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Article #93847

Re: GalCiv Demo?

#93847
From: Brad Martin
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 11:23
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:05:58 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
wrote:

>In article <73mm8vor8at5vf1ih...@4ax.com>, 
>br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> 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.
>
>Completely inscrutable.

Nonsense.

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

Correct.

>> Let's just hope the stabbings are kept to a minimum.
>
>Stabbings?  You are talking about football, then?

Oh yes.

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: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:23:29 +0100
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