John Larkin wrote: ================ Some fool posted:> > >https://youtu.be/q27TzT6Zr6w > > > > > Seeded with the obligatory anti-US insults, to which the audience > smirks on-que. > Inferiority complex for sure. > We have a local equivalent, anti-California insults. Same cause. >** There are any number of good u-tube vids on the Battle of Britain and also many not so good ones. The above is one of the worst. JL makes only fair comments on it. Smug pommies are such an ungrateful bunch of shits. ...... Phil
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Started by ●December 29, 2021
Reply by ●December 31, 20212021-12-31
Reply by ●December 31, 20212021-12-31
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:24:26 +0000, Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:>On 31/12/21 19:28, John Larkin wrote: >> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:07:55 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen >> <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote: >> >>> torsdag den 30. december 2021 kl. 18.55.57 UTC+1 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com: >>>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:40:51 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen >>>> <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> torsdag den 30. december 2021 kl. 18.04.25 UTC+1 skrev jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com: >>>>>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:31:35 +0100, David Brown >>>>>> <david...@hesbynett.no> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30/12/2021 16:58, Joe Gwinn wrote: >>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:25:28 +0100, David Brown >>>>>>>> <david...@hesbynett.no> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 30/12/2021 11:19, Tom Gardner wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 30/12/21 00:32, John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:55:03 +0000, Tom Gardner >>>>>>>>>>> <spam...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 29/12/21 23:46, John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:19:23 +0000, Tom Gardner >>>>>>>>>>>>> <spam...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 29/12/21 18:16, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Battle of the River Plate by Dudley Pope. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It may have been a "cool" war for the isolated Merkins, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> but it was a very hot war for much of the world. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Jerk. It was your war, merely your latest of centuries of wars, not >>>>>>>>>>>>> ours. We saved your lives and you can't forgive us. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> My apologies if pointing out historical facts >>>>>>>>>>>> has discomforted you. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Merkin is a stupid gross insult. Jerk. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We should have stayed out of europe. Let the Germans and Russians >>>>>>>>>>> carve it up. Let the brits starve and remember the Empire. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So is making statements to the effect that WW2 only started in 1941. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am confused. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is true that most Americans (at least, the small percentage that >>>>>>>>> actually knows anything at all about WWII) have a hopelessly inaccurate >>>>>>>>> and biased view of WWII. They think they "saved our asses" - in fact, >>>>>>>>> they only joined the war when they realised they could make more profit >>>>>>>>> selling critical goods at vastly inflated prices to the British than >>>>>>>>> they had been making selling to the Germans. And they knew that if >>>>>>>>> either Germany or Russia took over Europe, they'd lose a big market and >>>>>>>>> their place in the world - possibly ending up Russian or German >>>>>>>>> themselves in the long run. And of course it is easier to think of a >>>>>>>>> war as being "cool" when it is happening somewhere else and it is not >>>>>>>>> /your/ country that is being fought over. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's certainly true that the US came in late. There was a huge fight >>>>>>>> in the US, with a large fraction of the population being of the >>>>>>>> opinion that the US should stay out of WW2, and let Europe consume >>>>>>>> itself, yet again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There was also an argument that the US should come in on the Nazi >>>>>>>> side, as the Brits were clearly on the way to losing WW2. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Churchill was of the opinion that it was essential that the Yanks >>>>>>>> intervene against Germany, and FDR agreed, but could not do much at >>>>>>>> the time. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The intervene against Germany side ultimately won, the issue being >>>>>>>> settled overnight by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Why does this matter? The UK simply did not have the population or >>>>>>>> economic weight to invade Europe and force the German armies back into >>>>>>>> Germany, or to overrun and conquer Germany itself. By the time of >>>>>>>> Normandy, Germany commanded the economic output of the greater part of >>>>>>>> Europe. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On the eve of WW2 (meaning Pearl Harbor), US steel production exceeded >>>>>>>> the rest of the world combined. Size matters. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's all true, but there are several other big questions. Would the >>>>>>> UK have held out until Germany ran out of fuel? >>>>>> The Merlin engines used super-high-octane gasoline that was partly >>>>>> developed in Baton Rouge La and brewed in Texas and not sold to the >>>>>> Germans. The Germans didn't know that such gas was possible, so had to >>>>>> limit compression ratios. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://firstaerosquadron.com/2021/03/19/a-texas-wwii-gasoline-story-you-probably-never-heard/ >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> https://youtu.be/kVo5I0xNRhg >>>> This is good too: >>>> >>>> Why the Allies Won >>>> Paperback � May 17, 1997 >>>> by Richard Overy >>>> >>>> Electronics really helped. Radar, sonar, TBS, RDF, proximity fuses, >>>> nav aids. >>>> -- >>> >>> https://youtu.be/q27TzT6Zr6w >>> >>> >>> >> >> Seeded with the obligatory anti-US insults, to which the audience >> smirks on-que. >> >> Inferiority complex for sure. >> >> We have a local equivalent, anti-California insults. Same cause. > >Those comments reveal quite a lot about you.Do try to be content with where you are and who you are. You'll be happier that way. See sig. -- I yam what I yam - Popeye
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On 01/01/2022 00:24, Tom Gardner wrote:> On 31/12/21 19:28, John Larkin wrote: >> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:07:55 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen >> <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote: >> >>> torsdag den 30. december 2021 kl. 18.55.57 UTC+1 skrev >>> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com:>>>> Electronics really helped. Radar, sonar, TBS, RDF, proximity fuses, >>>> nav aids. >>>> -- >>> >>> https://youtu.be/q27TzT6Zr6w >>>I listened to that over the weekend - there was quite a bit of interesting stuff in it, and a lot of detail that was unknown to me.>> >> Seeded with the obligatory anti-US insults, to which the audience >> smirks on-que.It had /one/ joke about things made in Texas. It was clearly and obviously an exaggerated and over-the-top joke to add a bit of lightness to the talk. You'd have to be seriously over-sensitive or completely humourless to view it as an insult.>> >> Inferiority complex for sure. >> >> We have a local equivalent, anti-California insults. Same cause. > > Those comments reveal quite a lot about you. >Indeed they do!
Reply by ●January 3, 20222022-01-03
On 03/01/2022 17:18, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 11:37:08 +0100, David Brown > <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote: > >> On 01/01/2022 00:24, Tom Gardner wrote: >>> On 31/12/21 19:28, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:07:55 -0800 (PST), Lasse Langwadt Christensen >>>> <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> torsdag den 30. december 2021 kl. 18.55.57 UTC+1 skrev >>>>> jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com: >> >>>>>> Electronics really helped. Radar, sonar, TBS, RDF, proximity fuses, >>>>>> nav aids. >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> https://youtu.be/q27TzT6Zr6w >>>>> >> >> I listened to that over the weekend - there was quite a bit of >> interesting stuff in it, and a lot of detail that was unknown to me. >> >>>> >>>> Seeded with the obligatory anti-US insults, to which the audience >>>> smirks on-que. >> >> It had /one/ joke about things made in Texas. It was clearly and >> obviously an exaggerated and over-the-top joke to add a bit of lightness >> to the talk. You'd have to be seriously over-sensitive or completely >> humourless to view it as an insult. >> >>>> >>>> Inferiority complex for sure. >>>> >>>> We have a local equivalent, anti-California insults. Same cause. >>> >>> Those comments reveal quite a lot about you. >>> >> >> Indeed they do! > > > It's telling that Germans and Japanese, who we bombed to rubble, seem > to like the USA and our cowboys. But the Brits, who we saved, enjoy > mocking us.What it shows is that you have an expectation that the USA will be mocked - it suggests that deep down, you think the USA deserves it. I'm not sure how else anyone could interpret that video as mocking the USA. It also shows that you don't understand British culture or how Brits communicate. Most Brits are not xenophobic or prejudiced - they will mock anyone, including themselves, equally. You really take yourself far too seriously. Lighten up a bit.> > "If you save someones life, they will hate you forever." >"This is a quotation, therefore it must be true and relevant to my point."
