The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle for Crete (May 1941) - May 27th, 2003

nzhistory.net.nz ^ | Ian McGibbon

[snippy_about_it]

Sometimes I feel like a mushroom.

LOL! All that 'tank' time! You should!

[Pippin]

It that what Sam meant by saying he feels like a mushroom sometimes?

[SAMWolf]

I've been testing some code tweaks, the main one being corrections to armor pentration tables. It got tougher to hit and knock out some of those Soviet tanks in the older German ones.

[snippy_about_it]

From being in the dark. More ways than one.

Yes..LOL.

[Pippin]

LOL! Poor Sam!

[SAMWolf]

Hey! You recruiting more people to pick on me? ;-)

[Pippin]

'Cause we loves ya Sam! :O)

Right Snippy?

[snippy_about_it]

In a game, is tweaking code be allowed? Or is it different because it is SIM s and you are supposed to build your own stuff?

Pardon my ignorance but you have "tweaked" my imagination. ;)

[snippy_about_it]

Recruit? They just walk right on in. hahahahaha!

[SAMWolf]

These are fixes to errors in the original code and after their tetsed there made available to everyone as and update. So eveyone ends up with the same code.

[Darksheare]

"It is too late for me. He is my master now."
Words I said once to another soldier when I was put on advance party.. 'the dark side'.

Somehow, it fit.

Yes, Sam is the threadmaster of the Foxhole.
Neat gif still.
Makes me want to go out and wander down trails after sunset again though. (Was fun once upon a time. Now one can break their neck doing it. Wonder what the difference is now?)

[snippy_about_it]

'Cause we loves ya Sam! :O)
Right Snippy?

I'm not tellin'.

He's in the dark, let's keep him there.

[Pippin]

OKAY! ;o)

[snippy_about_it]

The difference. Perhaps before we didn't have a care in the world. :)

[snippy_about_it]

Oh okay, I get it now. Thank you. I was thinking stand alone rather than sharing and testing. No wonder you have so much fun!

[SAMWolf]

Oh Yeah, there's a whole PE community. Lost of modders keep this SIm going.

[Johnny Gage]

One of the websites I found for information did list several other countries that used the Stuka but didn't give dates or any other information.

[GailA]

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon GailA.

[Iris7]

There is pretty good evidence that Heydrich died from botulinum toxin. The story is that the British made up some botulinum grenades just for the operation. Quite pure botulinum toxin was loaded into the hand made casings with a spoon by an eminent British microbiologist, I forget his name. Heydrich's clinical history was consistant with this scenario.

Heydrich was a very effective administrator, certainly totally willing to break eggs, but more so, efficient in bringing the conquered territories into willing discipline. Interesting guy. The Brits figured him to be very extraordinarily dangerous (Czech industrial capacity very important in those days). My opinion is not fully formed, but this could be. Maybe Lidice was worth it.

Good work on this one, your point of view on the Crete affair interesting and useful, clear and to the point.