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LongBlade
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #135 on:
November 27, 2013, 08:47:44 PM »
Cruiser?
You're probably right. The Indianapolis was 610 feet long. But get this - The USS Wasp was 688 feet long. The Missouri was 887 feet.
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GDS_Starfury
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #136 on:
November 28, 2013, 02:24:17 AM »
its a funding game with names. far easier to get money for destroyers then crusiers and, in the case of the Japanese, aircraft carriers.
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Staggerwing
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #137 on:
November 28, 2013, 05:43:09 AM »
I still maintain the notion that '
Dreadnought
' would be the most fitting term.
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Voluspa
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GDS_Starfury
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #138 on:
November 28, 2013, 08:52:42 AM »
I would put the old Kirov class in that catagory or perhaps an arsenal ship.
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Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.
Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.
Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.
Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.
Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.
mirth
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Re: Ships!
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November 29, 2013, 07:57:23 AM »
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Staggerwing
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #140 on:
November 29, 2013, 08:17:01 AM »
^That reminds me: I have to check on the status of my Ogre Deluxe edition order.
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Voluspa
Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...
"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop,
Cry for Love
... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes,
'Kiss Off'
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"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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mirth
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #141 on:
December 03, 2013, 08:06:06 PM »
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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD
"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb
"Can’t ‘un’ until you ‘pre’, son." - Gus
mirth
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #142 on:
December 03, 2013, 08:07:34 PM »
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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD
"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb
"Can’t ‘un’ until you ‘pre’, son." - Gus
mirth
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #143 on:
December 03, 2013, 08:09:07 PM »
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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD
"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb
"Can’t ‘un’ until you ‘pre’, son." - Gus
GDS_Starfury
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #144 on:
December 03, 2013, 09:21:28 PM »
Quote from: mirth on December 03, 2013, 08:07:34 PM
where did you find this? Ive read about US Navy Sinkex's before but finding images is a bitch.
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Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.
Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.
Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.
Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.
Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.
mirth
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #145 on:
December 04, 2013, 02:48:55 AM »
found it on Reddit. I didn't know that they had sunk a Tico. That's Valley Forge.
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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD
"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb
"Can’t ‘un’ until you ‘pre’, son." - Gus
LongBlade
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #146 on:
December 04, 2013, 05:24:32 AM »
Reddit. On that path lies madness.
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mirth
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #147 on:
December 04, 2013, 06:46:33 AM »
For some, all paths end in madness ;-)
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"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD
"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb
"Can’t ‘un’ until you ‘pre’, son." - Gus
GDS_Starfury
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Re: Ships!
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Reply #148 on:
December 04, 2013, 07:19:05 AM »
^^^ that should be the GH motto.
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Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.
Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.
Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.
Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.
Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.
GDS_Starfury
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Posts: 36876
Sons of Punarchy
Re: Ships!
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Reply #149 on:
December 04, 2013, 10:01:20 PM »
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Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.
Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.
Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.
Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.
Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.
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