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[BleedingUranium]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

MaximizedAction wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

One of the physicists or engineers?

Engineers. He helped build the Trinity Bomb and I believe Fat Man too.

Cool!

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

Far Cry doesn't look too bad, but it has very unlikeable characters, and I consider characters to be the most important part of any story.

Modifié par BleedingUranium, 29 décembre 2012 - 11:31 .

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Why don't you know anything?

I don't really know anything about my real family since I'm adopted. All I know is that my real family's surname is Bradley and that they named me Selim. And as for my adoptive family, they had nobody of fighting age during the time, and while some worked in administration or development, there's really not much to share about them.

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

He did?! 

TOP!

Yeah. Nothing fancy that would get his name recorded in history or anything. He just build the bombs themselves before the uranium/plutonium was put into them.

[Raistlin Majare 1992]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Why don't you know anything?

I don't really know anything about my real family since I'm adopted. All I know is that my real family's surname is Bradley and that they named me Selim. And as for my adoptive family, they had nobody of fighting age during the time, and while some worked in administration or development, there's really not much to share about them.

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

That is interesting. Wrote a major exam project about the Manhattan Project by the end of school and scored top grade for it, so it is topic I got some interest in. Should also be apparent in the fact that I constantly compare the Destroy ending explosion to what happened at Hiroshima.

But anyway as for people in my family around World War 2 I mentioned a few pages back that my Aunts grand father sat in the Reichtag when Hitler took the power. He fled to Denmark and hid there with his family.

Modifié par Raistlin Majare 1992, 29 décembre 2012 - 11:33 .

[estebanus]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

I've gotta disagree. Far Cry 3 was vastly superior to ME3, IMO.

[estebanus]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Why don't you know anything?

I don't really know anything about my real family since I'm adopted. All I know is that my real family's surname is Bradley and that they named me Selim. And as for my adoptive family, they had nobody of fighting age during the time, and while some worked in administration or development, there's really not much to share about them.

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

He did?! 

TOP!

Yeah. Nothing fancy that would get his name recorded in history or anything. He just build the bombs themselves before the uranium/plutonium was put into them.

Still, that's actually pretty awesome! 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

I've gotta disagree. Far Cry 3 was vastly superior to ME3, IMO.

Like I said, just my opinion. I've never really been a fan of the Far Cry franchise and FC3 was no different. Not saying it's bad, just it didn't click for me like some games do.

[estebanus]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

I've gotta disagree. Far Cry 3 was vastly superior to ME3, IMO.

Like I said, just my opinion. I've never really been a fan of the Far Cry franchise and FC3 was no different. Not saying it's bad, just it didn't click for me like some games do.

I've never played any other Far Cry game, I just loved Far Cry 3, that's all. It's not as if I disrespect your opinion or anything, I just disagree.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...
That is interesting. Wrote a major exam project about the Manhattan Project by the end of school and scored top grade for it, so it is topic I got some interest in. Should also be apparent in the fact that I constantly compare the Destroy ending explosion to what happened at Hiroshima.

But anyway as for people in my family around World War 2 I mentioned a few pages back that my Aunts grand father sat in the Reichtag when Hitler took the power. He fled to Denmark and hid there with his family.

Congrats on getting top grade. I've always noticed the similarities between the Crucible and Trinity myself. I'm glad your family made it too.

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Modifié par LDS Darth Revan, 29 décembre 2012 - 11:48 .

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Why don't you know anything?

I don't really know anything about my real family since I'm adopted. All I know is that my real family's surname is Bradley and that they named me Selim. And as for my adoptive family, they had nobody of fighting age during the time, and while some worked in administration or development, there's really not much to share about them.

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

He did?! 

TOP!

Yeah. Nothing fancy that would get his name recorded in history or anything. He just build the bombs themselves before the uranium/plutonium was put into them.

Still, that's actually pretty awesome! 

BleedingUranium wrote...
Cool!

Thanks. Too bad I don't know what my birth family did, but at least i have a cool story to share about my adoptive family.

[estebanus]

BleedingUranium wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

Far Cry doesn't look too bad, but it has very unlikeable characters, and I consider characters to be the most important part of any story.

That's just your opinion. Vaas was an awesome antagonist, and doctor Earnhardt was pretty funny as well. Sam was also awesome, as was the CIA agent. The only one I really disliked was Citra. 

That's all just my opinion, though.

[estebanus]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Why don't you know anything?

I don't really know anything about my real family since I'm adopted. All I know is that my real family's surname is Bradley and that they named me Selim. And as for my adoptive family, they had nobody of fighting age during the time, and while some worked in administration or development, there's really not much to share about them.

I actually do have an interesting WWII story from my adoptive family. My great granduncle worked on the Manhattan Project.

He did?! 

TOP!

Yeah. Nothing fancy that would get his name recorded in history or anything. He just build the bombs themselves before the uranium/plutonium was put into them.

Still, that's actually pretty awesome! 

BleedingUranium wrote...
Cool!

Thanks. Too bad I don't know what my birth family did, but at least i have a cool story to share about my adoptive family.

My grandfather (my american one) actually fought in the vietnam war, and he also likes to tell stories about his days there whenever I visit him.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

I've gotta disagree. Far Cry 3 was vastly superior to ME3, IMO.

Like I said, just my opinion. I've never really been a fan of the Far Cry franchise and FC3 was no different. Not saying it's bad, just it didn't click for me like some games do.

I've never played any other Far Cry game, I just loved Far Cry 3, that's all. It's not as if I disrespect your opinion or anything, I just disagree.

I never got that feeling at all, estebanusister, so don't worry about it. We all have different opinions on different things, that's just diversity which makes life interesting.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...
Thanks. Too bad I don't know what my birth family did, but at least i have a cool story to share about my adoptive family.

My grandfather (my american one) actually fought in the vietnam war, and he also likes to tell stories about his days there whenever I visit him.

My dad was one year away from being drafted into the Vietnam War. Both my Grandfathers were in the service, one fought in the Korean War as a marine and the other served as a MP in Germany.

[estebanus]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...
Thanks. Too bad I don't know what my birth family did, but at least i have a cool story to share about my adoptive family.

My grandfather (my american one) actually fought in the vietnam war, and he also likes to tell stories about his days there whenever I visit him.

My dad was one year away from being drafted into the Vietnam War. Both my Grandfathers were in the service, one fought in the Korean War as a marine and the other served as a MP in Germany.

And here you were, saying that you have no interesting family history to speak of!

[SixG90]

estebanus wrote...

BleedingUranium wrote...

estebanus wrote...

My great-grandfather was a danish resistance member who got caught after having sabotaged a railroad.

My grandfather was in the Danish resistance too! He was a sniper or a marksman, not sure which, and sadly that's all I know, as he never tells stories, and isn't all there anymore

Was he also trained in Britain and then smuggled into Denmark? Mine was.

My great-grandfather was a Partigiano, one of the good guys that opposed the Fascist regime here in my region. 

[Raistlin Majare 1992]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...
That is interesting. Wrote a major exam project about the Manhattan Project by the end of school and scored top grade for it, so it is topic I got some interest in. Should also be apparent in the fact that I constantly compare the Destroy ending explosion to what happened at Hiroshima.

But anyway as for people in my family around World War 2 I mentioned a few pages back that my Aunts grand father sat in the Reichtag when Hitler took the power. He fled to Denmark and hid there with his family.

Congrats on getting top grade. I've always noticed the similarities between the Crucible and Trinity myself. I'm glad your family made it too.

Thanks, though it is not something of big personal importance. He died before I was born so never met him, but when we went to Berlin some years ago we headed to see the Reichtag.

Also noticed the similarities between Trinity and Crucible and Trinity is certainly proof you can build something without beeing exactly sure what it will do. Well they knew it would blow up, the question was the size of the explosion.

Though alot of my focus also lay on the cities hit, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scary stuff some of it. Was also why when i took a trip to Japan Hiroshima was on the top of my list of places to go.

Standing in Peace Memorial Park right at the marker designating above where the bomb fell and then beeing able to look in any direction and knowing it was all gone, the ruined dome of a bank standing as testament to the power unleashed in years past grants some frightening perspective to the bomb.

I have often said this when talking about the bombs since then. You can see a number, the blast radius of the bomb, but until you stand there, see with your own eyes just how big an area which was decimated, you are not truly comprehending the scale of it all.

Same thing with Shepard in the Destroy explosion. I can look at it, compare it to the perspective I got standing there in the memorial park...and say with absolute certainty that nothing living would ever walk out of such a blast.

And i can hardly imagine how it must have been for those who saw the city in its devastated state or survived the blast:unsure:

Modifié par Raistlin Majare 1992, 29 décembre 2012 - 11:52 .

[estebanus]

mrs.N7 wrote...

estebanus wrote...

BleedingUranium wrote...

estebanus wrote...

My great-grandfather was a danish resistance member who got caught after having sabotaged a railroad.

My grandfather was in the Danish resistance too! He was a sniper or a marksman, not sure which, and sadly that's all I know, as he never tells stories, and isn't all there anymore

Was he also trained in Britain and then smuggled into Denmark? Mine was.

My great-grandfather was a Partigiano, one of the good guys that opposed the Fascist regime here in my region. 

Oh, are you italian?

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...
Thanks. Too bad I don't know what my birth family did, but at least i have a cool story to share about my adoptive family.

My grandfather (my american one) actually fought in the vietnam war, and he also likes to tell stories about his days there whenever I visit him.

My dad was one year away from being drafted into the Vietnam War. Both my Grandfathers were in the service, one fought in the Korean War as a marine and the other served as a MP in Germany.

And here you were, saying that you have no interesting family history to speak of!

Oh, I have interesting family history with my adoptive parents, just nothing really for WW2 except for the story I shared. For example, on my mother's side, her ancestor was the chaplin on the Mayflower. i just don't know the history of my blood.

[BleedingUranium]

estebanus wrote...

BleedingUranium wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

Far Cry doesn't look too bad, but it has very unlikeable characters, and I consider characters to be the most important part of any story.

That's just your opinion. Vaas was an awesome antagonist, and doctor Earnhardt was pretty funny as well. Sam was also awesome, as was the CIA agent. The only one I really disliked was Citra. 

That's all just my opinion, though.

I meant the protagonists.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...
Thanks, though it is not something of big personal importance. He died before I was born so never met him, but when we went to Berlin some years ago we headed to see the Reichtag.

Also noticed the similarities between Trinity and Crucible and Trinity is certainly proof you can build something without beeing exactly sure what it will do. Well they knew it would blow up, the question was the size of the explosion.

Though alot of my focus also lay on the cities hit, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scary stuff some of it. Was also why when i took a trip to Japan Hiroshima was on the top of my list of places to go.

Standing in Peace Memorial Park right at the marker designating above where the bomb fell and then beeing able to look in any direction and knowing it was all gone, the ruined dome of a bank standing as testament to the power unleashed in years past grants some frightening perspective to the bomb.

I have often said this when talking about the bombs since then. You can see a number, the blast radius of the bomb, but until you stand there, see with your own eyes just how big an area which was decimated, you are not truly comprehending the scale of it all.

Same thing with Shepard in the Destroy explosion. I can look at it, compare it to the perspective I got standing there in the memorial park...and say with absolute certainty that nothing living would ever walk out of such a blast.

And i can hardly imagine how it must have been for those who saw the city in its devastated state or survived the blast:unsure:

So true. I had a similar experience when I went to Mt. St. Helens on our trip to Washington. You see the pictures and film of what happened, but until you get there you never truly know it. Your trip would be a very solemn one, and if I ever go to Japan, that is definately on my to do list there.

[SixG90]

estebanus wrote...

mrs.N7 wrote...

estebanus wrote...

BleedingUranium wrote...

estebanus wrote...

My great-grandfather was a danish resistance member who got caught after having sabotaged a railroad.

My grandfather was in the Danish resistance too! He was a sniper or a marksman, not sure which, and sadly that's all I know, as he never tells stories, and isn't all there anymore

Was he also trained in Britain and then smuggled into Denmark? Mine was.

My great-grandfather was a Partigiano, one of the good guys that opposed the Fascist regime here in my region. 

Oh, are you italian?

Yep! 

[estebanus]

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

Raistlin Majare 1992 wrote...
That is interesting. Wrote a major exam project about the Manhattan Project by the end of school and scored top grade for it, so it is topic I got some interest in. Should also be apparent in the fact that I constantly compare the Destroy ending explosion to what happened at Hiroshima.

But anyway as for people in my family around World War 2 I mentioned a few pages back that my Aunts grand father sat in the Reichtag when Hitler took the power. He fled to Denmark and hid there with his family.

Congrats on getting top grade. I've always noticed the similarities between the Crucible and Trinity myself. I'm glad your family made it too.

Thanks, though it is not something of big personal importance. He died before I was born so never met him, but when we went to Berlin some years ago we headed to see the Reichtag.

Also noticed the similarities between Trinity and Crucible and Trinity is certainly proof you can build something without beeing exactly sure what it will do. Well they knew it would blow up, the question was the size of the explosion.

Though alot of my focus also lay on the cities hit, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scary stuff some of it. Was also why when i took a trip to Japan Hiroshima was on the top of my list of places to go.

Standing in Peace Memorial Park right at the marker designating above where the bomb fell and then beeing able to look in any direction and knowing it was all gone, the ruined dome of a bank standing as testament to the power unleashed in years past grants some frightening perspective to the bomb.

I have often said this when talking about the bombs since then. You can see a number, the blast radius of the bomb, but until you stand there, see with your own eyes just how big an area which was decimated, you are not truly comprehending the scale of it all.

Same thing with Shepard in the Destroy explosion. I can look at it, compare it to the perspective I got standing there in the memorial park...and say with absolute certainty that nothing living would ever walk out of such a blast.

And i can hardly imagine how it must have been for those who saw the city in its devastated state or survived the blast:unsure:

It's horrible what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, I believe that many more lives would have been lost on both sides had the US decided not to do so. The japanese would have thought until the end, possibly losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The US would have likely won in the end, but at what cost? Millions of young men?

It's typical consequentialism. The end justifies the means.

Modifié par estebanus, 29 décembre 2012 - 11:59 .

[estebanus]

BleedingUranium wrote...

estebanus wrote...

BleedingUranium wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

estebanus wrote...
Nope, far cry won by 75 votes, I think.

Like I said, really close. Too bad too, ME3 is better than FC3 imho.

Far Cry doesn't look too bad, but it has very unlikeable characters, and I consider characters to be the most important part of any story.

That's just your opinion. Vaas was an awesome antagonist, and doctor Earnhardt was pretty funny as well. Sam was also awesome, as was the CIA agent. The only one I really disliked was Citra. 

That's all just my opinion, though.

I meant the protagonists.

Jason's slow descent into madness was amazing, I don't know what you're talking about. 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

estebanus wrote...

It's horrible what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, I believe that many more lives would have been lost on both sides had the US decided not to do so. The japanese would have thought until the end, possibly losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The US would have likely won in the end, but at what cost? Millions of young men?

Ruthless calculus at it's strongest.

[Rifneno]

Hmm.. interesting family history... well, my grandfather was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB. He told the rest of the family that the stories were true. I never knew him though so I can't say what his word is worth. <shrug>