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2007-05-18

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Welcome. Spend much time in Vanuatu?

Posted by DMFD 2007-05-18 00:05|| 2007-05-18 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm. I thought pink was already being used by that guy in Chicago. Welcome, John.

Posted by GK 2007-05-18 00:31|| 2007-05-18 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Any relation to David Frum?

Posted by Mike 2007-05-18 00:32|| 2007-05-18 00:32|| Front Page Top

#4 And John is Frum exactly where?

Welcome aboard! Your learned posts about the Suncontinent are always informative and insightful.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-18 00:39|| 2007-05-18 00:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I sometimes forget that India is frontline on counter-terror.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-05-18 00:42|| 2007-05-18 00:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Look, we really need a permanent link to the mad rainbow of Rantburg mods. I've long given up on remembering who's gray and who's cerulean and who's aquamarine.

If this new feller is poached salmon, is Steve White farm-raised salmon?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-05-18 00:44|| 2007-05-18 00:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Hokay, hokay, t'anks to Seafarious we got some confusion here.

My color is salmon.

John's color (according to Dave) is peach.

Neither is pink.

That is all.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-05-18 00:52|| 2007-05-18 00:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Poached salmon with peach? Yeech!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-18 01:21|| 2007-05-18 01:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Still, the color code roster is a good idea.

Welcome, John (been a mod for years and got my quota, so appreciate others putting on the hat).

Posted by twobyfour 2007-05-18 01:35|| 2007-05-18 01:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Neither is pink.

Yeah, we believe you. Really. We don't judge you, you know.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-05-18 04:21|| 2007-05-18 04:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Congratulations, John Frum. Have fun herding the Rantburg cats! I'm not so sure about letting Dave D. name colours, though -- he believes his own is Baby Poop Brown, a characterization we discussed. ;-) Granted, though, he can describe exactly where on the colour matrix each colour is, to a level of detail I can't even see. So when he says, "not pink," I have to believe the fault lies in my computer screen... all three of them.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-18 05:55|| 2007-05-18 05:55|| Front Page Top

#12 I believe his expertise will prove timely as major news should break in Pakistan very soon.

Posted by Knuckles Thromoling6063 2007-05-18 06:08|| 2007-05-18 06:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks for the welcome folks.

graciously agreed to lend Fred a hand when he isn't tracking down pictures of Indian army hardware.

:-)

You'll like this one

Indian President's Bodyguards, the oldest regiment in the Indian army, raised in 1773 as the "Governor's Troop of Moghuls"

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-18 06:43|| 2007-05-18 06:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks for taking on the job, John. Sometimes the 'Burg's inhabitants get a bit rowdy but certainly no more than a dustup between Muzzys and Hindus!

Posted by Mac 2007-05-18 06:58|| 2007-05-18 06:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Nice to see the Indian Army still has cavalry. The British were obsessed with how to get enough suitable horses to equip their cavalry in India. Never did solve the problem as I recall.

Posted by phil_b 2007-05-18 07:07|| 2007-05-18 07:07|| Front Page Top

#16 Howdy, John. I'm the Steve with the manly shade of Green. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go clean a shuttergun.

Posted by Steve 2007-05-18 07:25|| 2007-05-18 07:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Is it traditiog that the FNG gets pink?

Frank? You should have held out for orange.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-05-18 07:31|| 2007-05-18 07:31|| Front Page Top

#18 John,

I was wondering if you could tell us a little about the new mod hazing process?

Posted by Mike N. 2007-05-18 07:36|| 2007-05-18 07:36|| Front Page Top

#19

Fred	Lite Yellow
Steve	Green
Steve White	Salmon
Seafarious	Sky Blue
Dave D.	Gold
Pappy	Old and Gray
Scooter	Pink
Robin	Lite Green
.com	Steel Blue
John Frum	Poached Salmon

Simplisme, non?

Posted by Fred 2007-05-18 07:48|| 2007-05-18 07:48|| Front Page Top

#20 Fred: put the mods color code on a separate page, with a link off the right rail (where the links to the O-Club and Sink Trap are).

Posted by Mike 2007-05-18 08:16|| 2007-05-18 08:16|| Front Page Top

#21 Once a Mod always a mod!

Posted by Shipman 2007-05-18 08:18|| 2007-05-18 08:18|| Front Page Top

#22 You mean .com is still around? I haven't seen him is quite a while.

Posted by docob 2007-05-18 08:31|| 2007-05-18 08:31|| Front Page Top

#23 I think he's been attending to his personal life, docob. I miss him, too. I've learnt a lot from his posts.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-18 08:48|| 2007-05-18 08:48|| Front Page Top

#24 Agreed, TW, and I hope all goes well for him.

Posted by docob 2007-05-18 09:27|| 2007-05-18 09:27|| Front Page Top

#25 (Fred, y'need to add JF's color to your chart...)

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-05-18 09:32|| 2007-05-18 09:32|| Front Page Top

#26 Welcome, John, I've always found your India articles extremely useful. Happy modding!

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-05-18 09:55|| 2007-05-18 09:55|| Front Page Top

#27
#25 Fixed.

Posted by Fred 2007-05-18 10:08|| 2007-05-18 10:08|| Front Page Top

#28 And for all you jokers who think my color is 'pink', please note that it can't be so -- that's Scooter's color. Fred sez it is. So there.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-05-18 10:27|| 2007-05-18 10:27|| Front Page Top

#29 Somewhere there's a twelve-step program for you, Doc Steve. The wisdom to know the difference and all that.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-05-18 10:38|| 2007-05-18 10:38|| Front Page Top

#30 Mod squad...this calls for an appropiate picture.
Anyone ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-18 11:36|| 2007-05-18 11:36|| Front Page Top

#31 Fred, your color chart looks like the pants rack in my closet. Mrs. Remoteman is from those parts of Long Island where they speak without moving their jaw and everyone dresses like they were an ice cream cone.

Posted by remoteman 2007-05-18 13:00|| 2007-05-18 13:00|| Front Page Top

#32 Mrs. Remoteman is from Glen Cove?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-05-18 13:35|| 2007-05-18 13:35|| Front Page Top

#33 Somehow the image of a pink scooter is not that all appealing.....sounds slightly SF-ish and all....

Posted by USN. Ret. 2007-05-18 13:39|| 2007-05-18 13:39|| Front Page Top

#34 RB mods are an impressive group and John's addition will make it an even more impressive one. Congrats, always look forward to your posts and comments.

btw who knew twobyfour was once a mod? >:>

common knowledge: everyone knows that Pappy is old and grey!

;-)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-18 14:40|| 2007-05-18 14:40|| Front Page Top

#35 Mike, thanks, but Fred has had the good sense not to make me a mod.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-18 15:33|| 2007-05-18 15:33|| Front Page Top

#36 Welcome aboard!

Posted by Delphi 2007-05-18 16:03|| 2007-05-18 16:03|| Front Page Top

#37 Who gets to be smoked salmon?

Posted by no mo uro 2007-05-18 16:15|| 2007-05-18 16:15|| Front Page Top

#38 Jack, Mrs. Remoteman is from Lowcost Valley.

Posted by remoteman 2007-05-18 19:42|| 2007-05-18 19:42|| Front Page Top

#39 Thisn easy, I just remembers...

Little Grim Smokers Slay Garish Gravy Pounding Lassies Still Perhaps

See? It's like an onamanapeeia but different.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-18 20:23|| 2007-05-18 20:23|| Front Page Top

#40 I'd like to be Orange and Blue. Thanks in advance.

Posted by DragonFly 2007-05-18 21:28|| 2007-05-18 21:28|| Front Page Top

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