Jim Phaserman

If you want to get technical, my first "Apartment" was the Barracks at RTC Great Lakes...Lol. THe first REAL Apartment was the one I shared with my first wife at the Subbase. One Bedroom...

Appearently, for 98% of Northerners in the US, their last words during a Car crash before they are killed is "Oh (I'm trying to say a bad word but can't)!" for southerners, it's "Hey, hold my Beer, I'monna try sumin'"

Its not really how many people live in the area that matters its how the city prepares for the worst weather. If they don't prepare in advance the population will be adversely effected. In Buffalo they have plans to deal lake effect from Lake Erie. It is expected that the lake can produce over 1 to 3 ft of snow in 24-hour period. There is no way to ignore Lake Erie and hope that it won’t produce large amount of snow. When this happens the mayor will call a driving ban. That means NO private car traffic unless the vehicle is with police, fire department, and with the hospital. When there are no cars it is a lot easier to clean the roads. It can take up to 24 hours before main roads are drivable. No one really complains about having a snow day and not going into work for 1 day. When winter is over they review each plan to see if it was effective or not and update so it won’t repeat next years winter. After winter is over the start to prepare for winter at the end of the year.

The driving ban ain't a bad idea. Here in Zion, we've got about 80 or so miles of roads within the City, but we've only got like 4 plows. When we got walloped back in January, there was no way for the plows to keep up. Another idea I had was contracting private companies or whatever that have plow-equipped trucks to help out. I see 'em all the time, but becuse they are on City streets outside of a subdivision, they can't just drop the plow. Pay the drivers 10 bucks an hour plus gas, hell, you might get 10 or 15 guys with trucks and plows out. that would help.

I know there's noone in there right now. I'm the only goober on the board...

By the way, in an upcoming post, I show that, dispite having served with Starfleet for many years, Admiral Millenhiem doesn't quite have a grasp on Human phraseology...

Jim: Now the excriment is REALLY gonna hit the oscillating Venthilation system!

When I was a regular at ST.com, I was a Chat-Only person. However, I've gotten adjusted to the message board. This is almost second nature to me. When I sign on, I go to the "Forums" section, and scroll down to see if anyone's home. If it's someone I wouldn't mind talking to, or if there's a bunch of folks there, I'll drop in for a spell.

I've done alot of sims. Chat based and PBeM, and also Message Board sims. One thing that has annoyed me is that alot of simmers are quite AFRAID to face their own Charactor's mortality. I mean, I understand this. as a Soldier myself (before some of you start saying, "But Jim, you're in the Navy, you're a SAILOR", Soldier is a term that can encompass ALL men and women who serve in their nations' armed forces), I understand the fear that accompanies facing one's mortality. I've seen simmers who's charactors have done things worthy of multiple Medals of Honor, but for some reason the ship is always in prestine condition and not one major charactor is seriously injured. in the one main sim I am in now, my brother and I, along with others, have conspired to make the Federation Civil War seem as realistic as possible. My buddy Billy did a post called "Letters" which follows the correspondences between a Young Marine and his family, from the time he reports to 1st Marine Division until his death. The second to last letter is the one letter noone wants (The infamous "To Whom It May Concern" letter), and the last is the citation for a Posthumous award. in the course of this sim, My charactor, Fleet Admiral James Millenhiem, has two ships, and during conflict story lines, always seems to end up having to visit sickbay. My charactor has been wounded in action many times. Probably the most shocking thing to alot of Superman-esque simmer personalities is actually what my Brother, Gary did. In one arc, his charactor did something outragous! He lost his bloody freakin' arm! In another arc, Gary's charactor took a laser-blast to the thigh, taking him out of action for weeks. But, what Gary just did takes the cake. He not only had his charactor face his own mortality, his Charactor up and died! This is the first time I've ever seen a simmer intentionally kill his own Charactor! It was also done in a rather heart-wrenching, cliff hanging manner. I'll save you the trouble of link-hopping and just post the death scene...

From USS Eros Sim, "Complying With Orders", 26 February 2006. Post takes place stardate 38602.26

 

Algiers: Leveling out at Angels 20, preparing to enter pattern for El

Zee.

 

Gary: Eagle One copies. 3 Flight, plow the road!

 

four fighters broke off and accelerated. they began firing phasers

and micro torpedoes into the forest below. Explosions marked Rebel

Anti-Aircraft possitions destroyed, or ground vehicles eradicated by

the fire.

 

Aboard USS Algiers, Bostwain's Mate 3rd Class Steve Sable watched the

flak come up. the ride aboard the large ship was bumpy, but he

remained at the Coxswain's station, guiding the craft in. At 5,000

feet, he engaged the Anti-graves and deployed the landing gear. Now

the fire really picked up. the ship was bounced around violently.

Sable hung on tight, but knew the Marines below were probably being

knocked around like they were a part of a giant pinball machine. 2500

feet, flare menuever. During the start of the flare, Sable and the

bridge crew lost sight of Eagle One, the small Valderan fighter that

had been leading them in. at 1,000 feet, the retrothrusters fired,

slowing the descent even further. the Comm Line, left open, suddenly

gave a loud burst of static. As the nose of the giant ship came down,

they saw nothing but a cloud of expanding gas and debris falling down

before them...

that was the end of "Complying with Orders". Leaves open a few possibilities of what happened. Here's the start of the next post, "Eagle One"

 

Algiers: USS Algiers to Eagle One. Please Respond. Eagle One, Please

Respond.

 

All that was audible over the comm lines was static. Eagle Squadron

remained silent, but flying their usual assignments.

 

Algiers: USS Algiers to Eagle One. Please Respond. Eagle one, please

respond.

 

The captain of the Algiers, a 35-year-old Lieutenant Commander,

looked over at the Comm operator.

 

Captain: Anything?

 

Comm: No sir. Just static.

 

Captain: Algiers to Eagle 2. Do you see Eagle One?

There was a long pause.

 

Captain: Eagle Squadron, does anyone see Eagle One?

 

Eagle 2: (Voice audibly distressed) Algiers, Eagle 2. Eagle One is

down.

 

Captain: (trying to sound hopeful) Down as in landed?

 

Eagle 2: Negative sir.

 

There was another long, painful pause.

 

Captain: Eagle Squadron, did anyone see an ejection seat?

 

One by one, the ten surviving Eagle Squadron pilots reported in. The

same thing: Negative.

 

Now, if that didn't hit you, the exchange at the end of Eagle One will...

 

...In orbit, the long-awaited reinforcements arrived. Jim and his ships

immediately went to work. The ships of the first fleet arrived, and

began to beat the Rebels back. The effects were felt on the ground,

as well. The landings resumed. 3rd Division, I Corps, 2nd Army, lead

by the brave men of the 7th California Brigade, arrived on the ground

to relieve the Stonewall Division. The Marines, however, did not fall

back. Rather, they welcomed the newcomers to their "Cozy little

fight". The fresh troops were all that was needed. The rebels fell

back. Within two days, the battle was won. When the casualties were

counted, it was shocking. The Stonewall division had entered the

battle with just over 26,000 men. When they embarked aboard the

Algiers a week later, they numbered just 10,360. Other Divisions that

had landed the first day were similarly battered. The fighters,

originally 370 in strength, were reduced to under 200. The Capitol

ships suffered as badly as the Infantry did. Of 300 2nd Fleet ships

engaged in the battle, 127 had been destroyed, and another 53 badly

damaged. All this, though, seemed to pale in comparison to what

General Williams was obliged to report to his superiors.

 

Jim: General, Did you find Admiral Phaserman?

 

Williams: Sir, It is with my deepest regrets that I must answer

negatively.

 

Jim: What?

 

Billy: He's Dead, Jim. I'm sorry.

 

Now, what that shows is not only the cost of that perticular battle, but that FADM Phaserman is indeed dead. The next post was one I did, where I filed the official reports: The battle, known as Bloody Sunday, cost over 300,000 lives altogether.

I think the Eros Sim is probably, as far as simulating the horrors of war, as close as you can get without actually being in battle. It's viewed from the vantage point of the Senior Officers, but will at times focus on the individual soldier, which is something else missing from alot of sims: Focus on the people actually doing the fighting. in this sim, we learn the names of some of the men and women who fight, and die. With the "Letters" Post, it paints a portrait of Corporal Gregory Lane's life. What his family is like. His sister is engaged when he first reports. He likes his Commanding Officer. he is saddened by the loss of his friends in combat. And, eventually, he meets a similar fate. on My ship, I had a charactor played by me, Lt. Kevin DeMorga, Tactical Officer. I spent months working on his charactor, Developing his personality. When the Sim's GM decided it would be cool to blow up my ship, I was obviously furious, but took the opportunity to give a face to the faceless soldiers who die every day, and Kevin DeMorga was that face. I see Simmers all the time avoid their charactors getting injured, and I really don't understand why. It takes something away from the realism of the sim. In Starfleet, people are going to get killed, even on seemingly "Safe" missions, yet many refuse to acknowledge that their charactor is as vulnerable as the Redshirt Ensigns. Even on the shows, the major charactors usually avoided death, the exceptions being Spock, Yar, and Dax. Worf and Nog both experienced devastating injuries, but for the most part, major charactors rarely if ever are wounded. That's unfortunately, not the reality of how things are.

Name: Gary Phaserman

Species: Valderan

Age: 251

Rank: Fleet Admiral; Warmaster

Service: Starfleet; Valderan Royal Navy

Post: Commander, Starfleet 3rd Expeditionary Defense Fleet

 

THis charactor is in the same sim as Darryl's and Jim's. We're currently in a Federation Civil War.

this thread dedicated to the memory of Fleet Admiral Gary Phaserman* (Born 12 July 2134, Died 26 February 2386)

Killed in Action while flying a fighter, escorting Normandy Class landing craft USS Algiers.

*Note: Gary IRL is alive and well, it's just his CHARACTOR that's dead. Didn't want to cause an unintentional stir.

You can always be in between. The Suburbs

 

 

Thats a good idea. Instead of living directly in DC, you could live in Prince Georges County. A lot more rural but still close to DC.

 

I live in Baltimore County. I have a lot more breathing room than in the city but I could also be in downtown Baltimore in 20 minutes if I need to be.

I live in Lake County, IL, and the city I am in, if Traffic is good, I could be in Either Milwaukee or Chicago in about 45 minutes if I had to be. there is alot of rural areas in Lake County, perticularly the western part out by Fox Lake (I think something like 65% of the county is located within about 8 miles of Lake Michigan. My city is a Suburb, and actually the hospital is like 8 blocks east of my house, but because of the city plan (With a Church smack dead center), I have to go a block south, then down 8 blocks, then 2 blocks north, but the Hospital is still VERY close, and much easier to get to here than it would be if I lived in either Chicago or Milwaukee. This being a small town, too, other Emergency Services are faster to respond (The police station is, to put it precisely, a stone's throw from the front porch, and the Fire Department just has to shoot up 27th and over onto ********* Ave. I timed them when the neighbor's house caught fire. Took about 5 minutes.)

I love the 'Burbs, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Maybe move up to one of the bigger houses over in the new Subdivision, but I love it here.

Alright, anyone who's spent any time at sea aboard a Navy ship knows the excitement of the last day. After listening to Sawyer Brown's "Six Days on the Road", I got an idea. I rewrote it, called "Six Months out at Sea" Now, for you're pleasure, here are the lyrics. I haven't recorded it yet, and I'm almost afriad to...I sing horribly.

 

Well I pulled out of Hawaii headin' up to Southern C-A

We've got the turbines spun up and she's running like a never before

There's the sun overhead all right, I don't see a cloud in sight

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

I got two screws spinnin and the rudder's stearin' right,

I'm seein' little white birds and my eyes are open wide

Just passed a Yacht on the right, we've been passing everything in sight

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

Well it seems like a year since I kissed my baby goodbye

I could have a lot of woman but I'm not like some of the guys

I could find one to hold me me tight,

But I could not make believe it's right

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

Well this ol' CG is a chuggin' on down the line

we're a little ahead of time and our log books are way behind

But nothing bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the stops all right

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

Our ship's a little old but that don't mean she's slow

There's a flame from her stack and the smoke's rolling black as coal

Our home port is coming in sight, if you think we're happy your right

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

Six months out at sea and I'm gonna make it home tonight

 

Six months out at sea

I'm gonna make it home tonight

Here's some more about James Millenhiem...

Personality: Millenhiem is the kind of officer that his subordinates love and superiors hate. He cares deeply about the welfare of the men and women under his command, and a common gripe during the Federation Civil War has been that those assigned to the 1st Fleet are living much more comfortably than those in the 2nd or 4rd Fleets. Millenhiem is capable of acting in a supporting role for most of the traditional Starfleet roles (Exploration, Diplomacy, Science, Etc.) but when it comes time for the throw-down in battle, Millenhiem is usually ready to take charge of the situation. A student of Military History, and a fan of ancient Terran Science-Fiction books, Millenhiem is noted to have on several occasions adapted tactics he read about in various texts to Starfleet operations, most notably a tactic known as the "Millenhiem Spitball", based on a tactic from a science fiction book where a number of smaller craft use mass-fire tactics against a single, localised, critical location against a larger enemy vessel. Millenhiem actually used this menuever successfully first in 2355, 16 years before Jean Luc Picard used a similar menuever against the Borg Cube assaulting Earth.

His tactical and strategic abilities are matched only by the loyalty of the Officers, Non Commissioned Officers, and Enlisted personnel serving under his command. This Loyalty has often been a bone of contention among some senior officers, who have at times thought that this loyalty could lead to a Mutiny.

Family: Millenhiem is married to the former Ms. Randeh Kurjalli, of the Wessar province on Valderis. They have five children together: Klior (65 Human YOA), Vaunte (53 Human YOA), anbd triplets Christopher, Micheal, and Robert (2 Human years). Both of Millenhiem's sons presently serve in Starfleet, known as William and John respectively. Captain William Millenhiem commands the Starship Liberator, while John is a Colonel assigned to the Starfleet Internal Affairs Bureau. Millenhiem has two brothers, known in Starfleet service as Gary and Thomas Phaserman. Both are married, Gary to Kristen Phaserman, and Thomas to Naji Phaserman. Also, he has a Sister, Maddie Folers, married to Royal Army General Rhob Folers. Gary and Kristen have two surviving sons, Daniel and James, and a daughter, Katherine. Daniel's twin brother Robert was killed during the Last Tyderian War. Maddie and Rhob have a son, Colonel Vaunte Folers, serving as the Emperor's Chief of Staff. Rumors have circulated that Admiral Millenhiem is in fact the son of Valderan Emperor Jolar XVII, but all files relating to precise family heritage have been classified TS/POLY NOFOR, requiring level 27 Security Clearance, the second highest access level in the fleet.

Education:

Valderan Basic Military Training

Valderan Royal Naval Academy

Valderan Naval Fighter School

Fighter Weapons' School, Wessar City

Royal Navy Post-Graduate School

Royal Navy War College

Starfleet Basic Officer Training, Pensacola, Florida

Starfleet Command Officer Training School, San Francisco

Starfleet Strategic and Tactical Command School, Dahlgren, VA

I was shooting, Van Roy. And so were about 20 Marines.

Jason X was horrible

 

As a horror movie, yes. But as a comedy, it was fantastic. :lol:

"What? You think a little poke in the ribs is gonna do me in?"

Whisssssssh

"That aughta do it...."

I just talked to Gary, he's going to tell his drivers today to call the customers BEFORE they get out of their cars. Call them and tell them "Hey, I'm out front, I'm coming to the door, be ready." I don't blame him, either. with this cold weather, It's not safe to have the drivers waiting 5 minutes for someone to answer the door.

Women are becoming more strong willed, TUH. Just look at my wife and my sister-in-law...

Okay, I know there is another, similar thread around here somewhere, but I'm too lazy to go find it. So, what's the weather like by you? Presently in the N.E. Chicago Suburbs at 4 AM, it's -6 degrees F, with a windchill of MINUS TWENTY SIX! ouch! High today is 11, with winds between 10 and 20 MPH

No, I imagine if I ever got caught in "Foriegn Relations" with another woman, the results might not be so nasty. I had someone throwing grenades at me. not fun.

Forgive my lack of enthusiasm. I'm not a big fan of Horror movies. I lived through a 20-minute stretch that made all the Jason Movies look tame, so after that, Horror movies are a let-down.

Dear god, not another one....

I don't think video games really effect children anyway, especially those 10 and up. I was playing violent games at that age and I have never thought about hurting some one in reality. I don't know why they do it. In the 50's, it wasn't video games, but comic books. Parents thought that the comic books that the kids were reading, like the Tales from the Crypt comics, were too violent and would warp their minds. But it didn't. The sad thing is that those kids who cried because their parents wouldn't let them have their comics are now doing the same thing to their kids except with things like video games.

 

I'm not saying that a kid really should be playing a game like GTA at young age, just saying that if they did, serious doubt it would effect him mentally, especially if the kid was old enough to tell reality from make believe.

I agree, Gamera, and my stance on Parents, Politicians, Lawyers, and now Hookers calling games like GTA (and Comic Books before them) is that it is one thing: A Parental Cop-out. The number one thing that leads to kids being violent or turning to crime? Bad parenting. When we as a nation finally realise who the REAL people at fault are, we'll be alot better off. Games like GTA, and Comics before them, became a scape-goat. "Kids became violent because of...." No. Kids became violent because they saw Daddy (I'm trying to say a bad word but can't)-slapping Mommy in a drunken fit, and thought if Dad did it, it must be okay. Children of Alcoholics are more likely to become alkies themselves. Children of Abusers are more likely to become abusers themselves. Parents need to teach their children that violence is NOT the answer. Parents need to teach there kids that Crime doesn't pay. If anything, I say let the kids watch Law and Order and CSI. If we are going to put a false image into the kid's head, let the kid think that committing a crime means doing time. Teach them that their actions have consequences. Don't be afraid to ground your kids (AKA put them on restriction).

Doesn't Everybody, Gamera?

Alright, Tom will tell you I've been around the block a few times. And I didn't limit it to white chicks. I dated anyone willing to take a gamble with me. If my friends had a problem with that, then that's what it is: THEY have a problem, NOT ME. My pappy done raised me to believe that all people is beautiful.

This is the first one I've gotten. I need to send the response back and tell them it was water-damaged though. I want one worthy of framing and mounting.

US Navy, then US Navy Reserves. Still in the Reserves.

Okay, this is something I just have to announce. I just recieved a letter from RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, Thanking me for my support of the Party, and asking for continued support. And of course, there was a gift from the Party....

Are you ready?

A personally signed photograph of The President of the United States, the Honorable George Walker Bush.

Alright, guys, and gals, Got a date tonight, but don't know any romantic songs for the evening? Well, your old buddy Jimmy, in cooperation with The Suburban Cowboy's Valentines Day playlist, might have a few suggestions for you. Here's a few slide over baby songs. THe first three are good for guys, and the last one I threw in there because sometimes the Girls need some help with music.

MUST BE DOIN' SOMETHIN' RIGHT-Billy Currington

YOUR MAN-Josh Turner

COME ALITTLE CLOSER-Dierks Bentley

REAL FINE PLACE TO START-Sara Evans

Hope one of these can help you out. Also, Ladies, Sara Evans' "Perfect" is also a good call.