doctrine, i.e. not
playing fair or putting myself in any danger if there's any alternative. I'm
sure Massive Retaliation will follow when he comes back, anyway.

> Warblogcorner is a sweet place to read up on what's happening,

No wuckers.

> > Now, now, Alan... not fair to be tossing more zingers at our

AEB said:
> I wish to state for the record that I'm only following doctrine,

John'll be in a good mood when he gets back--he has an opportunity to
irritate the French by bashing the Persians, what more could he ask for?

He is probably in fine form. How many weeks has he had to "hurry up and wait"?
Lots of time to make notes.

Michael Brown

[quoted original message omitted]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:35:20 -0800 Michael Brown <mwbrown@sonic.net>
writes:
> He is probably in fine form. How many weeks has he had to "hurry up

<snip>
> [quoted text omitted]

Other than certain armies "...3 speeds in reverse..." jokes, I thought it *
always * was "...hurry up and wait..."! It's bad form to start counting until
at least week six.

Gracias, Glenn

P.S.

Yes, I *do * know that Oklahoma was not the first choice of the Cherokee
people.... <grin>

And I have heard every possible joke from my Mexican-American family and
friends about how the Spanish (my mother's maiden name was Aniba) didn't know
how to cook (among other themes) until they came to the new
world...

LOL!

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:39:57 -0500 "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
writes: <snip>
> John'll be in a good mood when he gets back--he has an opportunity to
It's nice to have goals in life... LOL!

Although I thought Persian became (via several changes) Iran. I know that we
are moving fast in Iraq but not that fast!

Gracias,

<snip> a guy with the blogname of

Blogname?

Visions of Grimace in a PA suit...

Oh, Blog, not Blob...

Gracias,