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Tales of the Ranch - Operation Eris
9/17/2009 12:48:55 PM
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9/17/2009 1:34:53 PM
woo hoo, another great start!!!
9/17/2009 11:04:14 PM
Oh My God...........
They live!!!!!!!!!!!
w00t!!
They live!!!!!!!!!!!
w00t!!
9/19/2009 12:59:28 PM
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9/19/2009 1:00:19 PM
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9/20/2009 6:30:31 PM
Good story
9/21/2009 3:39:49 AM
9/21/2009 7:58:57 AM
My god man.......This has made my week
like a long time friend finally coming home. Love the Dayfield saga
Gary
like a long time friend finally coming home. Love the Dayfield saga
Gary
9/21/2009 6:41:49 PM
Thanks, loved normal... looking forward to this read.
again,
Thank you sooo much.
Bob
9/26/2009 11:20:19 AM
Excellant start, lets keep it going.
9/27/2009 10:42:57 AM
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9/27/2009 11:23:03 AM
And just because it will come up again. Germans tend to stick two, three or more words together into one when writing it out and speaking. One of the most common examples would be Volkswagen. Volks (people) and wagen (car) mashed together into one word. It gets slightly crazy when trying to use translation programs on the internet. So...
Bundeswehr is actually two words Bundes (Federal) and Wehr (Defense) spoken as one. Freibundeswehr would be Free (frei) Federal (bundes) Defense (wehr), meaning the Free German Army for the intent of the story.
I'll try not to get too complicated into the foreign languages in the story.
Bundeswehr is actually two words Bundes (Federal) and Wehr (Defense) spoken as one. Freibundeswehr would be Free (frei) Federal (bundes) Defense (wehr), meaning the Free German Army for the intent of the story.
I'll try not to get too complicated into the foreign languages in the story.
9/27/2009 3:52:57 PM
Ist gut, ja...
9/27/2009 10:56:51 PM
I'm going to make a guess that you're stationed at Spang?
I was at Bitburg from '86 - '88, about weekly we would head over to Spang (We called it Spang-Quentin back then) to the AFEES Toy Store for baby supplies. We went to a couple of "Pig Fests" in Wittlich.
Your story is bringing back some old memories <G>.
I was at Bitburg from '86 - '88, about weekly we would head over to Spang (We called it Spang-Quentin back then) to the AFEES Toy Store for baby supplies. We went to a couple of "Pig Fests" in Wittlich.
Your story is bringing back some old memories <G>.
9/28/2009 3:19:00 AM
Originally Posted By Warhawk:
I'm going to make a guess that you're stationed at Spang?
I was at Bitburg from '86 - '88, about weekly we would head over to Spang (We called it Spang-Quentin back then) to the AFEES Toy Store for baby supplies. We went to a couple of "Pig Fests" in Wittlich.
Your story is bringing back some old memories <G>.
I'm going to make a guess that you're stationed at Spang?
I was at Bitburg from '86 - '88, about weekly we would head over to Spang (We called it Spang-Quentin back then) to the AFEES Toy Store for baby supplies. We went to a couple of "Pig Fests" in Wittlich.
Your story is bringing back some old memories <G>.
We have some other choice words for Spang now, but some of the younger readers might give their parents a heart attack if they ever repeated them. And yes, that's where I am stationed. And no toy store over here now, it's on the Bitburg Annex...yes, Bitburg is now a satellite of Spangdahlem. The housing, BX, AFN, schools and Commissary are about the only things left up there. Crazy world.
Pig fests are just a fine reason to eat mongo amounts of pork, drink mongo amounts of beer, all in celebration of some pig who ate a carrot.
For those lost, just Google "Pig Fest Wittlich Germany" and you get the story.
9/28/2009 5:44:44 AM
another Enjoyable chapter!!!!!
Thanks
Thanks
9/30/2009 2:46:43 AM
Originally Posted By Grand58742:
And just because it will come up again. Germans tend to stick two, three or more words together into one when writing it out and speaking. One of the most common examples would be Volkswagen. Volks (people) and wagen (car) mashed together into one word. It gets slightly crazy when trying to use translation programs on the internet. So...
Bundeswehr is actually two words Bundes (Federal) and Wehr (Defense) spoken as one. Freibundeswehr would be Free (frei) Federal (bundes) Defense (wehr), meaning the Free German Army for the intent of the story.
I'll try not to get too complicated into the foreign languages in the story.
And just because it will come up again. Germans tend to stick two, three or more words together into one when writing it out and speaking. One of the most common examples would be Volkswagen. Volks (people) and wagen (car) mashed together into one word. It gets slightly crazy when trying to use translation programs on the internet. So...
Bundeswehr is actually two words Bundes (Federal) and Wehr (Defense) spoken as one. Freibundeswehr would be Free (frei) Federal (bundes) Defense (wehr), meaning the Free German Army for the intent of the story.
I'll try not to get too complicated into the foreign languages in the story.
And I was informed my ability to create new German words sucks. I can create German words that are not gramatically correct.
It is apparently Freie Bundeswehr, same meaning as I intended, but apparently the three words cannot be connected. A minor German rule of some sort.
Story corrected.
9/30/2009 11:11:33 PM
Originally Posted By Grand58742:
And just in case anyone is lost. Here is the original story this one is derived from
NORMAL
And just in case anyone is lost. Here is the original story this one is derived from
NORMAL
Thank you for the link
I just copied the whole thing into a word document so I can print it out later and read it.
Gene
10/1/2009 11:14:09 AM
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10/1/2009 2:49:33 PM
Sweeet.... Great story.
10/3/2009 11:27:18 AM
A shorter chapter...
10/3/2009 11:27:35 AM
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10/3/2009 12:59:38 PM
Keep 'em coming please.
10/9/2009 2:38:16 AM
so good to see our old friends from the ranch again.
Normal is one of my favorites.
Normal is one of my favorites.
10/9/2009 3:01:52 PM
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10/12/2009 6:02:34 PM
cool..............
10/15/2009 11:12:12 AM
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10/16/2009 8:20:08 PM
EXCELLANT, keep it up please.
10/23/2009 8:27:18 AM
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10/23/2009 8:28:09 AM
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10/24/2009 11:31:19 AM
good, keep it coming please.
10/25/2009 4:27:45 PM
great scene laid out. ready for the action.
10/26/2009 4:01:49 AM
Thank you. More please.
11/8/2009 1:09:54 AM
more
11/8/2009 10:22:07 AM
You have got me hooked!!
More please?
........Mounger
More please?
........Mounger
11/22/2009 10:14:04 AM
Originally Posted By Gary_P:
more
more
11/22/2009 3:24:32 PM
Right, right, right.
I've got the next chapter underway and should have it posted sometime this week. Just had a busy week month over the past bit.
Work with me here Gary, I'm a busy guy!
ETA:
Got done a little quicker than I planned. Hope you folks enjoy.
I've got the next chapter underway and should have it posted sometime this week. Just had a busy week month over the past bit.
Work with me here Gary, I'm a busy guy!
ETA:
Got done a little quicker than I planned. Hope you folks enjoy.
11/22/2009 7:00:15 PM
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11/23/2009 1:24:20 AM
Good one!
11/23/2009 1:38:04 AM
sweet suspense, thy name is Grand58742
12/8/2009 10:37:40 PM
ping
12/13/2009 9:44:23 AM
Let's see who can pick up the subtle reference to "Normal" in this chapter.
12/13/2009 9:44:40 AM
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12/13/2009 10:58:34 PM
Originally Posted By Grand58742:
Let's see who can pick up the subtle reference to "Normal" in this chapter.
Let's see who can pick up the subtle reference to "Normal" in this chapter.
I am so happy to read this. But frustrated that I can't pick out a single specific reference.
The language at the beggining of the concealed team having the jump on the approaching patrol was a scenario playe out multiple times in normal.
The language and SOPs of the recon is so familiar now, you have a very recognizable voice.
The themes of the German wanting to have a safe place for his daughter to grow up and follow her dreams sounded like the motives of the group at the Dayfield ranch.
I think it is high praise to say the entire chapter felt like it was part of normal.
OK, not I'll let some people more observant than me or with better memrories tell me what it was
Thanks for a great chapter Grand!
12/14/2009 12:03:24 AM
Thank you very much for the update! I have been really looking forward to it!
.......Mounger
.......Mounger
12/14/2009 3:58:51 PM
Originally Posted By Grand58742:
Let's see who can pick up the subtle reference to "Normal" in this chapter.
Let's see who can pick up the subtle reference to "Normal" in this chapter.
Finally got the reference!
Erik Weber of the German Speicher resistance is the father of Elke Weber.
He says of his daughter Elke:
I want my daughter to grow up proud and live in a place where she is free from fear. I want my Elke to be able to reach the stars like she wants to do,” said Erik.
Elke Weber is also mentioned in the epilog of the story 'Normal'
Time since attacks: 37 Years, 1 Month, 24 Days
. . . the expedition of ten people will descend to the surface (of Mars) and, for the first time in human history, mankind will set foot on another planet. UN Space Officials in Houston are still close lipped about who will be the first person to set foot on the planet. The current runners in the rumor mill coming out of Houston are Jackson Ford from the AFNAS, Elke Weber from Germany or Dmitri Koronov from Russia.
You have really knit a tight mesh here Grand!
The date/timeline reference format between the stories make it a little tricky to fit the puzzle pieces together.
Looks like she made her father proud
12/26/2009 1:10:38 PM
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12/26/2009 3:59:35 PM
Thanks for the update. I'm really enjoying the story.
12/27/2009 12:41:10 PM
Oh yeah!
the suspense is killing me :-)
Please tell me the next update is ready and you are just waiting before posting it
the suspense is killing me :-)
Please tell me the next update is ready and you are just waiting before posting it
12/30/2009 9:57:40 AM
I guess everyone has taken off for the Holidays. Can't blame y'all but I too am out of reading material!
.......Mounger
.......Mounger
