Flibbertigibbet

Seminole · 09-17-08, 05:57 PM

..now theres a word you have a hard time working into an everyday conversation,much less one on a forum for subsimmers...

...But I'll do my best to not sound like one. Probably fail.

I got a load of Mk 18s for this patrol and ran into a 5 merchant convoy protected by 4 escorts. Fired two fish @ each of 2 merchants and 1 each @ 2 others...in other words 6 torps at 4 ships.

To my surprize all 6 hit and exploded at ranges from 1200-2400 yds. To my bigger surprize all 4 went down though it took the 4th pigeon 3-4 hours to finally deep six it.

This is a record for me- 4 ships down with manual targeting.

In the Am bright and early I'm sounding the happy hunting horn and will try to pick off the sole survivor and just maybe one of his escorts.. hey..they probably wouldn't want to report into Rabual with the tale they have lost an entire convoy anyway...

Falkirion · 09-17-08, 06:03 PM

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

SteamWake · 09-17-08, 09:46 PM

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

jazman · 09-17-08, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkirion

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flibbertigibbet

I just read Walter Scott's Kenilworth, and there was a Wayland Smith and a Flibbertigibbet character. It's typical Scott to weave such things into his stories.

Falkirion · 09-17-08, 09:59 PM

I knew I'd seen it somewhere, and now I know where. I read it in Prisoner of Azkaban, cursed Harry Potter and its crazy stories of wizardy goodness.

peabody · 09-17-08, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

UFO (unidentified floating object) but that is a good question, what is it?

Peabody

Seminole · 09-18-08, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Falkirion

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

I first heard it used in a conversation from a character (Mrs.Victor Henry) in Woulk's Winds of War TV miniseries a couple of decades ago. It was so intriguing I went and looked it up.

Seminole · 09-18-08, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

That is the mouse cursor modfied with Webster's Better mouse Cursor mod on my screen with a resolution of ...well..heck...I forget it has been so long since I reset it....but is just a tad lower than my monoitor's 1600 x 1050 native resolution....in other words pretty high.

Seminole · 09-18-08, 09:07 AM

Tie a broom to the periscope as we sail into Bisbane. Got the last turkey this morning for a clean sweep. One of my gaming goals accomplished. Hardly worth the effort though...a 2 000 tonner zigzagging like mad. Not to mention the less than happy escorts who managed to put a few dents in my boat and wound 2 of my crewmen. It was a close thing at that. You can just barely make out my boat position marker dead ahead of that on rushing escort.

I'm diving like mad..still at only 100 feet......turning hard port...and praying...

Notice too, that the idiot soundman is focusing on a merchant just coming out of Rabual perhaps 5 or 6 miles away...not the current target or that pack of warships trying to rip us apart....

But alls well.....and heck maybe I can catch up with that new target when these bad boys loose my trail...

09-17-08, 05:57 PM	#1
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Flibbertigibbet ..now theres a word you have a hard time working into an everyday conversation,much less one on a forum for subsimmers... ...But I'll do my best to not sound like one. Probably fail. I got a load of Mk 18s for this patrol and ran into a 5 merchant convoy protected by 4 escorts. Fired two fish @ each of 2 merchants and 1 each @ 2 others...in other words 6 torps at 4 ships. To my surprize all 6 hit and exploded at ranges from 1200-2400 yds. To my bigger surprize all 4 went down though it took the 4th pigeon 3-4 hours to finally deep six it. This is a record for me- 4 ships down with manual targeting. In the Am bright and early I'm sounding the happy hunting horn and will try to pick off the sole survivor and just maybe one of his escorts.. hey..they probably wouldn't want to report into Rabual with the tale they have lost an entire convoy anyway... __________________

09-18-08, 09:07 AM	#9
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Tie a broom to the periscope as we sail into Bisbane. Got the last turkey this morning for a clean sweep. One of my gaming goals accomplished. Hardly worth the effort though...a 2 000 tonner zigzagging like mad. Not to mention the less than happy escorts who managed to put a few dents in my boat and wound 2 of my crewmen. It was a close thing at that. You can just barely make out my boat position marker dead ahead of that on rushing escort. I'm diving like mad..still at only 100 feet......turning hard port...and praying... Notice too, that the idiot soundman is focusing on a merchant just coming out of Rabual perhaps 5 or 6 miles away...not the current target or that pack of warships trying to rip us apart.... But alls well.....and heck maybe I can catch up with that new target when these bad boys loose my trail... __________________

09-17-08, 06:03 PM	#2
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

09-17-08, 09:46 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

09-17-08, 09:59 PM	#5
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I knew I'd seen it somewhere, and now I know where. I read it in Prisoner of Azkaban, cursed Harry Potter and its crazy stories of wizardy goodness.