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Article #93845

Re: GalCiv Demo?

#93845
From: Brad Martin
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:47
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:20:57 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
wrote:

>In article <1lam8vgv0cm7pt23h...@4ax.com>, 
>br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:14:44 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <foqk8v824etg65i5n...@4ax.com>, 
>> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:13:53 +0100, Memnoch
>> >> <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:44:01 +0100, Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>In article <69bd8v458mvtbt77q...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >>>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >>>> comstar <com...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >> >>>> 
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >Bret Ripley wrote:
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >> In article <b5vjto$6ru$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, un...@mindspring.com
>> >> >>>> >> says...
>> >> >>>> >> > how soon?
>> >> >>>> >>
>> >> >>>> >> <MarathonManMode>
>> >> >>>> >>
>> >> >>>> >> Soon.  Very soon.  So soon you wouldn't believe it.
>> >> >>>> >>
>> >> >>>> >> *BZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE*
>> >> >>>> >>
>> >> >>>> >> No, not soon.  Not soon at all.
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >    I saw that same line used at the latest colation briefing in Quatar
>> >> >>>> >about the war in Iraq.
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >I take it to mean you havn't got a clue either. Pity.
>> >> >>>> 
>> >> >>>> Hey, be fair.  They didn't "wargame" the "enemy" fighting back.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Maybe they blew their whole budget on marketing?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I just want to know how they hope to win the "hearts and minds" of the
>> >> >>"enemy" when they can't even win the "hearts and minds" of their own
>> >> >>"electorate".
>> >> >
>> >> >Not only that but slaughtering the very people you are trying to win over
>> >> >doesn't help. And slaughtering the people you arre slaughtering those people
>> >> >with as well. If I was a Brit squadie and was told to get on an American
>> >> >chopper now I'd tell 'em I'd walk to Basra!
>> >> 
>> >> Is the world not perfect then? That's a terrible shock.
>> >
>> >Yeah, Mem.  Next time put in a Spoiler Warning.
>> 
>> I'm adjusting Bret, i'm adjusting.
>> 
>> Anyway, Sven's playing Rooney instead of Heskey, so very little else
>> can impact at the moment. I'm in that blissful cocoon of anticipation,
>> the one that always gets smeared under the grinding boot of reality.
>
>Sven?  Rooney?  Heskey?  Is this some sort of Euro-code?

All is now irrelevant. The cocoon split to reveal the beautifying
Beckham, the jewel of James, and the resolve of Rooney.
If this forum was audibly based, my silence would speak volumes.

Code? Maybe. If it is then i'm devoid of the cipher, yet full of the
meaning.

Let's just hope the stabbings are kept to a minimum.

br d
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From: Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim
Subject: Re: GalCiv Demo?
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 22:47:52 +0100
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