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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:19:04 GMT -1
Juha Valonen. He used to ski over the border all in white and take them out with a sniper rifle and then ski back before they could catch him! Damn impressive! There's a sport like that, winter heptathlon is it? The one where they cross country ski and shoot stuff...
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Oct 19, 2007 8:19:37 GMT -1
Juha Valonen. He used to ski over the border all in white and take them out with a sniper rifle and then ski back before they could catch him! Damn impressive! There's a sport like that, winter heptathlon is it? The one where they cross country ski and shoot stuff... Biathlon if its just ski and shoot.
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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:22:21 GMT -1
Biathlon if its just ski and shoot. Yeah, I thought there were more than two events though. I couldn't remember how many, so went for seven!
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Oct 19, 2007 8:23:47 GMT -1
Now thats the kind of estimation that gets a man in my line of work in trouble.
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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:26:06 GMT -1
Now thats the kind of estimation that gets a man in my line of work in trouble. FREE PIZZA FOR EVERYONE!
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Post by C@V on Oct 19, 2007 8:26:16 GMT -1
Now thats the kind of estimation that gets a man in my line of work in trouble. .........or a big tip!
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Oct 19, 2007 8:26:55 GMT -1
Now thats the kind of estimation that gets a man in my line of work in trouble. .........or a big tip! Haven't seen one of thems in a while.
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Post by Argyle_Smurf on Oct 19, 2007 8:27:38 GMT -1
Now thats the kind of estimation that gets a man in my line of work in trouble. FREE PIZZA FOR EVERYONE! *cough* Well, with that, I'm off to work. No car yet, either. Only driver ever to claim a bus ticket on expenses...
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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:29:46 GMT -1
*cough* Well, with that, I'm off to work. No car yet, either. Only driver ever to claim a bus ticket on expenses... Laters Smurfy
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Post by Arnold on Oct 19, 2007 8:32:52 GMT -1
This is what he fought in. Makes me very proud ;D
In August 1939, Finland is apportioned to the Soviet Union as part of the nonaggression pact with Germany. In October, the Finns and Soviets try to reach a diplomatic solution to their differences. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin wants more territory around Leningrad, control of islands in the Gulf of Finland, and control of the Finish port city of Hanko. The Finns counter by offering much less; when Stalin refuses, it is clear that war is coming. The Finns begin to mobilize their forces on October 6.
On November 30, the Red Army attacks Finland with 26 divisions; the Finns muster only 9 divisions. The Soviets enjoy a huge advantage in what Stalin calls “machines” - tanks, artillery, and aircraft. But three factors hamper the Soviets: their own lack of training, their failure to prepare for winter fighting, and the fighting ability and indomitable spirit of the Finns.
Outmanned and outgunned, the Finns fight magnificently. Soviet tanks are allowed to penetrate the Finnish lines during the day while the Soviet infantry is held at bay. When night falls, the Finns emerge from their hiding places and pick off the tanks using explosives and Molotov cocktails. Highly mobile ski units surround Soviet columns as they pass through dense forests; entire Red Army divisions are surrounded and destroyed this way. But as the war grinds on, the sheer weight of Soviet numbers begins to tell. On March 13, 1940, Finland signs a peace treaty in Moscow.
The Finnish army has never had more than 200,000 men in the field; 25,000 Finns are dead and another 45,000 are wounded. The Red Army commits 1,200,000 men, 1,500 tanks, and 3,000 aircraft; 48,000 Soviets are killed and 158,000 wounded. The Soviets perform dismally given the disparity of resources, a fact that does not escape both Allied and Axis observers.
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Post by C@V on Oct 19, 2007 8:33:03 GMT -1
FREE PIZZA FOR EVERYONE! *cough* Well, with that, I'm off to work. No car yet, either. Only driver ever to claim a bus ticket on expenses... You deliver pizza by bus.........................HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAH! ;D
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Post by Dr LuKas on Oct 19, 2007 8:37:47 GMT -1
Smurfy is a pizza guy? Coooool. Kinda like Jesus.
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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:37:54 GMT -1
Yes Arnie, I had heard that the Finnish Army was and is actually pretty good, punches above its weight...
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Post by C@V on Oct 19, 2007 8:40:37 GMT -1
Yes Arnie, I had heard that the Finnish Army was and is actually pretty good, punches above its weight... Israel has the best army in the world!
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Post by Arnold on Oct 19, 2007 8:43:44 GMT -1
Yes Arnie, I had heard that the Finnish Army was and is actually pretty good, punches above its weight... That is for the simple fact Jules that National Service is alive and well over there. Something that I think would sort out the lazy bunch of little shits who are getting brought up in this country who think it is ok to go robbing old ladies!
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Post by jh1980 on Oct 19, 2007 8:44:20 GMT -1
Israel has the best army in the world! Does it? Maybe it should test itself against something more than kids throwing stones then
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Post by C@V on Oct 19, 2007 8:44:52 GMT -1
Yes Arnie, I had heard that the Finnish Army was and is actually pretty good, punches above its weight... That is for the simple fact Jules that National Service is alive and well over there. Something that I think would sort out the lazy bunch of little shits who are getting brought up in this country who think it is ok to go robbing old ladies! Whoops..................should I give Mrs Arnold her pension money back then!?
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Post by Dr LuKas on Oct 19, 2007 8:44:58 GMT -1
Yes Arnie, I had heard that the Finnish Army was and is actually pretty good, punches above its weight... That is for the simple fact Jules that National Service is alive and well over there. Something that I think would sort out the lazy bunch of little shits who are getting brought up in this country who think it is ok to go robbing old ladies! yo, you mean it isn't?
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Post by C@V on Oct 19, 2007 8:45:40 GMT -1
Israel has the best army in the world! Does it? Maybe it should test itself against something more than kids throwing stones then Oh it does very well against all manner of Islamist scum!
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Post by HURLOCK on Oct 19, 2007 8:50:04 GMT -1
Oh it does very well against all manner of Islamist scum! Oh yeah all he while endorsing the theft of houses, and then getting upset when they get done by suicide bombers! As bad as each other!
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