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Old Feb 23rd 2010, 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by robin1234
I don't know about the Germans but I know the Americans bombed Switzerland. I guess to avoid the snow.
No, we just don't like the Swiss.
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
... they couldn't use tanks because of the snow.

That was the subject of conversation at a local cafe during lunch today. I thought it might make you all chuckle.
...er.. maybe my history lessons were wrong, but Germany never did invade Switzerland.
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:01 pm
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...er.. maybe my history lessons were wrong, but Germany never did invade Switzerland.



I've done some checking, and there's a slim chance you may actually be right.
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:06 pm
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No, we just don't like the Swiss.
well except for their cheese, watches and knives.
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I've done some checking, and there's a slim chance you may actually be right.
Come off it! Next you'll be saying WWII wasn't won single handed by just one American GI!
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:12 pm
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Originally Posted by TheLeester
...er.. maybe my history lessons were wrong, but Germany never did invade Switzerland.
Of course they bloody didn't, their tanks couldn't operate in the snow.
Oh hang on, this is where I came in.
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
well except for their cheese, watches and knives.
Cheese yes, watches my plain 'ol Timex worked for years until I replaced with a cellphone, knives very popular and I have a couple but the blades are flimsy and they don't lock.

They make some excellent firearms though. Too complex for harsh use, but works of art mechanically.
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Come off it! Next you'll be saying WWII wasn't won single handed by just one American GI!
I feel as though I don't know who I am anymore.
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Invading a country in a tank in the snow is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:16 pm
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Invading a country in a tank in the snow is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...
How do you know.. you've actually done both??
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Invading a country in a tank in the snow is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...
Slippery, loud and smells of diesel?
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:19 pm
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Slippery, loud and smells of diesel?
Jesus, I think that just knocked loose a repressed memory... Jan, the mechanic at the Kenworth dealership.
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Originally Posted by TheLeester
...er.. maybe my history lessons were wrong, but Germany never did invade Switzerland.
How can we be sure?
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Old Feb 24th 2010, 5:23 pm
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Slippery, loud and smells of diesel?
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
Jesus, I think that just knocked loose a repressed memory... Jan, the mechanic at the Kenworth dealership.
So those three are good attributes??
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Slippery, loud and smells of diesel?
Yep.

(That's better than what I had).
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