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Re: Ustafish recall orders.

2008-11-21T19:49:58Z

The airdales will have to sit this one out, stealth is called for and
they wouldn't be interested anyway -- no movie deal. ;)
BB
I guess everybody has some mountain to climb in their life.
It's just fate whether you live in Kansas or Tibet.

Re: Ustafish tactics WRT Somali Pirates

2008-11-21T19:46:57Z

Well, with the exception of the dome HY-80 or -100 has no problem
taking out surface vessels, sadly the Greenville and the George
Washington have proven this. But I'd prefer a more... SPECTRE-like
solution.
US Navy Dolphins attach packages to the pirates hulls that contain
highly concentrated giant squid pheromones. The subs then release

Re: Ustafish tactics WRT Somali Pirates

2008-11-21T19:43:29Z

Ramming might be difficult. But I wonder what happened to the tanker
they used when making "The spy who loved me"...
Juergen Nieveler

Re: Eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained

2008-11-21T19:42:19Z

You have to realize that since Bill Clinton can duck this one that
people like Hines are now saying all of our troubles are the result of
electing a "non-white" President. It seems the world has reacted
before Obama was elected in the belief that he would be elected,
thereby all evil flows from that expectation being fulfilled.

Re: Eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained

2008-11-21T19:35:15Z

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:36 GMT, "La N"
Actually, it seems that there are quite a lot of things you won't
get in heaven. It amazes me that some people live a lifetime of
abstinence here on earth so that they can be rewarded with
eternal abstinence in heaven.
But to get back to the original quote that Hines posted, warning

Re: Anti-Pirate Q-Ships?

2008-11-21T18:49:48Z

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:13 +0000, "Paul J. Adam"
I think a proximity-fused squid might be just the thing to deal
with a nearby speedboat.
More seriously, there could be a role here for little guys
starting with boghammers and working up to the cheaper corvettes.
Peter Skelton

Re: Despising Arabs & Practicing Muslims... And For Good Reasons

2008-11-21T18:30:01Z

You're not usually so aggressive, Surreyman. What gives?
Why assume I am complaining? I live in Greece which is more Middle
Eastern than European in some parts of its culture and attitudes, so I'm
used to different ways of life. But there are those who have no idea
that the world outside their own isn't some kind of CairoDisney, or

Re: Anti-Pirate Q-Ships?

2008-11-21T18:20:48Z

Paul J. Adam twisted the electrons to say:
Well if you don't mind "a little work" then HMAS Vampire and possibly(?)
BAP Ferre (ex-HMS Decoy) are still "available"? :-)

Re: Despising Arabs & Practicing Muslims... And For Good Reasons

2008-11-21T18:00:38Z

Be real. Nobody in Vegas would ask Renia for sex in Finnish.
They'd ask in English. And bluntly.
Vegas is wonderful. Underneath all that tinsel, there's more
tinsel.

Re: Future history

2008-11-21T17:59:27Z

GM to Return Two Leased Jets Amid Criticism
By Poornima Gupta
Reuters
DETROIT
General Motors Corp will return two of its leased corporate jets amid
intense criticism in Washington this week on the luxury travel
arrangements of its chief executive even as the company pleads for
federal aid.
CEO Rick Wagoner was in the capital to testify on the company's dire

Re: Anti-Pirate Q-Ships?

2008-11-21T17:55:13Z

In message
<4472e678-e450-4500-a93d-cfe56 3a76...@k36g2000yqe.googlegrou ps.com>,
ironduff...@gmail.com writes
Partly because the new HMS Daring is getting so much attention, a few of
us have been speculating how useful the last one would have been for
these roles: three twin 4.5" guns in the very effective Mark VI mounting

Re: Ustafish tactics WRT Somali Pirates

2008-11-21T17:43:42Z

The poor dears just kind of accidentally got entangled with this rope
which just happened to be attached to the spare anchor which due to
an unfotunate and unforseen set of circumstances just happened to fall
overboard right at that moment. That's the honest truth, yer'honour!!

Re: Despising Arabs & Practicing Muslims... And For Good Reasons

2008-11-21T17:41:35Z

Much? Namely?
I hate pretty much everything about their culture, modern and past.
Heavily curved swords, stupid. Head dress, ridiculous. Xilaba? A
dress with a hood, try running with it. Food, mediocre. They do
kebabs well in Lebanon. It's mainly poor man's fare. Mores:
disgusting. Language: phonetically unpleasant. We stole the uber-

Re: How to Suppress Somali Pirates

2008-11-21T17:39:38Z

In article <gg6rav$jh...@usenet01.boi.hp. com>,
Famed for it. In this case, though, I am willing to admit that I'd
overdone it.
Mea maxima culpa.

Re: Ustafish tactics WRT Somali Pirates

2008-11-21T17:37:18Z

Reinforce the hull above the bow, and ram 'em a la Verne's Nautilus. We
took out the sonar dome a couple years back to add storage for distilled
spirits anyway... just make sure the barrels are securely secured,
that's all.
Hey, the pirates just sort of softly and silently vanish away. We could
even jam their radios after we smack 'em, so no one ever knows what