RE: France–kicked out!!

Shame, but this world cup is really up for GRABS. Portugal IMO are the dark horse I think.

RE: car

A prop for Mad Max 4 perhaps?

Ki Ga Kawatta!

Changed my mind! ITS got to be SPIDER-MAN! After seeing the movie, SO cool, and I have always been a keen follower of this Marvel Hero.

RE: The Sum of All Fears

Clancy has never had any military related career to speak of, he is, or was an insurance salesman with a strong passion for the Navy. His good buddy (USN retired by now I think) Larry Bond got him started with the novels when they co-produced (Clancy wrote it) HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER out of a war game that the two were working on. The rest is history.

Regards, Glenn.

Something completely different..

Stopping me? Easy, it has not been written. Anyway, some humour..

Presenting a report to the Galactic counsel of star systems, the Alien ambassador made his speech.

Ambassador: “I am here to inform you on studies we have made on a mysterious planet we located many millennia ago on a distant side of the galaxy outside our counsel’s jurisdiction”

The Counsel: “What is this place?”

Ambassador: “Well, we call it S-3450, but the inhabitants call it Earth”

The Counsel: “Why has this planet attracted your attention for so long?”

Ambassador: “Well we, along with the others believe we have discovered the greatest enigma of the known universe there”

The Counsel: “What? That system is young and according to your report the life forms there are primitive. What is this Universal enigmatic entity?”

Ambassador: “The Human female!”

RE: I will let you know..

>Wow !you surely had me fooled.For a second i thought -it;s
>Ludlum’s works.Please keep us inform -on the novel.

Funny that! Someone else on another forum thought it was his work as well. Not writing a novel, well at least not yet. Just wanted to test a bit I thought of and see if I could pass it off as a decent piece of writing. Years ago I was working on a novel idea called “Claws of the Red Dragon” about how the Chinese, North Korean, and Vietnamese got together to take over the prosperous South East Asia. Hell, I even designed, drew and framed a cover design for it as well. I have a 20 page typed manuscript for the story outline buried away some where.

I started this when I got back from Japan 6 years ago and it was inspired by the events of the Taiwan/China crisis in the same year. Ever since then my interest in Chinese affairs and their military has been strong.

Regards, Glenn.

RE: Croatia wins!!!

Well done Croatia!!! 🙂

RE: We Were Soldiers

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 07-06-02 AT 00:29 AM (GMT)]Thanks Kev,

Yes, the Long Tan battle was even tougher by all accounts but obviuosly not as long (Company vs. Regiment engagement), and it was air support, artillery and re-supply AGAIN that saved the day for the Aussies that time. Wonderful stuff modern air support is! I think I may have that book somewhere, but if I have I have not read it, but the account of the battle I am aware of.

Cheers, Glenn.