From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2006 - 10:54:46 PST
I would have to say Yes, thats was a heavy load.
Sonny
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From: "Brian Shook" <packrat-parts@peoplepc.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Lessons learned
> Sonny
> You had a funny, heavy load huh :-)
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Sonny Heath <sonny@defuniak.com>
>>Sent: Mar 31, 2006 10:36 PM
>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>Subject: [MV] Lessons learned
>>
>>I hauled this home in my M998 today,
>>
>>"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these
>>drawbacks
>>it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by
>>prostitutes." --Mark Twain.
>>
>> "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
>>behind me." --General George S. Patton.
>>
>>"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
>>accordion." --Norman Schwartzkopf.
>>
>> "We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about
>>it." --Marge Simpson
>>
>> "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure." --Jacques Chirac,
>>President of France
>>
>>"As far as France is concerned, you're right." --Rush Limbaugh,
>>
>> "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is
>>sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --Regis Philbin.
>>
>> "The French are a smallish, monkey-looki ng bunch and not dressed any
>>better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit
>>outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more
>>stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whisky I don't
>>know." --P.J O'Rourke (1989).
>>
>> "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the
>>1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the
>>face for it." --John McCain, U.S. Senator
>>
>> "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he
>>hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French,
>>people." --Conan O'Brien
>>
>> "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get
>> Saddam
>>out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France
>>either" --Jay Leno.
>>
>> "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into
>>Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman
>>
>> "Only thin g worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in
>>Canada." --Ted Nugent.
>>
>> "War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II."
>>
>> "The favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that
>> says
>>'First Iraq, then France.'" --Tom Brokaw.
>>
>> "What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its
>>national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the
>>Nazis?" --Dennis Miller.
>>
>> "It is important to remember that the French have always been there when
>>they needed us." --Alan Kent
>>
>> "They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an
>>attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a
>>three-day supply of mistresses in the house." --Argus Hamilton
>>
>> "Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being
>>advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, 'Never shot.
>>Dropped once'." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
>> "The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found
>>truffles in Iraq." --Dennis Miller
>>
>> Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered the
>>city in WWII?
>>
>>A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?
>>
>> "Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known,
>>it's never been tried." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
>>
>> "Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII?
>> And
>>that's because it was raining." --John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv.
>>
>> The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the
>>London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to
>>Hide.
>>The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The
>>rise
>>in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed
>>France's white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.
>>
>> French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney - (AP), Paris, March 5, 2003
>>
>>The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use
>>of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly
>>fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris,
>>caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a
>>group
>>of Czech tourists.
>>
>>
>>Sonny
>>
>>
>>
>>
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