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Reply #15 on: January 30, 2020, 08:39:30 PM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.

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Reply #16 on: January 30, 2020, 08:54:44 PM
You should have said TJ Hooker.

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Reply #17 on: January 30, 2020, 08:56:10 PM
Quote from: bbmike on January 30, 2020, 08:54:44 PM
You should have said TJ Hooker.

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Reply #18 on: January 31, 2020, 08:11:54 AM
Gosh, Panzerde, I am so torn about this guy trying to keep on his big boy pants.
You know how cats swipe at moving objects or glittery baubles?  That was Napoleon.
In a way, my gut thinks the Crimean War may have been his worst mistake because it let him think he was so good.

If you have the time, and interest, my favorite book on this era is William McElwee's Art of War: Waterloo to Mons.
He is a good read with lots of informative anecdotes and important details mixed together.  It's out of print, but used copies can be had for less than ten dollars.

Brant, it was Phil Sheridan.  Joe Hooker was slowly drinking himself to death by that point.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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Reply #19 on: January 31, 2020, 08:16:51 AM
Quote from: besilarius on January 31, 2020, 08:11:54 AM
Brant, it was Phil Sheridan.  Joe Hooker was slowly drinking himself to death by that point.

Dammit. I wanted him to figure it out on his own.

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Reply #20 on: January 31, 2020, 09:00:29 AM
As an admin, can you delete the last line of the post?

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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Reply #21 on: January 31, 2020, 09:51:44 AM
Quote from: mirth on January 31, 2020, 08:16:51 AM
Quote from: besilarius on January 31, 2020, 08:11:54 AM
Brant, it was Phil Sheridan.  Joe Hooker was slowly drinking himself to death by that point.

Dammit. I wanted him to figure it out on his own.


y'know - given how much I avoid that era of conflict, it's a wonder I even got Sheridan's name right.


And voice recognition kept spelling out "Sheraton" instead anyway  ;D

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Reply #22 on: January 31, 2020, 09:57:15 AM
Ol' Joe Sheraton

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Reply #23 on: January 31, 2020, 12:45:17 PM
I just ordered since today is the last day of the sale. 

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Reply #24 on: January 31, 2020, 01:23:06 PM
Quote from: besilarius on January 31, 2020, 08:11:54 AM
If you have the time, and interest, my favorite book on this era is William McElwee's Art of War: Waterloo to Mons.
He is a good read with lots of informative anecdotes and important details mixed together.  It's out of print, but used copies can be had for less than ten dollars.


Thanks! On my list!


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Reply #25 on: January 31, 2020, 04:14:51 PM
With your interests, pretty sure you will enjoy it.
The section on the changing treatment of the ACW by the british is really informative.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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Reply #26 on: January 31, 2020, 04:22:25 PM
belisarius, is this your library?  ;D


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Reply #27 on: January 31, 2020, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: panzerde on January 31, 2020, 01:23:06 PM
Quote from: besilarius on January 31, 2020, 08:11:54 AM
If you have the time, and interest, my favorite book on this era is William McElwee's Art of War: Waterloo to Mons.
He is a good read with lots of informative anecdotes and important details mixed together.  It's out of print, but used copies can be had for less than ten dollars.


Thanks! On my list!

Only $989 on Amazon

The Art of War: Waterloo to Mons. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002CND3XE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oYjnEbA2W4AGF

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Reply #28 on: January 31, 2020, 05:12:48 PM
We don't want to lower our standards, but the used paperback copy is a little cheaper.

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Reply #29 on: January 31, 2020, 06:35:55 PM
That is pretty shocking to ask that much.  It's a fun read.  A good read.
But not worth that amount at all.
The used for less than $9 is my style.

As to that library, I can only dream.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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