La belle bel emoted: Now that made me hyperventilate the 1st time it happened.

You weren't by any chance one of a group of women from the New Zealand army who were running up the Korokoro Valley in New Zealand at about 10 p.m. GMT today, were you? They were hyperventilating somewhat. Probably connected with the 25 degree (C) heat. I also now know why the NZ army hasn't bought any heavy armour for a while ...

I believe the major problem in Zild is bandwidth to the rest of the world. We only have a piece of wet string as an Internet connection between here and the States. There is a tin can at this end, and presumably a Heinz baked beans can at the other ...


The idiot also known as Capfka ...