14L G40 Degrasse (Allies+9) vs. Mallery29(Axis)X2 No Tech, More Whole Grains!

[Degrasse]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 7

Politics - Americans

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 2 carriers, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Algeria to Tunisia
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 94 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 94 Sea Zone to Tunisia
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tobruk
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 96 Sea Zone to Tobruk
            3 destroyers moved from 91 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 11 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from India to Kiangsu

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 16 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                    Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 16 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 1 destroyer, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Tunisia
                Americans attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
                Italians defend with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Tunisia, round 2 :  1/8 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 2 artilleries and 2 infantry in Tunisia, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tunisia
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Tunisia, round 3 :  4/7 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in Tunisia, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    2 artilleries owned by the Italians , 2 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tunisia
                Americans win, taking Tunisia from Italians with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Italians: 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 3 infantry
            Battle in Tobruk
                Americans attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 2 artilleries and 2 infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Tobruk
                    Americans roll dice for 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in Tobruk, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Tobruk, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                Americans win, taking Tobruk from Italians with 2 artilleries and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Italians: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Strategic bombing raid in Kiangsu
                    AA fire in Kiangsu :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Kiangsu rolls: 4 and causes: 4 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Kiangsu causes 4 damage total.

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 bomber moved from Kiangsu to Kweichow
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 16 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone

Place Units - Americans
            2 carriers and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in Western United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 42 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,5
            Americans collect 52 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 52 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 57 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 72 PUs

Territory Summary for Americans :

Caroline Islands : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Kweichow : 1 bomber
    Guam : 1 airfield
    Wake Island : 1 airfield
    Western United States : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Hawaiian Islands : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 7 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Midway : 1 airfield
    Java : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    41 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    43 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    26 Sea Zone : 3 carriers, 4 destroyers, 5 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 3 transports
    25 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    11 Sea Zone : 2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 transports
    10 Sea Zone : 2 carriers and 2 transports
    16 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    54 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    Central United States : 1 factory_major
    Eastern United States : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major and 1 harbour
    Tunisia : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Tobruk : 1 flag, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
    96 Sea Zone : 3 destroyers and 2 transports
    94 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    97 Sea Zone : 3 submarines

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 32 / 41
    Russians : 33 / 44
    Japanese : 49 / 49
    Americans : 54 / 72
    Chinese : 7 / 9
    British : 40 / 48
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 9
    Italians : 13 / 5
    ANZAC : 10 / 21
    French : 17 / 16
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 10 times
            2 was rolled 8 times
            3 was rolled 10 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 8 times
            6 was rolled 6 times
        Average roll : 3.217
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.667
        Standard Deviation : 0.816
        Total rolls : 46

Null / Other
            2 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.250
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Japanese Combat
            2 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.250
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Italians Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.200
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.444
        Standard Deviation : 0.667
        Total rolls : 10

Americans Combat
            1 was rolled 8 times
            2 was rolled 4 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 5 times
        Average roll : 3.214
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.667
        Standard Deviation : 0.816
        Total rolls : 28

[Degrasse]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
            Chinese buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            1 fighter and 4 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            3 infantry placed in Kweichow

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 7 PUs total

Territory Summary for Chinese :

Kweichow : 1 fighter and 7 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 32 / 41
    Russians : 33 / 44
    Japanese : 49 / 49
    Americans : 54 / 72
    Chinese : 7 / 7
    British : 40 / 48
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 9
    Italians : 13 / 5
    ANZAC : 10 / 21
    French : 17 / 16
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 10 times
            2 was rolled 8 times
            3 was rolled 10 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 8 times
            6 was rolled 6 times
        Average roll : 3.217
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.667
        Standard Deviation : 0.816
        Total rolls : 46

Null / Other
            2 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.250
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Japanese Combat
            2 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.250
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Italians Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.200
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.444
        Standard Deviation : 0.667
        Total rolls : 10

Americans Combat
            1 was rolled 8 times
            2 was rolled 4 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 5 times
        Average roll : 3.214
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.667
        Standard Deviation : 0.816
        Total rolls : 28

[Degrasse]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 7

Combat Move - British
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Southern France to Western Germany
            1 bomber, 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            5 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            6 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Romania
                  British take Romania from Germans
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from India to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to Siam
                  UK_Pacific take Siam from Japanese

[Degrasse]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 7

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 5 artilleries, 7 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Southern France to Western Germany
            1 bomber, 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            5 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            6 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Romania
                  British take Romania from Germans
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Burma to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from India to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to Siam
                  UK_Pacific take Siam from Japanese

Combat - British
            Battle in Yunnan
                British attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/5 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 :  1/4 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Yunnan, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan
                British win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 2 artilleries and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                British attack with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry
                Italians defend with 1 artillery
                    British roll dice for 3 artilleries and 3 infantry in Yugoslavia, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery in Yugoslavia, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Italians lost in Yugoslavia
                British win, taking Yugoslavia from Italians with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery
            Battle in Western Germany
                British attack with 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 13 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
                Germans defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 6 artilleries, 2 bombers, 1 factory_major, 5 fighters, 1 harbour and 7 infantry
                    AA fire in Western Germany :  2/5 hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in Western Germany
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 bomber, 13 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Western Germany, round 2 :  11/24 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 3 aaGuns, 6 artilleries, 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 7 infantry in Western Germany, round 2 :  10/20 hits
                    10 infantry owned by the British , 2 bombers owned by the Germans , 6 infantry owned by the Germans and 3 aaGuns owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 bomber, 3 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Western Germany, round 3 :  7/14 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 6 artilleries, 5 fighters and 1 infantry in Western Germany, round 3 :  6/12 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the British , 1 infantry owned by the Germans , 2 artilleries owned by the British , 1 mech_infantry owned by the British and 6 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                    British roll dice for 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 1 bomber and 2 tactical_bombers in Western Germany, round 4 :  5/8 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 5 fighters in Western Germany, round 4 :  2/5 hits
                    2 artilleries owned by the British and 5 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Western Germany from Germans with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 54
                Casualties for Germans: 3 aaGuns, 6 artilleries, 2 bombers, 5 fighters and 7 infantry
                Casualties for British: 4 artilleries, 1 fighter, 13 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber

Non Combat Move - British
            1 bomber and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to France
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Normandy Bordeaux
            2 fighters moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
            1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            2 transports moved from 99 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 98 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Egypt
            3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            3 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to India
            3 armour moved from Burma to Kweichow
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Burma to India
            1 mech_infantry moved from India to Shan State
            1 armour moved from India to Burma

Place Units - British
            1 transport placed in 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Union of South Africa
            4 artilleries and 6 infantry placed in United Kingdom

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 50 PUs; end with 50 PUs total
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 55 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            3 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2
            UK_Pacific collect 9 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 9 PUs total
            Some Units in India change ownership: 3 infantry

Territory Summary for British, UK_Pacific :

Siam : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Yunnan : 2 artilleries
    Kweichow : 3 armour
    Shan State : 1 mech_infantry
    Burma : 1 armour
    India : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 3 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 8 infantry
    Malaya : 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 7 infantry
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    Gibraltar : 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Egypt : 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Union of South Africa : 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    Malta : 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
    United Kingdom : 5 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 4 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 8 infantry
    France : 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
    Western Germany : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Romania : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    Holland Belgium : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 9 infantry
    Albania : 1 flag
    Ethiopia : 1 flag
    Eire : 1 flag
    Bulgaria : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    109 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag, 3 infantry
    99 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 2 transports
    Eastern Persia : 1 flag
    71 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    81 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Brazil : 1 flag
    Northwest Persia : 1 flag
    Persia : 1 flag
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 3 artilleries and 3 infantry
    98 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    91 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    110 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 4 destroyers and 5 transports

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 24 / 41
    Russians : 33 / 44
    Japanese : 47 / 49
    Americans : 54 / 72
    Chinese : 8 / 7
    British : 50 / 55
    UK_Pacific : 11 / 9
    Italians : 11 / 5
    ANZAC : 10 / 21
    French : 17 / 16
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 29 times
            2 was rolled 39 times
            3 was rolled 25 times
            4 was rolled 12 times
            5 was rolled 29 times
            6 was rolled 26 times
        Average roll : 3.319
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 2.415
        Standard Deviation : 1.554
        Total rolls : 160

Null / Other
            1 was rolled 1 times
            2 was rolled 3 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.222
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.875
        Standard Deviation : 0.935
        Total rolls : 9

Japanese Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            2 was rolled 3 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.222
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.875
        Standard Deviation : 0.935
        Total rolls : 9

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 7 times
            2 was rolled 12 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 8 times
            6 was rolled 7 times
        Average roll : 3.357
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 1.073
        Standard Deviation : 1.036
        Total rolls : 42

British Combat
            1 was rolled 10 times
            2 was rolled 15 times
            3 was rolled 11 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 11 times
            6 was rolled 10 times
        Average roll : 3.344
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 1.050
        Standard Deviation : 1.025
        Total rolls : 61

Italians Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 3.455
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.500
        Standard Deviation : 0.707
        Total rolls : 11

Americans Combat
            1 was rolled 8 times
            2 was rolled 4 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 5 times
        Average roll : 3.214
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.667
        Standard Deviation : 0.816
        Total rolls : 28

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That’s enough for me…I’m headed up to Sapparo Snow Festival here soon for a short vacation, so maybe once I get my quota, I’ll come back to try for a third ass whooping.