A new cross time scooper

[Mr. G]

A new board needs a new scooper. Yes I know there at least two scooper threads on the other board but you can't have enough cross time scoopers.

This time I got two flags. One looks like the Canadian flag, except where the maple leaf should be there's a cross. The other flags looks like the Stars and stripes expect that it's the crosses and stripes.

[RMG]

I got a flag that looks like the Canadian flag except around the leaf there are seven stars:

[G.Bone]

I get a map that looks like this:

[Legolas]

RMG - I suppose that in this world, Canada split off of the British dominion in a similar fashion as the US did, and copied (at least partly) their symbollic for their own flag.

[NHBL]

I fired up the scooper, (with a bit of concern, the tank I got one time was a bit much for my backyard) and got a flag. It's rather peculiar, I'm going to keep the setting the same on the scooper and try again in a few days. Anyone have any thoughts?

[TheLoneAmigo]

Fired up the Scooper and got a discarded PC game box. It's a game called "Horizon: 1952". Apparently you fly a jet fighter during the Global War between the Byzantine Republic, Newfoundland Republic and Iberian Republic on one side and the Shonzu, Germanic and Novogradski Empires one the other. I assume the Republicans won, because the game invites you to "Fly on daring missions to save the world from the Imperialist menance".

[Diamond]

My scooper gave me this map:

[Diamond]

NHBL, your flag might be from a world where a successful slave uprising in an independent CSA either resulted in a black-controlled CSA or a viable splinter state. I'm guessing that's the most likely answer anyway, due to the CSA battle flag split by a sword, and the broken chains on the bottom third.

[TheLoneAmigo]

I got another coffee cup, with an American flag and Cyrillic lettering below it.

[Straha]

I get a DVD gift set called The Domination with these movies: The Laughter of the Guns,marching through georgia,Under the Yoke,Under The Shadow,The Stone Dogs,Drakon,Unto Us a Child,Heavy Iron and 3 more DVDs labeled The Domination Centuries trilogy called Arrival and Conquest,The New Order, and Now Ultil the End of Time. te POD is that I'm guessing Stirling releases all his books as he writes them(he must have a publisher in this TL that doesn't object to havign the draka books be made and won't limit them). apparently these movies were released from 1991 with the first one and 2002 with the last ones. The same TL has all 7(!) dune books as movies,Harry Turtledove's great war trilogy,the probablity broach series andother mvies that don't exist IOTL.

[Archangel Michael]

A got a few nespapers, with the following headlines:

The Second Roman-Ameircan War drags on, as the 29th Armored Legion has captured to town of Prague from Imperial forces today.

General George Bush, commander of 35th American Army, said that the capture of Prague 'is nothing but a basket full of lies from the evil Romans'.

The new American tank, the M45 Washington, has begun to appear on the battlefield, and supported by Wellington Attack helicopters.

[G.Bone]

I get a newspaper review on "Menem- Senator of the People". What is odd is that it's an excerpt from the Wellingsbrooke Literature Review, Agentina-> and much of the text is in "British" English.

I also get a theatrical release poster of "The Hobbit" done by Peter Jackson, starring Ian McKellan and a guy i don't quite recognize as Bilbo...

[fortyseven]

I got a warrant for a John Smith III, a suspected money tree planter. The date is Tiberius XII, 2501 AUC.

[Straha]

I got this newspaper

SEX SCANDAL ROCKS ARCHONA
By Thomas Dreiser
New York Times Domination Correspondent
July 18, 1988

The once promising political career of Senator Eric von Shrakenberg is in
jeopardy today after the senator finally admitted that he did not have sex
with any of the young women-serf or Citizen-who work in his office.

The 60-year old Senator, who has been mentioned as a candidate for Archon in the next election, initially denied the allegations when they first surfaced
several weeks ago.

“I have of course taken advantage of my position to enjoy the services of
the young twentysomething women in my buro,” said the Senator in an earlier
statement.

Today, however, Shrakenberg had to retract that statement after a leaked
security tape showed him rebuffing the come-ons of his comely staff members.

“I was less than forthcoming with my earlier statement,” said the Senator “Out of concern for my family, I stated that I had sexual relations with numerous young women. That is in fact, not true.”

His wife, Sofie Nixon, was unavailable for comment, but informed sources say
that she is devastated that her husband has strayed so far from Draka
customs.

Political opponents of the Senator have wasted no time in calling for his
resignation.

“If the Senator cannot bring himself to take advantage of young, firm,
beautiful women with perky breasts who are looking for a relationship with
an older man, how can we trust him to take advantage of the Alliance for
Democracy?” asked Assemblywoman Louise Gaynor.

Supporters leapt to his defense, saying that whatever personal peccadilloes the Senator has, they have not detracted from his performance in office.

Shrakenberg plans to consult with his close advisors before deciding what course of action to take.

[Kuralyov]

I got a history book detailing the Muslim Uprising in the late Roman Republic; a certain Consul Iesvs appears to have led the Roman legio against the rebellion, only to grant the participants clemency in order to continue the Roman-Qin War...

[NHBL]

The cross time scooper has brought back a table with two things on it.
The first one is a radio controlled model warship. It’s labeled Battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Osman, flagship of the Ottoman Empire.
The ship is armed with 5 twin 11” gun turrets, but has a host of other changes from OTL. There are a pair of phalanx CIWS mounts on either beam, as well as four twin 5” turrets just like on the Iowa class battleships. The 5” mounts mask the midships turrets from cross-deck firing, so she can only manage an 8 gun broadside. The superstructure is considerably enlarged, and tripod masts replaces the pole masts.

The kit is exquisite, a mix of a fiberglass hull, plastic, metal, and wood fittings, beautifully made running gear and turret motors. Fiber optics provide lighting. She is powered by live steam. I couldn’t use the electronics that came with her—I had to adapt my own. The brass nameplate lists her as Yavuz Sultan Osman, 100th anniversary edition.
Now that I’ve finished it, she catches no end of notice when I run her at the local pond, although her 6 foot plus length is a bother to transport. The rest of the time, she is the centerpiece of my graces my living room.

The second item is a copy of “The Ring” magazine, January 2012, looking back at some of the great fights of the century. It includes Vonda Ward’s demolition of Laila Ali in two rounds, and Lucia Rijker’s war with Christy Martin, and how these fighters helped bring women’s boxing’s popularity up to that of men’s boxing.

[tom]

One of those buttons you pin on your shirt saying "FREE PATAGONIA NOW".

[Susano]

I got a "Handbook for Advanced Mentates" from 1938.
The only thing I could read was the introdcution though. Apparently, the whole rets si written in mentates symbols, who are taught in basic mentate training. A bit of history was touched in the introduction, too, and apparently the use and training of mentates began in the 1890s, and was absed on a trend in europe lasting since the 1830s to create on mental powers. the best sites for a mentates training seem to be in the Netherlands or UK, although Prague is renowned for seemingly rather unorthodox methods - "a rarity for sure in a german state", or so the introduction says.

[Linkwerk]

I fired up the scooper, (with a bit of concern, the tank I got one time was a bit much for my backyard) and got a flag. It's rather peculiar, I'm going to keep the setting the same on the scooper and try again in a few days. Anyone have any thoughts?

Hey, that's the flag of the 2nd "northstar" breakthrough division (colored).

They broke the line at atlanta in 1920 (symbolized by the shattered barbed wire) and their tanks were able to clear the way for the rest of 4th army to drive southwards (the cut battle flag). I think the constellation is a reference to the divisions first formation in the Rebellion War, when they were pieced together out of escaped slaves.

[Paul Spring]

A book entitled Best of Neighbors: How the US Won the Cold War Through Non-Interventionism.

A glossy travel magazine with the main article describing all of the excellent vacation destinations in the Ottoman Empire.

A silvery coin, slightly larger than a US quarter. On the front there is a profile of a man I don’t recognize. In small letters around the edge, the words “One Dollar” are written in English, Spanish, Russian, and French. On the reverse of the coin there is an outline map of North America, with 10 stars arranged within it.

[Straha]

I fire it up and get what appears to be a projector device now in my room. *turns it on* I get it to show a scene thats labled Mexico city,USNA, 2066. Before it got ot the summit it showed a world map where all of europe,north america,korea,remments of china,russia and japan are united in the second NATO Pact which is in a cold war agaisnt Dar Al Islam which consists of a united empire of the islamic world,western china,northern india,indochina and indonesia. Its about a cold war summit between a tall black guy in a fez and president Josh Franke of the USNA. They're discussing a martian nanoweapon crisis. The Islamic nation is about the same power level as 1976 USSR, going to fall soon but it looks like it can survive.

[Alois]

A visitor's badge for IngolfTech Corporate Headquarters in New York City.

Front page of the Washington Post:
Reports of "Dungeons and Dragons" creature invasion a hoax, President Bush insists.

[Faeelin]

"That which is yet waiting on your part to be done is this, to see the oppressor's power to be cast out with his person; and to see that the free possession of the land and liberties be put into the hands of the oppressed commoners of England. . .

And now you have the power of the land in your hand, you must do one of these two things. First, either set the land free to the oppressed commoners, who assisted you, and paid the Army their wages; and then you will fulfil the Scriptures and your own engagements, and so take possession of your deserved honour....

The Commonwealth hereby will be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern, which will mightily advance the honour and peace of our land, occasion the more watchful care in the education of children, and in time will make our Commonwealth of England the lily among the nations of the earth. "

It's a manifesto from 1225, referring to some Imperial Vicar they threw out.

I think I'll keep this.

[Anthony Appleyard]

India is shown as including Afghanistan and Baluchistan and Burma.
If this India is Muslim ruled, then the Mogul Empire or similar was more successful.
If this India is Hindu ruled, then around 1000AD Islam stopped trying to attack India after getting too many bloody noses from the Hindu kingdom of Kabul and other Indian kingdoms around.
Or, Britain managed to conquer Afghanistan and added it to British India, and then let India go independent as all one big country.

G.Bone uses the same color for Turkey and South Africa. That does not help much. The color distinction is:-
Full black (blue=0. green=0. red=0): Greenland, Oman, West Africa, Iraq, Mozambique, Madagascar, all of South Africa except the Cape Colony, Sri Lanka / Ceylon.
Nearly black (blue=64, green=64, red=0): Cape Colony, Anatolia and Syria.
(In a computer screen color, blue and green and red can each be 0 to 255.)

[Anthony Appleyard]

I get a version of the first Ghostbusters movie where, when Gozer appears, Ray thinks not of the Marshmallow Man but of a jet fighter ...

[Fiji]

woopsie

I appear to have disrupted a court case.

I get a passport like booklet, labeled impregnation catalogue.
Judging by the name on the first page, this book belonged to a man.
The rest of the book has names of women in it (plus adress, and an ID number), a date in the impregnation column and a date, a 3 letter code and a number in "outcome" column.
each individual case has been stamped

The piece of paper accompanying the booklet calls it evidence and goes on to describe that several stamps in the booklet are false and that several names are not real.

I also got a scrap of paper ... part of the transcript it appears. Upon passing judgement, the judge chastised the perpatrator for "not doing his part"

what on (alternate) Earth happened here?

[tom]

Fiji:
Maybe its that world from Sliders where 99.9% of all the men died of a plague?

[sunsurf]

A letter to me from George Lucas offering me a job. :)
A painting of the Mona Lisa wearing a fake nose and glasses.
A videotape of an Oscar-winning musical titled
Kidsongs: The Wrath of Khan

[Fiji]

Fiji:
Maybe its that world from Sliders where 99.9% of all the men died of a plague?
there was a sliders episode like that?

never saw much of sliders really

kept getting canceled and repeated iso showing new episodes

[G.Bone]

G.Bone uses the same color for Turkey and South Africa. That does not help much. The color distinction is:-
Full black (blue=0. green=0. red=0): Greenland, Oman, West Africa, Iraq, Mozambique, Madagascar, all of South Africa except the Cape Colony, Sri Lanka / Ceylon.
Nearly black (blue=64, green=64, red=0): Cape Colony, Anatolia and Syria.
(In a computer screen color, blue and green and red can each be 0 to 255.)

Sorry about that. I had saved it from a .bmp to a .jpg and thus the loss of color. I'll be more respectfull when that happens.

[tom]

Fiji:
Episode title was "Love Gods".

[Diamond]

I got a porcelain cup, full of coffee that tastes like cinnamon and mint.

There's a picture on it of something that looks suspiciously like the Golden Gate Bridge, with some odd differences - the architecture looks Chinese, the stanchions have a pagoda-look to them; the whole thing is a vibrant red color; there are huge kites that look like dragons flying from the highest points.

Below the picture is this caption: 'Come Visit Beautiful Zunyi - Gateway to Fu Sang'.

On the bottom of the cup, this is printed: 'Made in People's Commonwealth of Tejas'.

[Straha]

I got a book with some kind of alien lettering... holl shit it just changed to recognizable english. Besides the alien letter the cover is president Bush(probably ex president if what I'm reading is any indication...) kneeling before a tall reptilian figure just like how I picture the head imperial that is wearng what appears to an outfit thats like retro 1980's style but iwth a silver chain and sunglesses that look justl ike the ones I have.... The other figutes that are standing in the picture ift the descriptions and drawing I have of the other allied characters on my site. The book is labled from Conquerer to Conqured: Why the human race was defeated now and forever by the Glorious Imperium ruler of all time and space by a Jose Ricardo G. Bondoc with a coathor Tom Mazanec written in post conquest 4(2008 human calandar). THe book is more a view of how everything changed and whats goign ot happen next. What I can gather is how everything has changed. Theres references to a war of conquest being waged agaisnt the interplaner confederation of nations. Certainly an 'interesting' world. *realizes they have interdimensional travel*... oh shit

[TheLoneAmigo]

This time, I opened the scooper and found... an ice cream cone. Kind of anticlimactic, hey... no... wait... look at this tissue: "Cthulu Kones" and a picture of a... sheesh, I dunno? An octopus or something?

[G.Bone]

I get a picture of a President Gore signing the Kyoto Protoccols.

[Duncan]

I got this little booklet, couple of dozen pages. It looks to be an introduction to the work of the United Nations, at least going by the cover logo which is the familiar white-on-blue emblem of OTL. But I can't work out what it says - I don't read Etruscan...

[NHBL]

I haven't seen any cross time scooper results from anyone recently. I'm doing some serious repair work on mine--as far as I can tell, it locked onto another opperational scooper, and they turned each other inside out...

[carlton_bach]

hmmm... a shoulder patch. It shows a gold armoured gauntlet on a red background, balled into a fist, with blades extending from the knuckles. On the top, is reads "7th Cav Rgt MACUSSR / 42nd Guards Tank Regiment". The bottom reads "Mighty Armored Claw". The whole is surrounded by a laurel wreath and someone added hand-stitched battle honours: "Vitebsk", "Konigsberg", "Vilnius", "Mukden" and "Sakhalin".

?

[edvader]

Let's see now. I have a HOW TO ACT like a WOMAN by Brittany Soears. It seems to be blank pages. I seem to have a container of soil with a description saying it's special growth soil called PERSONAL OPERATIVE ORGAINISM POWER soil with a soiled sheet. OH I know , I have a Super Duper... well, you know. Scooper.

[fred_smith]

The first time I got a postcard showing Buckingham Palace, theirs an American flag flying, although it seems to have rather more stars than I'm used to. The caption underneath reads "Greetings from the rainy state! London, USA."

Next time I used the device, I got a genetic pedigree card and a liscence for sexual reproduction from the EU Department of Eugenics. Oh, and there's also flowers and a box of chocolates. I can't help but feel that I've just really messed up somebody's plans for the evening. But the chocolates were nice.

[TheLoneAmigo]

I picked up a naval officer's cap from the His Imperial Majesty's Ship Byzantia, 3rd Fleet (West Pacfic).

Okay, firing it up again... ughh, more glowing goo. Where the heck is this stuff coming from?

[Diamond]

I got a DVD of The Hobbit... Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Bilbo. Guess he's even shorter in this TL than he is in ours. :)

[Torqumada]

I got a rock.

Torqumada

[Linkwerk]

I got a McDonalds ration card. Says on the back I should "support the fourth war loan"

Ppfsh. Lame.

[Straha]

McDonalds ration card!? Must be from a world where big corporaions are in control. Probably also cyberpunk too.

[Doctor What]

Let's see now....type in some random numbers...fiddle around with a couple of these switches...press the ominious looking black button here....

Ah!

Hmmmm......

Looks like a rather large egg--about 12 inches high, kinda leathery texture and with a weird splotchy grayish-bluish color to it.

Shaking it. Heavy liquid sploshing around--seems still fresh. Ewwww--shell still warm!

Hey--the opening on my machine seems stuck open.

Uh--was that....growling....I just heard....?

Oh dear....

[Diamond]

I got a tape of the Tonight Show. The host is a toned-downed (and balding) Robin Williams, not Jay Leno. The guest is former President George Clinton, who's reminiscing about the constant childhood competition between himself and his brother Bill, who's a saxophonist with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band.

[edvader]

Let's see. I have a One sheet New York Times newspaper with the headlines:3 MILLION KILLED IN ALIEN INVASION;OZYMANDIAS-Ex-Hero says "Horrible!". Next I have a diary red cover -writers"s name:Rorschach. Finally I have a black statuette in the shape of a bird-a Falcon. It has the following written on it "It's the stuff that Dreams are made of." That's all Folks! :) :D :cool:

[Anthony Appleyard]

I aim the scooper at BSAC (= British Sub-Aqua Club) headquarters in Telford's Quay in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire in England. I get ordinary private house domestic stuff and nothing else.

I aim the scooper at a photographic satellite to intercept its transmissions. At Sharm el Sheikh in Sinai on the Red Sea it shows a few buildings round Sharm Old Harbor, and nothing else around except desert and no hotels, and a small airstrip and no passenger airport.

I aim the scooper at Stoney Cove (OTL a scuba center in a flooded quarry in Leicestershire in England). It brings back a bunch of permits issued by an office in the Admiralty in London, each allowing a particular named man to possess and use underwater breathing apparatus but only for work purposes.

I aim the scooper at Fort Bovisand near Plymouth in England (OTL a scuba center in an old Napoleonic period fort). I get no sport stuff, but paperwork belonging to a hard para-naval coastal patrol force that has replaced the OTL coastguard and lifeboat and harbor police services but with more powers and weapons. The papers include prosecutions of civilians for using boats or diving gear for pleasure and for unauthorizedly acquiring and converting industrial breathing sets for underwater use or making breathing sets from miscellaneous parts. One report says as an aside that in the late 1950's there started a wave of people experimenting with frogman-type diving for pleasure, and that this spread rapidly, until a new law stopped it.

From the same place I get a railway truck loaded full with multicolored sport scuba gear which has been shredded into inch-sized pieces (minus cylinders and weights), and a consignment form saying that it is going to a particular solid fuel fired power station.

[TheLoneAmigo]

This time, I scooped up a pile of broken chipboards... the wiring looks very small... hmm... look, it says "Made in Nigeria".

Okay, try again... picked up a fish. Let me check... looks like a salmon. Nothing apparently different about it. Hang on... looking at the American Fishery Bureau, this salmon is exactly the average weight, length and colour of a salmon... wierd.

Third time, got a small silvery ball. When I tap it, a hologram(or whatever) springs up around it, showing a globe. It's a political map, and all of Eurasia seems to be painted Red, with Africa and America both a patchwork of states. The writing on the globe is all in Cyrillic.

[Landshark]

The Average Salmon!!!

Holy Crap! Isn't that a sign of the Apocalypse?

Or am I thinking of the Status Quo Turbut?

[Paul Spring]

I get what looks like rather weather-beaten poster. It has a picture of a coiled rattlesnake printed on it, and the words DON'T TREAD ON ME printed underneath it. I recognize this as a symbol and a saying from the time of the American Revolution, but that doesn't explain what's written underneath. It says "Fight the Brazilian Occupation!" and "The Federal States shall be free again!". At the bottom it says "Federal Liberty League", and there is a smaller picture of what looks like an eagle tearing a green and gold flag apart with its talons.

[Tyr]

This thread should be in the normal AH forum I think, it would get more attention and all that.

[TheLoneAmigo]

Okay, locked on to the Christian States of America timeline again

Newspaper clipping: "Bishop Murphies declares invasion of Godless California"

TV Guide cover: An actor wearing a priest's uniform, pointing a pistol at the camera "The Hit New Series: Inquistion: Miami. Also inside: How to stop Godless Infidels from ruining your TV reception."

A role-playing game: "Advanced Angels & Archdemons". Seems to be mostly about killing "Godless Infidels". I'm definitely seeing a pattern here.

[carlton_bach]

I got a book!

It's written in what looks like pretty funny German. Nice linien hardcover binding. The title is "Degrees of Interrogation: A Judicial Vademecum" by Doctor Utraque Juris Marcus Atroterranus. Fourth Revised Edition. Imprint says "Frankfurt (Main) 1974, Imprimatur received Mainz 1973"

Let's see

"Provision first having been made for the forms and durations of interrogation in criminal and inquisitorial trials of the secular arm by H M Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Germany and France, Archduke of Milan, Duke of the Netherlands etc. in his Constitutio Criminalis of 1523, it appears to the present writer indispensible..." - he actually writes like that - "...to render account of his many years of experience at the Landgericht Hanau for the edification and instruction of students of law. These days the individual instruction once received at the hands of experienced judici and adsessores has become a thing of the past, from which state of affairs few aspects of judicial practice have suffered more than the art of interrogation, which requires a firm yet deft hand, experience, animatological skill and compassionate resolution. Thus in this book is laid out practical and theoretical analysis of techniques and case histories of the first, second and third degrees at all levels of the legal system..."

I'm not sure I want to read this.

[edvader]

Let's see: a copy of the book"War of the Worlds" by Jules Verne. a program from the 1960 World Series in the Polo Ground-Giants and Orioles. Here's something a color photo of girl atheletes- "The Superheroines" in all sorts of costumes-modest. Two Supergirls! Bet Someone named D.N.would be interested. Says on bottom. Dates,anyone? :) :o

[G.Bone]

I get a pair of x-ray glasses.

[Torqumada]

the Beatles Revival tour ticket stub from 1985.

A CD of the the Tenors: Pavarotti, Domingo and Presley.

Torqumada

[fortyseven]

Funny, scary Dr. What, interesting Lone Amigo, bizarre Carlton.

[G.Bone]

I get a brochure advertising the benefits of hiring a "stark enterprise" company for information technology. Accompanying it is a small notepad with the title "desk of tony stark" with some writings: "an armored suit...sentinent? poss. armor, laser, shield, etc. how much? Would it go over? Legion of Steel? Iron?

[TheLoneAmigo]

Picked up a small, 180ml bottle of "Confederate Cola". Tastes like crap. Must go to bathroom now.

[tom]

Small Army handbook "Procedures for Decontamination of Moderate Radiation Zones"..."Although more than 40 years have passed since the Cuban Missile War, it is still necessary to follow proper procedures to decontaminate areas in MRZs to allow Reconstruction. Your Government does not wish its brave soldiers to suffer shortened lives in the process of converting these areas to LRZs and preparing them for inhabitation. A long life will help insure that you will be available to help restore even the remaining HRZs, which are projected to attain MRZ status in 20 to 50 years."

[fred_smith]

I got mostly books this time, which will be great for my library.

First time I used the device, I got "The Holy Bible," Interpreted by Timothy Leary. It seems that most of the books are different from the one's I'm used to. It starts with a myth about an angel called Sophia creating the material universe, contains a gospel by Thomas and a book called "The Acts of Saint Thomas and Jesus Christ on Cannibal Island." The last book is a rather explicit text, apparently written by Mary Magdellin. It seems that Christianity attracted a whole different group of people in this dimension.

Then, I got "My Struggle," by Winston Churchill. Its a light-hearted drugs journal about Churchill's gonzo journalist road-trip across the European Republic with a struggling painter that he meets in Berlin.

[Landshark]

Something with three mouths full of six inch long razor sharp teeth and skin that's stopping .357 SIG hollow points at ten feet!

Where the fuck did I put the energy weapons!

EAT HOT PLASMA ALTERNATIVE SPAWN!!!

[Doctor What]

Recovering quite well from my last attempt–doctors said that the scars barely show...

Ok–firing up the scooper.

Hmmmm....looks like a piece of the index page from The Economist
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Leaders

10 War in South Africa
Don’t forget it

12 India’s Economy
The Great fall?

14 China’s Election
The Communist’s bad day

16 Special report
California–After the Big One
With L.A. in ruins and the death toll at over 10 000, can Governor Willis
be up to the task?

United States

25 Kerry Campaign
He’s smart and charismatic–but will his hothead reputation sink him?

29 Dean Campaign
He’s dependable, reliable but dull–can he show some excitement?

31 Swing States
Oregon’s drift to the far right

The Americas

33 Brazil’s border wars
Can Valdez keep the fight going on?

35 Energy in Argentina
Nuke powerhouse

37 Dominican Republic
General Santiago closes his iron fist

Middle East and Africa

42 Saudi burning
Space cannon malfunction kills thousands, destroys oil fields
and turns a U.S. ally into an enemy

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Oh dear.......

[G.Bone]

I get a map of "War Zones during the Cordoba War". It pretty much marks the entire north of Argentina with several battles against a "Red Fist Faction". Hmmmm.... One of the battles documents an incursion by American Forces...

[Fiji]

ok, let's see, I hook up my computer to the cross time proxy and try my luck on the alternate Google.

oh, look, I arrive at the site of one of those silly little micronations.
population 69
area 3.5 km^2
got a little map of what I think is a part of Wisconsin.

nothing special so far

hey, they've got a link to some fake CIA world factbook, how cute.
|clicks link|
hang on ... |checks domain name|
this IS the CIA world factbook!
what? 798.235 entries???
|clicks on "factbook history"|
blahblahblah ... court case ... december 2001 ... blahblahblah ... ??? what's "retroactive terra nullis"???

[tom]

Fiji: LOL!!

[wkwillis]

Recovering quite well from my last attempt–doctors said that the scars barely show...

Ok–firing up the scooper.

Hmmmm....looks like a piece of the index page from The Economist
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16 Special report
California–After the Big One
With L.A. in ruins and the death toll at over 10 000, can Governor Willis
be up to the task?

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Oh dear.......

California has the potential for serious damage and very large casualties from an earthquake. We've been lucky.

[Mr. G]

Time to give the time scoop a crank.

Got an election poster. It's promoting a party called the "Christ Party". "Make Jesus king of Canada" is the slogan on the poster.

Tries the scoop again.

Got an election poster. This time it's for the Islamic party of Canada urging voters to make Canada an Islamic state.

My scoop must be in election mode.

[NHBL]

Hooking in some new safeties after the mishaps I’ve had—pulling through Tanks, my scoooper turning itself inside out, massive power drains, and a close call with 2 ounces of antimatter, I was a bit apprehensive as I powered it up. WHAM! Something appeared on the platform. It didn't explode, bite, or otherwise seem harmful…it was a footlocker. Inside it is a uniform that has the same general style of a Grosseadmiral’s full dress uniform from the Imperial German Navy. The decorations are also in the footlocker—an Iron Cross First Class tops the list. The dress sword is clearly fully functional—no mere piece of fancy glitter here. Looking closer, the uniform is tailored for a woman—a big one, almost 6 feet tall.
Digging further, there is a scrap book—The first few clippings are captioned, “Grosseadmiral Rundstadt taking command of the Far East Fleet at Tsingtao� (Time Magazine, May 12, 1981.) Another one is captioned, “ Kaiser Wilhelm V and Grosseadmiral Rundstadt at the launching of the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.� (Der Spiegel, July, 1979)
Flipping back through the book, she appears to have had a rather active career, mostly in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, with short stints ashore and one brief tour on a carrier.
She’s quite the athletic sort as well, and clearly proud of it—there’s a photo of her just after winning the academy boxing championship, and another of her standing over an unconscious opponent, captioned, “Germany defeats America in Alliance inter-service games.�
The earliest picture shows her reporting for training at the naval academy, and is dated 1955. Seems her career was amazingly rapid…
There’s also an assortment of other clothes—regular duty uniforms, civies, some very casual, some quite formal—hmmmm—she still keeps up with her practice, there’s gym clothes and a pair of boxing gloves as well.

Translating the German version of “Jane’s Fighting Ships� will take some time, and the diary even more.

Whatever happens, I hope she doesn’t come looking for me for swiping her stuff, she could probably beat the tar out of me without even working up a sweat.

I’m very curious about this timeline, I’m going to try and get another sample. I love battleships, and want to see how they managed to rule the seas still. On the other hand, the USN might not thank me for forcing them to start a new building program…

[Gladi]

I got only an headlines of article from newspapers.
K.K. forces engage in skirmish with Brazilian militia in jungles of Venus!!
Elderly kaiser Maxmillian retires to his Bohemian estates to contemplate as Russian Prime Minister offers support of Commonwealth.

[TheLoneAmigo]

A paper with the following headline:

"Youth Hostel Association declares war on United States"

[Chris Oakley]

Been a long time since I played around with this baby...

WHOA!Let's see what we've got here...looks like a newspaper.Let's just take a gander at the headlines...

American Fascists Playing Havoc With GOP In Texas;Johnson Campaign Staffers Complain of Harassment

Death Toll in Australian Civil War Now Estimated at 50,000

UN Declares Saigon Permanently Uninhabitable Due To Nuclear Waste Disaster

[Doctor What]

California has the potential for serious damage and very large casualties from an earthquake. We've been lucky.

True, true---but what makes you think I was referring to an earthquake?..... ;)

[G.Bone]

I get a newspaper clippings a guy in a top hat enjoying a parade with the caption "Emporer Norton's Visit to Oakland"

[Chris Oakley]

I just snagged an F-16 flight training manual written in Russian.

[Diamond]

I got a fast-food wrapper which apparently contained a 'Dodo-Burger'. Wonder what it tasted like...

[Chris Oakley]

Check this out...a postage stamp that costs $10.

That alone would be disconcerting,but what really freaks me out is that said stamp bears a portrait of Adolf Hitler...

[TheLoneAmigo]

A postcard: "Greetings from Somalia!". It shows a picture of a large, modern-style cityscape, about the size of New York.

[Diamond]

I got a newspaper clipping that shows a ten-point headline reading:

"President-For-Life Heston Shot And Killed In New York By Terrorist Group Sons Of MLK"

...and I also got a camcorder tape which seems to show the real culprits: Two men in dark gray fatigues, one of whom is firing what looks like a silenced (!) bipod-mounted machine-gun down onto Charlton Heston's motorcade while the other man feeds ammo into the gun. Both men are speaking French.

[G.Bone]

I get a pair of socks with stick figures fishing on a river. The tag says "Made in the Rep. of Louisiana".

[Chris Oakley]

I've picked up a Time magazine from 2002 with a picture of a gray-haired John Lennon on the front cover and the headline "The Beatles Reunion:Can They Recapture The Magic One More Time?"

[Chuck Mandus]

OK, I'm between job assignments so I'm kind of bored so I decided to fix up and get a 1963 RCA Color TV working again. I look in my aunt's attic and see that she has a funny looking antenna, well, I take it and hook it up to the RCA. I like to see how far away I can watch TV signals so I figure I might be able to catch the rare foreign broadcast so I obtain a standards convertor.

http://www.nauticom.net/www/cdmandus/images/rcatvsm.jpg

As I tune around, I begin to hear weird signals, some in German, French, and English of course but no pictures. I keep tuning and found my first clear signal. It is in color, the world appears to me as OTL, the cars look the same, But I hear reference to a President Jack Kemp. The news broadcast is dated today. Well, it just ended and now the station is playing a movie called the "Z-Factor." The "Z-Factor" seems to be about some sort of superhero traning school/academy that is run by a lady who was known as the "Iron Lady" during World War II who worked for British Intelligence. She had an experimental suit of powered armor which was able to enhance her strength and agility. The character is played by non other than Margaret Thatcher! She has retired and decided to run the school. Her assistant is a man called "The Terminator" (played by a man named Arnold Schwartzenegger) who as a child during the closing days of World War II, was given experimental serums and steroids to build up strength. His parents were killed during a bombing raid and he ended up in a Nazi camp to train him. Him being so young, "The Iron Lady" found him and decided to take him back to the UK to raise him and be her first student. He later got his own suit of armor and through the years, it was updated to the latest equipment available. The school is set in Upstate New York, "The Iron Lady" was persuaded to move to the United States, by "Captain USA" (played by the late Ronald Reagan) because the UK was so bankrupt from the war that it couldn't keep the program going.

Dang, there goes my signal. :(

[Chris Oakley]

I just got hold of a Vermont newspaper from October 1st,1970.There's a story at the top of page three about a fatal traffic accident west of Rutland;the victim has been identified as one Dr. Howard Dean and says he was apparently killed in a head-on collision with another vehicle around 11:45 PM the previous night.

[Archangel Michael]

I got some money. The first is a dime with Woodrow Wilson on the face and an eagle on the reverse. The second is a dollar bill with a portrait of William McKinley on it with the OTL dollar reverse on this dollar's reverse. The third peice of money is a silver coin with the portrait of James Garfield on the ace, and a wreathed Roman numeral three (III) on the reverse, and the word "Trime" below. Interesting.

Tried again. This time I got a newspaper and a digital camera. The date for the paper is June 6th, 2004, and the headline reads:

"American battleship New Jersey is attacked by British jet bombers"

The digital camera has pictures of the attack on the New Jersey, along with pictures of jet fighter with a United States Air Force insignia on its fuselage and wings attacking a building with the Union Jack flying over it.

[Chris Oakley]

I've picked up what looks like a homemade VHS tape;the label on the side reads "MSNBC Coverage/Enron Riots".

[TheLoneAmigo]

Newspaper headline, The Times: "America Gone? What Happened To Yellowstone"
subtitle: "200 million casaulties so far... 1 billion casaulties expected"

[edvader]

Let's see now: A Gold Coin-50$. Has on one side the face of John Wilkes Booth and Mary Lincoln Booth. On the Obverse the words"Sic Semper Tyrannis" and the date 1862. A book published 1985-History of the Third Roosevelt Administration , a Comic book- THE NEW NEW Adventures of SUPERGIRL and Mara JADE SKYWALKER. A signed autographed photo of Bugs Bunny saying That's All Folks. :cool: :p

[Marius]

I got a newspaper headline saying "End of racial discrimination in South Africa: Dictator Mandela overthrown by military, and full civil rights to be restored to all population groups immediately"

[Chris Oakley]

Check this out:a T-shirt with the inscription "Buffalo Sabres 2003 Stanley Cup Champions".

[DocOrlando]

A poster advertising the following rock festival:

Three Days of Art Music and Love
Aug. 20, 21 & 22, 1968 - Maltese Square
PRAGUE SPRING FESTIVAL
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Plastic People of the Universe
Little Vladi Putin
Allen Ginsberg
The Kennedys
Chuck Berry
Jefferson Airplane
Richie Havens

[edvader]

HMm.A picture of an odd telephone and Michigan J. Frog-Chuck Jones' creation. It appears to be an ad for a new phone that can used between frogs and alligators and crocs. It apparently according to the writing says it can make the sound of a frog when calling a croc. It'sd a CROAK-A DIALER! A book- Autobiography of a Jerk-BATMAN. :cool: :) :rolleyes:

[Chris Oakley]

Check this out:a Kurt Cobain hip-hop CD.

[Torqumada]

I got another rock! What frequencies are you using?

Torqumada

[Diamond]

I got a book of ghost stories; skimming through them they seem very gothic/victorian in flavor. There's titles like: "The Spectre in the Lake", "The Black Carriage", and "An Illinois Ghost Story".

The author: an A. Lincoln.

[sunsurf]

A few old coins made out of leather.

A coin carved from a large sapphire with a portrait of Queen Delilah.

A case with mint-condition coins of various denominations, all from the same mint. The obverse has a portrait of King Randolph and the year 1998. The reverse has a portrait of Queen Susannah and the year 1991.
One is round, one square, one 8-sided, one 5-sided.

Dollar bills which look like they were drawn by talented children with crayons.

[Torqumada]

I got a note this time! Lets see what it says.

"You are to immediatley cease all activities regarding the Cross time Scooper"

signed
Rassilon
Gallifrey

Guys, I think we are in trouble.

(IT was all them! They made me do it!)

Torqumada

[Doctor What]

I got a note this time! Lets see what it says.

"You are to immediatley cease all activities regarding the Cross time Scooper"

Guys, I think we are in trouble.

(IT was all them! They made me do it!)


I've already covered my butt by becoming a 'friendly witness'.

Total immunity for me with maximum punishment for you! :D

....suckers......

--------------------------

Cranking up the scooper--fiddling around with the frequency---flick the switch and...

Ah-hah!

Hmmmmmm.....

Looks like a videotape--something written on the lapel

"Time Life History Series: 1967-1969 Coming of the Death Plague"

Hey--there's a little book with it! Opening it up at random--

"....despite the devastating loss of life, the survivors had one break: even though the Death Plague virus still exists in our atmosphere and continues to be persistent on virtually every object on earth, all those who survived are completely immune to it for the rest of their lives."

....persistent on virtually every object on earth....?!

Oh dear....I think I screwed up here.....

[Landshark]

Oh dear....I think I screwed up here.....

You forgot to put the word "again" at the end of that sentence.

[TheLoneAmigo]

I picked up a laptop, silvery and fairly thin. On the back is the writing "UNIPEF" and the United Nations symbol. It doesn't seem to have any batteries left, and none of the plugs on the back are compatible with my cords. All I can see is "Made in Scotland" and "C-Series Prototype" written in various places.

[Chris Oakley]

Uh,guys,I wouldn't plan any vacation trips to Argentina in the near future if I were you--check out this newspaper clipping I just pulled from the scooper:

....For the fourth straight day,seismic tremors rocked Buenos Aires,a city already in ruins from the worst earthquake in South America's history...

[edvader]

AHha- I see a book- How to be paint arthouse-by A.Hitler. A newspaper clipping dealing the the WAR OF THE WORLDS Radio broacast. Says thaat the star of the show -H.G.Wells apologized for any incovenience. The author ORSON WELLES comented from his estate in Englad-Preposterous. Another book-partially burned- HOW to Build a monster-by V. Frankenstein. A movie poster-" I WAS A TEENAGE S--ole starring someone named Greg (PECK) or is it Wolve?

[Mr. G]

Giving the time scoop another whirl.
This time I got an election poster for "The clown party of Canada"
"If your going to send clowns to Ottawa go with professionals" is their slogan.

[Doctor What]

Just came back from the doctor's office--man, she must be getting really annoyed with seeing me all the time and I don't think she bought my story about 'picking up a weird bug on my recent vacation'. She's still scratching her head over my insistence on being treated with every known anti-viral & antibiotic medications and getting every vaccine available.

Okay-dokey. Firing up the scooper one more time--flicking a few switches here--fiddle with a few knobs--pressing the red button this time....

Oh dear.....

It's caught hold of something really big.
Really, really big....

Should the scooper be spewing out that much smoke and shaking so much?

Er, I think I'll just be jumping behind the couc---

Oh! It's stopped. Strange. Nothing in the scooper. Oh wait! --hmmmm--seems like the emergency mass displacement safety feature kicked in and my scooper sent the ... whatever ... somewhere else.

Hey--why did it get dark all of a sudden?

Looking out the window.

Oh.
Right.
I see.

Think anyone's going to notice a 60 foot high black hairy ten legged spider thingey with venom dripping 5 foot long fangs on my front lawn? It's not moving, so I think it's sleepi----

[Chris Oakley]

Hey guys,anybody in the market for a "Tennessee Titans Super Bowl XXXI Champions" sweatshirt?

[Doctor What]

Okay--one last time--and this time I mean it!

Alright--I made a few modifications to the scooper--it won't grab anything heavier than 20 kilos--and I've installed an emergency abort feature on it in case I need to do a last minute shutdown.

Deep breath....

Flick up this switch here, move that knob to the left, press the green button and---presto!--

Newspaper--"The New Amsterdam Herald" dated June 22, 2004

Huge headline that takes up nearly a third of the page

Prime Minister declares 'War' on Crosstime Scoopers!

In slightly smaller print is a quote

"We will battle them across the entire multiverse!"

Ooops....

[Diamond]

I got one of those shake-em-up glass paperweights with the snow inside. There's a man who looks suspiciously like Napoleon on a rearing horse. A tiny scroll-like plaque below the horse reads "Father of the Burgundian-Savoyard Empire". On the bottom of the paperweight is a sticker that says "Made in Scottish Republic".

[Snake Featherston]

Found three newspapers. Lets have a gander at the headlines, shall we?

President Peter Parker assasinated!

The story mentions how an underfunded scientist Otto Octavius used mechanical arms to tear President Pete to pieces. Then, Otto said, The reign of His Imperial Majesty, Otto I is begun.

No. II

Godzilla destroys Tokyo, entire city annihliated

The story mentions how Japan ignored the reports of a mutant dinosaur on Odo Island, until it came ashore and obliterated Tokyo.

No III President Featherston declares Black Appreciation Month

The story mentions how CS president Jacob Featherston, largely elected by black voters has declared a new era of tolerance in the Confederate States. Riots occured in Birmingham, led by Freedom Party leader Jefferson Pinkard.

[Chris Oakley]

My latest turn at the scooper yielded these items:
A hardcover autobiography of Joseph Goebbels titled Killer of Fascists:My Life In The Service of the Communist Party;
A German Communist Party Nuremburg rally poster from 1947;
two pages of what looks like a campaign map for an invasion of Italy through Austria,dated 1951.

[Otis Tarda]

Pack of Lipton teabags - but bag is made of silk!

[Chris Oakley]

I got a "Colorado Rockies 2002 World Series Champions" cap.

[Diamond]

This looks interesting.... A movie poster for a film called 'The Last Frontier'. Released in May of 1976, it looks like a western in the vein of 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'. Yep, sure enough, it stars Clint Eastwood.

And... Ronald Reagan?

:)

[God_of_Belac]

Oh, I hate when this happens. It's half a book, the half closest to the spine. The title is "Guns--Nor--," or something to that effect. It's by Roger Turt--.

Let's see what the back cover says.


"It is 1864. The Confederacy has--
stranger appears in the Oval Offic--
to President Lincoln. He claims to--
offers Lincoln a weapon that may --
AK-47.

................................"Brilliantly --
.................................-Mobile H--

..............."Roger Turtledove does--
................................-New York--

I suppose in that universe someone had to write a book like this.

[TheLoneAmigo]

I picked up... a DVD cover, sadly lacking the DVD. It's the Marx Bros. "Roman California", apparently "The seminal parody of the alternate history genre" and a "masterful work of slapstick". Would have liked to have seen that.

[Chris Oakley]

Hmm,what have we here?
A VCR tape,it looks like.Let's see what the label says...

Final Out:The Untimely Death of Leo Durocher

[God_of_Belac]

It's a loincloth. Nicely made, too. What's it say on the hem? Ralph Lauren. Hmm. At least it's clean.

[Straha]

I get a postcard that shows some coastal mexican town and the psotcard says "Greetigns from the paradise state of vEracruz"

[Chris Oakley]

Uh oh,another high-priced stamp.This one'll set you back $25...and to make matters worse,it's got a picture of Joseph Stalin.

[God_of_Belac]

It's a cross-time scooper. It has to be, looks just like mine but smaller. The writing on it's in cyrillic. Wait, there's something in it.

It's a map of our world, circa 1997. With cyrillic writings on it. Let me fire up Babelfish..."It is capitalist lies. This would never happen."

[Torqumada]

*looks around*

Will you guys please stop playing with that thing!? We're going to get into big trouble!

Torqumada

[TheLoneAmigo]

Hey... will you look at this... oh it's so cute... its a little furry ball with eyes... oooh you're a cutie aren't you.... oh yes you are! oh how cute... well I'm going to say bye to you guys now... wait... its... splitting...

[God_of_Belac]

Bah, Torquemada, just 'cause you got all those rocks...these things are perfectly safe. Here, watch this.

It's a human arm--wait, where'd my arm go? At least it's still attached. If I hit the 'off' switch, do you think it'll fall off or be returned intact? And I didn't know that crosstime scoopers could hit their own dimension. OK, maybe we should stop.

[Diamond]

I got a CD of a Police album I don't recognize; its called 'Night Travel', from 1984.
The band members are credited as Sting, Mark Knopfler, and Sid Vicious.

[TheLoneAmigo]

help furry balls covering me cant type well cant breath help help help

[marl_d]

hey guys, i'm new to the game...just got my scooper up and going...ok...lets see, we got 5 buttons here...red, yellow, green, blue, brown...lets try green.

starts making some noise.......

bright blinding flash...um need some darkglasses next time....
lets see what we got...looks like a normal History book....
History of the US: 1776-1876 the first Hundred Years
starts fliping thru it...doesn't look that diffrent...wait getting to 1860's and....no Civil War...breif mention of a Secession talk
um...looks like Slavery was abolished in 1808 um...guess it got to expensive to raise cotton...um...theres a map of the US....looks like the US is expaned to Cuba and the Canadas...but not into California or the southwest....though Texas is divied into 3 states....um...i'll have to read some more on this....

[Doctor What]

Firing up the scooper--pressing the blue button this time--ducking behind the steel reinforced barrier--and----

Voila!

Oh.

A sheet of paper.

Hmmmmm....seems to be one of those 'Who in the entertainment world we lost this year' type of magazine columns.

Let's see....

-James Marshal Hendrix, 'King' of Polka Music, age 62.

His mother died when James was 15 about the same time as he began to take a serious interest in music. When he was 12 he got his first accordian- the instrument which shaped the next 50 years of his life.

He is survived by a wife, 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

-Marlon Brando, comedian and movie star, age 80.

Considered by many to be the "Greatest comedian of all time", Marlon Brando is known for bringing improvisation, on stage and screen, into main stream. His breakout role was on stage for "Arsenic and Old Lace". Since then, he's often been imitated but never duplicated. He lived a very open life and rarely passed up the chance to make public appearances.

-Ray Charles, 'The Genius of Rock' and guitarist/vocalist/ song writer for the Grateful Dead, age 74

Jeez--that has to be one really odd ATL there.....

[Michael]

OK then i'll plug my pc in see if i can get an alternate internet or something... I'll try the brown button... Just boot my pc and... Let's try something familiar www.alternatehistory.net/discussion... Let's see what people are talking about... "What if the confederates lost" looks interesting, has a fair few posts, i'll click.
Hmm the guy seems to be getting slammed over a stupid pod (gettysburg) and his anti-confederate-ism by saying that the world would be better.

[Doug Anderson]

Ah, all rested and ready to try out my new scooper...
Hey, it's a comic book collection! Cool. :)
Let's see...Our Fighting Forces. A DC book, with writing by Stan Lee and artwork by Gene Colan. It's about the wars fought with the Communists in India, the Philippines and Indonesia. Nice...looks like it's mint 1950s issue.
NukeForce - a superhero book by Marvel, with writing and art by Jack Kirby. A group of soldiers and civilians get caught in the fallout from the nuke that took out Los Angeles in 1971 and get superpowers from a top secret medical experiment. Again, this is Kirby, but I'm starting to get worried here. This is a little faded by sunlight but still in good condition.
Cerebus #101, the Lost Issue. Hmmm, seems Sim got arrested by the authorities after #100. This is based on the script he left behind and there's artwork by Valentino, Liefield and Crumb. Good Lord, seems these guys have suddenly disappeared too. Produced in 1991.

[Chris Oakley]

Here's something interesting:a movie poster in French dated ca. 1965...and judging by the photo arrangement it looks like the film being advertised is a documentary.Let me see if I can translate the title...

"The Last Full Measure:A Day-by-Day Account Of Our Victory At Dien Bien Phu"

[Chris Oakley]

*moving this up*

[Imajin]

Odd, a map.. this is either a really implausible timeline, or just another timeline with Alternate History...

http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/imajin/mapah.txt

[G.Bone]

hmmmm....I get an autobiography titled A Woman's Perspective, by Elizabeth Dole. 'Seems that in that TL, she actually got past the primaries and became the First Lady President of the US

[wkwillis]

I found the timeline I came from. Bye everybody.

[Chris Oakley]

Later. :)

[Diamond]

I found the timeline I came from. Bye everybody.

Will you take Straha with you? :D

[Straha]

Will you take Straha with you? :D
ummm how about no? I like it here in this TL.

[Diamond]

Damn! It was worth a try... ;) :)

[wkwillis]

Oops, it was not my original timeline at all! And considering how much trouble I caused on the way back here, I'd better not go back to that one before they have time to cool down a bit.
Pity. You really can't get a decent dried spiced lizard anywhere on this timeline. I've tried lizard roadkill but it just isn't the same thing.

[Chris Oakley]

Lizard roadkill? :eek: BLEECCCHH!

Seriously,my latest turn at the scooper has yielded a very interesting campaign poster from the 1966 midterm Congressional elections....

"Vote Abbie Hoffman for US Senate"

[Straha]

a map came along with some yummy tamarind candies. Pity you can't get tamarind candy easilly here in the states in this timeline. That mix of tamarind,salt and chila=good stuff.

[TheLoneAmigo]

What do the icons mean?

[Chris Oakley]

Search me.

[Evil_evol]

I have an icon from a TL where Jesus was a black female, namned Jesuita.

[Jer8m8]

Sorry, but what is a "scooper"?

[Archangel Michael]

Sorry, but what is a "scooper"?

If you press the little red button, you'll get an object from an alternate timeline. If you press the big blue button, you can go to an alternate timeline. At least that's how mine works.

[Straha]

I get a travel map of some sort

[Jer8m8]

If you press the little red button, you'll get an object from an alternate timeline. If you press the big blue button, you can go to an alternate timeline. At least that's how mine works.

Think I understand...

[Alayta]

Used the red button. Got to get rid of these ASB-Excrements now.

[fortyseven]

When he was 12 he got his first accordian- the instrument which shaped the next 50 years of his life.

Coke ad right?

[fortyseven]

Check this out...a postage stamp that costs $10.

hyperinflation, Axis/Soviet Cold War

[Diamond]

I got this week's issue of TV Guide. The cover story is about the host of the Tonight Show finally retiring, 15 years after he took over for Johnny Carson, who apparently died of a heart attack. A quote from the retiring celebrity reads: "I never replaced Johnny; I just house-sat for him for a while." Sidekick Erik Estrada comments: "Now maybe Charlie can get back to what he did so well before the Tonight Show - acting. Who can ever forget his performance in Coppola's 'The Godfather'?"

The host is a tall, dapper-looking gentleman in a gray Armani suit, with a small Gary Cooper-esque mustache.

His name is Charles Manson.

[Chris Oakley]

Whoa,another stamp--and this one's dirt cheap!Only costs 5 cents...

...but alas,it's got a picture of Fidel Castro on it.

[swamphen]

Hi folks. Been reading the board for a few weeks and decided to join in the fun.

Just finished installing an ACME Mk.II Scooper-Dooper. Push the red button and...

*CLANG, BOOM, CLUNK*

A sheet of paper pops out. Hmm. Looks like a treaty of some sort Unfortunatly I only have one page...

Good grief, what happened here?

The following ships are to be surrendered to the Central Powers:
DN Royal Oak
DN Resolution
DN Revenge
DN Valiant
DN Marlborough
DN Agincourt
DN Neptune
BC Anson (when complete)
BC Howe (when complete)
CV Eagle
MN Terror
MN Gorgon
AC Achilles
DD Talisman
DD Termagant
DD Trident

The following ships are to be turned over to the Kingdom of Scotland:
DN Ramilles
DN Barham
DN Benbow
DN Colossus
BC Hood (when complete)
BC Renown
CV Argus
BB Agamemnon
BB Commonwealth
(continues on next page)

[swamphen]

Fired up the scooper again today, and got a painting. It shows two battleships, firing full broadsides, and has this caption:

"USS South Dakota and SMS Bismarck in the midst of their triumphant engagement against HMS Hood and MN Richelieu".

Wonder what the POD there was?

[NHBL]

I fired up the scooper a couple of weeks ago, and got a 1908 Sears catalog, along with some envelopes and a stack of currency from the years 1889 to 1907. On a whim, I wrote out an order (The prices couldn't be beat!) and used the new "reverse" setting on my scooper.
About a week later, I recieved a phone call from the local freight station, telling me that they'd recieved a shipment with no company, but my name on it, could I please come and get it. Shipping was pre-paid.
I now have a couple of fine guns, some beautiful wooden furniture, several pairs of nicely crafted, but viciously small (5 to 8 oz) boxing gloves, kitchen utensils, rugs, a nice carriage with all the tack I need, a gold watch--and all for under 200 dollars. Perhaps I should order a house with one of the otehr envelopes; I'm sure I can find some of the right cash relatively cheap, condition isn't important.
I also sent back an order for 70 dollars worth of Sears stock--now I've got to find the safe deposit box info my great grandfather left me.

[Chris Oakley]

I've got a black-and-white photo of downtown Baghdad circa 1967...and what I'm seeing is not pretty.There's corpses in every street and the wreckage of a 747 strewn strewn across the main square.

At the bottom of the photo is a handwritten caption which reads "Aftermath of latest Steller virus outbreak".

[TheLoneAmigo]

Picked up a can of "Spewed Ham". I'm not even going to open it. Hey look, it's apparently approved by PFL George Herbert-Forbes.

[fortyseven]

Hey I got a laptop, hmm, "Quantum Computing Inc.
Anno Domini 1654"

Hey it's got solitaire, I start a game and...FLASH, umm it disappeared, wierd!!!

[Chris Oakley]

Holy crud!A New York Post front page from 1952--and the headline's a bit unnerving:
"GIANT ANTS NOW CONTROL MOST OF QUEENS"

[Landshark]

Shouldn't that be Queens control most giant ants?

[Chris Oakley]

:D Good one.

[Landshark]

I've added a remote control to my scooper meaning I can now operate it from behind the safety of my .50 Browning HMG.

Right lets see what we get then.




Oh it looks like the cover of a book. Still at least it's not trying to eat me. Lets see if it's still readable.

Well the title and author are still legible.

"The Casebook of Prof. James Moriarty by Colonel Sebastian Moran"

[Cockroach]

Ok, hit a couple of button, flip a switch or too and lets see what pops out...
One damn photo... lets have a look at it...
It appears to be a photo of Sydney harbor with several warships in port.
Wait a minuit one of those warships looks like SMS Blucher and appears to have a RN ensign flying over a Kriegsmarine flag so I gues that ship must be a prize. Whats this? a caption on the back reads "Entry of SMS Blucher into Sydney after the surrender of Rabul"

[Imajin]

It's a book, showing a French Tricolor on the cover, which is on fire... It's titled "Operation Monte Carlo: How Monaco Conquered France"... Odd..

Trying again... Now I got a map. It's labeled "Europe in 1912"... German Empire, Austro-Bohemian-Hungarian Empire, French Republic, Kingdom of Iberia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.. seems close enough to OTL, except for this "San Marino" place that seems to cover Italy..

[G.Bone]

I get a clipping of a newspaper article on how English-speaking people are trying to move to revive efforts to keep it as the second language of the US.

[Saladin]

*BLUSHES*

I had a go, and I got a t-shirt

Well, that's okay, except that the front reads "you actually got hold of a cross-time scoop and all you could find was this bloody t-shirt?"


*GRINS*

with My luck, it'd probably happen, too!



All the best


Chris

[Adam Parsons]

Ahh...here we are! I seem to have got a thin cardboard box about the size of a day planner. On the front is a picture of what looks like a guy in a greatcoat and a gas mask standing under a bomb-cratered cliff. According to the scooper's translator, the text on the front is based on Pharsi-based, and the deviation from our Pharsi suggests a POD of about 1450 or earlier. The text itself reads "Night of Iron and Death". Inside, there's this sort of plastic wedge with two rows of gold pins in the side. Wait...maybe I can use the Universal Drive on my computer to read this thing!

(Time passes)

Okay, I've got it in the interface gel, and am running the OS translation software, and...here we go. Hmm, I'm seeing a slow pan over what looks like a battlefield in a desert of some sort. Hang on, there's narration. I'll type the translation as I get it:

"This honorable and just war began in the month of Sahrivar in the year 1293. It is now the month of Xordad of 1348 and, surprisingly, it is still being fought. All I have ever seen is a insane world, one that has spent the last fifty-five years consuming itself."

"Chinese and Travancori troops fight against the legions of a reincarnated Caliph Omar: Grand Sultan Muhammed ibn Akbar al-Qatari. This fanatic, who bloodily unified the Muslim kingdoms, has bent himself towards creating a worldwide Dar al-Islam, where every soul bows towards Mecca."

"Facing this lunatic, the empires could think of nothing better to do than mobilize their populations and leap into the fray. And soon enough, all the peoples of the world were fighting."

"As for me, I've been battling al-Qatari's hordes for thirty-one years now, along a front line that cuts all Asia in two. Now I want is one question answered: When can we finally stop?"

Hang on, a menu just popped up. Hey, this is a game! Well, I have nothing better to do, so let's give her a shot. See ya!

[Romulus Augustulus]

I have a flag, looking like a standard American flag, with the thirteen stripes, but it is very different. Rather than fifty stars in the blue field, there is a stylized white outline of all of North America north of the Rio Grande, excepting Greenland and the southern states. I also have a dollar, from the same universe as this flag. It is blue and green in color scheme, it has John Kerry's face on it, and it reads, "One Dollar. Legal Tender in all Territories of the United States of North America." And another dollar, "One Southern Dollar. Worthless as Always." And a history book. Apparantely, in this universe, John Kerry ran for president in 1996, for whatever reason, and won. He simply discarded the southern states, and then merged the US with Canada, forming the United States of North America. Or, to be precise, Canada split apart, and the various succesor states voted to join their southern neighbor, the United States.

[Romulus Augustulus]

I can't figure out how to post an image, so it's on the upload function. Quite interesting, actually. From what I can tell, the POD seems to be around June of 1993...some guy published a book.

[Imajin]

Let's try this again.. just a few coins..

The first one's made of a sliver metal, and is about the size of a quarter.
On one side, theres a picture of an indian holding a bow, and an arrow. Around it it says "Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertae Quietem - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts".
The other side has a stylized "2" infront of two crossed diagonal Roman Fasces. Around that, in a circle, it says "Two N.E. Dollars - The New England Confederation".

The second one is about the size of a penny, and is copper-colored.
The first side says "George VII, by the Grace of the Gods, of the United Kingdom, Nova Eboracum, et. al. King, and Emp. of Canada", and has a picture of this King George on it.. the back has "1 CENT - KINGDOM OF NOVA EBORACUM - EXCELSIOR", and an outline of what looks like New York, but is missing all of Long Island, except for the part that makes up NYC itself.

The third is a large coin, copper-colored and twice the size of the Nova Eboracum penny. It looks much newer. One side has "George VII, by the Grace of the Gods, of the United Kingdom and the other British Realms King, and Emperor of Canada", though this portrait of George makes him look older. the other side has "Empire of Canada - Empire du Canada", with "1 Pound" under that, wreathed by a circle of maple leaves.

Sounds like I've reached a bvalkanized NA TL, with coins from several of the countries. Though the polytheisticness of King George is interesting.. As is the Canadian Empire.

[NHBL]

I got a portion of a treaty. Very interesting one, too. It's dated March 17, 2004.

The Treaty of World Peace

Being a document to preserve succeeding Generations from the scourge of war.

The following nations, subsequently referred to as the Major Powers, shall act as guarantors of the peace.

(Major powers in order of size)
The Republic of Ireland and the Endless Night
The Russian Republic
The United States of America
The German Empire
The Empire of Japan and Eastern China
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary

Summary:

Obligations of the Major Powers:
The Great Powers shall submit to all the other signatory nations a declaration of their claimed borders. Each signatory nation shall be entitled to dispute the proclaimed borders of any other signatory. This treaty shall not take effect until all the signatory powers have agreed upon the borders of their nations, colonies, and other possessions, or formally declined to participate in this pact. In the event that a Great Power is unable to come to agreement over disputed territory within 5 years of signing, this treaty shall become void. At such time as all signatories agree to the boundaries, they shall not be disputed subsequently.
Upon this treaty taking effect, all of the signatory nations do accept the then agreed upon borders, and furthermore agree never to increase their borders by force of arms.


Obligations of Other Nations:
Nations signing onto this pact before its ratification shall submit to all signatory nations a declaration of their claimed borders in the same manner as the great powers. Each initial signatory
Upon joining the pact after it takes effect, each nation shall agree to the following:
It accepts the international boundaries as defined by the pact.
It forever renounces any territorial expansion by force.

The Great Powers furthermore agree to take all practical steps to preserve the peace.

Extra-terrestrial territory agreement

Lunar claims:
All existing Lunar habitats remain the territory of the owning nation, but shall be permanently demilitarized. All unoccupied Lunar territory is hereby acknowledged to be a part of the Republic of Ireland and the Endless Night.

Interplanetary bodies
The Republic of Ireland and the Endless Night’s claim to the planet Mars is confirmed. Any further claims by any nation on other planets shall be limited to the territory within 100 miles of a permanent habitation.

Article One…
(This is all I got.)

[fortyseven]

Really nice treaty, NHBL

[Mr. G]

People are comming up with intresting items. Let's give this a whirl.

Got a page of a newspaper. The top headline reads "The greatest confederate?" The article itself goes on to talk about this show called "The greatest confederate" in whicj people vote to decide who is the greatest person the confederate States of America ever produced. Apprentley some of the choices are hotely debated. For the record, most of the names mentioned in the article are of people I've never heard off.

[Alayta]

any blacks among them?

[Mr. G]

any blacks among them?

Good question. (Quicky rechecks article)
It says here that out of the top 50, only two people are black. And their are five more blacks in the 51-100 rankings. The highest ranked black is a guy named William Brown. He's ranked number 20 and the article says he was some sort of war hero.

[NHBL]

I fired up the scooper again, locked on the same coordinates as the treaty. I think the paper is from the same timeline.
March 18, 2004
Yesterday, on Saint Patrick's Day, the Japanese Empire formally submitted ratification papers to Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Kelly of Ireland. With this action, the Treaty of World Peace takes full effect.
Some protests turned violent in Tokyo, and several persons disemboweled themselves in front of the Imperial Palace, the Irish Embasy, and the German Embasy, protesting the acceptance of German retention of various Japanese holdings taken in the Great Pacific War of the 1920's, and the lack of Japanese holdings beyond Earth.
A leading Shinto priest killed himself in front of the gangway to the SMS Admiral Scheer, the battleship that the Japanese surrender was signed aboard back in 1929. The ship is preserved at Wilhelmshaven.
A spokesman for the Japanese government stated, "Dispite the lingering resentment of a disgruntled minority, Japan has no desire to see war return to plague future generations."
When Taoiseach Kelly was asked to comment on these actions, she stated, "I do not want to allow the actions of a few radicals to cloud the joy of this day."
In Dublin, a squadron of aerospace fighters performed a flyover, and the always tumultuous Saint Patrick Day celebrations were even more so.

[G.Bone]

I get a scrap of paper documenting on the sale of Baja California to the California Republic with the exception of Lower California. However, there is a mention of them getting a bit of Arizona in exchange for the sale. Strange- the words are in some mix of French and Spanish and it took me hella long just to decipher it...

[Chris Oakley]

My latest session at the scoop has yielded what looks like a CD-ROM game.Let's see what it says on the front of the box...

"First Shot:A Romanian War Air Combat Simulation"

[Straha]

explain this map...

[TheLoneAmigo]

A promotional brochure for a movie.

On the cover is a photo of a man, holding a gun by his side. He's dressed in 1950s clothing.
The title is: "Dead Man Walking"

On the inside:

"A 3-year reanimate and former cop, Mike Hesson (Claude Tullhosen), tries to return to his old life, but finds his wife dead, his house bulldozed, and his children missing for the past two years. Mad for vengeance, he seeks out the criminals who killed his wife and captured. His quest for vengeance leads him to fall in love with Angelina Munoz (Jennifer Hayz), the rich and beautiful but deadly daughter of a Neuspanisch plantation owner. The quest then leads him to Nihan, where he fights gun-toting Hakoza ninja druglords.

Acclaimed by critics, Dead Man Walking is packed with special effects and gravel-eating action scenes, but also conveys a sensitivity to the situation of the average reanimate, confused and trying to return their old lives. The co-writer, Mikhail Rothenschild, is a reanimate himself, and director Adolf Cillano brings a definite skill to the art of the clicks.

"A masterful coup from the director of Green War Hot" -Hans Delano, The Ver Engels Announcer

"A gravel-eating success." -Loyd van Tromp, The New Amsterdam Times

"Perfect action... beautiful romance" -Charlie Holt, The Avalon Inquirer"

This page is also accompanied by three photos: the face of a woman who looks strikingly like Jennifer Aniston, an action scene with the guy on the cover fighting a gun-toting ninja, and what seems to be a "Telesonic" mobile phone.

On the back cover it says Starring Whatever and Camera Direction by Whoever... hang on, this is interesting: the other co-writer is none other than Governator Arnie. Seems to explain a lot.

[carlton_bach]

I'll give it a try.

ANOTHER book? I always get books. Well....

"Faith and Perspective" by Studienrat Dr Anton Jernow and Oberstudienrätin Katharina Wolff - a handbook for religious instructions in higher schools, grades 7 and 8, issued the Department of Education, State of Pommern, Germany. Looks new. Pretty picture of happy kids on the cover.

Chapter 1 is all about how faith can lend perspective to human life by the contemplation of eternity and the realisation of our duty to the Gods. And - I think I recall that picture from archeology class. It's Svantevit, unless I'm much mistaken. But I don't recall the statue being that big. Herer it says

"...A good example of seasonal worship is found in the rites of Arcona, an annual pilgrimage made by tens of thousands of people. Its holiday is marked by the autumn sacrifice, traditionally the winner of the Pomeranian Youth Games 18-21yo track and field division ... "

[Imajin]

I got.. the Constitution! Well, somewhat..

We the People of these united States, in Order to form a perfect Union, recreate Justice, insure permanent Tranquility throughout the land, provide for defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Peace, Hope, and the pursuit of ones own happiness to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for this Empire of America.

Empire? This might be more interesting. However, Article 1 is pretty much the same, except that the Senate is the Imperial Senate, and the President is presider of the Senate. But Article 2...

Section. 1.

Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in an Emperor of the Empire of America. He shall hold his Office for his life the Term of four Years, and during his term Congress shall choose one of their own to act as President.

Clause 2: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, and head of a noble family, shall be eligible to the Office of Emperor; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and none who reside primarily in Europe shall be eligible.

Clause 3: In Case of the Removal of the Emperor or President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, (See Note 9) the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Imperial Senate alone may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the Emperor and President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

Clause 4: The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Clause 5: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Imperial Duties, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Imperial Constitution."

Section 2

Clause 1: The Emperor shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the Empire, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the Empire; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the Empire, except in Cases of Impeachment.

Clause 2: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Imperial Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Imperial Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and all other Officers of the Empire, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the Emperor alone, in the Courts of Law, the Electoral College, or in the Heads of Departments.

Clause 3: The Emperor shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Imperial Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Empire, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the Empire.

Section 4

The Emperor, President and all civil Officers of the Empire, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Article III

Section 1

The power of electing shall belong to an Electoral College of the United States, which at the time of this Constitution's ratification shall consist of the heads of the following families, and they and the Emperor are to be the only Noble families of this Empire: WASHINGTON, acting as Archduke of Virginia, and Count of Georgia, ADAMS, acting as Grand Duke of Massachusetts, and Count Palatine of Rhode-Island-and-Providence-Plantations, HAMILTON, acting as Prince of New-York, BURR, acting as Duke of New-Jersey, and Margrave of the Carolinas, and finally the family JEFFERSON, who shall be Marquis of Maryland, and shall chair the Electoral College. This college shall also act as Supreme Court..

The rest of the Constitution seems to go along pretty much with OTL's, though it mentions that Congress may alter what family holds the titles, but may not "Do so in such a way to construe the Imperial Election", with Article III turning into something similair to OTL.

[TheLoneAmigo]

A mug.

It has a photo of a red, fast-looking sports car on it. The car has a hammer and sickle on its air intake.

Then it has writing in Cyrillic under that, which I can't decipher.

[Saladin]

Okay, having another go, hoping I get somewhat better than a t-shirt this time

TIME PASSES, TEMPUS FUGIT ETC

Okay, I got a letter


Chequers
May 6 1814


My dear Wellington,

I thank you for your prompt response to my enquiry of 2nd inst.

I must say that I am most gratified indeed that you have accepted the responsibility of the North American Command.

As per your requests within your response to me, I am more than happy to vest full command to you, including command over the disposition of vessels of the Royal Navy. To this end, the Admiralty have been instructed to consider you a full Admiral of the Red for this purpose.

With the final suppression and execution of Napoleon, the cabinet and I consider the reclamation of the rebellious colonies of North America to be of the utmost importance.

Please repair to London at your earliest convenience so that full discussions between Horse Guards, the Sea Lords and the government may resolve our strategies and final objectives


I remain, your humble and most obedient servant


William Pitt




all the best


Chris

[NHBL]

I got a Boston Globe from 1916

AP:
London Rising fails...
The rising in London that has gone on for three weeks has been put down today by the Irish Republic. The rising, which started on Easter Monday, was apparently an attempt by a disgruntled minority to restore monarchical rule to England.
The rebels fought fiercely, but the Republican Army was able to bring artillery and machine guns against the under-equipped rebels. The final bombardment and storming of the rebel headquarters left the famous Lower of London in ruins.
Rumors of secret trials of Churchil and the otehr ringleaders have been denied.
Republic spokesmen do speak of a German ship captured with 20,000 rifles aboard, evidence that the rebels were aided by Germany. If convicted of treason and conspiring with the enemy, Churchil, the so called King Edward, and the others could face execution.

[GBW]

I haven't really trusted my scooper ever since the last couple mishaps, but I decided to dust it off and hook it up to my computer to see what I can get that way. Seems safe enough.

Looks like the American Capitol Building. Hmm... on closer inspection, it looks like there are a couple things wrong here...

http://www.applepics.com/50/userfiles/41b4be290272f.jpg

[NHBL]

I set the scooper carefully for an interesting timeline I’d collected from before and got an envelope. The letter inside was dated, August 15, 1981, and was written in both German and English.
This is…interesting. It’s from Grosseadmiral Brenda von Spee, and addressed to whoever finds it.
It seems she wants to meet whoever snagged her locker. I’m going to try to send a letter back, but I’m going to be cautious about meeting the lady—the letter did urge me to bring my boxing gloves, as well as expressing in interest in discussing naval matters.
Still, I’m tempted, for a woman in her 50’s, she’s gorgeous (or even for a woman not in her 50's)
I’ll let you know what the response is, if I get one.

Here's the info for the timeline the letter came from

Hooking in some new safeties after the mishaps I’ve had—pulling through Tanks, my scoooper turning itself inside out, massive power drains, and a close call with 2 ounces of antimatter, I was a bit apprehensive as I powered it up. WHAM! Something appeared on the platform. It didn't explode, bite, or otherwise seem harmful…it was a footlocker. Inside it is a uniform that has the same general style of a Grosseadmiral’s full dress uniform from the Imperial German Navy. The decorations are also in the footlocker—an Iron Cross First Class tops the list. The dress sword is clearly fully functional—no mere piece of fancy glitter here. Looking closer, the uniform is tailored for a woman—a big one, almost 6 feet tall.
Digging further, there is a scrap book—The first few clippings are captioned, “Grosseadmiral Rundstadt taking command of the Far East Fleet at Tsingtao� (Time Magazine, May 12, 1981.) Another one is captioned, “ Kaiser Wilhelm V and Grosseadmiral Rundstadt at the launching of the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.� (Der Spiegel, July, 1979)
Flipping back through the book, she appears to have had a rather active career, mostly in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, with short stints ashore and one brief tour on a carrier.
She’s quite the athletic sort as well, and clearly proud of it—there’s a photo of her just after winning the academy boxing championship, and another of her standing over an unconscious opponent, captioned, “Germany defeats America in Alliance inter-service games.�
The earliest picture shows her reporting for training at the naval academy, and is dated 1955. Seems her career was amazingly rapid…
There’s also an assortment of other clothes—regular duty uniforms, civies, some very casual, some quite formal—hmmmm—she still keeps up with her practice, there’s gym clothes and a pair of boxing gloves as well.

Translating the German version of “Jane’s Fighting Ships� will take some time, and the diary even more.

Whatever happens, I hope she doesn’t come looking for me for swiping her stuff, she could probably beat the tar out of me without even working up a sweat.

I’m very curious about this timeline, I’m going to try and get another sample. I love battleships, and want to see how they managed to rule the seas still. On the other hand, the USN might not thank me for forcing them to start a new building program…

[Romulus Augustulus]

I get what appears to be a normal newsmagazine, except that everything is in Latin. Strangely enough, it translates to "USA Today." There is also an advertisement for "SPQR Today." I also get a clipping of an astronaut standing on the moon holding up a red flag with "SPQR" on it in gold letters. It's labelled 2400 AUC. Another photo shows another astronaut holding a US flag on the Moon. This one says 2399 AUC...

[TheLoneAmigo]

Some recruitment posters:

Number one:

Picture of a evil-looking European wearing a crown standing over Sydney Harbor Bridge and pointing a gun at a Koala. Two ships flying British and American flags float beside him, pointing guns out of the poster:

Caption "We'll crush those insufferable colonials."
below that, in block letters: "STOP THE POMS! JOIN THE PROSPERITY FORCES TODAY!"
smaller letters: "Call 0800 5678 or visit your local Prosperity recruitment office."

Number two:

Picture: A Japanese and an Australian decked out in full military uniform shaking hands. The Rising Sun and the Eureka Flag at the top.

Caption: "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS DOWN. JOIN THE PROSPERITY FORCES TODAY!"
smaller letters: "Call 0800 5678 or visit your local Prosperity recruitment office."

Number three:

Picture: Godzilla stands over the White House. He holds a flag in one hand and a guy who looks like Ronald Reagan in a suit in the other. The flag says "PEACE TODAY!"

Caption: "MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. JOIN THE PROSPERITY FORCES TODAY!"
smaller letters: "Call 0800 5678 or visit your local Prosperity recruitment office."

[Strategos' Risk]

An American history textbook. Due to certain legal actions in the 18th century, Daniel Boone and his friends manage to set up their own state. Not much else ensues, except Lincoln is remembered as the "gangly giant of Transylvania..."

[TheLoneAmigo]

I picked up a model of an aircraft carrier. It looks a lot like the current USS Enterprise, as far as I can tell, but it flys the Eureka Flag. Let me see:along the bow it has PNS Melbourne down one side and Japanese kana down the other. A little plaque says "Commemorating the Prosperity Sphere Victory at the Battle of Los Angeles. In memorial to the 6,000 men lost by the PSN. Melbourne Honor & Victory Museum."

Another go, I got a mobile phone: a Harrolds. It has a brilliant colour screen, and a little camera. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be able to pick up any signal. Hey, it says Made in Dutch Occupied Region. It's also got Japanese writing as well as English.

Wait a second- the backround of the screen is a spinning globe. Let me see: Australia and Indonesia, as well as southern India, Britian, the Low Countries and the west coast of South America are all in blue. Japan, eastern China, Siberia, Korea, Taiwan, and the Phillipines are all in yellow. In green are northern India, France, Spain, Africa, and Indochina, though borders are visible. North America is in deep blue, and the Soviet Union, Germany, and Eastern Europe are in red.

[fortyseven]

Like the promo brochure LoneAmigo.

[Count Dearborn]

I'm new at this, so everybody, behind the blast shields. Here it goes.
There's a whine, and it powers down, inside:

Four Movie Posters:

The first one is vintange, and its for GONE WITH THE WIND, starring Clark Gable as Rett Butler, and Lucille Ball as Scarlet O'Hara. Yep, is a picture of Rett's holding Scarlet in that classic embrace.

The second one is for BACK TO THE FUTURE, starring Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, and Eric Stolz and Marty. There's the two them standing in front of a 1970 GTO JUDGE, which looks much like the De Loren of OTL.

The third one is for STAR WARS: THE QUEST BEGINS. Wait a minute, the pose of Luke and Leia is the same, but they look different. Starring Bill Mumy as Luke Starkiller, Linda Blair as Princess Leia. Also starring Mako of Obiwan Kenboi, and Christopher Walken as Han Solo. Special apperance by Sir Laurence Olivier as Governor Tarkin. Christopher Lee as the voice of Darth Vader.

The fourth one is for STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE'S REVENGE. Same bunch, but also starring Nick Nolte as Lando Calrissian.

Boy, what a different world.

[TheLoneAmigo]

Picked up a couple of shiny, blank discs slightly too big for my CD player. They've got very funny lettering on them which looks something like this on disk one:

http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_cherokee.gif

[Count Dearborn]

Blast shields in place? Check
Automatied machine-guns on? Check
pust the button, and it wirrs to life.
the hum dies.

Inside:

The entire run of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, all seven seasons of it, on DVD. With Jeffery Hunter as Capt. Christopher Pike, and Martin Landau as Mr. Spock, and Majel Barret-Rodenberry as No. 1.

The entire run of MANIMAL, all four seasons of it, on DVD.

A live action version of SPACE GHOST, with Keanu Reeves as the title character, Justin Whelan as Jace, and Zoe MacClellan as Jana. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. On DVD.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, but Richard Grieco as Icabod Crane, and Jessica Biel as Katerina. On DVD.

THE ONE, but with Chow-Yun Fat as Gabriel Law & Gabe Law.

Someone is missing some goodies from their collection.

[TheLoneAmigo]

A melted plastic cup. Well, not everything is has a story, I suppose.

[Oddity]

(If someone is missing a scooper, it wasn't me who stole it)

Let me see... type in random space\time coordinates... fiddle a little with these settings... press that big red button... is white smoke and blue sparks suppose to come out?

>KA-KLUNK<

Ah! Hm, I got a piece of paper with something written in German. Luckily, I know enough of the language to translate:


From: German Imperial High Command
To: Kapitän der Sterne Katherina Eisenberg

You are hereby ordered to report to the space station Hafen Drei. There you will take command of the interplanetary heavy cruiser Bismark and join the cislunar picket force under the command of Flottenadmiral von Borcke.

We have every confidence in your ability.

21. July, 1961


*****


I want to see you try to explain that one. :)

[tom]

I got what looks like a 12th grader's term paper. It is a comparison of Starfox: The Animated Series, The Starfox Sage, Starfox Team and Starfox Adventures as to which is the "better" cartoon show. It looks like Starfox is the Sonic of that timeline!

[edvader]

Got a copy of SeTTLING ACCOUNTS:Tuttledove is the author.Yikes!The cover shows Americans-North by the flags on their shoulder attacking Richmond Virginia and Washington-district of Dixie! A superheroine's uniform-two piece with gold trim on the cape and sleeves and a BIG S.A book-How to win friends and influence people by A.Hitler and Ricardius Tertius.National geographic-Swimsuit Issue! Hubba!Hubba! :rolleyes: :p :D :)

[G.Bone]

I get a picture a crashed airplane with caption listing of it happening in Baja California. Strange that the words are in American English...

[edvader]

Hokey Smoke! Got a golden lasso and tiara.Also a note from someone named Diana to artemis.Seems Diana lost her stuff and is quite angry!You don't suppose this is a Wonder Woman!Straha-need help,you too Dominus Novus.What do I do? :D :rolleyes: :p :cool:

[NHBL]

Hokey Smoke! Got a golden lasso and tiara.Also a note from someone named Diana to artemis.Seems Diana lost her stuff and is quite angry!You don't suppose this is a Wonder Woman!Straha-need help,you too Dominus Novus.What do I do? :D :rolleyes: :p :cool:

Simple--try on the tiara, and see what the lassoo will do. After all, you might as well learn what they do before she catches you.
And note that many superheroes have been described as being able to slip cross time by one means or other...

[Alasdair]

A handful of books:

Four-volume history of the Byzantine Empire by Dr H Turtledove, who seems to be head of the History Department at William and Mary.

"The Drake Years," about the NSA under the direction of Col David Drake.

Some sort of law-school textbook by Steven M Stirling, LLD. PhD.

"The Collected Sonnets of Arthur Wellesley"

[G.Bone]

I got this green ring thing that seems to glow...

[Romulus Augustulus]

I get a newspaper. It reads:

United States Conquers World July 4th, 2004!

World Domination on 228th Birthday!

[TheLoneAmigo]

Picked up a book

"From Troubled Shores to the Middle Kingdom : A Short History of the Victorian Dynasty" by Rictar Bently

Apparently, in this TL, China was colonized by Britain like India during the 18th century. Then, a British Revolution in the 1840's sent the monarcy fleeing Britain, ending up in China, where they oversaw a new Golden Age for China.

[edvader]

Got Good news and bad:First the Woman picked up her stuff.What a Wonder!Good looking too.Bad News got the following on my scoop:first-a dime in plastic with the inscription"property of S.McDuck."Next:Several pieces of clothing and a ring inscribed"Who Knows What evil lurks in the hearts of Men.The Shadow Knows.L.Cranston.Have a black slouch hat with Cranston institched anbd a coat with cape.Also have a calling card which says"Lamont, dinner at eight.Margo."What do I do?Help! :o :p ;) :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek:

[Gamingboy]

I got a ticket to the 1994 world series between the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees..... game 7 no less.

[TheLoneAmigo]

I've got the charred remains of a photograph. Can't tell much, but the caption reads

"A Souvenir From New York Atomicland!"

[tom]

Been a couple days since my last scoop, but I've been busy preparing for the Xmas party at work and haven't been feeling well, so. I last got a small paper of the Plain Dealer for last Sunday. Strange, the paper should be huge, but no Xmas advertisements, just a long list of names under a heading "reported deaths" and stuff about "the Blue Death" and things like schedules of "body pickup trucks" and "slate wiper" and weird stuff like that. What is a "slate wiper"? The next day I did not feel well...headache and "funny stomach" and a bit of a runny nose, but I went to the Xmas Party anyway. Today I am having trouble breathing and noticed that my skin is turning blue. Called in sick to work...boss said she had a headache herself. What do you think I should do?

[fortyseven]

Ask the Asgard for help tom.

I got a ticket for Game 7 of the 1994 World Series between the New york yankees and Montreal Expos too. Hey gamingboy what seat number you got?

[carlton_bach]

Holy Sh...

I got a dog tag! Oval, with that perforation in the middle for breaking in half like the old British ones. Seems to be made of aluminium with a plastic rim, it's very light and nicely silver matte.

The inscription reads:

MARCVS AVRELIVS L F ALIOSSA
DUPLIC PYROBALLIST
LEG XIX AVG P F MART V
NUM EXPLOR 7 CHNODOMARI
SANG D II + IUD

Very nicely cut, and the chain is a beaut.

[Alasdair]

I got a ticket for game 7 of the '94 World Series, too (what's with all these 10-year-old baseball tickets?), but mine is for the Expos and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Anybody want it? I can't stand baseball.

[TheLoneAmigo]

Picked up a poster advertising "GURPS WW3", a roleplaying game. The picture is of a Soviet and an American facing off above an army of tanks and missiles.

Coming July 2004

[Gamingboy]

Ask the Asgard for help tom.

I got a ticket for Game 7 of the 1994 World Series between the New york yankees and Montreal Expos too. Hey gamingboy what seat number you got?

Uhhhh, Section E, seat 3, first base side.

[Gamingboy]

Okay, I got another thing, it's a book:


"The Battle of San Francisco: The turning point of the pacific war and it's aftermath"

The book is about how the Japanese invaded San Francisco after taking over all of the pacific, but how they were beat back by US troops along with a local militia. It goes on to say how America was able to retake Hawaii, Midway, the Aleutians, New Zealand and other areas of the Pacific before the war finally ended in 1949 when America nuked Kobe using a captured German "Amerika-Bomber". (It seems that the European war was over relatively early)

[Count Dearborn]

Blast shields in place? Check
Automated .50 cal. gatling style guns? Check (Added after the zombie rhino incident)
Automated flame throwers, with motion detectors? Check (Also added after the zombie rhino incident)
hit the button, and the machine whirs to life. the hum dies, and inside:

A paperback book, without a cover. Its called NEAR MISSES: STORIES OF NEAR DEATH. It a bunch on stories of how certain famous people almost died, and the events that lead to them surviving. It seems that many of the celebrites we know of lived longer on that world, then in this. Some examples; Jayne Mansfield and her band left later; Sharon Tate had taken a trip to Las Vegas, and was missed by the Manson Family; Ernie Kovacs fell asleep in his car before he left the parking, and didn't have his accident; the list goes on and on. James Dean entered politics in the 1970's; Patsy Cline is still on tour; Buddy Holly and Richie Valens where at Woodstock.

Must be an interesting place to live.

[Marius]

Got the sports section of the New York Times. Most prominent headline is :"Americans triumphant at Lord's: Faber's hundred and Patel's nine-wicket haul set up innings victory at the home of cricket."
Looks like a TL where cricket caught on in the states

[Romulus Augustulus]

Ahh...let's fire up the ol' Crosstime Travel Portal Generator. First, let's put it in the specially built blastproof concrete pad outside. Next, let's hook it up to the specially built fusion reactor and activate that...wait a bit until it's powered up...ahh...the green light is flashing. Now, let's fiddle with the switches a bit...and let's push the button.

There is the usual very bright point of light expanding into a ring, whoah, this thing is big, and...YAGH! The portal just spat out an aircraft carrier! But that's not all! The forces involved in getting something through a crosstime gate are enourmous--the machine can't handle it! Emergency shutoff! But the worst part hasn't arrived! Look at that thing go, over the tract housing and the suburban region...oh...there goes the neighborhood. Wow...look...a chihuahua head just landed near me...I'd better get the hell out.

[Gamingboy]

Well, I got a new scooper, this one has a SEARCH FUNCTION. So if I wanted a "Flag" I'd just type in flag. So I typed in "Flag United States, Late 2004, Early 2005"


Well, I got this from time/space line no. 59258917547925372149756777777:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/f/fic-us52.gif

[Romulus Augustulus]

I get an Alien Space Bat Plush.

[bekosh]

click! click! Boom!

I got a new car brochure for a 2005 Ford Pinto :eek:
Says it offers the latest technology for high performance and the enviroment.
Hmmmm! 180 mph with the new safer Microsoft tokamak Fusion electric drive.

http://members.shaw.ca/bcpoc/pinto.jpg

Seems that for 2005 they have fixed the containment problem that, after a rear end collision, resulted in the accidental destruction of Sheboygan Wisconsin. :D

[edvader]

Hope no one else has THIS.Got a flight path of a traveller from the North Pole!Hokey Smoke!It starts midnight 24 Dec and goes everywhere!Flight Crew is listed:Dasher, Dancer,Comet, Cupid,Donner and blitzen and Rudolph! among others.Got a book-How to be a Super hero by Dr Metropolis!Wow!This book is a real one.Try B&N! A tape of a fat guy in a red suit pointing his finger at a couple of reindeer and saying"You're Fired!" :) :D :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p

[Gamingboy]

I've been fiddling around with some of the options, so I tried "Random universe", and had it dispense out 3 flags:


This one looks italian:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/it-isr.gif



This one looks like the Korean flag used during Olympic ceremonies:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/k/kr@oly2k.gif


Does this mean Russia is jewish in the place this comes from?:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/r/ru_mdav.gif

[Imajin]

I got a pamphlet..
"Understanding the American Empire's Coat of Arms"
It shows a large image, with arrows pointing to descriptions. I'vep osted the descriptions.

THE BALD EAGLE supporter is a symbol of strength, and the wildlife of the Americas.
The first quarter shows a SAILING SHIP. This represents the ship building industry, and the settlers who came here on ships. This quarter was added after the dynastic crisis of 1902, when the Empire of New England was created and the former quartering, a tree, became useless.
The second quarter shows THREE LIONS. This represents the English heritage of the colonies.
The third quarter shows three BALES OF WHEAT. This represents the good harvest, as well as the farmers.
The fourth quarter shows THE RISING SUN. This represtns the rising of a new nation to join the family of nations.
The estucheon shows the arms of the HOUSE OF HANOVER, the Imperial Dynasty that rules over the Empire. From the split of the Empire and Great Britain to the dynastic Crisis of 1902, The Kingdom of Hanover in Germany was a possesion of the Emperors.

This coat of arms was designed in 1776, when the Agreement between Geroge III and the Continential Congress, now the Imperial Senate, created the Empire in personal union with the British Kings. The personal union would end, but the arms have only changed once: In 1902, when the tree was removed from the first quarter.

On the back is a small flag in the lower quarter, with the words "Produced under authority by Her Imperial Majesty, Julia Maria I, Empress of America and Queen of Quebec. I've posted a reproduction of the flag.

[Romulus Augustulus]

Hmm. Let's try an alternate library...

I get a book called Napoleon Fails and Gets Brutally Killed 1795-1815 by some Englishman who's name I can't read because a good deal of the book is badly burnt. Towards the end there is some sort of stamp in read, reading "NNED." The front portion of the mark is gone.

[Gamingboy]

I got a book by Harry Turtledove called "Great War II: In the Balance", it's about what might have happened had the race not invaded. It talks about how the United States ended up turning the war around by winning at Midway. I suppose there are sequels, and then a second trilogy set in the 60s.

[Chris Oakley]

Here's something interesting I just stumbled across.It looks like a campaign poster...

"For Real Change and Reform...

VOTE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FOR U.S. SENATE"

[edvader]

Let's see:A book called WHAT MEN KNOW ABOUT WOMEN by A.Wiseman.Funny, pages are blank! Another book:I Was a Teenage ALIEN S :D :rolleyes: :cool: PACE BAT-A.Troll. Ticket to LAST COMMAND. A star Wars Film by Spielberg!

[Diamond]

I got a framed newspaper article dated October 31, 1905.

The headline reads, FREEDOM! BRIT GOVERNORS OUSTED! GENERAL JOHN P. MORGAN NAMED CHAIRMAN OF AMERICAN DIRECTORATE!

The picture shows an impeccably-dressed J.P. Morgan on a podium, hands raised in victory. On either side of him are two soldiers holding close cousins to tommy-guns. Behind them is a gigantic flag - can't really tell for sure because the picture's in black-and-white, but the flag appears to be a solid black field with eight white stars in a circle in the middle.

[NHBL]

So far, SENDING things to a specific timeline has been extremely difficult, and also risky. I don’t want to loose Grosseadmiral Brenda von Spee’s things somewhere in the timestream—and certainly going there is out of the question as things stand.(Message 188 in this thread)
However, I have figured out (I hope) how to build a beacon that will suffice to guide a projected item to its intended location with greater certainty. I’ve sent a letter off through my scooper, addressed to the admiral, with instructions on how to build that beacon. (The lighter an object is, the more likely it is to reach its destination, it seems.)
Perhaps in a few weeks or months, it will come online, allowing more reliable communications between her and me.

Anyone interested in the results?

[Romulus Augustulus]

I get...a rifle. It is long, black, and shiny. It looks like a bullpup type weapon and it has a barrel that flares at the end. It has a handle for holding at the near tip of the barrel. Lessee here...aim...fire...OH MY GOD!!!

This thing just shot out a laser beam and crisped the target and most of the wall behind it! Cool! Lessee...moving target...

ZAP! Bye bye, pigeons!

SUV...

ZAP!

Giant spider like thing that someone else scooped up...

ZAP! Oh, two legs gone, but the bastard is still going strong...

ZAP! Bye bye, Mr. Spider!

I'm going to reverse engineer this thing good.

Now, let's try this again. Push the button...and...
I get a newspaper. It's dated November 3rd, 2004, and it reads...
"KERRY WINS!"

[carlton_bach]

Aiming a little earlier... inasmuch as yoiu can.

It's an icon! I love religious art. You know, they way the Greek church manages to marry deep spirituality to ritualistic rigour in its painting tradition? Anyhow, it's a woman, seated on a column base, with four men sitting at her feet. They're all dressed differently, on in stylised Parthian garb, one in furs, one in a chiton and one in a tunic and cloak. The title is in Greek characters. Let me try and translate:

St Hypatia Teaching the Nations

cool. I always wanted something to hang next to the Veii tomb motif. I think I'll give it another go. I'm on a roll

TIME Magazine. Oh, bah. December 2001 ... Man of the Year: Osama Bin Laden. The inspiring story of the reformist Saudi politician who led his country into the future. ... Madrassas for the Internet Age ... An interview with King Abdul in French exile ...

[Straha]

Been a couple days since my last scoop, but I've been busy preparing for the Xmas party at work and haven't been feeling well, so. I last got a small paper of the Plain Dealer for last Sunday. Strange, the paper should be huge, but no Xmas advertisements, just a long list of names under a heading "reported deaths" and stuff about "the Blue Death" and things like schedules of "body pickup trucks" and "slate wiper" and weird stuff like that. What is a "slate wiper"? The next day I did not feel well...headache and "funny stomach" and a bit of a runny nose, but I went to the Xmas Party anyway. Today I am having trouble breathing and noticed that my skin is turning blue. Called in sick to work...boss said she had a headache herself. What do you think I should do?
Damn it. Why'd you kill the world?

[Romulus Augustulus]

A copy of USA Today. The headline reads, "Michael Jackson Files $12.5 Million Rape Suit Against Donald Rumsfeld."

[Gamingboy]

Okay, I got a slate that reads:


"Here Men From Planet Mars
First Set Foot Upon Phobos
July 1969 A.D.
We Came in Peace For All Mankind."


Guess in this timeline, Mars was completely inhabitable and was the place where mankind developed.

[Imajin]

Hey, I've got something.. It's a book on nations of the world, but it's coming in pretty slowly. Wait, battery problems? No! Stupid thing, work!
*Mechanical Noises*
Agh! The thing just tore up the book, and shot it at me.. Let's see what I can get from the largest pieces.

"KINGDOM OF AND-
KING: BORIS II
POPULATION: 6-"

"ARAWAK
AJAH: CHAR"

"EMPIRE OF JAPAN
EMPERO-

The thing just covered everything- including me- in black ink, and now it's smoking.. Anyone here know a good Crosstime Scooper repairman?

[Gamingboy]

Hey, I've got something.. It's a book on nations of the world, but it's coming in pretty slowly. Wait, battery problems? No! Stupid thing, work!
*Mechanical Noises*
Agh! The thing just tore up the book, and shot it at me.. Let's see what I can get from the largest pieces.

"KINGDOM OF AND-
KING: BORIS II
POPULATION: 6-"

"ARAWAK
AJAH: CHAR"

"EMPIRE OF JAPAN
EMPERO-

The thing just covered everything- including me- in black ink, and now it's smoking.. Anyone here know a good Crosstime Scooper repairman?


(Looks at the scooper)

Well, it looks like one of the 3-dimensional transporter's inter-dimensional copier cords wasn't working. So only half was able to be transported. A new one would fix up the scooper in a jiffy.

[Romulus Augustulus]

No, no. Looks to me like he hit a foam knothole. Intratime foam...Best way to describe the sort of weird quantum mess you have to get through. He must have hit one of the knotholes--they're vortices that can fry a scooper. When your scooper hit it, there was a feedback pulse that took out the energy focus module. The scooper cut out before the scooping could finish. Happened to me once...

[Gamingboy]

No, no. Looks to me like he hit a foam knothole. Intratime foam...Best way to describe the sort of weird quantum mess you have to get through. He must have hit one of the knotholes--they're vortices that can fry a scooper. When your scooper hit it, there was a feedback pulse that took out the energy focus module. The scooper cut out before the scooping could finish. Happened to me once...

No! No! No! It CLEARLY is the right 3-dimensional transporter's inter-dimensional copier cord!

[Gamingboy]

I got a pamphlet (well, more of a print-out from a news article) talking about "The performance of the United States of America and Canada in the 2004 Rome Olympics"

Here's an excerpt:
"The USAC went into the Rome Olympics (Rome having defeated Athens after protests from animal rights activists that Athens had plans to exterminate any dog found on the street without a owner) with high hopes. It would be the first time that "American" football would be featured in the Olympics, a sport that was admitted because of the USAC's insistance that Football would draw a ton of endorsements from American companies. Also, it would be the first time that Major League baseball players would play in the Olympics, which only occurred after baseball Commissioner George W. Bush was asked face to face by president Hilary Clinton to allow it. It became clear early on that the USAC would dominate the competition when Michael Phelps won every race he was in. In Basketball, the USAC, which for the first time included players from Puerto Rico, easily cruised to the gold thanks to the fact that many NBA players felt that their security in Rome would be sufficient and thus agreed to join the team. In Baseball, the USAC, anchored by Red Sox shortstop Alex Rodriguez, Minnesota's hot rookie Justin Morneau and the fine pitching of Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling led the US past Cuba for the Gold Medal. In Football (American), it wasn't even close, the "Dream team" of NFL stars smooshed every opponent they faced by 30 or more points, beating Germany in the gold medal game. In gymastics-"

It basically goes on and on about how the USAC was able to basically kick everyone else's butts in just about every sport that is popular in OTL America and OTL Canada.

The only other matter of note from the pamphlet was this:

"Their was some controversy during and after the games that almost 98% of the individual medals won by the USAC came from people who came from "American" states, whilest "Canadian" staters only accounted for 2% of Individiual medals. This has been blamed on the cold climate of the canadian states, but also has been said that this is because the major sports leagues of the USAC are mainly "American" leagues. It has been pointed out that Major League Baseball has only 3 "Canadian" teams in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, and thus the lack of exposure led to very few "Canadian" players on the Olympic Baseball team (only two, Justin Morneau and Larry Walker). It has also been pointed out that the NFL has only one "Canadian team" in Toronto. One radical, who has wanted Canada to become independent from the USAC for years, have even suggested "quota"ing the system so that a certain number of Olympians are from "Canadian" states. This has been labeled ridiculous by everyone and anyone, escpecially since during the Winter Games the number of "American-Staters" and "Canadian-Staters" are about even."

"Overall, the 2004 games were a resounding success for the USAC. The next games, in 2008, is in China (one of the USAC's staunchest allies in the "War on Terror"), despite the threat of Boycott from Communist Taiwan."


This.... was an interesting article.

[Romulus Augustulus]

Foam knothole! I've hit a couple myself. I've also hit a few people making intratime transits. Dear god, the effects are horrible...

[Gamingboy]

Foam knothole! I've hit a couple myself. I've also hit a few people making intratime transits. Dear god, the effects are horrible...


Maybe it's both....

[G.Bone]

I get a happy face button with the slogan "Tricky Dick's Car Button: Show one and get .15% off your purchase of a Dodge Hyundai Hybrid Car!"

[Romulus Augustulus]

I get a book called, "Anne Hitler: The Diary of a Young Girl."

[Straha]

Foam knothole! I've hit a couple myself. I've also hit a few people making intratime transits. Dear god, the effects are horrible...
imagine if you hit both at once

[TheLoneAmigo]

Got the front page of The Sydney Morning Herald, January 12th, 2003


Top story: AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FOIL AMERICAN WARLORD

(Western UNTA Command): An Australian regiment with the Temporary Authority forces in California yesterday foiled the plans of New Mexican warlord Jack O'Halley to take control of the former USNA Tijuana missile silo. In a daring air raid, the 5th Australian Air Regiment, the "Ossies", parachuted into the irradiated bluffs above the silo and took control of the silo from Jack O'Halley in less than 2 hours with minimal casualities. More on page 6,7 and 8:

[carlton_bach]

A cheap paperback titled

Rogue Sheriff: Policing the Wilderness

by Eduardo 'Nero' Coimbra
with John Wilkins

He's on the front cover - at least I think it's him, - tall, dark-skinned guy, black leather jacket sunglasses, holding something that looks vaguely like an MP3 on steroids.

The back cover blurb says: The Greatest adventure Of Our Days! Read the Account of the World's Toughest Policeman's Adventures - Written by Himself

Streets don't come much meaner than those of the Karachi Autonomous Economic Zone where, since its liberation by Indian troops, over 2000 murders were recorded every year. Nobody was safe from armed gangs and terrorist violence until opne man took over leadership of the Joint Corporate Armed Security Services (JCASS) and took on the underworld. In six years at the head of the world's toughest police force, Eduardo Coimbra made Karachi safe for business.

- thrilling gun battles

- pursuing narcoterrorists through the Old City

- Zero-tolerance justice in action!

NEW EDITION: Including a chapter on the fight against Ahmad Chalibi, the infamous BANTA terrorist leader.

There are some ballpoint pen notes inside the front cover, but I can't read Arabic.

[Diamond]

I got the front cover of a very old issue of TV Guide - cover date is June 12, 1953.

The cover photo shows a man in what looks like a fanciful navy uniform, complete with two-foot long shoulder-boards and more ribbons and medals than a Prussian general. He has an extremely long walrus mustache, slightly graying. A bunch of kids and silly-looking sock puppets surround him.

The caption reads:
'Admiral Adolf' leads the way in US children's programming.
pictured: Adolf Schickelgruber, creator and star of 'Admiral Adolf'.