From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Feb 12 2006 - 15:56:29 PST
It's difficult being an American mutt.
Mom's side: Grandfather was half French, half German. His dad played with
Sousa's band. The German half actually could be traced back to Turkey and
the Gypsies. The French Greatgrandma was pure Parisienne.
Dad's side: His GGGGgrandfather, Wilhelm vonBloehm, came here from Germany
in 1736. GGGGgrandmother was Mary Anne Muldoon, from Scotland, via the
streets of London.
Mom was a W.A.V.E. in WW2, NAS SanDiego
Dad was a Marine in Pacific Theater WW2
Mom owns a Toyota.
Wife owned a Mercedes Benz
I owned a VW bus, a Porsche, and a Mog
It all gets so confusing, this taking sides thing. But I will admit the
current Froggies are a tad wearisome.
Vive La France!! (Void where prohibited)
A P Bloom, certified mutt.
----- Original Message -----
From: "V SCHWARTZ" <vsaws@optonline.net>
To: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>; "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
<mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] la France oublie! Encore!
| Arthur, I believe that you could honestly believe all of those things
about
| the French. Vinny
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
| To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 3:11 PM
| Subject: Re: [MV] la France oublie! Encore!
|
|
| >I must have stumbled upon a thread of April Fool's Day messages. There's
no
| > way I could believe that the French are boorish, obnoxious, or
unthankful.
| > Shame on you all!
| >
| > apb
| >
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Convoy Magazine" <convoymagazine@yahoo.com>
| > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 3:06 PM
| > Subject: [MV] la France oublie! Encore!
| >
| >
| > | ah TJ
| > | but perhaps you will also remember how just a few
| > | years ago, French poltiticians forgot the
| > | international and historic significance of the area to
| > | the west of Paris.. and how they wanted to pave over
| > | the sites of some of the most famous WWI battlefields
| > | to make way for a new airport to serve Paris..
| > |
| > | and IF i remember correctly it was economic factors
| > | that put the project to rest and not really the
| > | massive condemnation from other countries.
| > |
| > | Nige remember this? please refresh our memeories and
| > | provide some more details of another example of that
| > | "French Charm"...
| > |
| > | BTW- for our american friends, during D-Day +50,
| > | several Canadian vets who had booked hotel rooms long
| > | in advance of this historic occassion were
| > | unceremoniously told just a couple weeks before their
| > | flight, that their rooms were being taken over by
| > | "officials" who wanted to attend. These men who had
| > | sacrificied so much to save this "Foreign" country
| > | (which could not save itself) were clearly told they
| > | were SOL! "Please accept our apoliogies but you see
| > | our hands are tied..zees politicians are obviously so
| > | much more important than you...now please go away and
| > | bother us no further.."
| > | A huge outccry resulted, which involved some elbowing
| > | by the Cdn government (only after they themselves had
| > | been pushed by the public!) to get the French to back
| > | down and give the veterans back they pre-booked rooms!
| > | sheesh, and that's why I don't buy French wine..
| > |
| > | cheers
| > | Monty
| > |
| > | --- timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
| > |
| > | > I should rephrase. Sometimes I think some of the
| > | > people of Europe would like nothing better than to
| > | > erase from their social consciousness the memory of
| > | > the sacrifices others made to help them stay free.
| > | >
| > | > There. That's a bit better.
| > | >
| > | > TJ
| > | >
| > | > -------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
| > | > From: timothy.smith1@att.net
| > | > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
| > | > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > | > Subject: [MV] France forgets
| > | > Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:32:21 +0000
| > | > > Sometimes I think some (not all) of the people of
| > | > Europe (particularly the
| > | > > French) would like nothing better than to erase
| > | > the memory of the sacrifices
| > | > > others made to help them stay free from their
| > | > social consciousness....and
| > | > > they're starting with all those Historic Military
| > | > Vehicles. Which French
| > | > > political hacks are pushing this and what are
| > | > their political backgrounds?
| > | > >
| > | > > Next thing you know, we'll be asked to remove our
| > | > honored dead from European
| > | > > soil.
| > | > >
| > | > > TJ
| > | > >
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