You know you've been in the US too long when...
Feb 7th 2013, 7:18 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
You know you've been in the US too long when you've lost the ability/inclination to wink.
Feb 7th 2013, 7:44 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Americans who make that distinction are few and far between. Shameful how many think that operating the lesser-used part of a kitchen oven whilst outside is barbecuing (or worse, spell it barbequing). They buy those huge chrome things with a propane tank and think it makes them more manly.
Feb 7th 2013, 8:39 pm
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Nah. To be truly manly it needs to be a full kitchen built into some brickwork taking up the whole length of the patio.
Regards, JEff
Regards, JEff
Feb 7th 2013, 9:04 pm
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Feb 7th 2013, 9:09 pm
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Feb 7th 2013, 10:12 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Reading back on this thread, I'm still shaking my head in disbelief
But thanks! It's good to know that I'm free to think and say what I like, although I sometimes wonder if it's really worth it 
Feb 7th 2013, 10:42 pm
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Feb 7th 2013, 10:43 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
...... riding on a public bus makes you feel like a liberal pinko. 
Feb 7th 2013, 10:50 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
The one amusing thing about the war talk that seems to get ignored is how much money was made by US companies servicing the axis.
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
Feb 7th 2013, 10:59 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
The one amusing thing about the war talk that seems to get ignored is how much money was made by US companies servicing the axis.
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
Feb 8th 2013, 1:26 am
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
The one amusing thing about the war talk that seems to get ignored is how much money was made by US companies servicing the axis.
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
It's reason why Fanta is more popular in Greece, Italy and Germany than coke. The company didn't want to see their star product, Coke, in the hands of the enemy, so created a new product for that market, which has pretty much stuck.
But capitalism, why not if you can get away with it :/
I wonder - if i have a war with myself, can I increase my net worth?!
Last edited by HarryTheSpider; Feb 8th 2013 at 3:16 am.
Feb 8th 2013, 3:49 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
There were no "100 carriers available in the Pacific".
At the start of the war the US had 8 carriers. During the war it completed 35 more. Subtract the number destroyed during the war and the number assigned to the Atlantic.
Regards, JEff
At the start of the war the US had 8 carriers. During the war it completed 35 more. Subtract the number destroyed during the war and the number assigned to the Atlantic.
Regards, JEff
Feb 8th 2013, 4:01 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm#1945
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=3
