Re: Urgent list question - anyone speak Chinese….?

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Steve Gill <Steve@caws.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

> *From:* Gzg [gzg-bounces@firedrake.org] on behalf of Jon Tuffley [
> jon@gzg.com]
>
> > On 10 Nov 2015, at 05:56, Evyn MacDude <evyn.macdude@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Jon Tuffley <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 6 Nov 2015, at 20:38, Douglas Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > I think he wants something specifically unit like the Lunar Domain
or
>> People's Lunar Expedition. Actually, I'm less happy with USLM; ET
Marines,
>> Lunar Expeditionary Brigade feels better.
>>
>> US Marine Corps Extra-Planetary Expeditionary Force - USMCEPEF…..??
 ;-)
>>
>
> It's been a long time since I played with Jarheads, but it probably
would
> be something like 73rd Marine Expeditionary Unit Luna Capable or 73rd
MEU
> LC….
>
>
> > Hmmm…. Marine Expeditionary Unit Luna, MEUL, would be pronounced
"Mule"
> - I quite like that, but would the Jarheads object to the acronym…? 
;-)
>
> > Was the "73rd" just plucked out of the air, or does it have some
> significance?
>

Just a pair numbers that weren't in service or historical as far as I
could
see.

>
> > Jon (GZG)
>
>
> Why would the jarheads complain about being promoted to mule?
>

Not the ones I know....

-- 
Evyn