Cyclone
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Lol!!!
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Would that be Scapa Flow? There were a large bunch o' D's, 2Bs, 4 escs and 3 patrol boats taking shelter, I slunk in from the 18m eastern shallow, got bearings on 5 of the big ones. Did a slow turn and fired off 4 fore and 1 aft, and headed out to the deep. 4 torps hit, I got a B, and 2 Ds, but those darn patrols chased me out. Luckily there was a large grid o' shallows out nor-east, i got into them and waited the patrols out. Ran into the Royal Ark operating from west Norway, gave her escorts a scare, and got home 3 weeks later. Had to take a roundabout route south of the channel, 'coz they stepped up patrols after my ambush, but got home safe. Loved that mission.
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Hey, atleast its not Tata's Camouflaged Mudballs!!
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Those Bushisms????
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Wireless hasn't even bothered lookin' this way, everything here runs on lines. Most people used dial-up at 2-5kbps till about 4 years ago, but broadband has really taken off, and you can get speeds of upto a 100 kbps in civi zones. We've got a dedicated rigup for the naval offrs housing areas, and it is really fast, 'coz I can download stuff at >1MBps no prob, but the standard is usually <200 in the rest of the country. The installations in the Andaman & Nicobar tried using satellite, but people who go there are usually the one's wanting to be left alone, so it didn't take off there either. A couple of big firms are planning on implementing it, and I hear parts of Mumbai and Delhi are already on it, but I cant confirm that.
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'ptach!! Guess I'll stick with Worms. Dad'll become a Dread Lord if I ask him for a sys like that. This country isn't hot on gaming, and anything with more'n 256mb memory belongs to the supercomputer genre. A decent graphics card sells for the average monthly income of a school teacher here, so anything that can run starlancer is a good system. Come to think of it, I dont even know anyone with a graphics card. And dad flipping is something I can do without
Yup, I'll stick with worms. when I start earning, that's when I get an upgrade. Till then its drooltime.
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Evening all, 1822 pm here, thursday's gone well. Been online for a long time today, downloaded more junk than good. Listening to Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers loud enough to bring the neighbours running, and trying to work up a minesweeper time of less'n 999 secs. Getting Rogue Squad tomorrow morning, but I might not get to play too much, coz dad's gettin back in the afternoon. The car papers didn't get done, 'coz the darn RTO guys asked for way more than the accepted amount set by the Ministry for Bribes and Other Underhand Exchanges (Moby Dick, for short. MoB dicks, thats why
)Anyway, good thursday to y'all, its supposed to be the day when people are at their best. Seems to be working for Stans, atleast
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1. I'm not into working out. My philosophy is no pain, no pain.
2. I'm in shape. Round is a shape.
3. I'm desperately trying to figure out why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
4. Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
5. I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
6. Ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.
7. Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but going faster is a maniac?
8. You have to stay in shape. My mother started walking 5 miles a day when
she was 60. She's 97 now and we have no idea where she is!
9. I have six locks on my door, all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks; they are always locking three of them.
10. One out of every three Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you.
11. They show you how detergents take out bloodstains. I think if you've got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it, maybe your laundry isn't your biggest problem.
12. Ask people why they have deer heads on their walls and they tell you it's because they're such beautiful animals. I think my wife is beautiful, but I only have photographs of her on the wall.
13. Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore.
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Can the English language survive after Bush?
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country. "
- George W. Bush
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
- George W. Bush
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is ' to be prepared '."
- George W. Bush
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future. "
- George W. Bush
" The future will be better tomorrow." George W. Bush
" We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
- George W. Bush
" I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
- George W. Bush
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe We are a part of Europe."
- George W. Bush
" Public speaking is very easy."
- George W. Bush
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
- George W. Bush
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. "
- George W. Bush
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
- George W. Bush
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. "
- George W. Bush
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
- George W. Bush
" It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
- George W. Bush
No, really 
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A friend of mine d/l the full version about a month back, he's been going ape over it ever since. I'm not sure if my sys will handle it, 'coz its sluggish on his p4, 512ram with 32 mb onboard. I've got a p4, 256 ram, 64 mb onboard. Half the ram, but twice the vid. Any chance it'll run?
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I played SH2 for some time, and never figured out how to evade surface units. Run silent, run deep just doesn't seem to work for u-boats. Is it something with the game, or is staying motionless way below the thermocline not enough to remain undetected? I played Hunter/Killer 988(I) before sh2, and in both 988 as well as SSN, evading surface units was quite easy. But none of the tricks seem to work in SH2. Any ideas?
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Rig for silent running, Dive! Dive! Dive!
Gonna do a crazy ivan once in a while now, shake 'im off.
GET A FRIGGIN' HOBBY!!!! YER FREAKIN' ME OUT!!!
<ssix trans through, sir>
<right-o, proceed with dive>
bubblebubblebubble
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And the Hoskar goes to ..........
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Still f#*&ing snowing....forecast for freezing rain this PM......the "good news" is that the winds have dropped to below 80 kph. All of you guys bitching about warm weather and no breeze.......BITE ME
Just to cheer ya up, its been a hot day, with temperatures crossing 40C, a very warm sea breeze, and humidity at 80pc. No sign of clouds in the sky, monsoons're 4 months away.
Day went well, exam from 7 to 1700, totally fagged out. Couldn't get a seat in the hour long bus ride, finally got home by 6. A quick bite later I was down at the pool, though today wasn't much of a swim. Did a few laps to shake off the fatigue, but couldn't work up a rhythm. (wow, that almost sounds professional!!). On my way back I yakked with 2 chicks for about an hour, though there wasn't too much flirting to be done, coz of kid sis's presence. Dinner by 9, too tired to study, so I've got permit to crash early tonight.
Tomorrow's a local New Year festival called Ugadi, the state govt has made absolutely sure every school gives a hol, so I'll be home tomorrow. Plannin' on being online quite a bit too. After all, with 3 hols in a year, I should definitely not waste 'em, right ???
G'nite all east, and various stages of g'day to y'all west. As for me, I'm outta.
Cyc.
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Yeah, well, thats how it is
Anyways, its 0530, just finished my brekka, gonna head out for school. I'll be back by 2000, and plan to spend atleast 2 hours on Csim, spamming away. I hope the weather melts mom a bit, so that she lets me out for a swim when I get back. I'll probably see you guys when we're all comfortably into Wednesday.
Have a good day, everyone.
Cyc
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Its 0000 on a cloudless, hot, humid wednesday morning, with a forecasted max of 40C today. Wow, if this is spring, I dont even want to imagine what summer's gonna be like.
Dads gone South, gotta redo our car papers (he lost 'em last week). He got his trip made official under some pretext or the other, its been fixed up as a TyDuty, so he's on paid vacation. Surf, sand, and a lot of cocoa. Nuts. Kochi, on the southwest coast. He'll be back friday, so i'm free till then.
Got an exam in 6 hours, know absolutely nothing, but hey, its objective, so I'm not worked up. If I get even 20% right, thats still more than how much I get when I study and go:lol: Though that negative marking might cause some issues. Anyways, to hell with it. I'm more worried about this girl I'm gonna meet at 530 am sharp, cause she expects an official statement from me about our <ahem> relationship, and I'm happy the way it is (hey, I haven't seen her for a month, I dont even remember what she looks like) Sweet talking her in the back seat of a bus filled with 50 other laughing classmates' isn't gonna be easy, so help!!!!
Gonna grab some winks now,
See ya all wed late nite, app 22 hours from now.
G'nite/morning all
Cyc
PS- anyone on Hi5?
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On 13th Apr 1989 ...
The Number 1 single was:
The Bangles - "Eternal Flame"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years Click Here
The Number 1 album was:
Deacon Blue - "When The World Knows Your Name"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here
Born on 13th Apr:
1934 - Horace Kay ( The Tams )
1943 - Eve Graham ( The New Seekers )
1944 - Brian Pendleton ( The Pretty Things )
1946 - Al Green
1951 - Max Weinberg ( E Street Band )
1951 - Peabo Bryson
1954 - Jimmy Destri ( keyboard player, Blondie )
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Mom's a Bangles fan, I've only heard Walk Like An Egyptian, and (if its one of theirs, i'm not sure) Honesty.
Wasn't the E-street band the one that played with Springsteen?
And I was just watchin' Blondie on Parkinson's. Something struck me as really odd about the lady, can't quite put a finger on it though.
Dont know any of the others.
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From the C'wealth games : 5 minutes back, Kunjarani Devi (Ind) lifted 94kg to win the C/Jerk gold and set a record. Silver was Marilou Prevost (Can) with 91kg. Third was 84kg (didn't catch the name)
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Mornin' everyone, todays thursday - the day when people're at their best, acc to some survey. Not with exams goin' on, it isn't. I woke up early, with an aim (hushed pause) to work hard today (5 in the audience collapse, the rest go queasy). But don't worry - right after my parents left for work, I took a glance at the tv schedule today. Not a good idea. They're showing Gladiator, Iron Eagle 3, Retrograde, Bulletproof, Cats 'n Dogs, Airplane 2, The Rundown, The Matrix, School of Rock, Basic, Van Wilder:Party Liason, Basic Instinct, and Joan of Arc, to name a few. Why don't days like this come in the darn hols????? My eyes're gonna be strained red by tonight, and something tells me that my books aren't gonna be the cause of it....
Have a good thursday, y'all.
"I never could get the hang of Thursdays" - Douglas Adams
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Yeah, its sound advice, but its too much effort. There's just too much to study, so I'm too lazy to start. From where I'm sitting, I can see my study's book cabinet - I've got 64 textbooks (20math, 25 phy, 2 informatics, 6 English and 11 chem, all catalogued) for just 5 subjects for my 11th and 12th grade. This is besides the 5 books prescribed by the board. They teach you from the 5 books, this takes 6 months, and the remaining 3 goes in revising from a set of 5 more. The rest is where it comes from in the college exams. Most of them are repetitive, but between them its still a whole workload. It takes 3 years to prepare for the iit entrance, we've got exactly 11 days. And this year they've changed the pattern so no one knows what its going to be like, and they've reduced the number of tries to 2 - one right after school, which is the one we're giving, and one the following year. Do they even want anyone to join??? They're funded by the government, so they aren't too worried about dwindling student numbers. Lucky sticks. Thats why hardly anyone even applies - just looking at the amount of effort required gives me shivers. Thats why I prefer doing the basic minimum, and then having a good time. There's no end to it, "eet iz hall ya viscous zhycle", as our substitute english teacher reminds us ;D
Anyway, gotta do something before panic starts settin' in. I'll be back tomorrow, after Chem. That should be at around 0900 GMT. Meanwhile, any of you sim jocks tried Star Wars:Empire at War or GalCiv2 yet? Lemme know if it'll run on a P4, 256 mb ram, 64 mb onboard vid, 2.6 gigs.
Cyc
Btw- anyone catch the C'wealth games? Opening ceremony was ystrday, caught it live. I'm waiting for the swimming to start, now that the thorpedo's out, we might be in for some upsets.
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He's right. After someone decreed that one day of the week should be spent in meditation and prayer, we got Sundays, and other subsequent holy-days.
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Yup, and I'm outta here before someone wakes up. Bye fellas, have a great day.
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Remember Holi, the festival I mentioned a year ago where we go around smearing people's faces with colour and spray everyone with water cannons and all? Yeah, well, today's holi, and although I didn't get to celebrate, what with exams and all, it went off well. Judging by the screams and squishes I could hear, everyone had a blast. On holi, the club erects a large shower system with about 50 sprays, and a dj is invited with his rig, so we have a great time with music and water. Its every guy's favourite fest, 'coz on what other day do you get to go cavorting around with super wet chicks everywhere in their skimpiest summer wear? Oh yeah, and since everyone's unrecongnizable with all that colour on them, guys get upto a lotta mischief, trust me
So a happy holi, everyone. Till next time.
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Can the English language survive Bush?
in Ready Room
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How it all began...
Probably an oldie but I've never seen it...
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com.
She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best price.
And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever moving from his tent.
But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secret himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.
And the young man did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to horse flesh.
And, before very long, there were many others and They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums, that no one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.
Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, (or as it came to be known "eBay”) he said, "we need a name that reflects what we are," and Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO", said Abraham. And that is how it all began,
It wasn't Al Gore after all.