Seen on DVD and
Netflix – Gingerdead Man (B-, Gary Busey makes a great evil cookie), The Blood Lands (C, has
some suspenseful moments but it really makes very little sense), Exeter (C+,
some funny moments and a few original ideas, but as usual a stupid ending),
Nothing Left to Fear (C-, beautiful scenery and decent acting, but NOTHING
happens), Insidious Chapter 3 (C-, the worst of the series, boring and trite
and not at all scary).
Paul Milewski - I am sitting in our hotel room in downtown Halifax,
Nova Scotia. We left Amelia early on Friday,
Oct. 2 on our way to Portland, Maine to take a ferry from there to Yarmouth,
NS. We made good time to Portland only
to find the ferry wasn't sailing that day: bad weather and heavy seas had put
them behind schedule, and since they do a 24-hour round trip between Portland
and Yarmouth, they simply cancelled the usual return trip from Yarmouth. That meant we were stuck in Portland for a
day. It's a very expensive place to visit. We took the usual sightseeing tours: one by trolly, one
by boat. Just before we were to board
for the overnight voyage, Sandee ate a whole lobster
for dinner. She suffered the
consequences onboard, spending most of the night in the bathroom in our cabin,
so by morning I had the ship's medical officer in there trying to get her in
condition to disembark. As it was, we
checked into a hotel in Yarmouth right away and spent a day in Yarmouth we
didn't expect to day, but the bed rest and taking it easy seemed to do the
trick and she was ready to travel by car the next day. We drove to Halifax in one day, stopping in
the fishing village of Shag Harbor where there'd been a UFO incident years ago,
and the side trip was beautiful. On our
way to Halifax I studied the AAA travel guide and decided on the Lord Nelson
Hotel right in the heart of Halifax.
It's a pretty fancy hotel. I'd
never stayed at a [lace with concierges before.
We put the Toyota in the attached garage and can walk (or take a boat)
anywhere we want to go. So far we've
taken the tour of the "Citadel"--the roughly 200-year-old fort that
was built to guard the city from overland attack--our hotel is about a block
from that. That was a blast, though I
did lose my footing and fall down, even though I had my cane to help, but I didn't
get hurt and we carried on. We took the
Keith brewery tour (a very old brewery in town, though their beer isn't
particularly impressive) and took the "harbor hopper" tour on a
land/sea vehicle that can drive through the city streets and works like a boat
for going through the harbor. That was
fun. We've bought more than a few
souvenirs, of course, and our hotel is an old, historic hotel that has a
first-rate restaurant off the lobby where we've had breakfast and dinner each day. Our room is perfectly fine. We're on the 8th floor with a view of the
many acres of public garden in the center of the city--sort of like Central
Park in NY but on a smaller scale. This
city is full of monuments of all sorts.
We expect to be back in Amelia no later than Oct. 16.
The 1960’s – First Set
of Five
Robert J. Rodday, Jr: Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
The
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968)
Led
Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)
The
Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Johnny
Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
Larry Peery - Thomas Beecham
and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus for Handel’s Messiah.
Perfection in classical music: great music, great orchestra, great conductor.
Igor
Stravinsky (conductor) & the Columbia Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky Conducts
1960: Le Sacre du Printemps;
Petrushka. A poor conductor at his best
conducting a superb “pick-up” orchestra in two totally different masterpieces
written only 2 years a part.
Eugene Ormandy, Temple University Choir and
Philadelphia Orchestra for Carl Orff’s Catulli
Carmina.
A superb conductor and great orchestra in its prime demonstrating how hard it
is to top yourself (in reference to Catulli
Carmina and Carmina Burana).
E.
Power Biggs & the Edward Tarr Ensemble for Glory
of Gabrieli Vol. II – Canzonas
for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ. This 50 year old recording still sounds
great on my 25 year old Sony stereo, shakes the walls and ceiling of my house,
and instantly transports me back 27 years to hearing Gabrieli
performed live in St. Mark’s in Venice.
Peter,
Paul and Mary for “Peter, Paul and Mommy”
with thanks for all the joy they’ve given children, and the kid in all
of us, over the years.
Andy Lischett - This is going to take research. It is going to be
hard to come up with JUST ten best albums from the '60s, and hard to find more
than a few from the '70s and '80s, and impossible after that. To be fair, some
good music may exist from after the mid-'70s, but I stopped listening to music
radio. Maybe Rock & Roll isn't dead but sometimes I'll hit the scan button
on my car and all I get is Party Music, Pop, Rap, Hip Hop and Oldies. For a
while I tried listening to Chicago's "Progressive Rock" station,
WXRP, but didn't care for much.
Anyway,
the '60s. A couple of notable groups missing from my '60s list are the Who and
the Beatles. The Who just never excited me much although the Live at Leeds
cover and extras were pretty neat. Conversely, the
cover of the Beatles White Album seemed lazy and pretentious (Cheap Thrills by
Big Brother & the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin) has a great cover and
some great songs and may make my next five). Back in the '60s the covers of
albums were a big deal, as they gave you something to look at while listening.
Sgt. Pepper was obviously a fun cover.
As
for the Beatles' music, maybe the White Album should make my list despite the
cover. It's a double album with lots of music and no clunkers, but the Beatles
were too much of an all-things-to-all-people group. They had some great hard
rock songs (Helter Skelter and the single of
Revolution) and love songs and ballads, but not the best hard rock, love songs
or ballads.
So...
1.
I might as well start with the album with my favorite singer and favorite Rock
song. Besides Grace Slick and White Rabbit, the 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow
by the Jefferson Airplane has Somebody to Love, Plastic Fantastic Lover and
Today, plus some not-so-good songs. It still bugs me forty-eight years later
that White Rabbit was banned by AM radio for perceived drug-messages.
2.
Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie. Side A is Alice's Restaurant (remember
Alice?) which alone qualifies this as a Top Ten. Side B has The Motorcycle Song
and a bunch of less memorable songs.
3.
My favorite band is probably the Kinks. But you said no "Best Of"
albums, so… ARG! Unlike the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, who had very few
filler songs, the Kinks - and most groups - took a hit and surrounded it by ten
or eleven humdrum songs to make an album, so their best songs are spread over a
bunch of albums. It's tough choosing between All Day
and All of the Night (Kinks-Size) and Sunny Afternoon (Face to Face) and You
Really Got me Now (Kinks). Fortunately, Lola came out in 1970. Okay, I choose…
Face to Face for Sunny Afternoon, which is so much fun.
4.
The Rolling Stones. So many great songs, so many great
albums. Although Satisfaction is on Out of Our Heads, and Get Off of My
Cloud is on December's Children, for Album #4 I've got to pick Aftermath. It
includes Mother's Little Helper, Stupid Girl, Under My Thumb, Goin' Home, Flight 505, and It's
not Easy. Wonderful stuff before the pianos and saxophones.
5.
More Stones. Their Satanic Majesties Request is not their best music (an
attempt at psychedelia?) but the 3-D cover is really cool. Beggars Banquet has
perhaps the Stones' best song, Sympathy for the Devil, and lots of really,
really good songs and may make next month's list, but
my pick #5 is Let It Bleed. All great songs, including Gimme
Shelter, Love in Vain, Country Honk, Live With Me ("My best friend he
shoots water rats, and feeds them to the geese"), Let It Bleed, Midnight
Rambler, Monkey Man, and culminating in You Can't Always Get What You Want. Let
it Bleed does have pianos, saxophones, back up
singers and a choir. The list of Additional Personnel in Wikipedia is amazing
(including Leon Russell, who is one of four "acts" I've seen live
twice. The others were the Kinks, Arlo Guthrie, and Donna Sommer).
P.S.
While researching I looked at one website's version of the top 1000 albums of
the 1960s. They included A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Doug Kent: I decided to start
out with albums that come to me off the top of my head. For the next five I might think harder or do
a little research:
1. The Beatles – Rubber
Soul. Obviously the full UK version and
not the chopped-up U.S. version.
2. Crosby, Stills, and
Nash – Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Three
part harmony at its finest.
3. Jimi Hendrix
Experience – Are You Experienced?
4. Blood Sweat and
Tears – Blood Sweat and Tears
5. King Crimson – In
the Court of the Crimson King
Jack McHugh: 1. Help--best
early Beatles album
2.
Revolver--best late Beatles album
3.
The Doors--essential Hendrix
4.
Tommy--The Who,
classic rock opera
5. Pet Sounds--Beach Boys Brian Wilson's greatest
album, a work of musical genius.
Howard Bishop: Am tempted by your
best albums thing!
I
was born in 1963, so I have to admit that most of my interest in music from
that decade is somewhat retrospective. The first 5 are easy.
1.
Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart. I bought this
second hand from a kid at school who thought it was rubbish. Cost me Ł1. I
played it once, thought it was rubbish then played it again and again and again
and again. There are still days when I'm not in the mood for it, but there are
other days when I think it's genius.
2.
Revolver – The Beatles. Not much to say about this that
hasn't already been said. Was convinced that the
Beatles were overrated until I heard this. Other albums of theirs may be
better or cleverer or cooler, but this just sounds so sharp. A
band at the peak of their powers.
3.
Five Leaves Left – Nick Drake. A latecomer to Nick Drake.
Listened to a radio documentary about him one night while I was lounging in the
bath and I was hooked. I always have one of those "I've got something in
my eye" moments when I play this.
4.
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Pink Floyd. Although I
still love Animals and Dark Side Of The Moon, they
just don't have the energy or immediacy of this. From the
opening bars of Astronomy Domine to the closing
quirky noises of Bike and all points in between. Wonderful.
5.
The Doors – The Doors. Every song is a gem and it's worth its place in this
list because you could put The End on the CD jukebox in our local for 20p a go.
Next
5 a bit harder, although partly because I can't decide between Are You
Experienced and Electric Ladyland!!
Jim Burgess: 1) Casino Royale
Soundtrack, by Burt Bacharach and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. This is hands down the best Movie Soundtrack
of all time, and it doesn't count on Doug's exclusion since it is NOT a
greatest hits album, it's a brilliant soundtrack. The Casino Royale theme is an
unequaled classic. I do have the original vinyl, but today play the great CD
extended version.
2)
Ars Longa Vita Brevis, by the Nice. This was Keith Emerson's first band, and the
raw power of Emerson's keyboard playing (he learned while with the Nice that he
was NOT a guitarist...) stands out on this, there second album. Their version of "America" is
probably their greatest legacy. They
originally formed as the back-up band to P.P. Arnold...
3)
Kafunta, by P.P. Arnold. P.P. Arnold was an amazing blues singer, who
has some stunning covers of famous 60's songs, best illustrated on this album,
which features a gorgeous version of "Angel of the Morning", interesting
takes on "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yesterday", and a lyrical
"As Time Goes By". Some of you
MIGHT have heard the Nice, but I'd bet very few of you have heard this great
album of the 1960's.
4)
Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart and His
Magic Band. There arguably has NEVER
been an album like this. Frank Zappa and
Captain Beefheart made this free minimalist blues in
a way that is both completely listenable and completely unlistenable at the
same time.
5)
Gorilla, by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. If you know
this, you know why it's on my list. If not,
well, you'll never know. All of the first four I own on vinyl, this one I admit that I
only own on the 2007 CD. But I used to
play the vinyl version of "The Intro and the Outro", which is one of
the coolest songs ever, on my radio show in the late 1970's,so
I have held the original vinyl in my hands.
It's got to be the only album (on Intro and Outro) with Adolf Hitler on
vibes... I think I'll leave it there.
Deadline for the second
(and last) set of 5 Albums from the 1960’s is November 24th at 7:00am my time!
Where in the World
is Kendo Nagasaki?
Turn 1
Hint to Person Placed
Closest to Me:
We
held the same office, but not at the same time.
Deadline for Round 5 is November 24th
at 7am My Time
XENOGOGIC: FIFTY-TWO
YEARS AND STILL GOING ON THREE CYLINDERS!
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DIP WRITER: 10/14/2015
By Larry Peery
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 was not a good day,
Diplomacy-wise, for me. In fact it was my very own “die horribilis”
I’ll tell you about it. It began like
any other Dip day for me, with a sweet roll, an apple, and some tea. From then
on it went downhill. I’ll use a modified
chronological approach in this article so you can follow along my downward
path. I had intended to spend the day
working on my latest big Diplomacy writing project, a five-part, 150- page plus
story on various Chinese-themed Diplomacy stories. Then the interruptions
started. And finally disaster struck!
The Interruptions
First let’s get the interruptions out of the way. There were
the twenty-nine incoming Diplomacy emails to read and deal with. Eleven
of those messages required some kind of immediate response. Then there were the
twenty-seven spam emails that had to be dealt with. Thank God for the “delete
key,” the best key ever on a keyboard! Finally there were several phone calls.
It wasn’t the number of emails and phone calls that proved challenging. It was
their intensity. Among other things:
A good friend’s sister’s suicide, or was it murder?
A business deal that spanned two weeks and
ended in a “no show” and “no call”.
An incoming email virus.
A good friend who needed a shoulder to cry on just as I was
about to burn dinner!
A foreign Dip acquaintance who was miffed at something I
wrote; and an explanation didn’t seem to help.
What made it tough was that on second thought I realized I’d
been correct in my original statement.
Another foreign Dip friend who posted something on Facebook
and then deleted it after I’d posted a response that he didn’t care for. At
least I think that was what happened. Don’t people realize if they raise a
delicate subject in a public venue they’re going to get called on it?
And those were just the icing on the cake!
The Project
The PLAN Project was coming along nicely. After it grew to
141 pages I had made some major cuts, including almost all the graphics, and
got it down to about 70 pages. That sounds like a lot but it really included an
introduction, five components, and a conclusion; so it wasn’t that bad. After I
sent it off to Doug Kent for use as a future DW series on Tuesday I got to
thinking about the deleted graphics.
That night I had a brilliant idea. Why not combine all those
deleted graphics into a companion graphics & photo essay to go with the
text essay? Seemed like a good idea. Seemed like a simple idea. So Wednesday
morning I got up full of enthusiasm for this new project.
I began by collecting the graphics I had and wanted to use.
Some were easily available in the original massive draft. Some were in my Word
Pictures File. And some I had to track down on line. When I got them all (there
were forty-eight of them) I had to put them in some kind of logical order to
fit the main article. Then I had to number them, title them, and caption them.
The hours passed by slowly as I went back and forth between the various files,
graphics, etc. but I felt I was making progress. I had forty-six of the
graphics numbered, titled, captioned and in order in a single massive Word
document file. Two more and I’d be done!
It was now about 1830 and I realized I hadn’t eaten anything
since breakfast and I was starting to get light-headed. I decided to fix a
quick dinner of a rib eye steak, some angel hair pasta with tomato and basil
sauce and an avocado. I was about a minute from having the steak at the
medium-rare point when the phone rang. I ran to answer it and that was my
mistake. Of course it was somebody who needed to talk to me right now! I
said I had something on the stove and a fire waiting to happen, hung up, and
went back to find a well-done steak ruined. Sigh…
I ate the pasta and avocado; while sitting and looking at my
graphics file.
Disaster Strikes!
I began to move graphic forty-seven into the file and
noticed it wouldn’t load. Hmmm. After trying this and
that I realized that the file was probably full. Bummer! I decided to divide
the file into three parts so no one file would be too large and it wouldn’t run
into size issues with EarthLink’s email. From then on things went
downhill. Not only did the almost complete file disappear into the
Ethernet (I think I accidentally deleted it with no backup), but the massive
parent file also seemed to have disappeared.
I realized a whole day’s work was gone. I was devastated. In
fact, I was almost crying as I went off to bed.
The next morning, after my sweet roll, apple and some tea, I sat down, looked
at the computer and decided I would ignore the email and phone until I had
resolved this mess. While I looked at Buddha I realized that part of the
problem might be in the Flash Drive Mike had installed in my computer a month
or so ago when the OS system went kaput. The tech had moved 500 or so files
(Not to mention nearly 20,000 emails) off the computer’s hard drive onto a
Flash Drive and supposedly any future new files were to go on the Flash Drive,
leaving the hard drive basically empty. Well, that worked for a week or two and
then I noticed newly saved files were appearing on the hard drive, not the
Flash Drive. No idea why or how, but it didn’t seem to matter. Anyway, I
started looking around and, lo and behold, I found the massive, 140 page PLAN
file on the Flash Drive. Eureka! The important thing was that it had most of
the graphics I needed so I wouldn’t have to go searching all over the internet
again to find them.
Now it was a matter of creating between three and five
partial files instead of one big one, loading up the graphics, adding the
numbers, titles and captions (fortunately I had saved a hard copy of that
information) and sending it off. Another day’s work, I thought.
When you see the results in DW or TDP you’ll know if I was
successful or not.
To put what happened into peerispective
let me look back at the last year and then the last month or so and share what
else has been going on in my dip&Dip writing.
In the last year or so I’ve generated some 400 word files
and over 3,000 retained emails having to do with stuff for DW, TDP and other
publications. Among the trends I noticed were: more time spent dealing with
computer and internet issues, a shift to more of the dip in the dip&Dip formulary, and a trend toward fewer, but bigger
articles.
In the last month approximately 400 Word files were
transferred from the hard drive to the Flash Drive and another 37 new Word
files were created.
Generally these new Word files tended to fall into these
categories: 1) ideas for new projects; 2) outlines for projects; 3) notes to me
about a project; 4) drafts; and 5) final copies. In addition were hundreds of
emails I sent to myself to act as aide memoirs, incoming emails, saved articles
from the media, etc.
Word files tended to fall into these categories: 1) Ideas, 2) Outlines, 3)
Notes, 4) Drafts, Final copy. In addition were hundreds of emails I sent
myself, incoming emails, saved articles from the media, etc. etc.
The new files included:
6 related to the Chinese PLA Navy, etc. project
ranging from 2 to 141 pages representing some 57 hours of work.
1 related to the Vienna 200 years of dip&Dip
project of 307 pages representing some 57 hours of work over the last two
months.
1 related to the Machiavelli, Kissinger and Han project of
23 pages representing some 13 hours of work.
1 on new books about Kissinger of 37 pages representing some
23 hours of work.
1 on the Xi White House State Dinner of 35 pages
representing some 61 hours of work
1 Keeping Up With Henry at 93 of 65 pages
representing 50 hours of work.
And those are just the major ones! That’s 261 hours just
producing new Word files.
Random Thoughts
In the meantime here are few random thoughts I had over the
last few days while dealing with this. There’s not a lot of connectivity here
but I thought it might show how my thought processes were dealing with the ups
and downs of a day and a month.
IN PURSUIT OF IMPEERIFECTION!
*What prompted this article?
Having written by about nearly everything & anything
even remotely connected to dip&Dip I decided to
do
the obvious and write about writing Diplomacy “stuff” ---
better known as Peeriblah among the hobby’s “Diplorati.”
Answering the question, “How do you do it?”
“Diplomacy as a creative outlet. A
concept we don’t often think, talk or write about.” Ghost-written
by Xi Mojito (from his speech on the art of Diplomacy one year ago).
The essence of Peeriblah: a
few precious moments of brilliance (inspiration), endless hours of drudgery, a
constant struggle to reduce the amount of verbosity and sporadic fits of chaos.
ON THE GAME
Once the game starts, the emotions don’t stop.
A motto for Dippers: Out of the trenches and into the
adversity with gusto!
Even small successes can look like big triumphs.
Remember, Dippers with small ears tend to be narrow-minded!
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE
THE DIE HORRIBILIS SOCIETY --- The Annus
Horriblis Society was founded in 1992 by England’s
Queen Elizabeth II for reasons some of you may remember. Membership is limited
to 13 and is a lifetime honor. Among well-known current members are: QE II
(commander), Kofi Annan, King Juan Carlos I,
From Damnation to Salvation in 24 Hours is possible, although not probable. It
just takes a lot of faith and a lot of work.
The routiness and unpredictability
of a 24 hour period is part of the ebb and flow of life. We just have to learn
to deal with it.
When inspiration strikes, distractions occur, and new paths
open
It’s simple: after a disaster; whether on the Diplomacy
board or while working on a Dip project; you pick yourself up and go on.
A MANTRA FOR THE SECOND FIFTY YEARS
One thing I’ve learned from all this is that the happiest
you can be in life is when you can share those thoughts that you love the most
with others. That’s going to be my mantra for the second 50 years.
Life should be a celebration of all things Diplomatique
Remember, much of what happens in life has happened simply
by happenstance. If you spend your life in pursuit of some “great dream”
you’ll probably have a very boring life…
That’s it. Let me leave you with this thought, "Other
than to tell you that the one thing I've learned in life is never say never,
that’s all I have to say.”
Brain Farts: The Only Subsubzine With It’s Own Fragrance
By Jack “Flapjack” McHugh – jwmchughjr@gmail.com
(or just email Doug and
he’ll send it to me)
Issue #72
Since Halloween is almost here, and
because I was inspired by Sack’s hypothetical question about the guy in a clown
suit with the broken down car, I figured I’d just give everybody some wonderful
clown pictures this month. First of all
cause it is easy for me. Second because
who doesn’t like clowns.
Happy
Halloween suckers!
ZERO SUM3 Subzine to
Eternal Sunshine Issue 8 October 25, 2015
Published by Richard Weiss. richardweiss@higherquality.com.
GM Musings:
The Benghazi special committee and Hillary
Clinton. I think I watched and
heard 99%. One attack
on a State Department compound with resulting deaths in the first 7 years of
Clinton. 11
during the W Bush years. Eight investigations on Benghazi. None during the Bush
presidency. In preventive
medicine we never know what didn’t happen, other than a statistical guess. We do know what diseases and deaths were not
prevented. Go walk today.
Hurricane Patricia, the hurricane that was supposed to hit
Mexico with the highest wind velocity ever to hit North America hit land at
only 165 MPH. I think I was in as strong
in the Gulf South. Typhoon Haiyan is
generally acknowledged as the storm with highest wind speed when it hit land,
with wind speed of 195 mph as it slammed into the Philippines in November
2013.
However, the US Air Force Base on Guam recorded Typhoon Paka, when it hit Guam as having 238 MPH winds. I had the pleasure of enjoying Paka, including a long time in the eye. My house was totally secure. My girl friend
drove over during the eye. Rapid and
severe drop in barometric pressure leads to marked desire to be social and
intimate. There was no clean up required other than some small branches. All hotels, most businesses and many homes
had generators. Water and phones were
underground. Bars were open at noon the
next day. The best place I know of to
experience hurricanes/typhoons.
When my ex-wife was going from minor to moderate dementia,
the kids bought two cats. Maybe 12 – 13
years ago. Later, the cats became my
son’s. Then, in a twist characteristic
of modern “families” my girlfriend adopted them. Now the one who doesn’t seem autistic has
severe kidney disease. There are no
options for hemodialysis. Prognosis is
uncertain. He is receiving 100 cc of
normal saline sub-dermally daily and has perked up. I am way a cat person, personally.
ZeroSumCubed deadline for Issue 8 is THE SUNDAY BEFORE
Doug’s deadline. Deadline is
November 22, 2015, a Sunday, at 8 AM California time.
GAME OPENINGS:
- Intimate Dip Only Need One More
A great
two-person variant. The rules are
printed in Issue 1 and Issue 2.
Takes two.
Signed
up: Doug Kent
- Nuclear Yuppy Dip now changed to The Pope Is A Socialist
Game requires seven players. Rules in issues 1-3.
Signed up: Jim Burgess, John David Galt,
Doug Kent, and Jack McHugh.
- Where In The World Is Kendo Nagasaki In Doug Kent’s House
A game of open
participation. Join in the fun
now that there are some clues and ways to narrow the search.
- LET’S HAVE SOME PUN, AKA, BY POPULAR VOTE
A game of open
participation. I list a category
and seven items in the category. Complete as many of the categories as you wish
to. In addition, you can enter your own
item fitting within the category and provide a name for that as well. Each person’s “special entity” will likely be
different. No scoring.
Press is encouraged. This is more about the press than the game.
Suggestions for future categories
are encouraged.
ONGOING GAMES SECTION
All Orders Due Sunday 22 November 2015 by 8 AM CA
time.
Aldrich Ames Intimate
Diplomacy Germany (Jack McHugh) vs. England (Geoff Kemp) Spring
1902
Middle Europa (ME), AKA Jack McHugh
Germany:
F Kie-Hel, F Swe-Den, F Ber-Kie, A Hol-Bel, A Mun S F Ber-Kie
(cut)
France: A
Bur-Par, A Mar-Gas, F WMS-MAO
Russia : F Bal S F Swe-Den, A
Pru H, A Sil S A Mun
Italy: A
PIe-Mar, A Tus-Ven, F GoL-Spa(sc)
Turkey: F
Con-Aeg, F Smy-EMe, F Ank-Con, A Bul
H, A Sev-Mos
MAC
EE Jelly Jelly, AKA Geoff Kemp
ENGLAND: F(EDI)
– NWG, F(Lon) – NTH, A(Bel) – Bur, F(Den) – Kie
dislodged may retreat OTB or to Skagerrak), F(ENC) – Bel
Austria: A(War)
– Mos, A(Boh) SA
(Tyr) – Mun, A(Tyr) – Mun, F(Tri) – Ven
Winter 1901 SC
Austria (Neutral):
Budapest, Trieste, Vienna, + Warsaw = 4,
England (Mac EE
Jelly): Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Belgium, Denmark = 5,
France (Neutral):
Brest, Marseilles, Paris = 3
Germany (Jack):
Berlin, Kiel, Munich, + Swe, + Hol
= 5,
Italy (Neutral):
Naples, Rome, Venice = 3
Russia (Neutral):
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rum = 3,
Turkey (Neutral):
Ankara, Constantinople, Smyrna, Bul, Sev = 5
Neutrals: Greece,
Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Tunis = 6
Money:
England has 1.
Germany has 8.
Reminder: Winning = one home country unit occupying one
of the other’s home country SCs at the end of any season.
Orders
due 8 AM CA time, Sunday November 22, 2015. Orders
are for Summer and Fall 1902 moves. If both submit earlier,
likely earlier adjudication.
Guy Burgess Intimate Diplomacy (AKA: Puddle
Jumper)
France (Doug Kent) vs. England (Mark
Firth)
England has
conceded. Doug, as France, wins the
first completed game of Intimate Diplomacy in ZeroSumCubed. Congratulations Doug.
By Popular Vote (AKA Sorta By Popular Demand)
Unlimited
entrants. Third
round of possibly regular/erratic BPV.
Send your favorite names.
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Franchise Stores
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Round 4
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Andy L
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Richard
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Doug
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Cannabis
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The High Bern, or
THC With TLC
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High Times
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Daycare
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Brats-R-Us
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It’s A Small World Afterall
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Hot Vans R Us
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Locksmith
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Lem E.
In(c)
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You’re Uptight
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Kick Him Out
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Knife Sharpening
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Bloody Thumbs Knife Sharpening
Service
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Jack The Knife, Sharpener
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Split a Hair
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Sewer Cleaner
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Have Snake, Will Travel
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Roto
Rooter
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Firearms
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Gunz
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Cold Dead Hands
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Board Games
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Board Not Bored
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Avalon Hill
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Brew Pub
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Growler’s Grill
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Bernice
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Free Choice
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Grocery Store: ShopNKart
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Andy: By
the way, last time I mentioned that we have a poodle named Antonio Banderas… Tony for short. Tony has a lot of nicknames, such as Tony
Bennett, Tony Romo, Tony Randall, Tony Franciosa, etc., plus Tony Baloney, Tony the Tiger, and we
sometimes call him Tony O'Fungus after an annoying TV
commercial. Carol and I drove past a store selling spas named "Hot Tub
Tony's" so Hot Tub Tony is his newest name. My favorite, though, came
about because I know more about gangsters than about fruit. Tony is a tannish
color, which poodle people call "Apricot". I confused apricot with another
fruit beginning with a, so started calling him Tony "Big Tuna"
Avocado.
Richard: Lots of names. My cat named Rascal with the kidney disease, not many other names
other than “Rascal Flatts” and song that starts
“Rascal is the Flatt cat…”
Richard: Big groan to Andy for Locksmith: “Lem E. In(c).
For
Next Time
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Natural Landmarks
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Mountain Range
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Canyon
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Water Fall
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Valley
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Lake
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Bay
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Stream
Free Choice
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Entries Due 22 November 2015, 8 AM
CA time.
Where In The World Is Kendo Nagasaki in Doug
Kent’s House
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Round 1
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Person
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Location
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Mark Firth
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Zeus
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Stonehenge
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John Galt
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David Beckham
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Delhi, India
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Doug Kent
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Could not find
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Kevin Wilson
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Did not submit
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Andy Lischett
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Little Miss Muffet
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1237 Kurdsan Way
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Jim Burgess
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Toshiro Mifune
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Mt. Fuji
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Andy York
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Richard Weiss
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Sacramento
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Clue:
Gender is correct. I died
before s/he was “born. “
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Round 2
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Person
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Location
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John Galt
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Joan of Arc
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Memphis, TN
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Doug Kent
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Teddy Roosevelt
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London Bridge
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Andy York
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George Washington
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Denver
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Clue: There is something
about your name that relates to my fame.
We were born on the same continent.
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Round 3
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Person
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Location
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John Galt
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Washington, D.C.
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Doug Kent
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George Washington Carver
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Floating on the Great Salt Lake
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Andy York
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Napoleon
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Kansas City, KS
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Jim Burgess
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George Washington
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On Mount Vernon
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Mark Firth
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David Lloyd George
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Tulsa OK
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Clue: I was alive in two
centuries, starting the one after you died.
We share a citizenship, although each of us had more than one.
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Remember that the location
is not a metropolitan location but a “famous” landmark
(Building, Geographic Feature, National Park, World Famous Beach, Mountain,
Wonder of the World, etc.). While
guessing, one may guess a metropolitan area for convenience (my convenience
also). I use http://www.distancefromto.net/ as my
mileage distance determination.
Next guesses due before 8 AM CA time,
Sunday 22 November 2015.
PRESIDENTIAL BOURSE
Unfolding Events:
- Scott Walker dropped
out, but the drop out rule doesn’t take effect until after this issue.
- Jim Webb ibid.
- Joe Biden announced he
is not running. His stock became
frozen.
- Elizabeth Warren did not
compete in the last Democratic Debate and her stock dropped 10% before any
transactions this month.
- Ben Carson continues to
do well in the polls and I am separating him from the Other
category. I am leaving Carly in the
Other category so as to keep that stock
tantalizing to some. With your orders next time, indicate whether saving
Carson or Other and how many of each.
- The Democratic Debate
occurred. Pundits say Hillary
won. Pollsters say Bernie won. The web communities believe they felt
the Bern. All agreed Webb might as
well resign and Chafee gave what was, effectively, his resignation
response to his rationale for voting for the war. Then he did resign. Now there are only three.
- Trump remains the
Republican leader and some are starting to consider the reality of him as
the Presidential candidate of the GOP.
His Iowa poll numbers have dropped considerably and tweeting about
the lack of intelligence of Iowa voters didn’t seem like a grand strategy
idea. Inexplicably to me, Carson
gained Trump’s lost shares. Jeb has
cut staff and salaries and redirected his funds and staff to the early
primary states.
- A week ago, Sanders had
about 135 staff, Bush more, Hillary the most. At this point in 2007, Barack had over
600 staff. Don’t forget, Barack
successfully managed a corporation that had over one billion dollars in
revenue and expenses in the first year of its existence. I think this is a corporate record. And no goofs.
- Clinton was the first
baby boomer to become president.
Obama was of another generation.
Will America go back to baby boom, stay with Obama’s generation, or
go even younger???
- Reports are that some of
the emails Hillary released contain emails given to her by former Secretary’s of State and document a Bush/Powell/U.K.
conspiracy as to how to dummy up the belief about weapons of mass
destruction. Treason.
As a reminder to me, some of the pertinent rules and
instructions from last month are pasted below:
For October only, all may sell up to 200
shares of any Republican stock.
Republican only.
The Amendments to the rules on Page 1 of
ZSCubed include that any candidate who does not participate in a televised
debate (or for the Republicans, with the “Varsity”) stock value tumbles
10%.
Also, for any candidate who withdraws or
suspends his or her candidacy, the stock is frozen. No one can buy or sell the stock. This will go into effect AFTER the October orders.
Press:
Jack: i can't believe carson's
numbers are so high...talk about a nut job--he makes sarah
palin look like a mensa
member.....i can't believe all the revere racism
going on for this guy....he drools and sounds like your Krazy
Uncle Ken who thinks the triladerial commission,
henry kissenger and masons control the world and he
utters one farcical piece of BS after BS and the tea party types just eat it up
The first paste is what each of us did.:
The next paste is what all players’ holdings are as of 26
October 2015.
The final paste is what the total sells and buys have been
for each candidate to date and what the current stock value is. Please note the
value dates are wrong.
Next month I will sell 100
shares of Other in the Democratic bourse and buy all I can of Hillary. In the Republican bourse I will sell 96
shares of Paul and 4 shares of Bush. If
either drops out before I can sell, I will sell 50-50 Christie and Trump. I will convert all of my Other shares to
Carson. I will buy 40% Cruz, 40% Carson
and rest as cash reserves.
Orders for the
Presidential Bourses are due 8 AM CA Time, Sunday 22
November 2015
The Cathy and Pete Gaughan Memorial Snowball Fighting Game.
Players:
Jim Burgess: [Two Balls] has two
simple snowballs
John David Galt: [Brett Favre], has
two simple snowballs
Mark Firth: [Max Splodgey] has two simple snowballs
Doug Kent: [Jack Frost], has two
simple snowballs
Jack McHugh: JM, has two simple
snowballs
Andy York: [Teddy Wayne], has two
simple snowballs
Rules and empty map are in Issue
7. Each player starts with two simple
snowballs.
Teddy Wayne/Andy: 1) Move-Q3.
2) throw head at BF (needs < 0,60, achieved 0.26.
succeeded, +2 VP ).
3) Throw
rattlesnake at BF (Needs <1.0, achieved 0.664, succeeded, +1VP).
Has one
snowball. Started with two, threw
one.
Brett
Favre/John: 1) Move -Q3.
2) throw DD (head) at TW (needs < 0.60, achieved
0.29, succeeded, +2 VP)
3) move - Q5 and collect 1sb.
Has three snowballs. Started
with two, moved with two, collected one.
Two Balls/Jim: 1)Gather
two snowballs
2) RR to Mark Firth (MF) Needs <0.7501, achieved 0.875,
failed)
3) RR to JM. Needs
.8501, achieved 0.676. succeeded, + 1VP)
Still has two snowballs. Started with two, gathered two, threw two, stayed in place.
Jack: 1) Move to m8, carrying
two snowballs (no such hex, remains stationary)
2) Move to n7 and collect a snowball (no such hex, remains
stationary)
3) Has three snowballs.
Started with two and gathered one.
Max Splodgey/Mark: 1) RR on JM. Needs < 0.9501, Achieved
0.588. Succeeded.
+ 1 VP.
2) Storm – M11
(aiming for conifer) No one under conifer or adjacent to it. No VP.
3) Move –
E11-C11-B12
Jack Frost/Doug: 1) Jack Frost throws a Rattlesnake at JM. Needs <1.001. Achieves 0.574. Succeeded. +1 VP
2) Moves
to Q9 while collecting one snowball
3) Throws
another rattlesnake at JM. Needs <1.001. Achieves 0.871. Succeeds. +1 VP.
Results: Brett Favre and Teddy Wayne reach the snowman
at the same time and each push frantically on the head, trying to get it on the
other. The head sheers in half, each
throws the equivalent of 2 damage on the other as a
smallish Dolton Dirigible. Range of 3. Probability of 55%. Each has 10% protection. Each is on same hex, which is not within the
written rules but is in the House Rules (see below). Each is 3 hexes within range so +15%. So each had 60% probability
to hit the other.
GM statement:
Multiple players can be in the shed.
Only one player may end the turn on a given hex. Rules explain how to decide who got there
first or at random. For ZeroSumCubed, more than one player may be on a snowman or
conifer hex. After all, the snowman and
the conifer are in the middle of the hex and a player can only be on the edge
of the hex. Logically, more than one
player could fit on a different edge of the hex. Besides, for this round, mayhem at the
snowman is more fun than a random determination.
Snowman at Q3 is headless.
Press: Two Balls to the Yard: Take that, and that!!
Please all, do read the rules. Issue 7 of Zero Sum
Cubed, in ES 105.
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VP to start
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VP gained
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VP end
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HP to start
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HP received
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HP end
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Andy
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0
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3
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3
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10
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2
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8
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John
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0
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2
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2
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10
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3
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7
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Jim
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0
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1
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1
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10
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10
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Jack
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0
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0
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0
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10
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4
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6
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Doug
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0
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2
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2
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10
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10
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Mark
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0
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1
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1
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10
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10
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Orders for Snowball
Fighting are due 8 AM CA Time, Sunday 22 November 2015
Diplomacy (Black Press): Signed up: Harold Zarr, need six more.
Modern Diplomacy (Black Press): Rules in this issue. Ten-player variant. No planes will be used, just armies and
fleets. Signed up: Jack McHugh, Jim
Burgess, John David Galt, Geoff Kemp, Harold Zarr. Needs five more.
Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki: Rules in issue #102. Send in your guesses. Prize for the winner? Probably!
(Don’t forget to play in Richard Weiss’ subzine
too!)
Hypothetical Questions: Just send in
answers. Anybody can play at any time,
just takes participation.
By Popular Demand: Join at any
time. Send in your answers! A prize for the winner!
Multiple Openings in Richard Weiss’ subzine – check
them out NOW!!
Coming Soon – Colonia VII? Deviant Diplomacy? Kremlin? Make a suggestion or express interest!
Diplomacy,
“Milk and Trash”, 2015A, W 03/S 04
Austria (Jack McHugh
– jwmchughjr “of” gmail.com): F Aegean Sea - Constantinople
(*Fails*),
A
Bohemia - Tyrolia (*Bounce*), A Budapest Supports
A Bulgaria – Rumania, A Bulgaria – Rumania,
A Vienna - Galicia.
England (Mark Firth
– mark.r.firth “of” capita.co.uk): Build A Edinburgh.. F Denmark - North
Sea,
A
Edinburgh - Liverpool (*Fails*), F English Channel Supports F Mid-Atlantic
Ocean – Brest,
F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean – Brest, A Moscow Supports F Gulf
of Bothnia - Livonia.
France (Paul Milewski – paul.milewski “of”
hotmail.com): F Brest Hold (*Disbanded*), F Liverpool Hold,
A
Paris Supports F Brest (*Cut*), A Portugal Supports F Spain(nc), F Spain(nc) Hold.
Germany (Jim Burgess – jfburgess “of”
gmail.com): Build A Munich.. A
Belgium – Picardy,
A
Burgundy - Paris (*Fails*), F Gulf of Bothnia – Livonia, F Holland –
Belgium, A Marseilles – Gascony,
A
Munich - Tyrolia (*Bounce*), F Sweden - Gulf of
Bothnia.
Italy (John Biehl – jerbil “of” shaw.ca):
Build A Venice.. F Eastern
Mediterranean - Smyrna (*Fails*),
A
Greece Supports A Bulgaria (*Ordered to Move*), F Gulf of Lyon Supports A
Piedmont – Marseilles,
A
Piedmont – Marseilles, A Venice - Tyrolia
(*Bounce*).
Russia (Kevin Wilson
– ckevinw “of” comcast.net): A Galicia – Warsaw, F Rumania – Sevastopol,
F St
Petersburg(sc) Hold, A
Ukraine Supports A Galicia - Warsaw.
Turkey (John David
Galt – jdg “of” diogenes.sacramento.ca.us): A Constantinople Supports
F
Rumania - Bulgaria(ec) (*Void*), F Smyrna - Aegean Sea (*Fails*), A Syria -
Armenia.
Concession
to France Fails
Deadline
for F 04 is November 24th at 7am my time
PRESS
Rome
(Apr 1, 1904): King
Giovanni mused, "Was it last year that I thought all my eggs were in one
basket? It's worse than I thought. It's one egg for two baskets."
Rome
(Apr 1, 1904): The
Pope Sextus VI (& who doesn't?) railed against
the concession to France, "We are aware of the evil nature of this insult
to Catholic sensibilities. This affront, undoubtedly, originates in a heathen
or orthodox or protestant source which insults all Catholics."
(HOCKEY
PUCK to THE OTHER KAISER): Yeah, what to you is a ball is to me a strike...
(KAISER
BOOB to KING GIOVANNI the SHORT): So, what now? You are quite short...
(JIM-BOB
to HUNGRY FOR MILK AND COOKIES): We need a cookie monster...
GM –
Jim-Bob:
Heather or Miss Piggy fit the bill.
Rome (Dec 31, 1903): King Giovanni
was not happy. The Military High Command procured an army rather than a fleet. "One egg for one basket."
Rome (Apr 1, 1904): King Giovanni
the Short was very short (not that short but short in the curt sense), "
Why that spider up north. Gimme, gimme,
gimme and maybe there's a crumb for you later. He
insults all Italia." Giovanni strode to his map of Mare Nostrum. It didn't
look very 'nostrum'. With that he slumped into his chair with a frown wider
than his height. "We must hope England awakens to the German naval
peril." He also thought when will it be that the storm breaks? This year? The next?
Black
Press Gunboat, “Noah’s Titanic”, 2015Arb32, F 03
Austria:
A Budapest Supports A Rumania – Serbia, F Bulgaria(sc) - Greece (*Bounce*),
A
Galicia - Rumania (*Fails*), A Rumania - Serbia (*Fails*).
England:
A Brest - Paris (*Disbanded*),
F English Channel Supports F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean,
F
Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F Norway - North Sea (*Dislodged*, retreat
to Barents Sea or
Norwegian
Sea or OTB), F St Petersburg(nc)
- Norway (*Fails*).
France: A Burgundy - Paris (*Bounce*),
A Gascony Supports A Picardy – Brest, F Mid-Atlantic Ocean – English
Channel
(*Dislodged*, retreat to Western Mediterranean or North Africa or Spain(sc) or Portugal or Spain(nc)
or North Atlantic Ocean or OTB), A Picardy - Brest.
Germany:
A Berlin Supports A Silesia – Munich, F
Denmark - North Sea (*Bounce*), A Holland – Belgium,
A Silesia – Munich, F Skagerrak Supports F Sweden – Norway, F
Sweden - Norway.
Italy: F Adriatic Sea Convoys A Venice –
Smyrna, F Aegean Sea Convoys A Venice – Smyrna,
F
Ionian Sea Convoys A Venice – Smyrna, A Trieste Supports A Serbia, A Venice -
Smyrna.
Russia: Retreat A Silesia - Bohemia.. A Bohemia
Supports A Warsaw – Silesia,
A
Prussia Supports A Warsaw – Silesia, A Serbia Supports A Rumania (*Ordered to
Move*), A Warsaw - Silesia.
Turkey: Retreat A Rumania - Ukraine.. A
Albania - Greece (*Bounce*), F Black Sea – Constantinople,
A
Sevastopol Supports A Ukraine – Moscow, A Ukraine - Moscow.
Deadline
for A/W 03 and S 04 will be November 24th at 7am
My Time
Supply Center Chart
Austria:
Budapest, Bulgaria,
Greece, Rumania, Vienna=5, Build 1
England:
Edinburgh, Liverpool,
London, St Petersburg=4, Even or Build 1
France: Brest,
Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain=5, Build 1 or 2
Germany:
Belgium, Berlin, Denmark,
Holland, Kiel, Munich, Norway, Sweden=8, Build 2 (Only Room for 1)
Italy:
Naples, Rome, Smyrna,
Trieste, Tunis, Venice=6, Build 1
Russia:
Serbia, Warsaw=2, Remove 2
Turkey:
Ankara, Constantinople,
Moscow, Sevastopol=4, Even
PRESS
Russia: Things seem so 'Tsar away'. And where is the
'Urals'? I ought to
be able to retreat there.
GM to England: Ya, yer fleets changin ta Ger armies, har har har, shiver yer timbers.
Serbs to Pope Pluvius: We like Slovenes and Croats. We want to be your friend.
Papal Envoy - Sultan: anybody home?
Pope - Czar: You tell 'em.
Pope Pluvius - Austria: this seems to be going well. I'll try to keep an eye on those chaps
lurking near Greece for you. Push on.
Berne[d]: The Centre for Strategic Studies questions the
English wisdom of over-extending its forces while Germany has built three
fleets.
Paris - Brest: Thanks for destroying that pesky fleet!
Brest - Paris: Anytime my friend! Now, let us see if I can put
my army someplace more useful.
Paris - Brest: Good luck with that--or not so good luck.
Kaiser to Prime Minister: You might
want to check yer six, dummkopf!
Paris to London: I say, old boy, you
probably should spend more time on the North Sea and less time messing with me!
Russia to England: Thanks a lot.
Russia to England: You complete idiot.
Attack France, fine, attack me, whatever. Ignore Germany? Good strategy.
Russia to Turkey: Not only are you a FA but
you are also an idiot. Abandon your
Homeland? Good strategy.
Russia to Germany: No reason for you to
threaten to destroy me. You have two idiot zombies doing this for you. Go
figure.
Russia to Italy: Please convoy A Ven to Smy via your Fs Adr, Ion & Aeg then it's game over
for this idiot.
Russia to England & Turkey: Sure, get
rid of me (who did little or nothing against you) and die yourselves. You Fing Morons.
Pope to Tsar: when did killing Turkey turn into "I'm
giving him my home dots?"
Pope to Archduke: if Russia retreats to Boh, your defenses are looking good!
Pope to Parliament: you might want to think
about sacking the minister of defense. He's about to put the Germans in your
homeland.
Germany to Russia: I predict that by next
spring, you will be down to two units. At most. I look forward
to adding Warsaw to my empire.
Dateline Europe: Word was received today
of great disorder in the territory of Serbia.
It appears that the Russian Army in Serbia, cut off from supplies from
Russia has resorted to pillaging the villages in Serbia and committing
unspeakable atrocities. The peasants are
begging Austria to step in and restore order by destroying the Russian invader.
A further report stated that the citizens of
Warsaw have smuggled a request to the German Kaiser to march on their city and
expel the Russians. With a breakdown of
order in the Russian armies, they are fearful of similar pillaging by
leaderless Russian troops, and they are begging the Kaiser to send in an army
to restore peace.
The arrival of an English fleet was received by
joyous crowds in Archangel today. It was
reported that the Russian sailors mutinied after their recent battle with
German ships of the line. They are
reported to have shot their commander (the Tsar’s brother) and scuttled their
ships off of the coast of Livonia. After
leaving their ships they moved into the
empty territory in the border land of Livonia and have vowed to resist any
attempt by the Tsar to force them back into the Russian armed forces. A general sense of chaos is gripping Russia,
and it is assumed that her remaining armed forces will be wiped out shortly.
Germany to Turkey: Moscow is yours for
taking. Enjoy.
(GERMANY to TURKEY): Crush that
useless Russian, I'll help!!!
(RUSSIA to TURKEY): Despite anything else I
say, I WILL have your butt in a sling, please present it for slapping!
(ITALY to RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA): But it's
Turkey month, everyone loves Turkey, including me.
(AUSTRIA to ITALY): Take me down, just try
it!
(RUSSIA to GERMANY): Don't believe
that crap from the Black Press, I'm really your best friend. Let's stop the
stupid attack, Kathy wouldn't approve, and you have to do what Kathy says.
Germany to England: It is nothing personal, it is just good
business. My trade with the French for
their wine is more important to me than trade with you for Scottish wool.
Dateline Europe: English fleets and
armies have attacked France in a dastardly stab designed to seize control of
the French port of Brest. An English
army moved into the city, and is reported to have massacred many of its
citizens except for those needed to work on the dockyards. French armies are moving to expel the English
invader, and the Kaiser has promised his unwavering support for his French ally
in an attempt to restore peace in Western Europe.
Russia to Austria & Italy: Please patch
up your differences and eliminate Turkey.
Russia to England: Nice One. Germany has
three, count em, three fleets and you are attacking
France. So you, also, decide to F me? Thanks Idiot. You are going to get what
you deserve.
Russia to Turkey: Well Sultan Perfidious,
ignoring your own homeland just to F me (who did you no harm) is just
brilliant.
Russia to Germany: With the idiots that are
in this game it should be nothing but a cakewalk for you. Since this is an
anonymous player game you couldn't have asked for two better idiot allies than Eng & Tur. I know you likely can't eat 'Turkey' but
please gobble up the 'English 'Kippers'.
Russia to Aus & Ita: Please leave
me in Ser & send in support requests and I assist
one of you. Ser needs to migrate out but where
exactly? Ser needs support out too (like to Sev or a Tur center somewhere).
Germany to GM: Hey, I thought you were going to move the army
in Warsaw to Livonia! What happened, you
were supposed to be my ace in the hole!
But hey, you did move England’s fleet out of the way for me, so thanks
for that!
GM to Germany: No problem.
Sorry about the mistake on moving the army to Prussia. I will correct that next turn!
Germany to Russia: Once again, the might of
Prussian arms wins the contest. You will
be a forgotten footnote in the history of Europe. Oh, and by the way, you still don’t know crap
about who I am! But I will give you hint
– I live by the words of Dee Snyder – ‘If it’s not metal, its crap!’
Russia to England: I warned you of Ger danger & you screw me?
Russia to Turkey: I am forced to go for
Rum (earlier), you get Bla (for your security), you
see my dilemna vs Ger &
you still screw me?
Russia to England & Turkey: OK, as long as you have a good strategy to
contain Germany cause it sure looks as though Germany
couldn't have asked for better moves from either of you. Oh ya,
Bozos, I'm not going to Nor or Smy
this turn. I guess I'm more dangerous than some others, that must be it, that must be why you two are attacking me.
Switzerland Times: Three certified
imbeciles (maybe one more) are on the thrones of the Great Powers. One tough nut and two ordinary nuts. Our money is on the
tough nut - not because he's that smart (he probably isn't) but because two
imbeciles are assisting the tough nut.
By
Popular Demand
The goal is to pick something that fits the
category and will be the "most popular" answer. You score points
based on the number of entries that match yours. For example, if the category
is "Cats" and the responses were 7 for Persian, 3 for Calico and 1
for Siamese, everyone who said Persian would get 7 points, Calico 3 and the
lone Siamese would score 1 point. The cumulative total over 10 rounds will
determine the overall winner. Anyone may enter at any point, starting with an
equivalent point total of the lowest cumulative score from the previous round.
If a person misses a round, they'll receive the minimum score from the round
added to their cumulative total. In each round you may specify one of your
answers as your Joker answer. Your score for this answer will be
doubled. In other words, if you apply
your Joker to category 3 on a given turn, and 4 other people give the same
answer as you, you get 10 points instead of 5.
Players who fail to submit a Joker for any specific turn will have
their Joker automatically applied to the first category. And, if you
want to submit some commentary with your answers, feel free to. The game will consist of 10 rounds, with the
10th round being worth double points. A prize will be awarded to the winner. Research is permitted, but
cooperation or collusion between players is not!
Round 4 Categories
1. Something associated
with Halloween.
2. A brand of scotch.
3. A color of Post-It
Note besides yellow.
4. Something that is
sold in a bottle.
5. A cable television
network.
Congrats to Dick Martin who scored the highest possible
score of 46.
Poor Geoff Kemp (and the NMR victims) bring up
the rear with 17 points.
Comments By Category
Halloween
– Richard
Weiss “Witch, candy, trick or treating, costumes. My favorite holiday.” Jim Burgess “You can go candy, pumpkin, or
some kind of costume like witch or ghost.
Pumpkin seems the most likely to get the most votes.” GM Note – Pumpkins and Jack O’Lanterns are NOT the same thing, folks.
Scotch – Brendan Whyte
“Scotch what? Eggs? Butter?
Hop? Ale? Kilts? Condoms? Deep fried pizza? Whiskey?” Richard Weiss “Famous song about all my
friends (names of alcohol) I have to go with Johnnie - Johnnie Walker.” Jim Burgess “This one is tough since it can
be taken MOST popular, which is Johnnie Walker by a mile, OR best Single Malt,
which has lots of choices, Johnnie Walker seems best as the choice.”
Post-It
Note – Jim
Burgess “I think that's by far the most common other color.”
Bottle
– Brendan
Whyte “I’m tempted to say erection duration-lengthening liquid. But I won’t. If I could put
time in a bottle…How about ships in bottles?”
Cable
TV – Brendan
Whyte “Network not station/channel…. The only network here is Foxtel. No idea
what Americans use (or why they would use it… the 5 free to air channels here
have enough crap on them filling time between the 2-3 decent programmes, so why would I pay to have more frap
interspersed with ads for the very network I’m watching? At least free-to-air tv has ads by different companies than the channel itself..I hate TV.” Richard Weiss “Fox or CNN
for older folks, HBO, FX, etc. for others.” Geoff Kemp “Was going to say virgin but don't
know if they exist in the USA yet. So NBC exist!”
Round 5 Categories – Don’t Forget to Choose a Joker Category
(Double Points)
1. Something you see in
the sky.
2. A brand of
toothpaste.
3. A comedian.
4. A host (past or
current) of a TV game show.
5. An Australian state
or territory.
Deadline for Round 5 is November 24th
at 7am My Time
General Deadline for
the Next Issue of Eternal Sunshine: November
24th, 2015 at 7:00am my time. Hope to See You Then!
