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Meet yer new mod
2007-05-18
The Rantburg staff would like to welcome the newest addition to the moditorial crew. John Frum has graciously agreed to lend Fred a hand when he isn't tracking down pictures of Indian army hardware.

You'll recognize him by his poached salmon color and generally learnéd treatises on the byways of the Subcontinent.

Welcome aboard, John, and thanks.
Posted by:Seafarious

#40  I'd like to be Orange and Blue. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: DragonFly   2007-05-18 21:28  

#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   2007-05-18 20:23  

#38  Jack, Mrs. Remoteman is from Lowcost Valley.
Posted by: remoteman   2007-05-18 19:42  

#37  Who gets to be smoked salmon?
Posted by: no mo uro   2007-05-18 16:15  

#36  Welcome aboard!
Posted by: Delphi   2007-05-18 16:03  

#35  Mike, thanks, but Fred has had the good sense not to make me a mod.
Posted by: Frank G   2007-05-18 15:33  

#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   2007-05-18 14:40  

#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  

#32  Mrs. Remoteman is from Glen Cove?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-05-18 13:35  

#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  

#30  Mod squad...this calls for an appropiate picture.
Anyone ?
Posted by: wxjames   2007-05-18 11:36  

#29  Somewhere there's a twelve-step program for you, Doc Steve. The wisdom to know the difference and all that.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-05-18 10:38  

#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   2007-05-18 10:27  

#27  
#25 Fixed.
Posted by: Fred   2007-05-18 10:08  

#26  Welcome, John, I've always found your India articles extremely useful. Happy modding!
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-05-18 09:55  

#25  (Fred, y'need to add JF's color to your chart...)
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-05-18 09:32  

#24  Agreed, TW, and I hope all goes well for him.
Posted by: docob   2007-05-18 09:27  

#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  

#22  You mean .com is still around? I haven't seen him is quite a while.
Posted by: docob   2007-05-18 08:31  

#21  Once a Mod always a mod!
Posted by: Shipman   2007-05-18 08:18  

#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  

#19  
FredLite Yellow
SteveGreen
Steve WhiteSalmon
SeafariousSky Blue
Dave D.Gold
PappyOld and Gray
ScooterPink
RobinLite Green
.comSteel Blue
John FrumPoached Salmon
Simplisme, non?
Posted by: Fred   2007-05-18 07:48  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#10  Neither is pink.

Yeah, we believe you. Really. We don't judge you, you know.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-05-18 04:21  

#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  

#8  Poached salmon with peach? Yeech!
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-18 01:21  

#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   2007-05-18 00:52  

#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  

#5  I sometimes forget that India is frontline on counter-terror.
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-05-18 00:42  

#4  And John is Frum exactly where?

Welcome aboard! Your learned posts about the Suncontinent are always informative and insightful.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-18 00:39  

#3  Any relation to David Frum?
Posted by: Mike   2007-05-18 00:32  

#2  Hmmm. I thought pink was already being used by that guy in Chicago. Welcome, John.
Posted by: GK   2007-05-18 00:31  

#1  Welcome. Spend much time in Vanuatu?
Posted by: DMFD   2007-05-18 00:05  

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