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History Forum / General / British History / February 2004Why isnl' this NG about anything British?
Why? > Why? There are some bits in there currently if you look hard enough! Surreyman >> Why? >> >There are some bits in there currently if you look hard enough! Not reading any of the cross-posted threads makes it a lot more manageable, too!  SignatureDon Aitken Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. To mail me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com". >> Why? >> >There are some bits in there currently if you look hard enough! > >Surreyman Ah there you are. How is the book coming on? JRP/Stuart > >> Why? > >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > How is the book coming on? Blaag Surreyman >> >> Why? >> >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Blaag That good eh!! What you stuck on? Where is Hippo? Personally bombing Afghan weddings? JRP > >> Ah there you are. > >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > What you stuck on? Time. Thought I'd be retired in southern Morocco by now and able to finish it off! > Where is Hippo? Personally bombing Afghan weddings? Well, actual events don't seem to be holding up his arguments very well! But I suspect, like me, the hard core Iraq posters aren't going to change their views much now, and we've all been round in circles with each other several times. Could start even talking about history again some time if someone starts us off! Surreyman >> >> Ah there you are. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Time. Thought I'd be retired in southern Morocco by now and able to finish >it off! Southern Morocco is the bloody Sahara!! >> Where is Hippo? Personally bombing Afghan weddings? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >times. Could start even talking about history again some time if someone >starts us off! Sorry too busy working out how to filter out crossposts in individual NGs in Agent ;-) JRP > Southern Morocco is the bloody Sahara!! You bet. South of the High Atlas - not down in the old Spanish Sahara! And some of the most unbelievable mountain & desert scenery and wonderfully friendly, hospitable people. Great history stuff, too. And with perfectly civilised oasis towns to live in - a/c even, and most mod con - we wouldn't/won't be camping! A very comfortable and low-cost life just a 4-hour flight from the UK. It has long been my little treasured secret - but even the bloody tourists are starting to turn up now, on day trips from Marrakesh & Agadir! Why the hell am I now telling you lot, too! Surreyman >> Southern Morocco is the bloody Sahara!! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >turn up now, on day trips from Marrakesh & Agadir! Why the hell am I >now telling you lot, too! Were you not a tourist once? Or were you there with Monty? ;-) JRP > >> Southern Morocco is the bloody Sahara!! > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Were you not a tourist once? Ouch! However, there is a sensible answer, but very boring. > Or were you there with Monty? ;-) If I told you I'd have to kill you. Surreyman >> >> Southern Morocco is the bloody Sahara!! >> > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >If I told you I'd have to kill you. Hehehe - you might attract Hippo back, were you a spook ;-) JRP > Hehehe - you might attract Hippo back, were you a spook ;-) Not as good a one as Hines, obviously. :-)) Surreyman >> Hehehe - you might attract Hippo back, were you a spook ;-) >Not as good a one as Hines, obviously. :-)) No denial I see ;-) JRP > >> Hehehe - you might attract Hippo back, were you a spook ;-) > > >Not as good a one as Hines, obviously. :-)) > > No denial I see ;-) If I'd reported seeing Monty south of the High Atlas I'd: /1/ Have moved my birth date back a few years /2/ Probably have lost us the war! Surreyman >> >jrp@somewhere.com wrote in message >news:<519l10pd8ghhb9l5k32h6f3gfp92jrthl6@4ax.com>... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >/1/ Have moved my birth date back a few years >/2/ Probably have lost us the war! Maybe he was there as a tourist. JRP >> >jrp@somewhere.com wrote in message > >news:<519l10pd8ghhb9l5k32h6f3gfp92jrthl6@4ax.com>... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Maybe he was there as a tourist. Nah - he seemed to prefer the N. African coast. Surreyman >Why the hell am I now telling you lot, too! So we'll all buy retirement homes in adjacent wadis? I can just see us all sitting around the oasis on a balmy evening. There's Mekon at the barbie (no national stereotypes here! ), a long queue of people heading for the tinnies (they *are* allowed, aren't they!!).... Art strafing us from the evening sky... JohnC unionising the punka-wallahs ... (Sadly, I won't be there - I can't spell the name of the country and the 3 detentions I got for spelling it wrong on a map have made me a bit paranoid about the place!) Liz >Subject: Re: Why isnl' this NG about anything British? >From: FF fuchsiafalls@excite.com >Date: 1/30/04 2:30 PM Pacific Standard Time >Message-id: >So we'll all buy retirement homes in adjacent wadis? I can just see us all >sitting [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >allowed, aren't they!!).... Art strafing us from the evening sky... >Liz Yes, I will be strafing you from the evening sky. But I want you to know that it is nothing personal. No offense intended. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer > (Sadly, I won't be there - I can't spell the name of the country and the 3 detentions > I got for spelling it wrong on a map have made me a bit paranoid about the place!) You can come and look at my palm trees with me any time you like, duckie ......... But I know what you mean about spelling it! The French (which is what you need to speak down there unless your Arabic's good!) made it easier. But early on I had to make myself remember "1 ... 2" - e.g. 1 R then 2 C's. Now you can live the rest of your life in calm! All your problems now solved? :-)) Surreyman >> (Sadly, I won't be there - I can't spell the name of the country and the 3 detentions >> I got for spelling it wrong on a map have made me a bit paranoid about the place!) > >You can come and look at my palm trees with me any time you like, duckie <:-) >......... >But I know what you mean about spelling it! The French (which is what you >need to speak down there unless your Arabic's good!) made it easier. >But early on I had to make myself remember "1 ... 2" - e.g. 1 R then 2 C's. >Now you can live the rest of your life in calm! All your problems now >solved? :-)) What more could a girl ask:-) Liz >> >> Ah there you are. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Surreyman OK. It has been noted that many naval battles of what we USians call the "Napoleonic Wars" ended up in rainstorms. One idea is that the amount of particulates put into the air by the cannon fire did it. Others think it was just an accident. Anyone have any opinion on this? --- Paul J. Gans > OK. It has been noted that many naval battles of what we USians call > the "Napoleonic Wars" ended up in rainstorms. > One idea is that the amount of particulates put into the air by the > cannon fire did it. Others think it was just an accident. > Anyone have any opinion on this? jeremy Clarkson mentioned tonight that after 11th Sep when planes obver the USA were banned the day temperature went up by 1 degree and the night temperature went down by 1 degree - because of the lack of vapour trails. I don't know where he got this from or how it might have been shown to be true but there may be a connection between the two phenomena (even if that they're both just urban myths!). I did like another of his quotes though: "when you leave US air space and enter the free world" SignatureJohn Cartmell john@ followed by finnybank.com FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527 Qercus magazine & FD Games www.finnybank.com www.acornuser.com Qercus - a fusion of Acorn Publisher & Acorn User magazines > I did like another of his quotes though: > > "when you leave US air space and enter the free world" I get the impression that he found the current level of US airport security somewhat irksome. As he's lived in the UK for most of his life, the last couple of decades in London, I imagine he can, like most of the rest of us, tell when anti-terrorist security is effective and when it's there to make people feel as if something is being done. Mind you, I've always felt that US entry points were needlessly stark and manned by people who were needlessly unpleasant. -- William Black ------------------ Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government "Surreyman" wrote in message > jrp wrote in message [.] > > Where is Hippo? Personally bombing Afghan weddings? > Well, actual events don't seem to be holding up his arguments very well! But > I suspect, like me, the hard core Iraq posters aren't going to change their > views much now, and we've all been round in circles with each other several > times. Could start even talking about history again some time if someone > starts us off! Tut, tut, let's not be pessimistic (or self congratulatory) too soon over Iraq. Things are moving along quite nicely in most areas. -the Troll >Why? Where have all the old timers gone? Surreyman, Hippo etc. JRP > >Why? > > > Where have all the old timers gone? > > Surreyman, Hippo etc. Well, Surreyman's me and I've never left. Shows how much notice you take of my posted wisdom! Hippo's still there but, at the moment, doesn't seem to have many more arguments to dream up re Iraq (duck!). It's our New Mexico Welshman, Kareem, that I miss - he was good value. Surreyman >> >Why? >> > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >arguments to dream up re Iraq (duck!). >It's our New Mexico Welshman, Kareem, that I miss - he was good value. How come ever right wing yank has decided to cross post to here? JRP > How come ever right wing yank has decided to cross post to here? To counter the left-wing Yanks, presumably. And, re Iraq especially (and WWII for some), to insult some Brits in this ng who seem to have rather better on-the-ground knowledge! Surreyman >> How come ever right wing yank has decided to cross post to here? > >To counter the left-wing Yanks, presumably. Left-wing yanks, that like military intelligence? > And, re Iraq especially >(and >WWII for some), to insult some Brits in this ng who seem to have >rather better on-the-ground >knowledge! 98% of the posts here have feck all to do with British History - is there another NG better suited to our hobby? JRP >>> How come ever right wing yank has decided to cross post to here? >> >>To counter the left-wing Yanks, presumably. > >Left-wing yanks, that like military intelligence? ROTFLMAO!! >> And, re Iraq especially >>(and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >98% of the posts here have feck all to do with British History - is >there another NG better suited to our hobby? Depends what you're into. For social history over the last 3 centuries and a sometimes remarkable amount of detail I'd recommend soc.genealogy.britain Sadly, it suffers from some of the same flame wars, but the major players are less easily led <g> Liz >Depends what you're into. For social history over the last 3 centuries and a >sometimes remarkable amount of detail I'd recommend soc.genealogy.britain >Sadly, it suffers from some of the same flame wars, but the major players are less >easily led <g> Thanks Liz |
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