The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - “Sichelschnitt”: May 1940 - Aug. 16th, 2005

World War II Magazine | November 2003 | Ronald E. Powaski

[w_over_w]

MORNING GLORY FOLKS!

[Valin]

Glad to see you suvived pre-Tuesday.

I'm boycotting the M word.

[USMCBOMBGUY]

Good morning all,
Great article.
Great pictures

[w_over_w]

Glad to see you suvived pre-Tuesday.

What are you psychic?

How did you know that Sunday night I was awakened three times by a thunder storm that passed over our house, awakened once by one of the cats passing a hairball at 3AM at the foot of the bed and once by the wife snor . . . oooops . . . and went to work pre-Tuesday feeling like I slept in the car trunk?

You're really starting to scare me. ;^)

[Professional Engineer]

Got this round of doctor visits done a bit ago.

My surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday. I should be home that night. Off work a few days, since I can't drive.

Hey, that leaves time to FReep!

[snippy_about_it]

Are they going to be able to do the small incision and suck out that gall bladder?

[Professional Engineer]

Yep, Whole Lotta Gut Suckin' Goin' On

[Darksheare]

UNNNGH!

*in weird voice crossed between bandit and doctor*

"Give uss your gallbladder!"

[warchild9]

I'd like to reccomend to everyone a book by John Mosier called "The Blitzkrieg Myth," published by Perennial. I don't remember what year (I don't have access to my library just now).

This author makes some interesting points about Douhet and Fuller, while ignoring their precedents in Tukhachevski's "Deep Battle." However, it's still an interesting and entertaining read.

[snippy_about_it]

Hey you. :-)

We've all been busy lately. Good to see you.

[Professional Engineer]

Bring me a shrubbery gallbladder.

[snippy_about_it]

xxoo

[Colonel_Flagg]

Snippy! Hi to you too!

Life's been hectic. But that's no excuse. Is life treating you well?

[Professional Engineer]

"Birds & Bees" in 21st Century

The little boy asked his father -" Daddy, how was I born?"

Dad responds, "Ah, my son, I guess one day you will need to find outanyway! So here goes."

"Well, you see your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on MSN. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. Then we sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a blessed little Popup appeared and said:

"'You've Got Male!'"

[Darksheare]

LOL!

[colorado tanker]

Happy Treadhead Tuesday, Snip and Sam.

My German is so bad I thought a sickelschnitt was a bad mood.

[colorado tanker]

I agree this was a great campaign by the Germans. It also helped that the French got almost every major decision wrong. Gives whole new meaning to the phrase effing-up.

[colorado tanker]

The other examples that come readily to mind all involve Hitler, who turned himself into an Allied secret weapon. Driving southeast into Russia before securing Moscow. Refusing to evacuate Stalingrad. Refusing to release the armor reserve during the Normandy invasion. This is a little vague, but I think he also refused to release a reserve in East Prussia that could have helped defend Germany proper from the last Russian offensive.

[snippy_about_it]

I thought a sickelschnitt was a bad mood.

ROTFLOL. Kind of like a snippyschnitt!

[colorado tanker]

Exactly! LOL!