Pardon the expression, but some of you gentlemen have balls of steel. There were some gutsy decisions with home centers at risk, but as the Latin proverb goes, fortune favors the bold! Either that, or some of you are just really good diplomats. And I think we had a breakdown in German efficiency, but I can never truly tell with these sorts of things. I've had plenty of misorders-both real and feigned-in face-to-face matches. If any of you feel you need a regular reminder, tell me. I know most of you are new on the site, but I shouldn't need to send them out; preliminary orders take care of the problem for both you and me. Deadlines are regularly five days long, plenty of time to figure things out and send a second, third, etc. version.
Winter 1901 adjustments (given below the orders) are due at 9:00pm US Central Time on Wednesday, 6th June, or 02:00 GMT on Thursday, 7th June.
Quite a bit of press this turn. Those comments provided by the Zürcher Zeitung come out of Switzerland-Zurich, to be precise. These are anonymous.
Zürcher Zeitung: Francypantsdown: Eh Maxie, you keepa ya word Maxie?
Rome to Paris: Sorry about the hits, French Fry. Nothin' personal, just business. You got a better offer, drop me a line.Rome to St. Petersburg: So you're our new Ivan, eh? We should talk sometime.
Rome to Istanbul: Thanks for the ill timed offer Gobbles, but no thanks.
Austria
A Galicia S R F Black Sea - RumaniaA Serbia S F Albania - Greece
F Albania - Greece
England
F English Channel - BrestA Yorkshire - Belgium
F North Sea C A Yorkshire - Belgium
France
A Burgundy - Marseilles
A Spain - PortugalF Mid Atlantic Ocean - Spain/sc
Germany
F Denmark - Sweden (*bounces*)A Kiel S A Ruhr - Holland
A Holland - Belgium (*fails*) ?!
Italy
A Piedmont S A Burgundy - Marseilles
F Ionian Sea C A Apulia - TunisiaA Apulia - Tunisia
Russia
A Ukraine - Sevastopol
F Black Sea - RumaniaA Petersburg - Norway
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*bounces*)
Turkey
F Armenia - Black SeaA Constantinople S Bulgaria
A Bulgaria Holds
Adjustments:
Austria: +2 (5)England: +2 (5)France: +1 (4)Germany: +1 (4)
Italy: +1 (4)Russia: +2 (6)Turkey: +1 (4)
Sweden and Holland remain un-owned.
