Cyclone

Would that be a VIIB?

Is this for real???

Trust me donnie, thats one thing we don't need to be taught

Yeah, I'm in the city of cyclones. We're in this wierd part of the east coast, halfway down, and get 2 cyclones a year. They wreak havoc, but they're also the lifeline of this city, as the two cyclones are the only rain we get. Rest of the year its hot, real hot, with an average humidity of 80-85%, but no rain at all. Some wierd wind patterns prevent any clouds, and the monsoon gives us the wave. Hence my Csign.

Those're phantoms, right spec? Does the usn still use 'em?

I cant wait to get a friends SH2 cd back, now that i've figured its the scope that usually does me in (no small thanks to ya, skip). Is there much difference between 2 and 3? And how long on an average can you sail at cruising speed?

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Where on earth do you guys live????? I crib about half an hour of mild drizzle, a tornado must be like what, 4 days of that??

*shakes head trying to get image out of his mind* Yeah, thanks a lot Mane, we all needed that story.

Which sport?

http://indiannavy.nic.in/pres03.htm Joint naval excercises with the Frenchies. Caution: The colour combo used is the absolute pits. Try and read as little as fast as P. 25 year old SeaHarriers vs Royal Etendards and Rafales, wow! That's like a Brazil vs India football match with the Indians barefooted. Anyways, the reason I posted this is 'coz I want to know - why do we have to have a RN ship there? jic something goes wrong with the Harriers, they can sue us instead??

http://indiannavy.nic.in/c_aircraft_carriers.htm My fav - dad's first big ship: http://indiannavy.nic.in/picture_gallery/INS_Rana.jpg

1130 am, got a whole day stretching out with nothing to do but cram. College exams start in a week, still trying to get that in my head. Oh yeah, and today's my best mate's birthday, I'm going nuts trying to figure out what to give him. He's got everything except for a girl, and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get him that. What do you give a 17 yr old when he has whatever he wants and doesn't need whatever you give him? Anyway, have a great year, ivan, and stay near the phone. I've a feeling that good things're gonna happen sometime at 1830 today. THERE'S A WHOLE FRIKKIN' WEEK AHEAD!!!! gngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngnng g

Real dumb, both of them. *shakes head in disbelief* They're almost as dumb as the politicos we have here.

<groan> I guess I shouldn'tve expected any better.

There's that scenario in Flight Sim '98 in which you have to land a 737 on the Carl Vinson, anyone managed that? I gave up in frustration 'coz I ended up landing on the water everytime.

Darn gun-toting americans gngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngn j/k

Thats a game????? Whoa, I really need to move on, the last racing sim I played was NFS3

There's a rural area in the us???

I thought that the garbage disposal chaps drive up to your doorstep 3 times a week over there. Or do you give them just the small stuff, y'know, daily refuse, while the big stuff goes to the transfer station?

Transfer station???

If you find that wierd, wait till you hear a Malayali speak English 1. Name the wonly part of the werld where Malayalis don't werk hard? Kerala . 2. Why is industrial productivity so low in Kerala? Because 86% of the shift time is spent on lifting, folding and re-tying the lungi. 3. Why did the Malayali buy an air-ticket? To go to Thoobai, to meet his ungle in the Gelff. 4. Why do Malayali's go to the Gelff? To yearn menney. 5. What did the Malayali do when the plane caught fire? He zimbly jembd out of the vindow. 6. What is a Malayali management graduate called? Yem Bee Yay. 7. Why did his wife divorce him? Because he was louwing another woman. 8. Who found out that? His andy. 9. What does a Malayali do when he goes to America? He changes his name from Karunakaran to Kevin Curren. 10. What does a Malayali use to commute to office everyday? An Oto. 11. Who is Malayali's fyamous yeactor end yaectress? Moghan lal, Mammooti, Geedha, Revadhi, Zilgsmidha end Ambiga. 12. Why Kerala is the most highly literate state in India? Its easily giving Degree to get rid of the peapals from Kerala. 13. Why Arab countreis are looking for only Keralites? They are ready to do yennything for menney. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Please don't delete this after reading, You should atleast send this mail to: 10 Malayalis & you will receive cokknut oil, 20 Malayalis and you will receive bennena chips, 40 Malayalis you will receive appams, Send this to 100 Malayalis and you will get free land near the rice field behind the lungi factory with additional incentive of a whole month's supply of cokknut oil and bennena chips free. ....

Tom Thumb, Sleeping Beauty and Quasimodo were all talking one day. Sleeping Beauty said, "I believe myself to be the most beautiful girl in the world." Tom Thumb said, "I must be the smallest person in the world." Quasimodo said, "I absolutely have to be the ugliest person in the world." They decided to go to the Guinness Book of World Records to have their claims verified. Sleeping Beauty went first and came out looking deliriously happy. "It's official; I AM the most beautiful girl in the world," Tom Thumb went next and emerged triumphant, "I am officially the smallest person in the world." Sometime later, Quasimodo came out looking confused and asked, "Who's Camilla Parker-Bowles?"