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Ceiling Cat

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There was an albino squirrel hanging around my backyard a lot but he seeems to have disappeared....
Last year there was an albino squirrel hanging around my place, but it has also disappears. Did you know that animals can also discriminate and kill strange animals hanging around.

 

RandyAndy2

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Crimson Tide - great movie. I think the error you're referring to is when Weapons calls up and advises that the Russians will have launch capability in seven minutes. The captain then tells the radio operator that he has three minutes to repair the radio. If the Russians may be launching nuclear missles in seven minutes, then the Alabama must launch their missles so that they strike the Russians in seven minutes. It won't be sufficient for the Alabama to launch in seven minutes.
 

Ceiling Cat

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Crimson Tide - great movie. I think the error you're referring to is when Weapons calls up and advises that the Russians will have launch capability in seven minutes. The captain then tells the radio operator that he has three minutes to repair the radio. If the Russians may be launching nuclear missles in seven minutes, then the Alabama must launch their missles so that they strike the Russians in seven minutes. It won't be sufficient for the Alabama to launch in seven minutes.

If the Russians rebels will have capability to launch missiles in seven minutes, it does not necessarily mean the Americans have to launch missile before the Russian.



A salute is not necessary inside or aboard a ship or submarine, there are some special circumstances where a salute inside or aboard a ship/submarine is required.

The Captain leaves the control room at the end of the video and is not saluted, yet when he goes below the control room he is saluted many times within a few feet.

The reason for not saluting inside or aboard a ship/submarine is that people are in close proximity to each other and the Captain or senior officers would have to salute 15 times to try to get to the head to take a piss.
 

RandyAndy2

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If the Russians rebels will have capability to launch missiles in seven minutes, it does not necessarily mean the Americans have to launch missile before the Russian.
Well it does if you want to prevent the Russian rebels from launching a strike against the U.S., which is what they were there for. I'll stand by my suggestion.
 

RandyAndy2

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If the Russians rebels will have capability to launch missiles in seven minutes, it does not necessarily mean the Americans have to launch missile before the Russian.
Well it does if you want to prevent the Russian rebels from launching a strike against the U.S., which is what they were there for. I'll stand by my suggestion.
 

buttercup

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Apart from the Red River, which flows north into Lake Winnipeg, how many other rivers are there that have their source in USA, and flow north over the border?
 

bobistheowl

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Explain in words how to reproduce the red smiling face symbol below in a forum post, without including a left or right bracket in your explanation:

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Test your theory in Go Advanced, to see if it worked, before replying. You may not quote my post as part of the explanation.
The ASCII smiling face is made by first depressing the Num Lock key, then pressing and holding down the Alt key, typing the number 1 from the number pad, (it won't work, if you use the number keys at the top of the keyboard), then releasing the Alt key.

The size of the smiling face is 6. This can be formatted by selecting the text, then selecting 6 from the list box enabled by clicking the downward pointing arrow to the right of the Size icon in the formatting tool bar. Alternatively, the HTML tags for size can be typed before and after the text that is being resized, if you know how. I don't think the formatting tool bar appears if you use the "Post Quick Reply" button, but it should appear if you use "Reply" or "Reply With Quote".

For some reason, I was unable to apply a second formatting option to the single character of text. The colour is Ceiling Cat red, so I found a post of his that contained text, rather than just an image with embedded text. I clicked the "Reply With Quote" button, and copy/pasted the colour formatting HTML tags before and after the text.

Any time you want to copy someone else' formatting, or find out how they added some sort of picture, video, or other hyperlink, just click the "Reply With Quote" button, and use the same formatting syntax in your own post.
 

RandyAndy2

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Apart from the Red River, which flows north into Lake Winnipeg, how many other rivers are there that have their source in USA, and flow north over the border?
I know the Columbia River straddles the border (Washington State / B.C.), but I'm not sure if it flows north or south.
 

bobistheowl

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What well known fictional character had* a father named Attichitcuk, a wife named Mallatobuck, and a son named Lumpawarrump?

*I say 'had', because this was a long, long time ago.
Chewbacca. His family was introduced in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, broadcast once in North America, on CBS.
 
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