On Saturday 29 August 2015 17:35:28 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 29 August 2015 14:34:40 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 29 August 2015 06:19:24 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Saturday 29 August 2015 03:30:18 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I watched about half of it, but the eu accent made it pretty > > > > hard to understand. > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > Now you know how we feel about American accents. ;-) Especially > > > Texan. > > > > I am reminded of, I believe it was Winston Churchill who made the > > quote, "England and America, two great countries, separated by a > > common language." > > <quote> > England and America are two countries separated by a common language. > > George Bernard Shaw > Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) > </quote> > http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/897.html > > Quips are usually quotes from either Wilde or Shaw. > > Churchill was, of course, half American. > > Lisi
Thanks for clarifying the attribution. He may have been, but it wasn't enough that he sent our "loaned" guns back when the festivities were over in 1945. Instead, they were all collected on a barge, taken out in the middle of the channel, and shoveled overboard. The hunters amd sportsmen of the USA loaned the English those weapons so that the english might have something to defend your land with should the Germans attempt an invasion, with the understanding they would be tracked, and returned to their rightfull owner when no longer needed. My grandfather loaned 2 shotguns, top of the line Parkers that at auction today would have a starting bid of at least $2500 each. They were his most prized firearms possessions. He, and several thousand other Americans never saw their weapons again, thanks to Churchill. There are long memories, and there are lessons learned. It would not happen again today even if my cabinet is about average & I could spare one... That is absolutely no reflection on you personally Lisi. But I don't trust my government, nor yours, to ever do the right thing. And that is indeed a sad state of affairs. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
