Posts made by Jermofoot

Who’s in on it this year?  Let’s compare our teams, offer some strat, follow up on our first games.  Anyone?  GG?

I’ve always lived by “don’t burn any bridges if you don’t have to”, so at least leave on amicable terms.  I’ve never seen this more true than in regards to careers (you never know who may think of you in an open position, who is hiring, if you can rely on a reference, etc.).

I’d say go for it since you want it anyway and if they don’t cover it then spend it out of pocket.  You’re not going to leave overnight, so depending on what they do it makes your move a little easier.

Anyone played this?  Got my first taste this weekend with a 6 player game.  I played as Kate Winfield and kicked some monster ass!  Got some really good rolls and defeated more monsters than everyone else combined, even though she’s not really a brawler.  Yig surfaced and got the winning blow (and more hits on him than anyone else) to finish him off.  Really enjoyed it, but felt the others didn’t move as hard as they should.  Anyone have any thoughts on this game?

@Linkon:

I recall that the gassings you mention during the Iran vs Iraq war did not get us or the UN involved either.

Of course, during that war, Iraq and Saddam were considered our ally.

Um, we were involved.  Hell, documents this week were released showing our involvement and Reagan’s culpability: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/08/new-docs-show-us-involvement-saddams-nerve-gas-attacks/68698/

And really, it wasn’t so much as allies as feeling more threatened with the Iranians so helping the Iraqis a bit more suited us better.  But we equally didn’t want the Iraqis to take control….just a balance of power.

And I say we when I really mean the doodooheads in charge back then.  I was a kid back then.

@Linkon:

Nobody declared adolf dead yet.

" One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. "

Uh, he’s dead.

No need to quote a fairy tale to muddle the facts.

Free wifi spots virtually everywhere.  I’m sure you could work something out.  Now if it’s less about internet access and more about just being busy moving everything, that’s what friends (and kids) are for…

@aequitas:

@Jermofoot:

@aequitas:

What makes you think “frick” is a german word and means to strike?

I’m just going off the top of my head.�  It’s either that or something similar.

I’m allways up for something new to learn, but could not find the origin of frick yet.

If I wasn’t at work, you would have already gotten some info on the origin of the F-word.  :wink:

Meh.  If it’s even real, it’s hilarious to think a company that profited off of Hitler’s aggression trying to profit of his reputation still.

@aequitas:

What makes you think “frick” is a german word and means to strike?

I’m just going off the top of my head.  It’s either that or something similar.

@aequitas:

Pluck Yew (Origin of ‘The Finger’)
‘Pluck Yew’ – how one of the most popular curses in the English language, not to mention a certain profane gesture involving the middle finger, supposedly originated as a medieval battlefield taunt.

The ‘Car Talk’ show (on NPR) with Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, have a feature called the ‘Puzzler’. Their most recent “Puzzler” was about the Battle of Agincourt. The French, who were overwhelmingly favored to win the battle, threatened to cut a certain body part off of all captured English soldiers so that they could never fight again. The English won in a major upset and waved the body part in question at the French in defiance. The puzzler was: What was this body part? This is the answer submitted by a listener:

Dear Click and Clack,

Thank you for the Agincourt ‘Puzzler’, which clears up some profound questions of etymology, folklore and emotional symbolism. The body part which the French proposed to cut off of the English after defeating them was, of course, the middle finger, without which it is impossible to draw the renowned English longbow. This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and so the act of drawing the longbow was known as “plucking yew”. Thus, when the victorious English waved their middle fingers at the defeated French, they said, “See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!”

Over the years some ‘folk etymologies’ have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since “pluck yew” is rather difficult to say (like “pleasant mother pheasant plucker”, which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative ‘f’, and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as “giving the bird”.

So, Pluck Yew, simply as that ??
I allways wondered where this gesture came from and what it former meant.
If this topic is unpleasant, then let me simply know and I will delete it, I don’t want to offend anybody!

This sounds like a joke, although a well crafted one, and one that sounds entirely appropriate to the atmosphere of Car Talk.

AFAIK, the “F” word came from German - Frick, if I recall correctly, which means to strike.  Although, English originally evolved from German, so…

@rjpeters70:

Except you lied IL.  The gif you provided was from the dead of winter, and you said it was from the summer.

That’s the difference.  You knowingly lied to try to shore up your argument.

That was actually a strong argument to visit Oregon in winter.

@Imperious:

Obviously neither of you have been to Oregon.

I have been twice because we have relative’s who live there. It rained both times and we looked at the forecast ahead of time to plot a time when it would be halfway decent weather. Like i said, the report was wrong and it rained almost the entire week. Not to mention is is way too cold, like Canada.

look at this report in the summer…

And nobody “visits” into the eastern part of Oregon. Yea sure lets vacation in Baker city population 4… When you visit most people stay on the coast.

It’s the same with Climate Change/Global Warming.  First off, one point of data is not a trend, it’s a data point or anecdote.

Second, and most importantly, misrepresenting data automatically invalidates what you say.  A simple Google Image search by pic turns out the originating URL to be: http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/01/weekend_weather_news_oregon_we_2.html

on January 28, 2011

LHoffman, currently, Portland, OR looks quite nice.  Here’s an up to date weather info:

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Portland+OR+USOR0275:1:US

A simple look at the logged IP address would confirm that.  But of course none of us have that access…

If you like beer, Oregon/Washington (besides Cali and Colorado) seem to be a destination for craft beer drinkers.  Even if you don’t do it yourself, you may be able to bring some back and make a buck or two.

@seththenewb:

@Jermofoot:

@seththenewb:

I think Stephen Ambrose referenced it as well. Although a great author, Ambrose has been known to plagiarize other author’s work from time to time and was factually incorrect on other stuff. So whether he researched this tidbit himself or just saw it in the Longest Day and stuck it in one of his books can be debated.

True enough, I just thought that was the book I first read it in.  Maybe in whatever Ambrose’s was as well, I read both books.

Either way, I don’t think he needs to “research” every fact, no matter how odd or obscure.

Oh don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of Ambrose’s books. I think he’s a pretty good author and I still read his books as I usually find them pretty engaging and he has a knack for making the stories come out of the page. I just figured I’d caveat it as it caught me off guard when I realized some of the issues others have brought up.

And Longest Day came out quiet a bit earlier than Ambrose’s books.  :-D

I prefer Cornelius Ryan to Ambrose, but enjoy both just the same.  I’ve come across the criticism of Ambrose, but not sure the veracity of the claims.

And as entertaining as the Longest Day was, I think I enjoyed The Last Battle the most followed closely behind with A Bridge Too Far (which I enjoy that movie more than the Longest Day as well).

@seththenewb:

I give you the most inept ship of WWII, USS William D. Porter (DD-579) or Willie Dee.

During her ill-fated career she:

• Dragged her anchor across a friendly ship as she attempted to leave port
• Accidently dropped a live depth charge drop into the ocean that could’ve sunk her and coincidently placed FDR at some small risk
• Fired a live torpedo at the USS Iowa while FDR was on his way to the Tehran Conference
• Subsequently became the first USN ship to have it’s ENTIRE crew arrested
• Was exiled to the Aleutians for a year
• Fired on the base commander’s garden while exiled
• Riddled USS Luce with gunfire during the battle for Okinawa
• Was often greeted with the phrase ‘Don’t Shoot We’re Republicans’
• Was sunk by a kamikaze plane that was shot down, entered the water, and went under the destroyer before blowing up.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html

It’s like the Animal House version of a WW2 navy ship.

@seththenewb:

I think Stephen Ambrose referenced it as well. Although a great author, Ambrose has been known to plagiarize other author’s work from time to time and was factually incorrect on other stuff. So whether he researched this tidbit himself or just saw it in the Longest Day and stuck it in one of his books can be debated.

True enough, I just thought that was the book I first read it in.  Maybe in whatever Ambrose’s was as well, I read both books.

Either way, I don’t think he needs to “research” every fact, no matter how odd or obscure.

I believe you can read this in the Longest Day, and that’s where I remember it.

Koreans served the Germans and were captured in Normandy when the Allies landed.  In total, they served 3 countries:

Conscripted by Japan
Captured by the Russians and pressed into service.
Captured by the Germans from the Russians and forced to defend the Atlantic Seawall.

http://thomo.coldie.net/wargaming/korean-soldiers-in-ww2-german-army

@CWO:

@Jermofoot:

I know those places, I know what a Lutheran, but I don’t get it?

The Chaplain was just setting up the next part of his speech, the one I quoted in my Reply #14 that starts “But these services aren’t just for Lutherans any more than they’re just for men from Ohio.”  And it provided a light-hearted moment in a movie whose overall mood is quite serious.

Ok, gotcha, I see that other post now, thanks.

@Imperious:

Funny. I didn’t post in this thread, yet 1914 flames and trolls in here too.

Nice to see you are always on topic….me…which is your only topic.

Are you in love with me that much?

It was entirely material to the topic.  There was no flame or troll.

You didn’t even deny it.  That would be accepting the charge and to me divulges that it is the truth.

@CWO:

@Jermofoot:

@frimmel:

Buckeyes!!!

Wait, you don’t refer to them as THE Ohio State?

Any folks here from Ohio will enjoy this bit of dialogue from the Christmas service scene 1949 movie Battleground:

The Chaplain: Anybody here from Ohio?
Soldier: Hawkeye Lake, sir.
Soldier: Cincinnati, sir.
Soldier: Mayfield Heights, sir.
Soldier: Tippecanoe City, sir.
The Chaplain: I’m from Chillicothe. Any of you men Lutherans?
Soldier: Here, sir.
Soldier: Here, sir.
Soldier: I am, sir.
Soldier: My wife is, sir.

:?

I know those places, I know what a Lutheran, but I don’t get it?