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#7701 Loki

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 11:46 AM

Tapper, on 24 April 2012 - 11:42 AM, said:

Loki, on 24 April 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

Battleship was awesome! Several times I kept thinking that Reilly had written a naval novel! XD I love M.Bay ^_^

Best part -

Spoiler

That's all a matter of opinion

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#7702 Tapper

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 12:25 PM

Loki, on 24 April 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Tapper, on 24 April 2012 - 11:42 AM, said:

Loki, on 24 April 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

Battleship was awesome! Several times I kept thinking that Reilly had written a naval novel! XD I love M.Bay ^_^

Best part -

Spoiler

That's all a matter of opinion

Nah. Iowa-class is a few metres longer and much faster, but has a shorter beam and its tonnage displacement is absolutely dwarfed by the Yamato-class. The gun-caliber was lower as well during WW2.
So if size (and/or bulk) is all that matters, which 'greatest' implies, then...

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#7703 Loki

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 12:27 PM

It takes more than size and bulk to make a ship great. When it comes to battleships, nothing beats the Mighty Mo as far as I'm concerned.

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#7704 Loki

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 07:46 PM

Home from the dawn service.

Much thanks to Sombra for smuggling us onto the base ^_^

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:35 PM

@Loki. M. Bay? I think you might be confused. Peter Berg directed BATTLESHIP.

Also: Your affinity for Matthew Reilly baffles me. That man could not write a grocery list, let alone a proper novel. ^_^

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#7706 Dutch

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 11:26 PM

Loki, on 24 April 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

It takes more than size and bulk to make a ship great. When it comes to battleships, nothing beats the Mighty Mo as far as I'm concerned.

Think Tapper forgot something, the surrender of Japan was signed on the Missouri, that's something that also makes the Mighty Mo great according to some people.

But if there was one ship in my opinion that was great in WWII, it was the Big E, a.k.a. CV-6 Enterprise. .

What's making me happy that I have received another batch of books today including two books about the Big E. ^_^

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#7707 Loki

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 02:41 AM

QT: P.Berg than ^_^

I love Matthew Reilly books. You have to take them for what they are though - action films on paper.

Dutch: Like I said, a matter of opinion.

Heck, I'd be willing to make a case for the HMS Vampire but that would be personal preference more than anything else. XD

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#7708 Tapper

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 07:31 AM

Dutch, on 24 April 2012 - 11:26 PM, said:

Loki, on 24 April 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

It takes more than size and bulk to make a ship great. When it comes to battleships, nothing beats the Mighty Mo as far as I'm concerned.

Think Tapper forgot something, the surrender of Japan was signed on the Missouri, that's something that also makes the Mighty Mo great according to some people.

Didn't forget it. McArthur needed to arrive somewhere and it is tradition that surrenders take place on a location that forces ~~the French~~ the surrendering party to come to the enemy as a supplicant and sign it in full front of the enemy's might. What better place than a battleship? Imho, it says nothing about the battleship itself, though.

I mean, no-one's saying the train carriage where the 1918 war was concluded is the most important train-car ever, are they?

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But if there was one ship in my opinion that was great in WWII, it was the Big E, a.k.a. CV-6 Enterprise.

Except that wasn't a battleship ^_^

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 07:50 AM

COOOOOOOOOOOOOLLIIIIIIIINGWOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

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#7710 MTS

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:00 AM

Ain, on 25 April 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:

COOOOOOOOOOOOOLLIIIIIIIINGWOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

What's making me happy is how close this was to being in the groove thread. ^_^

Good game.

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#7711 Loki

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:19 AM

I sprained my ankle watching the game and when the umpire sent it to the bloody tv ref I started shouting something along the lines of - Even if I have to hobble the whole way to f***ing Victoria I will come down there and tear your bloody spine out myself if you do not award that goal! - Then, 40 seconds out from fulltime the signal was lost and my friend ended up doing aerobatics to get it back so I could see us win. Then the pain from my ankle registered and I almost passed out. Great game XD

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#7712 Lucifer's Heaven

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 01:08 PM

The Avengers.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 01:56 PM

Storm Corrosion looks like an awesome new project.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 02:33 PM

Lucifer, on 25 April 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

The Avengers.

That movie will be awesome, Luci!

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:27 PM

My baby sister is visiting this weekend and we are going on a serious museum crawl from the British Museum via London Dungeons to the Natural History Museum (Scott's Last Expedition and Animal Inside Out, like bodyworld with animals on the same day!), lots of good food, raucous laughter in public places and quality time with my lil sis. I can't wait for her to come over!

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:01 PM

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2012
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:01 AM

The Avengers was so awesome

It was also followed by drinks and dinner with friends

That Elephant is looking rather frayed at the edges

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 01:38 AM

Terry Goodkind, on 25 April 2012 - 02:33 PM, said:

Lucifer, on 25 April 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

The Avengers.

That movie will be so very, very awesome, Luci!

It really, really was :thumbsup:

Also, as Centz said, drinks and dinner with friends afterwards were good

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#7719 Loki

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:20 AM

Troy Cassar-Daley concert tonight!!! XD

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#7720 QuickTidal

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:26 AM

Loki, on 25 April 2012 - 02:41 AM, said:

I love Matthew Reilly books. You have to take them for what they are though - action films on paper.

I'll give you that. :thumbsup:

Though I still can't read the blokes work.

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