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Lovely visual Malvolio. I hope you do feel better and soon!

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Thanks Darlin', that means a lot to me!

And I am finally feeling a little better today. Unlike the flu, where you feel like crap for 4 or 5 days, then you are just well, this is a very slow process of getting better, like only 5% a day improvement....

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I'm not 100% sure what exactly you have to do over there, but does this mean no work till you are sent home?


oh yeah, and have you seen The Beast of War?

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Unfortunatly not. I managed ONE sick day off on day three of my aflection, but the rest I have to grin and bear it.

And what is this "Beast of War"?

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The Beast of War

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Maybe I shouldn't assume you would like a war movie, but this one is really good. It's basically
about the Russians in Afganistan. A tank unit gets separated from the main fighting force after a strike on a city. The Commander (who was used to destroy Nazi tanks at the age of 8) is a nutjob, basically obsessed with this tank. He forces his crew to do some pretty nasty things, including leaving one of their own tied up on a rock with a grenade under his head. This guy would be found by a group of Afgans who are trailing The Beast. Its just a really cool look at both sides of the war, Russian and Afgan. It's also neat because the vast majority of it is this tank travelling through the desert, slowly running out of fuel/oil but seemingly never actually running down. Very psychological. The Commander scares the shit out of his remaining two crewmates, who while teriffied of him and wanting to escape, are too afraid to do so. There is even a point where a they are found by a Russian helicoptor, but instead of leaving, the Commander forces his crew to get back in the tank and continue on. I won't spoil the ending, but it is just awesome.
It was a fluke that I came across this movie on TV, and have been thinking about it for the last few days. Its worth checking out the review on IMDb at least.

Koverchenko: Well, sir, the roadwheel's cracked. Kaminski drank our brakes. We're low on petrol. The battery's low. We're losing oil. If the engine heats up it's gonna seize. The terrain, obviously against us. We have no rations. The Mujas behind us don't seem to run on rations, petrol, or anything we know of. And they have an RPG. Their aim is getting better. Sir.

Helicopter pilot: Today's your lucky day. If we hadn't been out here looking for water we wouldn't have found you guys. Go ahead and climb aboard, I'll call in an airstrike on the tank.
Daskal: Nobody wastes my tank...
Daskal: Get back in the tank.
Kaminski: What for?
Daskal: Because I said so.
Golikov: We're going home, sir.
Daskal: Yeah. In the tank.
Kaminski: Why can't we go home in the fucking helicopter?
Daskal: Because you're tankers.
[Golikov and Kaminski are walking back to the tank carrying fuel cans from the helicopter as Daskal watches them from behind the tank's machine gun]
Golikov: What are we doing? Why don't we make a run for it?
Kaminski: Are you crazy? He'd shoot us right out of the sky!

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Oh yeah, the more I hear about this movie, the more I am excited about it! It is the EXACT kind of movie I like! Good call!

And sickness update: I am finally WELL!!! Hurray!