> At 10:06 PM -0600 17/1/99, Mark A. Siefert wrote:
SNIP
> Sigh... Sorry, the St. John's Wort is wearing off.
The herb works better for women. (Free professional advice from what you may
call a physician)
To get on topic: a way to avoid premature death may be to invest in a
strenghtened hull. Macaroni and cheese do nasty things to one's integrity and
core system rolls.
Medical advice - not flame worthy.
MarkS
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Mark Sykes wrote:
[snip]
> MarkS
Good grief - how many "Mark S" do we have on this list? :)
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, The end [ ... ] down. wrote:
[snip]
> M 'not any of the Mark S versions' k
FOOMAL!
-MW 'one of the many Mark S versions' S-
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, -MWS- wrote:
right! clearly, the Thomasae have prior claim to intercontinental polysomatic
entity status; the AndersonBarclayGranvold will exterminate
all Markoid life-forms! they are clearly in need of a cull: thin out
their numbers! exterminate! exterminate!
Tom
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Thomas Anderson wrote:
[snip]
> right! clearly, the Thomasae have prior claim to intercontinental
The ABGs of Tomasae [ducking]. You do realize that we of the Markoids now
outnumber you, don't you? <eg>
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, -MWS- wrote:
clearly, we are lacking a Tom C (and D, E, F). volunteers would be
appreciated.
> You do realize that we of the Markoids now
it's quality, not quantity, that counts.
hmm, a port of GZG-L for FT2.5:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Thomas Anderson wrote:
[snip]
> clearly, we are lacking a Tom C (and D, E, F). volunteers would be
If you can't find other willing Toms, perhaps a Jerry or two would do.
. .
[snip]
> Thomas Barclay (BB) mass 72, thrust 6, C++ Battery, Canuk Field ...
[obligatory groan]
> Thomas Anderson wrote:
> it's quality, not quantity, that counts.
At least we'll go down fighting...
<sound of plasma weapons fire... sonds of screaming>
"COME ON YOU &%(&(.... COME AND GET SOME.... OH YOU WANT SOME TOO, HUH... COME
ON YOU YELLOW... <click...click...click>
Damn!
<He tosses the useless weapon away and draws a katana from his belt. Take a
Migi Hasso Kame stance, makes one final charge>
BAAAAANNNNNNNZZZZZAAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!
> At some point, Hauptman wrote:
> << On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Thomas Anderson wrote:
[snip]
> clearly, we are lacking a Tom C (and D, E, F). volunteers would be
If you can't find other willing Toms, perhaps a Jerry or two would do.
. .
> [quoted text omitted]
It seems as if only Dicks or Harrys could do. No Jerrys.
A carefully disinterested neutral Don. War materiel, intelligence, and black
market goods cheerfully bought and sold. No Money? Can't buy plasma rifles?
Troops loosing interest because of missing
pay? Come to us! Low interest on national-equity war loans!
> At 12:09 AM 1/19/99 EST, you wrote:
At least that will make the Tomasae incapable of Jerry-rigging an
adequate defense...
Siefert charges in with:
> <He tosses the useless weapon away and draws a katana from his belt.
Nice exclamation, Mark.
:-)
Mk
-MWS- spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> If you can't find other willing Toms, perhaps a Jerry or two would do
Well, only if we were playing NSL.... (just kidding, the play on words was
just too obvious!).
> [snip]
Moreso because clearly mass 72 would bear little resemblance to the
namesake. Clearly mass 100 is closer to the truth. We'd use a C++
battery, but only if we were content to run slowly (say speed 6). We like
speed so probably stick to C batts and go speed 8. And once you introduce the
unbalancing Canuk field (you can take that to mean it unbalances those in the
ship it is used on), no one else really has a
chance. Ships armoured in 100m of Ice - takes a long time to eat
through that to damage the underlying structure. How can you stop an
army of SG2 forces organized into "teams" bearing hockey sticks (+2
die shifts in close combat) and hockey armour (d10, bonus to speed while on
skates, automatically resolves casualties into either bloody nose, concussion,
or game misconduct) and chanting either O'Canada (with at least half the
verses in French to confuse our Southern neighbours) or whistling the theme
song from Due South, one of our largest cultural exports? And Morale? We don't
check Morale in cold weather.
Sorry, this has gotten very very silly. Reporting self for
Re-adjustment at the NAC Baffin Island Rehabilitation Facility.
Tom. One of the few historically insignificant Toms
/************************************************
> IronLimper@aol.com wrote:
Obviously, no jerrys. Otherwise they'd be Deutsch Marks.
> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
[snip]
> > It seems as if only Dicks or Harrys could do. No Jerrys.
[THWAP!]
Bad Alan! BAAAAD! Hauptmann Mark has Swiss background, not German <g>.
. . .
> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Thomas Barclay wrote:
"cap'n! it's thae list, she canna take it! any mair o'these god-awful
puns and she'll blow!"
> > [snip]
kg? i was guessing - most software engineers i know are little fellas.
> We'd use a C++
whereas over here we go for added flexibility at the expense of speed and use
J batteries. we have some trouble with incompatible MS ammo, though.
actually, the soviets do have a missile known to the west as 'sandbox'
...
> Sorry, this has gotten very very silly. Reporting self for
"NAC Baffin Island Psych Rehab Facility - looking after GZG listers for
over a century!"
Tom
----Original Message Follows----
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:38:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@university-college.oxford.ac.uk>
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: The many Marks of the GZG Mailing List.
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Thomas Barclay wrote:
"NAC Baffin Island Psych Rehab Facility - looking after GZG listers for
over a century!"
Tom
> Thomas Barclay (BB) mass 72, thrust 6, C++ Battery, Canuk Field ...
I've seen Barclay run and he's Thrust 3 or 4 at best.
> -MWS- wrote:
> > > It seems as if only Dicks or Harrys could do. No Jerrys.
. . . .
> Mark "Hauptmann" Shurtleff
Ah, "Schweeze Dootsch". As opposed to the Hauptman aus Kopenick.
When working alongside the engineers from OCZ (Oerlikon-Contraves
Zurich), I found they spoke German with an Italian accent, Italian with
Tom spake thusly upon matters weighty:
> >Thomas Barclay (BB) mass 72, thrust 6, C++ Battery, Canuk Field ...
And next time I see YOUR carcass across the battleboard, Mr.McCarthy, it'll be
"Ramming Speed!" and you'll find out what 100 Mass feels like when it runs you
down..... cheeky bugger.....
(grin).
T.
/************************************************
> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
[snip]
> > [THWAP!]
Yup. :)
> When working alongside the engineers from OCZ (Oerlikon-Contraves
What do you expect from a country with four official languages?
> The Swiss accent on
You're just lucky you didn't run in to any Romansch speaking Swiss - now
*there* is an interesting language. As far as the North Germans having fun
with Swiss pronunciation, let 'em laugh - the Swiss have all of their
money <hehehe>.