I believe "the french" is where the Statue of Liberty came from? ;-)
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Ken Heaton
Cape Breton Island
kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in message
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Bad idea for a sailboat. But then again what do you expect from Beneteau
and the french in general.

On 2005-02-19 11:32:39 +1100, "Ken Heaton" said:

I believe "the french" is where the Statue of Liberty came from? ;-)

Also the French were of some limited help in a small skirmish you Yanks
had with the British in 1776. See the history of the Marquis of
Lafayette and his volunteers. ;-)

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John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:51:38 GMT, John Proctor
wrote:

On 2005-02-19 11:32:39 +1100, "Ken Heaton" said:

I believe "the french" is where the Statue of Liberty came from? ;-)

Also the French were of some limited help in a small skirmish you Yanks
had with the British in 1776. See the history of the Marquis of
Lafayette and his volunteers. ;-)

True, but this was much more a matter of "the enemy of my enemy is my
friend" than any love of us.


Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)

The Marquis De Lafayette was paid 200,000 dollars for "services
rendered" has France paid its debt to the US?



John Proctor wrote:
On 2005-02-19 11:32:39 +1100, "Ken Heaton"
said:

I believe "the french" is where the Statue of Liberty came from? ;-)


Also the French were of some limited help in a small skirmish you Yanks
had with the British in 1776. See the history of the Marquis of
Lafayette and his volunteers. ;-)

I'm trying to figure out why we Americans are supposed to hate the French.
Is it because they didn't back the US on the invasion/occupation of Iraq, or
is it because they were right?
The Vatican didn't back us either, shouldn't we be hating Catholics too?
BTW, I was there and left blood in the Iraqi dirt. It never crossed my mind
to be ****ed at anyone but our administration on that long gurney ride home.
MMC
"JR Gilbreath" wrote in message
.. .
The Marquis De Lafayette was paid 200,000 dollars for "services rendered"
has France paid its debt to the US?



John Proctor wrote:
On 2005-02-19 11:32:39 +1100, "Ken Heaton"
said:

I believe "the french" is where the Statue of Liberty came from? ;-)


Also the French were of some limited help in a small skirmish you Yanks
had with the British in 1776. See the history of the Marquis of Lafayette
and his volunteers. ;-)