New member,One who knows it all!

Not sure what to say in your introduction?
Of coarse I no wot to sae!

1. Your Name: Whats your name? Tony
What would you like to be called? Oh great knowledgeable one.
How did you come up with your member-name? I agonized for weeks over a suitable name, then while looking in the mirror I saw it, but "my god" seemed superfluous so it became Ynot
2. Age: How old are you? 50+yrs
How long have you been interested in WWII? about 5 mins
3. Origins: Where are you from? is this a biology question?
4. Specifics: What areas of WWII are you interested in? What would you like to know more about?
5. Hobbies: What sort of Hobbies do you have? most things that go bang & or boom/ card models & r/c models
6. Other: What other time periods are you interested in? Specific eras? Why? In a previous life I..............................................
7. Miscellaneous: Anything else you'd like to share with us? Unless you can confer freedom from prosecution NO!

To those of you who got this far
No I'm not a complete Looney, but I tend not to take life too seriously
I have known some Gilbertese who helped the Allies in the pacific (& themselves)
I had some pointers to EDIT Amelia Earhart * edit but info disappeared, no conspiracy, just when the old chap died his wife just burnt everything, diaries, photos, artifacts etc.
I am generally interested in why the Germans did not followup on their attack at Pearl Harbour.
*Edit I'm sorry but I wrote Amy Johnson as I'm helping a mate with "Jason" 12' wingspan, Amy Johnsons Gypsy Moth, Bloody idiot moment!

 

Please go easy on our new member. We British used to test nukes at Woomera in the 50s and I've often wondered if the after-effects may have left people there with some unusual symptoms............................

 

I think Ynot has got his fantastic WW2 knowledge from the 1978 movie Animal House.

Bluto: Hey! What's all this laying around stuff? Why are you all still laying around here for?
Stork: What the hell are we supposed to do, ya moron? We're all expelled. There's nothing to fight for anymore.
D-Day: [to Bluto] Let it go. War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: [to Boon] Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

 

Martin, are you sure that the nuke caused it? I´m not so sure if we can blame the poor plutonium for this.....OMG

 

Too much Foster´s and rugby,Tony?

 

Thanks fellas, I wuz hoping most of you would see the implied jokes.
Sorry but rugby not played in this part of the country, fosters no-one in Oz drinks it! We prefer real beer!

 

You believe it or not are correct or possibly closer to the truth than we know.
During the Test at Maralinga in 54 I forget which, an air burst did with the strong prevailing wind push the fallout over the state capital Adelaide. The test should not have gone ahead under the conditions at the time but it did.
The Poms did come back 50yrs later to "clean up" the site though (after almost 50 yrs of wind/dust storms throwing the crud allover the rest of the state).
At least the Germans did no damage to the state when they landed, & the Japanese only sailed past us.

 

Finally, somebody more loony toons than me! Welcome Tony!

 

Oh don't get me started we could still blame the Yanks

 

Last evening I was bit by an anopheles mosquito that had grown as big as a chupecabra (must of had atomically altered genes) and as my wife spotted it on my chin she back handed it quite robustly, leaving me dazed and wondering what I did this time....I looked down and had blood on my teashirt and a mosquito in two pieces, and had to test myself a while before I could detect whether or not I had bled or not from the injury. As I saw she ceased to beat on me I asked her why she had socked me in the jaw feeling there could be a viable explanation. She stated "I didn't sock you I backhanded that mosquito." So you see I am beat as a result of Atomic testing in New Mexico and am applying here for relief......knowing the only thing I'll get is another giant mosquito that I will need radar to detect as this one completely arrived quite undetected as I was sitting watching for those Perseid comets. It is amazing what a few tenths of an inch of rain can cause to grow in an atomic heritage state. To top it all off the clouds were too thick and the only way you could spot a comet is if it pierced through the cloud cover. Do other women treat their husbands this way?(as I continue to rub me jaw)

 

Isn't that how it happened with Peter Parker - only he was bitten by a spider? What does this make you? Mosquitoman?

Welcome, ynot. If you really know it all, I've got a few, well, a lot, of questions for you!

 

Didn't Hitler secretly escape to Woomera where he took the pseudonym Foster Grant and made millions developing and selling a particular Australian lager?

 

Welcome to this fine forum. Antartic base hein? The right place to chill....

 

welcome aboard

 

Blame the Yankee's all you want, I'm from Texas!