Team rank) Name .............. total wu/new wu
IJump's Anniversary Bash - 15,000 by 6/26/2002:
45) IJump ...............................11556 / 55
Race to Catch the Race Coordinator:
34) OhioDude ........................13520 / 21
40) zodder ..............................12757 / 53 🙂
41) def .....................................12659 / 28
Turtle Wars: Episode II. The Tortoise Strikes Back at 15K:
34) Dude OhioWalker ..........13520 / 21
38) Darth Polo .......................12870 / 7
The Great 10K CountDown:
56) ZeroEffect .........................9602 / 19
Race to 9000:
60) cakin .................................8618 / 23
62) pazoo ................................8576 / 65 🙂
63) Baldy18 ............................8550 / 32 🙂
66) MaxSiren ..........................8291 / 9
Race to 6000:
93) mucman ...........................5315 / 11
96) Eltano1 .............................5130 / 22 🙂
98) Swanny .............................5099 / 18
104)thecool1 ............................4789 / 6
113)JimMc ................................4296 / 10
115)minendo ...........................4227 / 26 🙂
135)paf077 ...............................3483 / 48 🙂
Another race to 6000:
99) ledzepp98 ........................5083 / 5
100)TeAm Confused Ai3x .....5081 / 5
Another Race to 4000:
123)ICXRa ................................3767 / 43
127)PhotoLenny ......................3652 / 8
134)Panhead49 ......................3485 / 15
146)Ammocan .........................3112 / 11
154)Freewolf ............................2976 / 12
Wireless Dazzler to 4000:
120)wirelessenabled .............3992 / 44 🙂
140)Dazmite .............................3312 / 12
May Mauling to 3500:
157)Nemur ...............................2941 / 0
159)Ishmael2k ........................2912 / 9
165)pyxis ..................................2804 / 8
168)Maggotry ...........................2770 / 8
Team AnandTech SETI 1000:
390)frglss ....................................982 / 5
Clash of the Super WU Poopers - Race to Dump 10,000:
EvadMan ...........................3219 / 48 (9483) :Q
Cygor & Cobra ..............61447 / 0 (3140)
PieDerro .........................23798 / 251 (1836) 🙂
Robor ..............................86103 / 181 (1409) 🙂
Grant ...............................74815 / 162 (1341)
Hack ................................46330 / 149 (1132)
IJump ..............................11556 / 55 (826)
The Crunch Bunch Munch to 1500:
Toft / Vold - DK ......................6644 / 22 (822)
Rowdy Ray ............................3455 / 31 (789) 🙂
minendo ................................4227 / 26 (767) 🙂
Swanny ..................................5099 / 18 (529)
ZeroEffect ..............................9602 / 19 (524)
MaxSiren ................................8291 / 9 (483)
1500 WU Tally Tagger:
minendo ...............................4227 / 26 (552) 🙂
migroo ..................................2351 / 21 (355) 🙂
IceCreamLtDan ..................5494 / 15 (348)
micron ...................................3076 / 19 (333)
Freewolf ................................2976 / 12 (110)
Lonely Racers: 🙁
15) USS IsOs ........................27739 / 112 🙂
16) Smokeball........................27688 / 59
29) USS Guid .......................19115 / 63 🙂
32) USS Poop ......................16597 / 13
35) Yield..................................13381 / 36
43) lane42 .............................11660 / 63 🙂
46) GreatWhiteNorth ...........11232 / 4
47) DroolMAN! ......................11012 / 53
49) crt1530 ............................10863 / 30
50) Major Tom........................10792 / 286 :Q:Q:Q
59) m2kewl .............................9057 / 72 :Q
73) Crazee ..............................7296 / 71 🙂
75) EvilWobbles .....................7080 / 18
78) Slahr Dzhe .......................6675 / 4
77) ElFenix ..............................6736 / 8
97) Maku .................................5124 / 29 🙂
107)Jwyatt ................................4698 / 7
110)Karsten .............................4549 / 30 🙂
117)Serialb ..............................4112 / 13
153)sukhoi ...............................2980 / 5
173)neovan ..............................2663 / 10
189)Bleep .................................2368 / 0
199)Emos .................................2246 / 7
201)Avenger01 ........................2224 / 7
206)Logix ..................................2165 / 3
218)BigFatCow .......................1997 / 6
223)Kruptikos ..........................1960 / 8
229)ShotgunSteve ..................1873 / 0
258)Boogak ..............................1621 / 0
268)SpookyFish .......................1579 / 12 🙂
291)teriba ..................................1410 / 9
381)JetsFanatic........................1002 / 0
388)marrkks..............................988 / 22 🙂
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Milestones achieved on 6/12:
Robor - 86000 (86103) 😀
Kelemvor - 34000 (34045)
soni - 29000 (29015) 🙂
DroolMAN! - 11000 (11012) 😀
m2kewl - 9000 (9057) 😀
Rellik Remag - 8000 (8006)
Zorg - 1500 (1501)
groundedsailor - 1000 (1002)
chd3rd - 1000 (1001)
10 Most Recent Race Winners:
EvilWobbles - Race to 7000 - 6/10/2002
crazee - Race to 7000 - 6/9/2002
Serialb - Race to 4000 - 6/7/2002
JetsFanatic - Seti 1000 - 6/6/2002
bbarnes - May Mauling at 3500 - 6/3/2002
PieDerro - Race to Crunch 3000 with a Clobbered Pie - 5/30/2002
IJump - The Great 10K Countdown - 5/30/2002
SoulAssassin - The Mid-Major Crunch to 2500 with a Handicapped NWM - 5/29/2002
Smokeball - Race to Crunch 3000 with a Clobbered Pie - 5/29/2002
Tarca - The Great 10K Countdown - 5/29/2002[/b]
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Check out IJump's excellent race prediction analysis. 🙂
For those of you waiting on a race, please bear with me. I've had a extremely busy week which would've been a back breaker even if I hadn't been out of town for five days. I'll get to it this weekend. Promise.
Instead of commentary this morning I'd like to deliver a short sermon. 😉
Last week, I spent four days in Myrtle Beach with 14 gentlemen and their families who served aboard a Buckeley class destroyer escort during World War II, the USS Rich DE-695. DE's (later classified as frigates) were a smaller version of destroyers that were designed mostly to escort and protect troop and cargo ships as they crossed the Atlantic between the US and Europe. They carried some impressive armament and firepower for their size (they carried a crew of anywhere between 189 and 219) and could therefore assume the roll of a destroyer in battle should the need arise. The USS Rich escorted six convoys between the east coast of the United States and Londonderry, Ireland between the time of her christening in October of 1943 and May of 1944. She received orders in May, 1944 that she would not be returning to the United States from Londonderry. Instead, she was ordered to England to prepare for duty during the allied invasion of France on June 6th, 1944. The Rich was to run cover for the larger gun ships, destroyers and battleships, as they provided fire support for the troops landing on the various beaches of Normandy.
Stationed off Utah Beach near the St. Marcouf islands, the Rich survived the first two days of the invasion and performed her duties in exemplary fashion. On the morning of June 8th, the USS Glennon, a destroyer, struck a mine and the Rich was ordered to her aid to take on survivors and render any other assistence required. On the way to the Glennon, a mine exploded about 50 yards off the Rich's starboard beam. Shortly thereafter, two more mines exploded, both directly underneath the ship, breaking her in two. She sank in twenty minutes, taking 89 of her crew of 219 with her. Nearly all who were not killed were injured, many severely. My dad was aboard the Rich when she went down and received a purple heart for his injuries.
Every year since 1991, the remaining survivors of the Rich's crew meet for a reunion from June 5th through June 8th, with a banquet and memorial service being held on June 8th, the anniversary of the Rich's sinking. They share a special bond that only they can fully appreciate and understand. I have attended the last two reunions and these wonderful people have taken me into their family, many even going so far as to call me "shipmate". I have sat riveted to my seat listening to the stories of their experiences. Some are funny. Many are tragic. All are inspiring. These men, most of them in their late 70's and early 80's, were merely boys 18, 19, 20 years old when they were called to serve their country. Aboard the DE's, nearly all were enlisted reservists, trained for six weeks then sent directly to battle and told to do their part to save the world. And they did.
World War II veterans are dying at the rate of nearly 1500 per day. It won't be long before the "greatest generation" our world has known are all gone. Their history, their deeds, their sacrifice must not be forgotten. It is because of that generation we are free to enjoy the liberties we take so severely for granted today. We so often don't want to associate with the elderly for many reasons. We have our own lives to experience or perhaps for some, it's too much of a reminder that each of us will grow old and die someday. The elderly are a wonderful resource of knowledge. They have a whole lifetime of experiences, of lessons learned. If any of you have grand parents (or parents) of that age or are acquainted with someone from that generation, sit down and talk to them. Listen to them. Learn from them. Preserve their history.
Regular commentary will return tomorrow.
PS - I've published a website for the USS Rich if anybody would care to read more about her and her crew. There are many articles and stories written by the survivor's about their experiences.
Advancements among racers on 6/12 include pazoo up 1 to 62, paf077 up 1 to 135, Panhead49 up 1 to 134, Freewolf up 1 to 154, Dazmite up 1 to 140, Ishmael2k up 1 to 159, pyxis up 2 to 165, Maggotry up 1 to 168, USS IsOs up 1 to 15, lane42 up 1 to 43, Major Tom up 2 to 50, neovan up 1 to 173, Bleep up 1 to 189, Emos up 1 to 199, Avenger01 up 1 to 201, BigFatCow up 1 to 218, Kruptikos up 2 to 223, ShotgunSteve up 1 to 229, Boogak up 1 to 258, SpookyFish up 2 to 268, teriba up 3 to 291, JetsFanatic up 1 to 381, marrkks up 3 to 388.
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God Bless America!
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Race stats and race text generated by OD's automated SRL Stats-O-Matic version #1.3 😎
Lame race commentary generated by the same goofball who always generates it. 😀
IJump's Anniversary Bash - 15,000 by 6/26/2002:
45) IJump ...............................11556 / 55
Race to Catch the Race Coordinator:
34) OhioDude ........................13520 / 21
40) zodder ..............................12757 / 53 🙂
41) def .....................................12659 / 28
Turtle Wars: Episode II. The Tortoise Strikes Back at 15K:
34) Dude OhioWalker ..........13520 / 21
38) Darth Polo .......................12870 / 7
The Great 10K CountDown:
56) ZeroEffect .........................9602 / 19
Race to 9000:
60) cakin .................................8618 / 23
62) pazoo ................................8576 / 65 🙂
63) Baldy18 ............................8550 / 32 🙂
66) MaxSiren ..........................8291 / 9
Race to 6000:
93) mucman ...........................5315 / 11
96) Eltano1 .............................5130 / 22 🙂
98) Swanny .............................5099 / 18
104)thecool1 ............................4789 / 6
113)JimMc ................................4296 / 10
115)minendo ...........................4227 / 26 🙂
135)paf077 ...............................3483 / 48 🙂
Another race to 6000:
99) ledzepp98 ........................5083 / 5
100)TeAm Confused Ai3x .....5081 / 5
Another Race to 4000:
123)ICXRa ................................3767 / 43
127)PhotoLenny ......................3652 / 8
134)Panhead49 ......................3485 / 15
146)Ammocan .........................3112 / 11
154)Freewolf ............................2976 / 12
Wireless Dazzler to 4000:
120)wirelessenabled .............3992 / 44 🙂
140)Dazmite .............................3312 / 12
May Mauling to 3500:
157)Nemur ...............................2941 / 0
159)Ishmael2k ........................2912 / 9
165)pyxis ..................................2804 / 8
168)Maggotry ...........................2770 / 8
Team AnandTech SETI 1000:
390)frglss ....................................982 / 5
Clash of the Super WU Poopers - Race to Dump 10,000:
EvadMan ...........................3219 / 48 (9483) :Q
Cygor & Cobra ..............61447 / 0 (3140)
PieDerro .........................23798 / 251 (1836) 🙂
Robor ..............................86103 / 181 (1409) 🙂
Grant ...............................74815 / 162 (1341)
Hack ................................46330 / 149 (1132)
IJump ..............................11556 / 55 (826)
The Crunch Bunch Munch to 1500:
Toft / Vold - DK ......................6644 / 22 (822)
Rowdy Ray ............................3455 / 31 (789) 🙂
minendo ................................4227 / 26 (767) 🙂
Swanny ..................................5099 / 18 (529)
ZeroEffect ..............................9602 / 19 (524)
MaxSiren ................................8291 / 9 (483)
1500 WU Tally Tagger:
minendo ...............................4227 / 26 (552) 🙂
migroo ..................................2351 / 21 (355) 🙂
IceCreamLtDan ..................5494 / 15 (348)
micron ...................................3076 / 19 (333)
Freewolf ................................2976 / 12 (110)
Lonely Racers: 🙁
15) USS IsOs ........................27739 / 112 🙂
16) Smokeball........................27688 / 59
29) USS Guid .......................19115 / 63 🙂
32) USS Poop ......................16597 / 13
35) Yield..................................13381 / 36
43) lane42 .............................11660 / 63 🙂
46) GreatWhiteNorth ...........11232 / 4
47) DroolMAN! ......................11012 / 53
49) crt1530 ............................10863 / 30
50) Major Tom........................10792 / 286 :Q:Q:Q
59) m2kewl .............................9057 / 72 :Q
73) Crazee ..............................7296 / 71 🙂
75) EvilWobbles .....................7080 / 18
78) Slahr Dzhe .......................6675 / 4
77) ElFenix ..............................6736 / 8
97) Maku .................................5124 / 29 🙂
107)Jwyatt ................................4698 / 7
110)Karsten .............................4549 / 30 🙂
117)Serialb ..............................4112 / 13
153)sukhoi ...............................2980 / 5
173)neovan ..............................2663 / 10
189)Bleep .................................2368 / 0
199)Emos .................................2246 / 7
201)Avenger01 ........................2224 / 7
206)Logix ..................................2165 / 3
218)BigFatCow .......................1997 / 6
223)Kruptikos ..........................1960 / 8
229)ShotgunSteve ..................1873 / 0
258)Boogak ..............................1621 / 0
268)SpookyFish .......................1579 / 12 🙂
291)teriba ..................................1410 / 9
381)JetsFanatic........................1002 / 0
388)marrkks..............................988 / 22 🙂
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Milestones achieved on 6/12:
Robor - 86000 (86103) 😀
Kelemvor - 34000 (34045)
soni - 29000 (29015) 🙂
DroolMAN! - 11000 (11012) 😀
m2kewl - 9000 (9057) 😀
Rellik Remag - 8000 (8006)
Zorg - 1500 (1501)
groundedsailor - 1000 (1002)
chd3rd - 1000 (1001)
10 Most Recent Race Winners:
EvilWobbles - Race to 7000 - 6/10/2002
crazee - Race to 7000 - 6/9/2002
Serialb - Race to 4000 - 6/7/2002
JetsFanatic - Seti 1000 - 6/6/2002
bbarnes - May Mauling at 3500 - 6/3/2002
PieDerro - Race to Crunch 3000 with a Clobbered Pie - 5/30/2002
IJump - The Great 10K Countdown - 5/30/2002
SoulAssassin - The Mid-Major Crunch to 2500 with a Handicapped NWM - 5/29/2002
Smokeball - Race to Crunch 3000 with a Clobbered Pie - 5/29/2002
Tarca - The Great 10K Countdown - 5/29/2002[/b]
_______________________________________
Check out IJump's excellent race prediction analysis. 🙂
For those of you waiting on a race, please bear with me. I've had a extremely busy week which would've been a back breaker even if I hadn't been out of town for five days. I'll get to it this weekend. Promise.
Instead of commentary this morning I'd like to deliver a short sermon. 😉
Last week, I spent four days in Myrtle Beach with 14 gentlemen and their families who served aboard a Buckeley class destroyer escort during World War II, the USS Rich DE-695. DE's (later classified as frigates) were a smaller version of destroyers that were designed mostly to escort and protect troop and cargo ships as they crossed the Atlantic between the US and Europe. They carried some impressive armament and firepower for their size (they carried a crew of anywhere between 189 and 219) and could therefore assume the roll of a destroyer in battle should the need arise. The USS Rich escorted six convoys between the east coast of the United States and Londonderry, Ireland between the time of her christening in October of 1943 and May of 1944. She received orders in May, 1944 that she would not be returning to the United States from Londonderry. Instead, she was ordered to England to prepare for duty during the allied invasion of France on June 6th, 1944. The Rich was to run cover for the larger gun ships, destroyers and battleships, as they provided fire support for the troops landing on the various beaches of Normandy.
Stationed off Utah Beach near the St. Marcouf islands, the Rich survived the first two days of the invasion and performed her duties in exemplary fashion. On the morning of June 8th, the USS Glennon, a destroyer, struck a mine and the Rich was ordered to her aid to take on survivors and render any other assistence required. On the way to the Glennon, a mine exploded about 50 yards off the Rich's starboard beam. Shortly thereafter, two more mines exploded, both directly underneath the ship, breaking her in two. She sank in twenty minutes, taking 89 of her crew of 219 with her. Nearly all who were not killed were injured, many severely. My dad was aboard the Rich when she went down and received a purple heart for his injuries.
Every year since 1991, the remaining survivors of the Rich's crew meet for a reunion from June 5th through June 8th, with a banquet and memorial service being held on June 8th, the anniversary of the Rich's sinking. They share a special bond that only they can fully appreciate and understand. I have attended the last two reunions and these wonderful people have taken me into their family, many even going so far as to call me "shipmate". I have sat riveted to my seat listening to the stories of their experiences. Some are funny. Many are tragic. All are inspiring. These men, most of them in their late 70's and early 80's, were merely boys 18, 19, 20 years old when they were called to serve their country. Aboard the DE's, nearly all were enlisted reservists, trained for six weeks then sent directly to battle and told to do their part to save the world. And they did.
World War II veterans are dying at the rate of nearly 1500 per day. It won't be long before the "greatest generation" our world has known are all gone. Their history, their deeds, their sacrifice must not be forgotten. It is because of that generation we are free to enjoy the liberties we take so severely for granted today. We so often don't want to associate with the elderly for many reasons. We have our own lives to experience or perhaps for some, it's too much of a reminder that each of us will grow old and die someday. The elderly are a wonderful resource of knowledge. They have a whole lifetime of experiences, of lessons learned. If any of you have grand parents (or parents) of that age or are acquainted with someone from that generation, sit down and talk to them. Listen to them. Learn from them. Preserve their history.
Regular commentary will return tomorrow.
PS - I've published a website for the USS Rich if anybody would care to read more about her and her crew. There are many articles and stories written by the survivor's about their experiences.
Advancements among racers on 6/12 include pazoo up 1 to 62, paf077 up 1 to 135, Panhead49 up 1 to 134, Freewolf up 1 to 154, Dazmite up 1 to 140, Ishmael2k up 1 to 159, pyxis up 2 to 165, Maggotry up 1 to 168, USS IsOs up 1 to 15, lane42 up 1 to 43, Major Tom up 2 to 50, neovan up 1 to 173, Bleep up 1 to 189, Emos up 1 to 199, Avenger01 up 1 to 201, BigFatCow up 1 to 218, Kruptikos up 2 to 223, ShotgunSteve up 1 to 229, Boogak up 1 to 258, SpookyFish up 2 to 268, teriba up 3 to 291, JetsFanatic up 1 to 381, marrkks up 3 to 388.
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God Bless America!
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Race stats and race text generated by OD's automated SRL Stats-O-Matic version #1.3 😎
Lame race commentary generated by the same goofball who always generates it. 😀
