LOL, most of the US media folks only see a uniform and a weapon, and cannot
even tell the difference between GIs, TOMMY, and etc.
kinda like if it has tracks it is a"tank" and if it is bigger than a pistol
and squirts bullets like water, it is a "machine gun".
i was looking at THE LADs patrolling some part of shitville wearing full
combat gear, and the dumbass US talking head was referring to them as
Americans...
better yet was the German soldier being interviewed who the blurb under the
pix informed us all he was an American military doctor...
sucker was a full fledged para or special forces type, armed to the
teethm he was. and LOL, he_LOOKED_ as German as can be, too!
and better yet, he was in Afghanistan and the talking head was telling us all
he was in Iraque..
DAWGIE, disgusted with most media folks since the RVN....
> At 2:44 PM -0600 11/30/03, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:
People keep wanting to call my Ferret a tank thing. If it's green and has a
turret, it's a tank to some....sadly, that extends to many average people in
the military. At least in the case of CNN, I can sometimes educate some of the
talking heads.
I was watching scrapheap challenge (junkyard wars) with my eight year old
daughter, the challenge was to build a "tank" armed with a potato gun. Over
the intro a ARV is seen plowing through the mud of a driving range. At this
point my daughter says
"Daddy that's not a tank!", I asked why not - "well it's got tracks and
armour but no gun". 10 minutes later another clip is run (this of an Abbot
SPG).
"Daddy he's done it again!", "Done what?", "Well he said it was a WWII tank,
and it looked like some kind of modern self propelled gun to me." I'm not sure
if I should be worried or not.
> I was watching scrapheap challenge (junkyard wars) with my eight year
My wife (the veteran) says there's nothing to worry about at all...
In a message dated 12/1/03 4:24:20 AM Central Standard Time,
> Christopher_Downes-Ward@acuma.co.uk writes:
> I'm not sure if
As a wargamer who has raised only daughters, I tip my hat to you. I have to
explain the difference between "tank" and "tracked vehicle" over and over to
my
daughters - they just consider me to be nit-picking
Scott
I likewise doff chapeau!
I dragged my daughter to many a game con; she decided to go Goth and do the
LARP route.
Worked surprisingly well for a number of years, though. We hotbedded the hotel
room as I am an early riser.
The_Beast
> At 7:52 AM -0600 12/1/03, Doug Evans wrote:
Could be worse, she could have gone Hippie! Goths tend to be peculiar and odd,
but they're more often than not more intelligent than the average subculture
that rebels.
I dabble in that subculture more for the aesthetics than for the need to
rebel. Besides, I have a thing for pale waify things in corsets and dark
clothing.
> Worked surprisingly well for a number of years, though. We hotbedded
You should drag her to Dragon Con. She's probably enjoy herself as would you.
***
Could be worse, she could have gone Hippie!
***
Then she wouldn't have been rebelling against her da.
The_Beast
As a wargamer who has raised only daughters, I tip my hat to you. I have to
explain the difference between "tank" and "tracked vehicle" over and
over to my daughters - they just consider me to be nit-picking
Scott
LOL., raised a son and daughter and both can tell you what type of vehicle it
is by the sound it makes coming down the road before they see it.....)
The advantages of having grown up on various army bases around the globe.
G'day,
Chris wrote...
> I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.
Nope she's just fine by the sounds;)
Scott mentioned:
> As a wargamer who has raised only daughters, I tip my hat to you.
Well Scott if it makes you feel any better I still can't get it, so every time
something comes along I have to say "ok tell me" and I get a chorus from Derek
and the kids "its a.... because of... and.... ". Janny still tries to step me
through it, but I think Lachy has given up on me in digust;)
Cheers
My definition is: A tank drives over the top of your car; a tracked vehicle
drives through your car; an APC goes around your car. In all cases, your car
loses.
Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies (Living only 300m from the Simpson Army Barracks
& Signal Corp)
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> At 10:06 AM +1100 12/2/03, Robertson, Brendan wrote:
A gepard uses a tank chassis, would it drive over or through?
As long as I'm not in it, it doesn't matter. :-)
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