Names from the pilots.

I liked Silent Service 2 where you command US subs against Japanese freighters, and warships

You would go around on the pacific map, dodge depth charges, avoid collisions with ships and the ocean bottom.

I had a lot of fun hiding out from those damned deystroyers and escort deystroyers.

I remember one time where I took command on the surface right INSIDE the Yamato's battlegroup. If the battleship had fired its guns the sub would have been ripped in half, not to mention all those escorts running at over 30 knots after me. Remarkably I sunk the Yamato, disabled serveral cruisers, sunk at least half a dozen deystoyers, and disabled a carrier. Lucky for me most of my torpedoes weren't duds. But I did dock with severe hull damage and no torps to spare!

Such a mission should be in a WC game
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Meson: One still has to be correct with the ranks, non?
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BTW, here in Germany we are currently only halfway through the last season of DS9.

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Quarto: I only see Koko and his freinds a few times in the summer. I might have his number somewhere, but why do you want it?
 
Hehehe, anyone who goes by the alias of "Koko" or has, by some misfortune of fate, been named "Koko," must - in all seriousness - die.




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Cricket: Me and Matrix are actually wondering if he ever wrote any more of his story
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Frosty: Last I checked, there was a "no insults" rule at this chat zone...
 
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Death's Head: I'm living in the northern part of Germany, between Hamburg and Bremen (if I posted the name of my little home town here it would probably fill half of the screen!
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Well, it is usually said that around Hannover (ca. 80km away, capitol of Lower Saxony) the most "pure" German is spoken.
You mention "Munich/Bavaria" and "German" in the same sentence? I wouldn't do that!
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If a Bavarian starts talking (what he or she believes to be) German you will have quite a few problems understanding him/her.
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Around here, there is another old dialect (well, it's almost another language) that is spoken only by older people. It's called Plattdeutsch. It sounds like a mixture of English, German and Dutch. My grandmother used to speak like that. I can understand most of it but am not able to speak it myself.
Now, imagine a Bavarian talking to some older people from around here. It would be like they were talking in different languages.
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Quarto: I know he doesn't have the internet anymore but I'll probably be going to Montreal around easter. I could call him from there and ask him to send it to you from his school if you want.

Frosty: I like Kokonut, he's pretty funny in real life. His freinds are psycho though, they threw me into a river the last time I saw them
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Nighthawk,
I was in Bavaria and I found it a little harder to comunicate, it seemed like they were on speede and I was on downers so to speak
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Cricket: They did what?
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Anyway, yeah, that would be good.
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Death's Head: When a Bavarian tries to speak without accent it sounds funny!
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They can't switch off their accent even if they try. It's hard to communicate with them even if German is your native language.

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Yeah well it really sounds funny when your drunk in the streets of Munich. I could hardly carry the really drunk guy we had with us back to the hotel I kept laughing. Part of that was from our singing but still they sounded funny too.
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Just a quickie about the Pacific carriers. At the time of Pearl Harbour, Dec 7 1941, the Pacific Fleet had 3 carriers including Enterprise & Saratoga. The Langley, 1st US carrier ever & at the time relegated to the role of aircraft ferry, was sunken south of Java, Feb 26 1942, while transporting fighters. She was hit 5 times then finished off by an escort destroyer after the crew had evacuated. Saratoga was kept from the Battles of the Coral Sea & Midway due to refit & being hit by submarine torpedo.
2 carriers, including the Yorktown, were sent through the Panama Canal. Hornet launched the Doolittle Raid, 18 April 1942, against Japan. 1 of the USAAF B 25s landed at Vladivostok & the Soviets copied it to make the Tu 4 "Bull" bomber.
At the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 3-8 1942, Lexington & Yorktown squared off against Zuikakau, Shokaku & Shoho. On May 7 Shoho was sunken by aircraft from the Lexington. On May 8 Shokaku was damaged & withdrew. Lexington was critically damaged by torpedoes & dive bombs. She was ordered abandoned & sunken by an escorting destroyer. Yorktown also suffered critical damage but was repaired.
At Midway, June 4 1942, all the present Japanese carriers, Kaga, Akagi, Soryu, & Hiryu were sunken. There were 3 US carriers; Enterprise, Hornet & Yorktown. Yorktown was badly damaged & finished off by submarine torpedo on June 7 1942.

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Death's Head: Got drunk on Bavarian beer? How much did you have? 10 liters?
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Bah, I don't like that stuff! You should have tried some beer from around here. It's much better. There's even a whole planet named after it in P2 (altered spelling of the brand's name, though)!
Now, can you guess which beer is brewed only 20km from where I am?
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IIRC,I keep hearing about something (planet or drink?) called Bex, which could be an alternate spelling of Beck's.

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Yes, it's Beck's! Much better than this Bavarian stuff! Even the non-alcoholic beer is drinkable. shudder
Is it exported to the US, too? I didn't know that. The only thing I did hear is that Beck's is sold under several different brand names (like BlueGirl) in the US.
 
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Becks! I hate that vile _hit! Maybe it was from being exposed to stronger microbeers here. I have had it in germany and here and I haven't had one I liked yet.

I don't recall what kind it was but I had 3 liters of it.

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